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REVISED HISTORY OF 

HARLEM 

(City of New York.) 

ITS ORIGIN AND EARLY ANNALS 



PREFACED BY 



H^ME SCENES IN THE FATHERLANDS; 

OR 

No ICES OF Its Founders Before Emigration. 

ALSO 

ketches of Numerous Families 

AND THE 

RECOVERED HISTORY OF THE LAND -TITLES 

IVITH ILLUST%AT10NS ANT) MATS. 

By JAMES RIKER, 

Author of The Annals of Newtown ; Life Member of the New York Historical Society ; 
Member also of the Massachusetts Historical Society; The New England Historic 
and Genealogical Society; The New York Genealogical and Bio- 
graphical Society; I'he Long Island Historical Society; 
The Pennsylvania Historical Society, etc. {18813. 



NEW YORK : 

NEW HARLEM PUBLISHING COMPANY. 

1904. 



ITHl LIBRAi^V OF 
CONGRESS, 
One Cwv Reoeived 

APR. 28 t9(H 

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JOURNAL PRESS, 
Elizabeth, N. J. 



REVISED FROM THE AUTHOR's NOTES AND ENLARGED 
BY 

HENRY PENNINGTON TOLER 



Edited by 

STERLING POTTER, 

Genealogist, 

125 East Twenty-Third Street, New York. 



(DEDICATED BY MR. RIKER.) 



MY EARLY AND EXCELLENT FRIEND, 

EDGAR KETCHUM, 

WHOSE HEARTY INTEREST IN THIS WORK HAS CONTRIBUTED 

TO RENDER A TOIL A PLEASURE AND TO BRING 

IT TO A HAPPY ISSUE, 

THIS VOLUME 



Corbiaffg JmcviBtb. 



GBNERAIv CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 
I. 
Dunkirk to St. Malo. Pen-sketches of the coasts of Holland, Flanders, 
Picardy, Normandy, and Brittany. Historic memories awakened. Ink- 
lings of localities and persons connected with our subject. Picturesque 
scenery of the Norman Archipelago. Island of Jersey; home of the Car- 
terets and Pipons. St. Malo quaint and suggestive Page 3. 

2. 
Harlem : Springs of its History. Special relations to the countries 
named. Their archives explored; and with good results, touching our 
first settlers. These of various nationalities, but mostly Hollanders and 
French Refugees. Their character bears investigation. Their history 
invites inquiry Page ID. 

3- 

Glimpses of the Fatherlands. Lands of the Huguenots. Retained in 
the sixteenth century the essential features of its ancient state. Noticeable 
characteristics of the country and people. Amiens ; its civil history. 
Glance at the national annals down to the Reformation Page 14. 

CHAPTER 11. 

AvESNES and its Exiles. French Refugees at Harlem ; district whence 
they came. Walslant, or Walloon Country. Principality of Sedan. The 
Walloons ; origin and character. Avesnes. Its lords and people. Spanish 
tyranny; persecution of the Reformed. They find refuge at Le Cateau. 
That city taken by Count Mansfield. Huguenots slain and scattered. 
Netherland patriots rise in arms. Walloons join them, but soon yield 
the contest. Liberty crushed ; Protestants in despair ; many leave. The 
De Forests flee to Sedan Page 25. 

CHAPTER III. 

Our Settlers from France and Walslant. Huguenots ; their history to 
the Edict of Nantes. Rest under the Edict. Troubles after the death of 
Henry IV. Louis XIII. sacks their towns and fortresses. A doomed 
people. Era of our Refugees considered. Status of the Huguenot. Many 
seek exile. West India colonies. Casier family. La Montague (Mon- 
tanye), Vermilye, Delamater, etc. Picardy and Picards. The Amienois 
and Amiens ; trials of the Huguenots. Two pageants. Demarest. De 
Labadie preaches reform. Antagonisms. An attack and defence ; Tour- 
neu'r forced to flee. France at war with Spain; hostilities carried into 
Hainault and Artois. Protestant Walloons escape to Holland and Eng- 
land. Du Four, Oblinus, Kortright, Journeay, Tiebout, Cresson, Bertholf, 
etc., seek other homes Page 40. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Holland : The De Forests, and La Montagne. Leyden the refuge. Its 
Walloons, and cloth trade. Jesse de Forest and brothers; family items. 
Life at Leyden. Remonstrant troubles. The University. Jean de La 



viii GENERAL CONTENTS. 

Montagne, student of medicine. University, how located. The Klok- 
stecg. Pilgrim Fathers leave for America. Walloons propose the same; 
not encouraged. War with Spain. De Forest goes to Brazil ; dies. Dr. 
Montanye marries his daughter. De Laet's book, "The New World," 
stimulates emigration. Tobacco raising promises rich returns. Henry 
de Forest marries Geertruyt Bornstra; and with his brother Isaac sails 
for ^lanhattan Page 70. 

CHAPTER V. 

Emigration. Amsterdam, chief port of departure. Oppression the prime 
colonizing agent. Good proof of character. Our colonists : Captain 
Kuyter, Bronck, De Meyer, Slot, Meyer, Dyckman, Bussing, Terbosch, 
Benson, Dolsen, Waldron, Sneden, Verveelen and Vander Vin. John 
Montanye visits Holland and marries. Brevoort, Van Tilburgh, Acker- 
man, Storm, the Kortrights and Bogert emigrate. French and Wal- 
loons — Tourneur, Delamater, Disosway, Genung, Du Four, Lozier, 
Cousseau, Cresson, etc. jNIannheim colonists — Demarest, Casier, Uzille, 
Journeay, Oblinus, Parmentier, Du Bois, De Voe, Vermilye, etc. 
Visitors from Manhattan influence colonization Page 92. 

CHAPTER VI. : 1609-1636. 

Manhattan. Its discovery. Plarlem in its aboriginal state. Schoraka- 
pok, or Spuyten Duyvel. Whence this name? Steps to colonize Man- 
hattan Island. Rev. John Robinson. French and Walloon colonists 
arrive. Locality embraced in our history — Yorkville to Kingsbridge. 
Van Twiller appropriates Ward's Island; gives Van Curler the Otter- 
spoor. Aboriginal Harlem as viewed from McGown's heights. Great 
Kill, or Harlem River. Papparinamin. The Hellegat. Muscoota, Recha- 
wancs and Schorakin located. Indian names to be cherished. Muscoota, 
or, as afterward called, Montanye's Flat, first of these localities to 
attract the European Page 109. 

CHAPTER VII. : 1636-1640. 

Settlements. The De Forests arrive; granted Muscoota. Dr. Montanye 
follows. Progress on the Flat. New and trying experiences. "O soli- 
tude ! where are the charms ?" Van. Curler begins improvements. ,Van 
Twiller makes Parent Blom his overseer. Great and Little Barent's 
Islands ; why so called. Henry de Forest dies. Montanye looks after the 
plantation. Daily fare. The widow de Forest marries Hudde. Hans 
Bergen. Hudde's patent. Hudde and wife visit Holland. The farm sold. 
Bought by Montanye. Claes Swits leases Van Curler's land. It is sold 
to Van Keulen of Amsterdam. Account of Swits. Van Keulen's Hook. 
Arrival of Kuyter and Bronck. Kuyter gets Schorakin ; calls it Zegendal. 
Jochem Pieter's Flat. Montanye's farm named Vredendal. Hudde and 
wife return. Montanye gets his deed. Bronck at Ranachqua ; calls his 
home Emmaus Page 125. 

CHAPTER VIII. : 1640-1645. 

Indian Troubles. Friendly relations with the natives of mutual benefit. 
Peace broken. Kieft attacks the Raritans. Bloody retaliation on Staten 
Island. A Wickquaskeek kills Claes Swits. His tribe screen him. Kieft 
wants to chastise them ; the Twelve Men advise delay. The tobacco crop. 
Kuyter unable to ship his ; Montanye's crop damaged. The Doctor loses 
his wife. Swits' murder unatoned for; others follow. Time to act; an 
expedition. Indians alarmed, sue for peace. Peace-council at Emmaus. 
Farmers keep at work. Kuyter as church-builder. The Mahicans war 
upon the Wickquaskceks. These fly for safety to the Dutch. Kieft seizes 
the chance to slaughter them. The savages avenged upon the settlers. 
Kieft and the Otterspoor. Peace again patched up. Death of Bronck. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. ix 

Montanye leases his farm. Indians resume hostilities. Settlers fly to 
Fort Amsterdam. Kuyter depicts their distresses. Cry to Holland for 
help. Colonists turn soldiers; invade the Indian country. Savages burn 
Kuyter's house. He and Kieft dispute about it. Peace for the third 
time ; "solid and lasting" Page 137. 

CHAPTER IX. : 1645-1650. 

Land Patents: Kuyter's trials. Sibout Claessen secures a title to 
Hoorn's Hook. Dr. |Vander Donck buys Papparinamin Island. Matthys 
Jansen gets a patent for Papparinamin on Manhattan side. Tobias Teu- 
nissen. Jansen-Aertsen patent, since the Dyckman Homestead, — Inwood. 
Montanye marries. Vredendal patent. Isaac de Forest gets a title. Kuy- 
ter's opposition to Kieft. He and Melyn arraigned by the ex-Director, 
before Stuyvesant and Council, for contempt. Are fined and banished. 
Sent away in the ship with Kieft and Bogardus ; are wrecked, and the 
two latter perish. Kuyter and Melyn reach Holland and appeal to the 
States-General. Arrest of judgment. Stuyvesant summonedto answer 
for his severity. Kuyter, on returning to Manhattan, has his property 
and offices restored. Engages in trade. Dangerous to live on the Flats. 
Few places occupied. Peter Beeck buys a plantation at Hellgate. De 
Forest sells his plantation to Beeckman. Kuyter's victory a triumph of 
popular rights Page 146. 

CHAPTER X. : 1651-1656. 

New EeeorTS, but sad failures. Kuyter resumes his plantation, with 
Stuyvesant, etc., as co-partners. Their contract. Country yet disturbed; 
Kuyter, before proceeding, applies for a groundbrief. Public danger im- 
minent. Indians murder Beeck and his workmen. Threaten Kuyter, 
Beeckman and others. Alarming rumors afloat. Kuyter's popularity. 

' Elected schepen. Is killed by the Indians. Sorrow at his fate. Honors 
awaited him. Steps to settle his estate. More trouble. Savages on a 
bloody raid. Slay Tobias Teunissen near Spuyten Duyvel, and Cornells 
Swits, Beeckman's successor. All the farms laid waste; the district 
abandoned by the settlers Page 157. 

CHAPTER XL : 1656-1660. 

New HaereEm founded : its court and church. Plan to settle isolated 
farms a failure. Resolved to form a village on the Swits and Kuyter 
lands. Grounds for this measure. Ordinance thereupon. Work begun ; 
a village plot and farming lots laid out. The latter, why so narrow. 
Named Nieuw Haerlem. Hindrances. Stuyvesant urges on the work. 
Guarded by soldiers. Indian war at Esopus. Military officers for Har- 
lem. Court of Justice instituted. Church formed. Do. Zyperus engaged 
to preach. John Montanve is chosen deacon. Zyperus' previous history 
obscure. Only a licentiate. Harlem people join Selyn's church at the 
Bouwery. No church built at Harlem yet, nor for years later Page 167. 

CHAPTER XII. : 1661-1662. 

Rearrangement oe Lands : New Allotments. Grain plenty, but no mill. 
One projected. The Montanyes wish to form a hamlet at Vredendal. 
Council refuse ; will hinder New Harlem. The latter growing. Settlers 
names, etc. Scandinavian element. Calls for more land. Order there- 
upon. Van Keulen's Hook allotted. Grantees. First "Harlem Land 
Case." John Montanye is Town Clerk. Gets part of Vredendal (the 
Point) ; the Flat to be divided up. Settlers ask Director to modify the 
terms on which they took up land. Declines. Applicants for lots on 
Montanye's Flat. First owners. Wm. Montanye a resident. The aliena- 
tion of the Flat indisputable. Land speculation. Conveyancing; model 
Deed. Deeds, Wills, etc.; how executed. Cattle-herder employed. The 



X GENERAL CONTENTS. 

contract. He gets in trouble ; is superseded. Sneden dies ; and his wife. 
Property sold. Slot made building master. Fence masters. Some chief 
men lined. Mr. Muyden Page l8l. 

CHAPTER Xni. : 1663-1665. 

Stirring evtjnts; End op the Dutch rule. A wedding; rustic custom; 
a riot. Death of Dericksen and Casier. Petition again for relief in pay- 
ing for their land. Granted. Indian massacre at Esopus. Montanye's 
sister a captive. Harlem stockaded. Military companies organized; 
arms and ammunition. Guns mounted. A detachment goes to Esopus. 
Wickquaskeeks camp near Harlem ; creates alarm, but the Sachem ex- 
plains ; brings tidings good and bad. Asks leave to fish. Powder dis- 
tributed. News of an armistice. More settlers from Fatherland. Do. 
Zypcrus goes to Virginia. Want a voorleser. Montanye willing to serve. 
Petitioned for; appointed. Le Maire arrives. Patents taken out. Swits' 
widow surrenders her land. Calves on Little Barent's Island. Slaves. 
Saw mill. Country menaced by neighboring English. General Assembly. 
Peace with the Indians. English fleet takes New Amsterdam, etc. Called 
New York. Conflicting opinions at Harlem. Waldron retires thither. 
Some leave for Holland. Montanye disaft'ected. Moesman sells to Capt. 
Delavall. Hymenial Page 197, 

CHAPTER XIV. : 1665-1666. 

Reluct.\nt yiEEDing to Engeish rule. Local authority suspended. 
Drunken Indians commit abuses. The Sellout's disaffection. Nicolls' 
order thereupon. Harlem to form part of the City. Town officers dis- 
charged. Waldron made constable ; to appoint magistrates and hold 
court. De Meyer's tenant absconds ; leads to an issue with the new court. 
He comes out best. The court carry things imperiously; banish an in- 
habitant. Waldron accuses Teunissen of stealing a quilt. Lie resents it; 
sues for slander. Waldron has the advantage. Comments. Bad feeling- 
engendered. Other cases cited. Demarest buys land ; removes here. 
]\Ionis Staeck assaults the herder; is fined. Litigious times. Move to 
erect a church. Stuyvesant feasted. More garden plots laid out and sold. 
The church up and inclosed. A good wife defamed. The Mayor sees 
her righted. The costs. Her experiences Page 215. 

CHAPTER XV. : 1666-1667. 

The Nicoles Patent; the court, mill, church. Grazing customs. Order 
to draw a line for more range for horses and cattle. Governor directs 
a patent to be drafted. The Patent. Not satisfactory, and why. Tour- 
neur "pays" Waldron. Both cautioned by the Mayor's Court. Waldron 
takes his discharge as constable. New officers appointed. Instructions 
and oath. Still at work on the church. Order; trespasses by cattle. 
Sabbath workers arrested. Old story about Tourneur revived. Capt. 
Delavall. His antecedents. Proposes improvements. The town acts 
upon it. Verveelen to run the ferry and tavern. Bronck's Land and 
Little Barent's Island. Col. Morris buys the former. Town builds a 
mill-dam ; Delavall a mill. The Mill Camp. Montanye voted leave to 
build on his Point. Village expanding; other house lots laid out. Church 
finished. Burial place located, etc. Meadows granted Tourneur; the 
Bussing Meadows. Montanye gets the church-lot's meadows .. Page 225. 

CLIAPTER XVI. : 1667-1669. 

New Nicolls Patent; the Ferry; rupture with Archer, etc. Petition 
for a Patent. Town growing in importance. Dairies. Knoet the herder. 
Verveelen ; his ordinary, ferry and rates. Smuggles beer. Compromised. 
Ferry lease. Beer drinking. Brewers. Matthys Jansen's heirs and John 
Archer threaten trouble. The HarlEm Patent. Nagel, etc., fined as 



GENERAL CONTENTS. xi 

rebels. Capt. Delavall going to England. Tourneur, as agent, lets land 
to W. Gerritsen. Archer buys the Jansen-Aertsen patent. Nicolls won't 
confirm it. Tourneur bargains for Hoorn's Hook patent. Inhabitants 
protest. Queer conduct of Verveelen's negro. Baignoux misses his 
nootas. Barker ignores the ferry. Trouble with Archer. His history. 
Lets land at Fordham His cattle trespass ; are seized. The Jansen- 
Aertsen patent awarded to Harlem. The ferry incommodious. Spuyten 
Duyvel to be viewed. Tourneur craves Hoorn's Hook. Gets land on 
Cromwell's Creek. Death of the miller. jVessel built. An erfje granted 
Pelszer. A wagon-road ordered between New York and Harlem. 
Horses, etc., to be branded. Ferry taken to Spuyten Duyvel. Contract 
with Verveelen. He to be constable of Fordham. Mill repairs. Delavall 
returns. Hue and cry after a slave. Montanye's Indian deed. Indians 
claim other land. De Meyer sells to Kortright and Low ancestors. Calf 
pasture ; its rules. J. Cresson makes his will ; sells his farm. Le Roy 
names Tourneur sole heir Page 239. 

CHAPTER XVII. : 1670-1672. 

Village life ; Harlem two centuries ago. Maturity ; accruing responsi- 
bilities. Porkers missing ; Tippett suspected ; an inquiry. Branding, etc. 
Wolters dies. Waldron buys Dolsen's house. Delamater's will. Wal- 
dron and Verveelen divide meadows. W. Gerritsen mulct for poor 
fences ; his vrouw scolds Waldron. Payment on the Patent. Freeholders 
and lands. Vermilye sells; sale void. Wolters' curators. Cresson vs. 
Delamater. Kortright to keep tavern. An erf voted J. Demarest. Wal- 
dron sells Nagel an erfje, etc. Nagel and Vermilye marry his daughters. 
Jansen-Aertsen patent. Order to pay claimants 300 gl. Richard takes a 
bond. L. Gerritsen sells Karsten's erf and garden. Legacy at Leyden. 
New voorleser, Vander Vin. Martino leases town lands. Cresson de- 
nounces the magistrates ; is arrested. Disosway vs. Archer. Colevelt 
vs. Le Roy. Pound ordered. Town debts ; accounts audited. Cupid 
captures Meyer and others. Pelszer sues Verveelen. Use of an erfje 
granted Carstensen. Road to City impassable. Lease by Lourens Jansen. 
Bogert buys Montanye's farm. Journeay sells Storm his Brooklyn lands. 
Bogert makes his will. Mayor's Court, met at Harlem, tries Archer. 
Fordham petty causes to be heard at Harlem. Archer's leases. Tax for 
the voorleser fails ; people prefer voluntary giving. Fines settled. Archer 
gets a patent for Fordham. Claessen, Valentine ancestor. Indian deed 
for De Voe's Point. Tourneur makes his will. Demarest loses a child; 

• makes his will. Leases Moertje Davids' Fly. Montanye's deed for his 
Point. The "wagon path" to New York Page 262. 

CHAPTER XVIII. : 1672-1673. 

The dorp or village; incidents and insights. Demarest versus Dela- 
mater; assault. Death of Montanye. His estate. Harlem church to 
have an elder. Deacons' accounts. Church-days observed. Allerheyligen. 
Tippett again, with Hunt and others. Death of Capt. Morris and wife; 
leave but "one poor blossom." Order; meadows on Fordham side. 
Vander Vin made secretary. Waldron vs. Tourneur ; assault. Church 
loft let to Mrs. Montanye. Monthly-mail; New York to Boston. Town 
patents ; none under Stuyvesant. Houselots to be taxed for town ex- 
penses. List. Accounts to be overhauled ; Roelofsen sent for. Journeay 
makes his will. Accounts audited. Creditors. List of freeholders and 
lands. Owners of Montanye's Flat form a combination. A history con- 
nected with this Flat. Cresson and Carbosie make wills. A big row. 
Tourneur lets land at Cromwell's Creek ; his death. Dyckman and Bus- 
sing marry. A stroll through New Harlem in 1673. Homes of the chief 
residents. In what style a magistrate lived Page 281. 



xii GENERAL CONTENTS^ 

CHAPTER XIX. : 1673-1674. 

Reoccupation bv the Dutch. Minute by Vandcr Vin; recapture of New 
York. Official letter received. Hearty response. Town officers ap- 
pointed; swear allegiance. Commonalty take the oath. Roll of names. 
Cut pickets for city defences. IMorris and Delavall estates. Barent Wal- 
dron, messenger. Carhosie vs. Bogert. Delamater fined for striking 
Adrian Samniis. Plan to alternate crops on the farm lots. Instructions 
to schout and magistrates. Fordham people vs. Archer. Delavall's 
affairs. Petition for his out-garden. Vander Vin retained. Contributors. 
Delamater will not give. Some Englishmen threaten to rob and burn. 
Action taken. A Night Watch; Jansen (Kortright) made captain. The 
Roll. Seasons for thanksgiving, fasting, and prayer. Proclamation. 
Death of Gerritsen. Alarms continue. Beado arrested. His offence. 
Branded and banished. English expected ; fears increase. Letter from 
the Governor. A panic. Kiersen and Michielsen tried for shooting a 
hog. Curious examination. Search for horses of late English officials. 
How land sold. Peace. Preparing for it. Litigation. Town officers 
chosen. Church accounts audited. Fruits of Nieuwenhuysen's ministry. 
Hot heads from Westchester alarm villagers. Inquiry. Country reverts 
to the English Page 300. 

CHAPTER XX. : 1674-1677. 

English rule restored; refugees; Capt. Carteret; Indian war; land 
grants; Spuyten Duyvel occupied. Accession of French. Schout and 
schepens superseded. Bastiaensen (Kortright) hires Tourneur farm. 
Tourneurs still vexed by story of the homicide. Mayor's Court checks it. 
Voorleser continued. Delamater and Demarest refuse to give. Terbosch 
to be dunned. Jansens divide their lands. Le Count dies. Capt. James 
Carteret. His antecedents. Comes to Harlem. On a committee to get 
the patent confirmed. Palmer assaults Gano, whi-le picking cherries. In- 
dian outbreak at Narragansett. Fear at the news. Precautions ; watch, 
.etc. Verveelen cited to the watch. Won't leave his ferry. Vexed by 
Archer, who abducts his goods. Verveelen sues. New alarms. Our 
Indians ordered within Hellgate. Some are stopped, passing Harlem. 
General arming. Night watch ; the roll and rules. Indians to plant at 
Spuyten Duyvel. Watch re-formed. De Voe, from Mannheim. Passes 
for Hellgate. Indian troubles end. Farming interests ; concerning fences. 
Straitened for land. Report of _ Andros' grants ; inhabitants petition. 
Persons proper to have land. Van Keulen's Hook surveyed. Coopers 
stopped cutting timber; appeal. Town cuts stockades for the City. 
Clerk's house repaired. Junior David Demarest will not pay toward it; 
gets into trouble. Senior Demarest and Delamater at issue with the town 
about clerk's salary. What now ensued. The Demarests sell out. The 
elder buys land on the Hackensack. Town debts. An assessment. 
Andros' grants cause anxiety ; Carteret, etc., deputed to see the Governor ; 
an episode. Andros very gracious ; will send a surveyoi\ Elphinstone 
grant, etc. Ryder lays out lots for the Harlem people. Dispute over 
meadow on Spuyten Duyvel ; J\Ieyer in trouble. Dyckman and Nagel 
secure five lots at Spuyten Duyvel. Lease them. Dyckman Homestead. 
Large order for palisades . . . . • Page 318. 

CHAPTER XXI. : 1677-1682. 

The French leaving; new town house; land questions; Labadists; 
Capt. Carteret; sale of Moertje Davids' Fly. Nicholas de Vaux 
versus Cresson. Sieur Dubuisson. De Vaux removes. The French leav- 
ing. IMagister. Town accounts. Subscribers to clerk's salary. The 
Demarests depart. Compromise with Vander Vin. House to be rebuilt. 
i\Ir. Kip dies ; his widow assigns her contract for timber; Tourneur to fill 
it. Vandcr Vin mortgages. Suits about lines on Van Keulen's Hook. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. xiii 

New officers. Codrington weds Miss Delavall. Robbery at De yoe's. 
Brevoort and Nagel buy out Cresson, who leaves. Land case ; Tourneur, 
etc., vs. Col. Morris. Labadists visit Harlem. Entertained by Waldron. 
Pick up stories about Carteret. Call at Valentine's house. Object of 
their visit; make proselytes. Seem to confound Waldron with Vander 
Vm. A word for Carteret. He goes to England. Carstensen dies. Rob- 
inson buys Sawkill farm. Oblinus vs. Bogert ; meadows. Du Four 
vs. Bogert. "True Lips." Bear hunt; Rev. Charles Wolley. Robert 
Wolley and partner buy half of Robinson's farm. Timber for Major 
Cuyler. Contract for town house given out. Sale of Moertje Davids' 
Fly. Outside owners. Tourneur, etc., vs. Morris ; verdict for plaintiffs. 
Morris ignores it, and holds possession. Mending highway, Barent Wal- 
dron, absent; Constable Vermilye refuses to collect the fine. Offended 
dignity. Work on town house. Proposed to bridge the Papparinamin ; 
but ferry-lease extended. Sieur Dubuisson. Journeay's estate. Five 
lives lost in Hellgate. Dr. De Forest. Precaution in choosing town 
officers. Tax to pay for town house, etc. Proprietors and free- 
. Isolds Page 347. 

CHAPTER XXn. : 1682-1685. 

Incidents; Death of Delavale, Archer, Deeamater and :Vander Vin; 
Tourneur vs. Morris; Dongan's Assembey; town court remodeeEd; 
HAEF-WAY HOUSE; Geoudie's Point OCCUPIED, ETC. Carbosie ; given use 
of land near Bogert's meadows. Bogert scolds the magistrates. Makes 
the amende honorable. Delamater forced to pay up. Barlow vs. London. 
Tourneur, etc., vs. Young. Young sells to Holm.es. Old pastors dead. 
Selyns returns. To preach at Harlem once a year. Death of Capt. 
Delavall ; his will, etc. Mrs. Tourneur, sick, makes a will, survives ; her 
sons Daniel and Jaco marry. How the Tourneur lands were finallv 
divided. Brevoort leases Church Farm. Hedding. Baignoux sells. Aid. 
Cox buys out Robinson. Capt Kidd. Gov. Dongan arrives; a General 
Assembly; Harlem joins in choosing delegates. Tourneur vs. Morris; 
proceedings at large. Local doings. Charter of Liberties; its chief 
provisions. Counties and courts erected. Common Council includes Har- 
lem in the Out Ward. Its court, etc. Viervant. Postmael ; the Post 
ancestor. Commissioners meet. Give Waldron a deed. Deacons visit 
Carbosie; his will, death. Archer dies suddenly. Nagel's slave fires his 

■ barn; hangs himself. His body burned. Patents called for v/ith refer- 
ence to quit-rent. Kortright builds the Half- Way House. Tourneur vs. 
Morris; final decision. Meyer again in office. Death of Vander Vin. 
Succeeded by Tiebout. Barent Waldron settles at the New Lots. 
Gloudie's Point sold ; bought by Resolved Waldron, Barent gets the deed. 
Theunis Iden's and Jacob De Key's purchases. Grant to Bickley, De 
Voe's Point Page 374. 

CHAPTER XXIII. : 1685-1687. 
WoEVES.; Deeavaee estate; tenures; tenths canceeeed; new stone 

CHURCH ; GREAT MAIZE EAND ; DoNGAN PaTENT ; QUIT RENT ; CORPORATION 

rights; Indian ceaim ; common eands; French gone; Dutch manners 
AND CUSTOMS. Woodlands infested by wolves; a general hunt. John 
Delavall makes an exchange with the town; his father's executor. Land 
Tenures; their history. The feudal tenure modified. Free and common 
socage. Quit Rent. The tithes never exacted. Quit Rents compounded 
for. Levied and paid. The tax list ; exhibits the lands occupied. Village 
regulations; refuse straw, chimney ladders. Losses by fire. Lead to 
building outside. Taxed for clerk's salary. New arrangement with Do. 
Selyns. New church. People begin the work. Carpenter's contract. 
First service. Payments. Dolsen and Kiersen lease Great Maize Land. 
Improvements; Hoorii's Hook, Great Barent's Island. Harlem Patent 



xiv GENERAL CONTENTS. 

to be confirmed. Important saving clause in tlie New York Charter affect- 
ing said patent. Order to stay the waste of timber. Nagel and D3'ckman 
in law about a goose ! Agreement ; that the common lands be drawn pro 
rata, according to the estates. The Dong.\n Patent. Paid for. Ob- 
vious intent of the patent to confirm rights already granted. Did not the 
City Charter trench on those rights ? Indian claim satisfied. Lands still 
in commons. Taken up by allotments in 1691 and 1712. History of these 
divisions important, but hitherto unknown; given in Appendix. Closing 
remarks. French families nearly all gone ; last word about them. Court 
records negative evidence of good morals. Capable of self-government. 
Succeeding times eventful, but more easily traced. A staid Dutch society. 
Style of living, farming, habits, and customs ; topics talked about, tales 
of Fatherland; general thrift; slow to adopt English modes and manners. 
Their history a legacy of useful lessons Page 396. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

Notices of the Patentees and their Heirs or Successors. Benson, 
Bogert, Brevoort, Bussing, Delamater, Dyckman, Haldron, Kiersen, 
Kortright, Low, Montanye, Myer, Nagel, Oblenis, Parmentier, Tourneur, 
Vermilye, Verveelen, Waldron Page 426. 

For notice of other patentees not named here see Index. 

See Contents of the Appendix on page 780. 




ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGlv 
Dunkirk to St. Malo; Vignette Map, ....... 3 

St. Ouen, or De Carteret Manor House, Jersey, 8 

Cathedral and Cemetery of St. Denis, Amiens, 63 

Holland; Vignette Map, ^q 

Leyden, ^2 

Walloon Church, at lyeyden, 7. 

The Zaay Hall, Leyden, ^e 

iView on the Kloksteeg (Bell-lane), Leyden, 7S 

Autograph of Jesse de Forest, 1621, 83 

Schoonrewoerd, q- 

Autographs of the first Settlers, 165 

Autographs of the founders of New Harlem, 213 

New Harlem Village Plot, 1670, 260 

View of the Van Bramer House, org 

Autographs of the founders, etc., ^61 

Reformed Dutch Church, erected 1686, 404 

Map of Harlem : Original Lots and Farms, 832 



MR. RIKER'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN THE PREPARA- 
TION OF THE HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



It is obvious that any work like the following, made up of innumerable 
details, must take character for credibility largely from the reputation of 
its author, since it is scarcely possible to cite an authority for each of the 
multitudinous facts presented, whatever of force and value such a feature 
might impart to the work. And when it is considered how often state- 
ments rest on local inference, or result from careful comparison and 
analysis, the difficulty of giving authorities becomes more apparent, though 
from such processes spring much of the life and spirit of the narrative, 
which the tame letter of the record fails to evoke. 

For a general indication of the sources whence the present author has 
drawn his facts, the incidental references in the ensuing pages to manu- 
script and printed works must suffice. And however pleasant it would be 
to particularize the numerous correspondents who have kindly favored the- 
author with facts in their possession, the mere mention of their names 
would fill too large a space in these pages. To all such he now tenders his 
very cordial thanks. Correspondents abroad, who have aided him, are 
noticed on page 13. 

Special encouragement in his work, received from Mr. Henry G. De 
Forest, Mr. S. Whitney Phcenix, and Mr. Samuel Riker, and his estimable 
kinsmen, demands more than a passing acknowledgment, and lays the 
author under a lasting debt of gratitude. 



HISTORY 



OF 



HARLEM. 



CHAPTER I. 



DUNKIRK TO ST. MALO. 




A S the coaster bound 
-^^ for St. Malo leaves 
the old Flemish port of 
Dunkirk, now the nor'- 
most city of France ; hav- 
ing passed through the 
narrow artificial sluice- 
way which stretches out 
from the town a mile or 
more across the broad 
strand, to the open wa- 
ters between the inner 
and outer line of sands 
forming the harbor, or 
roads, of Dunkirk, and 
cleared the ruined walls of castles Verd and Bonne Esperance, 
those trusty sentinels once guarding on either side its mouth; 
he must still feel his way cautiously, to shun the exterior shoals, 
the Braque and Tatre banks, which, with others, serve as a 
natural breakwater to shelter the roadstead from the wash of the 
sea. Safely past these impediments, he spreads his broad canvas 
to the breeze, and shapes his course. No trip more hazardous 
than that to St. Malo; an epitome, as it were, of life's voyage 
in those old lands, — ever a struggle, but neither aimless nor fruit- 
less, as shall appear. 

How exhilarating the scene now opened to view, — this grand 
sweep of unique landscape and wide waters ! On the left the 
eye takes in the coast, — a line of low sand-hills, but half conceal- 
ing picturesque villages, with their tall spires and busy wind- 
mills, and, in the distant offing, snowy sails wafted on their inward 
or outward mission ; while again, sternwise, the blue waters of 
the German Ocean spread out expansively far northward between 
the English and the Netherland shores. Unlike the zigzag coast 



4 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

whither our vessel is bound, the latter of these shores stretches 
northeasterly with a seeming even line, but beyond the vision, 
curves gently to the north, skirting the exterior sides of the 
islands of Zeeland and the low dykes of Holland, till, at full 
eighty leagues or more, it reaches that insular pilot station, the 
Texel, behind whose sheltering heights and hamlets the ships of 
Amsterdam, Hoorn, and other cities on the Zuyder Zee, usually 
anchor to await a clearance for their destined port. 

The land ahead of us trending nearly southwest, our well- 
laden, clumsy galiot skirts for about twelve leagues the borders 
of Flanders and Picardy, passing the old Anglo-French town, 
Calais, and the Straits of Dover; while the white chalk cliffs 
which here line the coast now project to form the Capes Blanc 
and Gris-Nez, the abrupt termini also of a highland range which, 
penetrating the interior, parts the basins or sections of country 
drained by the rivers I'Escaut, or Scheldt, and Somme. Beyond 
the last-named and bolder of these two headlands, our experi- 
enced skipper alters his course to due south, as the coast bends ; 
old Neptune kindly granting a fair breeze down the Channel, 
for better to scud under bare poles before the brawling tempest, 
than to encounter fierce head-winds or the bewildering fog, com- 
mon on this coast, either of which might spoil his adventure. 

A few miles bring us off the harbor of Boulogne, — to its 
name often added, for distinction, ''sur mer," or "on the sea." 
Claiming, — though in rivalry to Wissen, an ancient port between 
the capes just mentioned, — to be the Portus Iccius whence Julius 
Caesar embarked his legions for the conquest of Britain, Boulogne 
has been the favorite thoroughfare for travel between England 
and France from remote times. The old walled town is seen 
back upon the heights, looking from seaward quite as in cen- 
turies past ; while, on the flat nearer the sea has grown up the lower 
town, a populous suburb, where then were but two or three old 
monasteries and a few cottages, nestled around the church St. 
Nicholas. Its once famous lighthouse, known as the Tour 
d'Ordre, — but to seamen as the Old Man of Boulogne, — lives only 
in tradition, and the ruins which yet mark its site on the rocks 
at the entrance of the harbor, — an old graystone octagon tower 
of Roman origin, which, after battling the storms of over a 
thousand years, was finally undermined and destroyed by the 
sea in 1644. 

The white cliffs, here so noticeable a feature of the French 
coast, presently give place again to sand downs; while our pro- 
gress along the tedious stretch of low-lying country which bor- 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 5 

ders Ponthieu is marked successively by the mouths of the rivers 
Canche and Authie, and the broad estuaries of the Somme. 
Scarce an object is presented to fix the attention or beguile the 
weary hours, save now and then a picturesque group of huts, 
tenanted by hardy Picard fishermen, or distant glimpse of town 
or spire, — perhaps a craft or two leaving the mouth of the Somme, 
with freights from its little port of St. Valery, or the quaint old 
town of Abbeville, or from Amiens, the populous capital of 
Picardy; these two, with their important manufactures, seated 
far up the valley of the Somme. Imperceptibly steals over one 
a sense of dreariness, which is only deepened by the splash of 
waters and creak of cordage, or even the hoarse wild scream 
of the sea-birds that sail across the vessel's track, bound to either 
shore. 

But hoary History, here dealing with marvellous prodigality, 
has strown these shores with memories of past centuries far 
more enduring than their old cities or crumbling cliffs. Under 
his inspiration the various scenes that meet the eye assume new 
interest, and become instinct with the heroic forms and deeds 
which crowd upon the mental vision. Carried back to the belli- 
cose days of the chivalry, now the potent Duke of Normandy, in 
ambition rivalling a Csesar, musters his three thousand vessels 
from the several Norman ports at St. Valery-sur-Somme, and 
sails to seize the English crown, and win the title of the "Con- 
queror." Or to the martial times of Edward III. and of Henry 
v., successors of this same Anglo-Norman king, as with gallant 
hosts they traverse the region of the Somme, and against great 
odds gain the brilliant victories of Cressy and Agincourt. The 
past revivified becomes as the present, while its magic creations 
impart a new zest to the voyage. E'en our hardy skipper, versed 
only in nautical science, in winds, clouds and storms, in bars, 
reefs and lighthouses, spins from out his store of local yarns 
something to enliven many a spiritless scene. It's perchance a 
bold sea-fight 'twixt the rival neighbors so long contesting the 
mastery of the Channel ; or yet some touching story of fleeing 
victims of persecution or tyranny, of whose heroism and suffer- 
ings not the half has been told. How exceeding probable that 
it was the experience of Huguenot exiles who, a little more than 
two centuries ago, found a refuge at Harlem, most of whom 
came from this section of France we are now skirting. Along 
the fruitful valley of the Somme were scattered the homes of 
our Demarest, Tourneur, Cresson, and Disosway, not to enlarge 
the number ; most of them prominent among the Harlem settlers, 



6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

and heads of well-known families hereafter to be noticed. Others 
will be brought to light as we extend our voyage. 

The eye is now sensibly relieved, as the coast again becomes 
elevated, and the chalk cliffs reappear, crowned with green wav- 
ing tufts of forests and orchards. At ten miles beyond the 
Somme, and eighteen leagues from Gris-Nez, is visible the gap 
or opening at the river Bresle, which marks the southern limit 
of Picardy. Now, putting helm aport, we bear south-west along 
the rock-bound coast of Normandy, its continuity only broken 
here at intervals by the openings through which the rivers fall 
into the sea, and which form several secure harbors, as Dieppe, 
St. Valery-en-Caux, and Fecamp, near the latter of which the 
bluffs attain an altitude of seven hundred feet. Dieppe is asso- 
ciated with two of our settlers, Lozier and Lemaire. 

Bearing westerly from Cape La Heve, near the broad mouth 
of the Seine, — just within which lies Havre, the modern and 
handsome seaport of Paris, and on the opposite shore the anti- 
quated town of Honfleur, its harbor choked with great sand- 
banks, — we now skirt the flat, rich grazing district of Normandy, 
with its numerous villages, and fine old cities Caen and Bayeux. 
We must give the coast a wide margin, to avoid the dreaded 
"Black Cows" and the yet more dangerous rocky reef that lines 
it for some eighteen miles, full half a league from shore, and 
which, proving fatal to a vessel of the Spanish Armada, took its 
name, the "Calvados." 

The peninsula of Cotentin, running northerly twenty miles 
beyond the shore line of the Norman meadows, ends, on the side 
we are approaching, in the picturesque falaise or cliffs of Bar- 
fleur, which stand boldly forth, as if to greet our vessel in its 
track. But passing this cape, and the harbor of Cherbourg, 
noted as the last town abandoned by the English, when finally 
driven from Normandy in 145 1, and now a famous naval station, 
we reach, after a run of a hundred and fifty miles from the Bresle, 
where we first struck the line of Normandy, the western limit of 
this large province, at Cape La Hague. Bearing to larboard 
under favoring winds, we double the cape, and stand again due 
south, up the boisterous race between the island of Alderney and 
the main, in rough weather extremely dangerous, from its con- 
flicting currents, and run inside Guernsey and the other Channel 
islands, — those ancient appendages of Normandy, and now more 
Norman even than the mother province, though held by the 
English. The rocky headlands on the main serve to mark our 
progress, — the stately Jobourg, Gros-Nez and Nez-de-Carteret, 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 7 

respectively five, ten and twenty miles south of Cape La Hague. 
Leaving, to the left, the last of these, sheltering within its pro- 
jecting arm the village and small haven of Carteret, distinguish- 
able by its line of yellow sands, we pass on the right the low 
rocky islets of Ecrehou, and some miles farther, "old" Jersey, 
in area only equal to our Staten Island, but the largest island of 
the Norman Archipelago, and the home, formerly, of the Car- 
terets and the Pipons, not unknown in Harlem story. Difficult 
of approach on account of its cordon of rocks, reefs and shoals, 
we pass near its massive but ruined castle of Mont Orgueil, so 
picturesque in its mantle of ivy, and crowning a high and craggy 
spur that juts into the sea. 

A more than panoramic beauty captivates the eye at each 
stage in this passage, enhanced by that which so multiplies the 
- perils of the navigation. Huge rocky debris, environing these 
islands, abound on every hand, now a solitary rock, now a con- 
fused cluster, but oft taking most fantastic forms. Some tower 
majestically, like the Caskets off Alderney, above the highest 
reach of the billows, when, storm-driven, they break upon them 
in such grandeur and fury. Others, with black heads but just 
visible amid silvery foam and spray, or lying in fatal ambush 
beneath the surface, prove the grave of many a hapless bark, 
especially when enshrouded in sea fog and the helmsman unable 
to discern the friendly buoys. 

Fitting resort for the old Druids was Jersey, with its interior 
of umbrageous groves and silent vales, where now are rural vil- 
lages and farm seats ; and its exterior, on the north side of bold 
ragged cliffs, rising in places over three hundred feet, and on its 
southern of deep sandy bays, within the largest of which is seated 
its chief town, St. Helier. Everywhere intersected by winding 
lanes, nearly hidden by bordering hedges ; banks of mosses and 
ferns, rich shrubbery, and vine-embowered, cottage-like houses, 
add new beauty at every turn among its highly rustic walks. 
Toward the western side yet stands the venerable parish church 
of St. Brelade, now in its eighth century, and to the north of 
this, the church of St. Ouen ; in the first of which the Pipons, 
in the last the De Carterets, Lords of St. Ouen, worshipped, and 
were entombed. And hard by St. Ouen's Church, the old granite 
manor-house, till late the home of the De Carterets, still lifts 
its quaint double gables, an object of curious legends with the 
islanders.* Remarkable not only for its scenery, but for its 

* This ancient seat of the De Carterets (we condense from "Scenic Beauties of 
the Island of Jersey," by Philip J. Ouless, Esq., of St. Helier) is situated in the parish 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



unique government and society, remains of an old feudal aris- 
tocracy modeled in the twelfth century by King John of England, 
its industrious people, busied with their dairies, cider-making, 
oyster beds, shipbuilding and marine pursuits, are more of a 
study. Mostly Protestants, of simple manners, very frugal, liv- 
ing quite after the French mode, and speaking only the harsh 
unwritten patois known as Norman French, except in town, 
where modern French, — used in all local court proceedings, — is 
more popular than English, they resemble an old Huguenot com- 
munity; and not without cause, as many of that worthy class 
took refuge here during the series of persecutions in France 
which culminated at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. 

Our course from Jersey lying southward, we descry in the 
distance, upon the charming heights of the Cotentin, another 
landmark welcome to the coaster, — the tall spire of the cathedral 
at Coutances. Little else can be seen of this much-admired 
structure, though its huge symmetrical form so towers above the 
town, — and anon its receding figure falls far astern. On cross- 
ing the Bight of La Manche, formed by the sudden deflection of 

the coast to the west- 
ward, and between the 
rocky isles the Chaus- 
seys and the more ter- 
rible Minquieres, Brit- 
tany's rugged border 
lifts to view its bald 
cliffs, so wild and des- 
olate in their grand- 
eur ; most conspicuous 
the headland of Can- 
cale, forming a bay in 
the depth of the Bight 
in which lies the islet 
of Mont St. Michel, with its famous old abbey high up on the 
precipitous rock. We must forego a visit to the grand abbey 
hall, where the knights of St. Michel (the creation of Louis XI. 
in 1469) long held their banquets, and pass untested those delec- 

of St. Ouen, from which it takes its name, about six miles from St. Helier, and a 
short furlong from the parish church, on the military road from that town to St. 
Ouen's Bay. To the old castellated mansion, believed to have been built about the 
reign of Edward I., are annexed the more modern wings, which project in front, and 
are not older than the time of Charles II. Entering its low oaken door, which seems 
to have remained unchanged for ages, a fact is recalled, not least among its pleasing 
reminiscences, that here the last-named monarch found refuge when, a proscribed 
exile, he arrived in Jersey in 1649, and was proclaimed king, sharing the hospitality 
of his brave and faithful subject, and which he afterward so well repaid. But for 
this (strange as it may seem), some episodes in Harlem history could not be written! 




St. Ouen or De Carteret Manor-House, Jersey. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 9 

table bivalves, here abounding, and so toothsome when taken 
from the half-shell. We soon reach the St. Malo roads, and 
the insulated town of the same name, our place of destination, 
with its fleet of traders and its fishing craft. Bars and reefs 
obstruct the entrance; but now, at the mooring, we leave our 
matter-of-fact skipper to sell his lading, and the jolly tar to rest 
his sea-legs at his usual resort in the town, while we proceed to 
explore this quaintly primitive place, which seems to carry one 
back into some by-gone century. We are not now in Jersey, as 
is apparent. Hidden within strong walls black with age, and 
seated on a rocky peninsula, which becomes an islet at every 
flood-tide, — here rising forty feet, — and at the ebb girt about by 
btroad sands, the rank sedge growing there haunted by sea-fowl, 
• and under a hot sun emitting no pleasant odors, St. Malo does not 
agreeably impress the approaching visitor. A turn through its 
streets may not better those impressions; but his curiosity is 
deeply enlisted, not only in the place, — a small, sombre marine 
town, with its dingy, oddly-fashioned old houses and its array 
of shipping stores, cordage, cables and anchors, — but in its people, 
true to the national instincts, so polite and deferential, yet sur- 
charged with good feeling, so very chatty and free. Wealthy, 
but none too moral, yet (contradiction easy in this land of ano- 
malies) they yield to none in keeping the Sabbath. Once no 
•other French port throve as this upon its lucrative foreign trade, 
its cod and whale fisheries, and not less upon rich harvests gath- 
ered in war times by its bold privateersmen, ever as vigilant as 
their trusty night-watch, — not the present patrolling coast-guard, 
but when, a century ago, it consisted of a pack of dogs. These, 
let loose outside the walls, in charge of a soldier, served both 
as a protection to the shipyards on the strand, where timber and 
cordage lay exposed to pillage by the neighboring peasantry, and 
to raise the cry of warning should an armed foe attempt to steal 
in, either from seaward or via the Sillon, — the long causey, so 
called, that led from the main to the town gate, and where it 
was and still is guarded by a drawbridge and huge round towers 
that flank the gateway. Truly suggestive was the old night guard 
at St. Malo of that dogged watchfulness of their rights common 
to this people at large, the violation of which rights by despotic 
rulers had caused such effusions of blood and wholesale expatria- 
tions. But in the centuries since flown, like as the night-watch 
has changed from the canine to the human, so to the credit of 
that fatherland has public sentiment there made great advance in 
all that is humane and fraternal. Yet the story of former wrongs 



lo HISTORY OF HARLEiAI. 

which it devolves upon us to tell is fraught with lessons too im- 
portant to be forgotten.''' 

2. IIAKI.KM, SPRINGS OF ITS HISTORY. 

Within these far-stretching leagues of sea-washed dykes^ 
downs and cliffs, remote from Harlem ocean-wide, lie the open- 
ing scenes of its history. They carry us not only to the great 
marts, but to obscure interior homes of Holland, Belgium, and 
Northern France. Vouched for by records freshly gleaned from 
this richly historic field, involving no small amount of careful 
research, they at once possess the merit of authenticity, and pre- 
sent us pictures of former times wdiich are new in every essential 
of outline and detail. 

Admired and revered world-wide, as are those old conti- 
nental countries, for the peculiar fascination which invests all that 
pertains to them, — their remarkable peoples, venerable institu- 
tions, and annals almost unparalleled for soul-stirring vicissitudes ;. 
their antique remains and rare works of art, the standing won- 
der of tourists, — how strong their claim upon our remembrance 
and veneration, in their intimate relation of fatherlands, the 
source largely of our brave and virtuous ancestry, and, per 
sequence, a national prosperity that is unexampled, — fact which 
scarce needs an appeal to written history, because attested, as 
well by the characteristics and traditions of our people as by our 
family nomenclature, and the names of our towns, districts, and 
states. Should not these ties of affinity which bind us so strongly 
to the fatherlands lend an additional charm to the study of their 
institutions and epochs ? 

Let credit be given to those primary agencies which paved 
the way for the colonization of our country, — those hazardous 
but eventful voyages which began very early in the sixteenth 
century, when a new field for maritime adventure had but just 
been opened to Europe by the astounding discoveries of Columbus. 
It was the heroic enterprise of the merchants and mariners of 
the French seaports, Dieppe, Honfleur, St. Malo, Nantes, Rochelle, 
and others, which, favored by the national prosperity under Louis 

* Oh, for a full toleration in that land with reason endeared to the American 
heart, when no such despotism shall tarnish the public character as the imprisonment 
of a Christian minister on the trivial charge ot exceeding his parish limits in the 
exercise of his functions ! We refer to the recent case of M. Lacheret (by report, 
not from him. but others), the excellent pastor of Maubeuge, on the Sambre, and a 
contributor of materials for this work. Quite too analogous, both as to spirit and 
locality, is this act of intolerance to others of past times recited in these pages. But 
we trust this enlightened nineteenth century will see that old and hideous blot upon; 
the nation's honor effectually wiped out ! 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. ii 

XII., first thoroughly explored the North American coast, to find 
in the Newfoundland fisheries an exhaustless mine of wealth, and 
to ravish the popular mind with glowing fancies as to the char- 
acter and resources of the New World. Highly conducive to 
this were the several voyages of the Florentine Verrazzano, and 
Cartier of St. Malo, both sailing under the royal auspices of 
Francis I. : the former, after a visit to our coast and harbors in 
1524, returning to Dieppe with report of his success; and the 
other, ten years later, the pioneer explorer of the bay and river 
St. Lawrence. And many a hapless expedition, as that of the 
Picard, Sieur de Roberval, and those growing out of the exigen- 
cies of the Huguenots prior to their first civil war, which, with 
the aid of Coligny and Calvin, undertook to plant colonies in 
Brazil and Florida, e'en by their misfortunes pointed most im- 
pressively to this remote land as the ultimate refuge for the 
oppressed of Europe. This idea of colonizing America, which 
in France slumbered during the civil wars, was revived in the 
time of Henry IV., and with greater promise under his en- 
lightened patronage; when the names of such daring spirits as 
De Vaux, Pontgrave and Champlain fill the page of maritime 
discovery, the last of whom in 1608 founded Quebec, the first 
permanent European colony in North America. The cotem- 
porary efforts of the Spaniards and English, in the same line 
of exploration, concern us less. 

But Holland now appears, a rival in the field of discovery. 
Rife with the spirit of commerce, already enriched by her East 
India trade in spices, silks, and gems, and just concluding a fav- 
orable truce with Spain, which as the fruit of a glorious struggle 
was to virtually secure her independence, with the monopoly of 
this lucrative trade, — she opportunely joins in the arduous search 
for that long-sought passage to the Indies by a western route, 
quicker, as was believed, than by the Cape of Good Hope. To 
this end was the voyage of Hudson from Amsterdam in 1609, 
which, though futile as to its specific object, startled the mer- 
chants and capitalists of Holland, alive to every new scheme of 
aggrandizement, with reports of the noble river explored by their 
bold English skipper and thereafter to bear his name ; promising, 
in the affluence of its natural products, its forests of ship-timber, 
and its more valuable furs, to eclipse the fame of Newfoundland,, 
and rival the wealth of the Indies. The importance of this dis- 
covery, confirmed by sundry trading voyages to Hudson's river, 
covering a series of years, led to the formation of the Dutch West 
India Company, under whose direction the first colonists pro- 



12 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

ceeded thither in 1623, composed chiefly of French or Walloons, 
who, driven from their own countries by war and persecution, 
had taken refuge in the free states of Holland. 

From this small beginning, as we know, grew the flourishing 
states of New York and New Jersey, respecting whose origin 
the zeal and industry of the historian has left but little to be 
added, save in a knowledge of the pioneer colonists themselves. 
Of but few of the large number who came from the continental 
parts of Europe have we any personal account prior to their 
advent upon the American soil. Thrown upon these shores, as 
are the delicate sea-shells cast up by restless waves, whose alter- 
nate ebb and flow effaces their tiny furrows in the sand, our 
French and Belgic sires had emerged from rude billows of peril 
and conflict in their native lands, enough, in human view, to have 
swept away all trace of them there. We may follow them in their 
subsequent career, with rarely a failure, by means of scanty 
records ; but this opening chapter of their history, how difficult to 
recover it, especially where is missing the connecting link between 
the exile and his former home in the fatherland.* 

To regain this lost link, this unknown page in the story of 
the colonist, so important a prelude to his after-life, and almost 
of necessity eventful and touching, became a prime object with 
the author. It was to trace these wanderers amid the scenes of 
their native lands and homes, where were their firesides, their 
altars, their fields of conflict, and to -study them in the face of 
such circumstances as must have inflxuenced their character and 
destiny. In resolving the causes that led them to abandon their 
native for a foreign soil, we should acquire the means wherewith 
to better apprehend them in their new sphere, which, however 
different, yet involved great sacrifice, danger, and hardship to 
themselves and families ; insomuch that the problem of their 
strange exile could be clearly solved only by a knowledge of the 
rugged experiences which had impelled them thereto. Their 
antecedents must aid in forming an estimate of their personal 
worth, and in accounting for their peculiar tastes, habits, and 
attachments. Placing their simple virtues in bolder relief, even 

* Tradition is rarely of much service in this connection. The extravagant stories 
that the worthy Demarest "purchased the whole of Harlem," and that the Benson 
ancestor, on coming here, "had the choice of the whole island," on which were "only 
five houses," are amusing specimens of the vague and unreliable utterances of tra- 
dition ! Demarest was a recently-arrived Huguenot exile, and as for Benson, he did 
not come to Harlem till sixty odd years after this settlement began. 

It is quite natural to give credence to such traditions as are flattering to our 
ancestry. But few, comparatively, of our early colonists, on coming here, brought 
much wealth, and fewer, _ perhaps, had enjoyed rank and position in their own lands. 
Still, our colonists rise in the social scale with later investigations, and it becomes 
more apparent that wealth, rank, and culture were not such rare endowments with 
them as has been supposed. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 13 

their foibles would seem more excusable, when viewed in con- 
tact with the sterner age in which they lived, the conflicts they 
had to wage, and the circumscribed light and advantages which 
fell to their lot. 

So judging, the author was led to make such inquiries abroad 
as have resulted in the recovery of many interesting details 
touching the first settlers at Harlem prior to their emigration; 
facts which, buried for centuries in the musty archives of the 
fatherlands, now come to us with all the novelty of an original 
narrative.* 

Traced to many parts of Western Europe, from the sunny 
plains of France to the bleak, fir-clad hills of old Scandinavia, 
these founders of Harlem were neither exclusively nor mainly 
Hollanders, as has been the common opinion. From the last- 
named section came sturdy Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians, in 
faith Lutherans, and inured to toil, with manners betraying the 
blood of the brusk Norsemen, once the scourge of France and 
the British Isles ; but as the native asperity had been softened 
under ages of culture, so had hard fortune, in the case of these 
exiles, added its chastening effects. They were few in number, 

* Baron W. J. C. Rammelman Elsevier, Archivist at Leyden, Holland, to whom 
I here express my thanks, has furnished materials of the utmost value, extracted, 
with much painstaking, from the ancient archives of the city, the University, and tbf 
Dutch and Walloon churches there. Mr. Frederick Muller, of Amsterdam, also heartily 
interested himself in causing similar searches to be made at Amsterdam, Slooterdyke, 
and Haarlem, by Mr. Magnin, Brother of the Order of the Netherland Lion, and 
former Archivist of Drenthe. Mr. Osgood Field, of London, who, in hours spared 
from mercantile duties, has proven his love for the historic field, also has my warm 
acknowledgments for aid in procuring, through Mr. H. G. Somerby, since deceased, 
important extracts from the registers of the Walloon churches of London and Canter- 
bury; as also other data from parish registers at Newcastle-on-Tyne, copied by Rev. 
R. Gould, of Earsdon Vicarage. Also Mr. W. Noel Sainsbury, of Her Majesty's State 
Paper Office, for materials in his custody. Thanks are due to Rev. N. Weiss, late of 
Paris, for the hearty interest he manifested in my labors, and who supplied some 
useful items from the records at Avesnes, obtained through the agency of M. Lacheret, 
pastor at Maubeuge; and also a valuable brochure upon the church of Le Gateau, 
Ijesides many facts and suggestions pertaining t9 the general subject of the Huguenot 
refugees and the specific names submitted to him, — he also having the kindness, un- 
solicited, to lay one of my letters before the Societe _de I'Histoire du Protestantisme 
francais, a member of which, M. Bordier, an able historian, politely lent his efforts 
to further its object. Also to Hon. Edward M. Smith, U. S. Consul at Mannheim, 
for instituting searches in that city; and to the gentlemen who engaged in them: Mr. 
Eduard Lemp, custodian of the city_ archives; Herr von Feder, Deputy of the Second 
Chamber and Historian of Mannheim; and M. Ruckhaber, pastor of the Concordia, 
late Walloon church. Also to M. Gerlach, pastor of the Walloon church, Middleburg, 
Zealand, who sought to satisfy my inquiries, but found nothing^ in his registers. M. 
Louis Bardy, Mayor of Sedan, also politely attentive to my inquiries, assures me, with 
regret, that they laave no registers for the period I had indicated. An article con- 
cerning the Carterets and Pipons, inserted in the British Press, island of Jersey, 
brought a response from a lineal descendant of Capt. James Carteret, Mrs. Braith- 
waite, of Terrace House, St. Helier, daughter of the late Gen. James Pipon, of Noir- 
mont, in that island, and whom I have to thank for several communications. And I 
am also happy to acknowledge the valuable aid given me in the specialite to which 
this note refers by the late lamented Professor Pierre Blot, and the artist, Mr. Ed. 
Kalshoven, of New York, but till recently of Amsterdam; as also by Mr. John Cal- 
lanan, of Binhamton, N. Y., deserving to be better known, and who loves to roam amid 
the florid scenes of his native isle, Jersey. His kindness has procured us the view 
of the St. Ouen, or De Carteret Manor-House, obligingly furnished at his request by 
his friend, Philip J. Gules, Esq., of St. Helier, artist and author of "Scenic Beauties 
of the Island of Jersey." 



14 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

yet included several of undoubted worth and superior attain- 
ments. 

Other exceptions there were ; but the community was made 
up mainly and in about even proportion of Hollanders and 
French Huguenots : names than which none suggest a truer 
ideal of sterling character, of patriotism, exalted faith, and heroic 
suffering. Nor do our settlers cast discredit upon this general 
estimate of these classes. They and their families had sacrificed 
much in behalf of liberty and the reformed religion. They were 
men of probity, equal to those of their times in intelligence, edu- 
cation, and enterprise. Highly industrious, they scorned, even in 
poverty, any dependence upon the charitable, while they could 
practise an honest trade or handicraft, such as they invariably 
possessed. In a word, their record, though not faultless, well 
sustains this general good character. Tried men, used to con- 
quering difficulties, undaunted by the exposure and peril incident 
to a wild, a hostile land, theirs was the arduous work of con- 
structing a new society, a civilization to which despotic Europe 
was then a stranger, or which it could not tolerate. Its safe 
guards, invaluable even for the security of life and estate, — the 
church, the school, the civil magistracy, — they were careful to 
bring with them, to plant and nurture as on a more congenial 
soil; and which, deeply rooted, and with broad spreading 
branches, still yield for us their golden fruits. How and under 
what circumstances they acquired these valuable ideas which 
possessed them, this peculiar fitness for their high destiny as 
colonists and founders of empire, is surely a most inviting sub- 
ject of inquiry. 

3. GLIMPSES OF THIS FATHERLANDS. 

To catch the spirit and genius of the times under review is 
to ignore such changes, political, moral, and physical, as three 
centuries have wrought ; for Europe of to-day is not the Europe 
of the sixteenth century. By the light of the historic past, its 
wealth of significant fact and incident is more clearly revealed. 
In the land of the Huguenots the remote eras of the Gaul, the 
Roman, and the Frank yet lived in piquant story, and might be 
traced in existing monuments as well as in musty tomes. Still 
in popular use were the old provincial names, time-honored and 
interwoven with all the history of the country; for not yet had 
revolution stripped the French provinces of these means of iden- 
tity, in its well-conceived but too radical onslaught upon feudal 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 15 

rights and institutions. An exhaustless theme, with our Hugue- 
not refugee, was his dear old Picardie, or Artois, or Norman- 
die; the taHsman which in his remotest wanderings, e'en till 
death closed his exile, recalled all that was endearing in the 
word home. In church and state the ancient regime was intact. 
The old provincial dynasties which had grown up and flourished 
under the feudal system, but whose lines of puissant counts and 
<lukes were long since extinct, lived even yet in important senses, 
not only in monumental stones and structures, and in the local 
annals and traditions, but in countless charters, privileges, laws 
and usages still prized and cherished by the people. History, 
.as if to deepen its impress upon the popular heart, had scattered 
its monuments over the soil with lavish hand; and around these, 
time, — which in the annals of Gaul meant a score of centuries, — 
had woven its weird and marvellous legends, often a tax upon 
credulity, but perchance too real : some tale of gallant heroism, 
of gentle piety, or dark superstition, touching the heart or quick- 
ening the blood, but, whether true or otherwise, a telling para- 
phrase upon the national traits or instincts. The old baronial 
castle proudly rearing its towers was rich in reminiscences of 
warlike feudal times. The razing its ponderous walls as mate- 
rial for the mason? — sacriligious thought. Dingy cloisters, 
over whose turrets crept venerable ivy, still swarmed with pious 
monks, yet had come to be symbolic of that moral darkness which 
in the early ages first drove the gentle handmaids' religion and 
learning to the covert of such strong and friendly walls. Held 
by the masses in profound veneration, they evidenced the singular 
religious fervor of the race. But here's a touching emblem, the 
cross, — it is coarsely fashioned in stone, — which surprises one 
in some rural solitude, but near the highway, so none may fail 
to see it, and, kneeling, offer up a paternoster. Mute; yet it 
tells, maybe, the affecting tale of some early martyrdom, or of 
the gallant brave slain in battle, on this now sacred spot. How 
suggestive of that strong, unnatural alliance between war and 
religion ; whence bloody crusades against Turks, Albigenses, and 
Vaudois, and, we may add, the Huguenot wars. 

Between the cities or villages all is forest, or heath, or tilled 
lands, but alike a solitude, unbroken by cheery farm-houses or 
villas; no fences even, but rows of ancient yews, or hedge of 
flowering holly or thorn, or yet the natural streams, to mark 
the limits of estates. The farmer, however distant his acres, 
lives in town or hamlet. The wealth, industry and social life 
concentre in teeming cities or towns. These are mostlv seated 



i6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

on the rivers, — the latter ahnost the only medium of domestic 
trade and travel, — or upon the old Roman ways ; cross-roads 
were few and neglected. Treasuries of all that was venerable 
and curious were these cities. Many had sprung from rude 
towns of the Gauls, and owed their first significance to Roman 
civilization and law and the architectural and other improve- 
ments then introduced, — still attested by noble ruins, found every- 
where, of line structures, besides immense stretches of paved 
military roads, bringing the chief places into easier communica- 
tion. Shut up in massive walls, the city, each within itself, 
was a little world, sparing, beyond the necessities of trade, of 
any intercourse or sympathy with others around it. The older 
portions were easily told, the houses so antique, the streets nar- 
row and crooked, with a gutter running down the centre. 
Through others ran canals, lined with vessels receiving or dis- 
charging merchandise, and where stood the tiled houses, two or 
three stories high, occupied by merchants or traders, who mainly 
composed the burghery, — the enterprising and well-to-do middle 
class. More pretentious were the mansions of the lords and 
gentry, — the upper strata of society; the lower, — the toiling ar- 
tisans and work people, — tenanting squatty, cottage-like houses, 
their low eaves overhanging the humble doorway, with windows, 
or little lookouts, not the best for admitting air or sunhght, but 
quite large enough in cold or stormy weather, since window- 
glass was too great a luxury for the poor. But the clergy often 
surpassed even the nobility in the richness and comfort of their 
abodes, which with monasteries and other houses of the religious 
orders, usually well endowed, engrossed a large area within the 
cities. Above the clustering gables arose the turrets and crosses 
of parish churches not a few, and the lofty spire and pinnacles 
of the stately cathedral; witnesses ahke to the devotion and 
taste of their votaries, but the latter the crowning glory of the 
city, whether for the grandeur of its design, or for its wealth of 
sculptures, frescoes, and paintings. Within, its lofty solemn 
arches inspired the worshiper with reverence and awe; its very 
plan, a cruciform, told where his faith should rest; and even 
the dumb effigies of the noble dead, recumbent on their costly 
tombs in the silent transept, read him a lesson upon his own 
mortality. Still, in aid of his devotions, were images, tapers, 
and clouds of incense; with "sacred relics" in profusion, ac- 
credited with healing power and other miraculous virtues, and 
rarely excepting either a piece of "the true cross," or the 
denuded bones of the city's ancient patron, and still guardian 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 17 

saint. The citadel afforded secure quarters to the royal governor, 
who need fear no disaster incident to those times, as insurrec- 
tion, or those more dreaded from want of skill to cope with them, — 
fire, famine, and pestilence, — which often caused fearful ravages. 
But what recuperative energy had these cities, and to what un- 
wonted prosperity they attained, especially in the wool and flax 
working districts of the Netherlands and Northern France. 
Grand displays characterized the periodical fairs and the frequent 
religious festivals. Tournament and feats at arms were the 
high sport of the nobility; their pastime, hunting or hawking. 
Tennis or ball playing was the great popular game, and dancing 
the universal amusement for both sexes. Ancient and often 
grotesque customs were kept up with great spirit. Crowning 
the rosiere was a usage not only very ancient (instituted by St. 
Medard of Noyon, in Picardy, in the fifth century), but pretty 
and touching. It was the public presentation of a hat bedecked 
with roses to the most exemplary maiden of the town or village. 
The entire family of the recipient share the honor. "The crown 
of roses," says the Countess de Genlis, "is expected with emotion, 
awarded with justice, and establishes goodness, rectitude and 
virtue in every family." 

One of the cities most closely identified with our refugees 
was Amiens. Within its encircling moat and high massive 
walls, strengthened at short distances by round abutments and 
towers, it was not then the open, airy town it now is, since its 
sombre walls have given place to a handsome boulevard; but it 
was noted "for the beauty of its buildings, and for the quality, 
industry and number of its inhabitants." The city lay south 
of the Somme, whose main channel formed a bend around its 
northern part known as the Old or Lower Town, where three 
branches also entered it under arches in the wall, and which, 
diffusing into canals, threaded its narrow streets, here lined by 
low and antiquated dwellings and shops, and uniting again on 
the western side, escaped by a single outlet at St. Michel's 
Bridge. To this portion, which had led Louis XI. to call 
Amiens his Little Venice, lay joining southerly a larger part 
known as the Upper Town, having broad and quite regular 
streets, fine houses, mainly two stories high and of uniform 
style, with two spacious squares "where seven fair streets 
centred." Henry IV. had built its city hall and citadel, the 
latter in the form of a star, with five sharp angles, command- 
ing the northern approach to the city, and though still incom- 
plete, deemed impregnable. But all its fine edifices, the bishop's 



i8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

palace not excepted, paled before its grand cathedral, Notre 
Dame, pronounced at that time "the fairest and most lovely 
structure in the West of Europe." In plan the usual cruciform, 
it dated from 1220, when its foundations were laid; excepting 
as to its western front, which was of later construction, very 
rich in Gothic decorations, and flanked by two massive unfinished 
square towers of unequal height. From over the transept arose 
a light and airy spire three hundred and seventy feet high. It 
would consume too much space to describe its interior magnifi- 
cence. Among its treasured relics was the decapitated head of 
John the Baptist, alleged to have been brought by a Picard 
crusader from Constantinople, after its capture in 1204. Its 
great value consisted in its entire genuineness, though this was 
not quite demonstrated till 1665, when done in a learned treatise 
prepared at the request of the chapter by the great savant of 
Amiens, Sieur du Cange ! Another relic they had, equally real, 
and hardly less valuable, — the finger of "doubting Thomas," 
which had restored his faltering faith by a touch of the Saviour's 
wounds ! If aught could better show how strong a grasp old 
superstitions had upon the popular mind at Amiens, it needed 
but a stroll among its numerous abbeys and parish churches, or 
through its great cemetery of St. Denis, hard by the cathedral, 
where monumental crosses, antique and moss-grown, told the 
faith in which slept its dead of many centuries. 

Amiens was the city of the brave Ambiani, who having sent 
a strong force to oppose the victorious Caesar, were at last ob- 
liged to open their gates to this mighty conqueror. Galling as 
was the yoke, it was alleviated by the benefits of the Roman 
municipal government, with its magistracy and senate, having a 
share in enacting the laws and dispensing justice. Upon the 
introduction of Christianity the people chose their own bishops, 
— a right they had ever since exercised, save when obstructed by 
violence or arbitrary rulers. After the Frank conquest, near the 
end of the fifth century, the powers of the magistrates were 
extended, the senate was opened to all citizens, including the 
clergy; and the bishop, whose functions before were scarcely 
more than spiritual, became, by the elective vote of the people, 
president of the municipal body, and thus was invested with a 
temporal authority and a chief influence in all the affairs of the 
city. The Frankish kings also established in this, as in other 
principal cities, a civil and military governor, called a count, 
who exercised the powers of judge. Charlemagne, among other 
beneficial changes, created judges called scabini, who were 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 19 

elected conjointly by the count, the imperial officers and the peo- 
ple, by which the citizen acquired a new and valued right; the 
political and administrative power being now shared by the 
bishop, the count, and these judges. It was the suspension by 
the counts in feudal times of this important franchise, with other 
abuses of power, that led the burghers of Amiens to form that 
compact for their protection called the commune. This was 
effected at the beginning of the twelfth century (1113), when, 
revolting against the encroachments of the count and the exac- 
tions of the viscounts which he had arbitrarily substituted for 
the judges, the people, excited thereto by the bishop, and sus- 
tained by the king, Touis VI., constituted themselves an incor- 
poration, adopting a charter which served as a model for many 
other communes in the North of France. "The commune," says 
Thierry, "was sovereign, because it had the right of self-govern- 
ment by its proper laws, and the right of life and of death over 
all its members ; it had, following the language of the ancient 
jurisprudence, high, middle, and low justice. Its power, legis- 
lative, administrative, and judicial, was delegated by it to a corps 
of elective magistrates, renewed each year, and whereof the 
head bore the title of mayor (maire), and the members that of 
echevin, or the joint titles of echevin and prevot." King Philip 
Augustus confirmed these rights by a charter in 1190, and this 
ancient form of government still subsisted at Amiens. How it 
had become a great commercial city, the struggles of its citi- 
zens in all the centuries past to preserve their privileges against 
domestic and foreign enemies, and countless other incidents of 
its history, are not essential to our present design. 

The national history counted its centuries before the Chris- 
tian era ; its first known epoch was a barbaric age, devoted to 
war and the bloody rites of the Druids, or the religious mysteries 
of the Gauls, who, to propitiate their gods, immolated human 
captives. The Gauls were then divided into three nations, — the 
Belgse, Celtge, and Aquitani; the first being of German extrac- 
tion, and superior in physique, energy, and courage to the others. 
The Gauls told Csesar that the ancestors of the Belgse had crossed 
the Rhine at an early date and appropriated the fertile country 
north of the Seine and Marne, after driving out the Celtse. These 
three nations were subdivided into independent tribes, as the 
Nervii, the Ambiani, the Veromandui, the Bellovaci, and the 
Suessiones, all of the Belgse, and all tribes of Picardy, except the 
Nervii, which lay next northward. 

Five centuries of Roman subjugation formed the second 



20 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

epoch, during which Gaul was civiHzed, through the influence 
of Roman law, letters and arts, and of Christianity. Clovis, 
king- of the Franks, overthrew the Roman power in 486, and 
founded the monarchy, which, despite many convulsions, had 
subsisted for twelve centuries. A dismal period of anarchy 
ensued after the death of Clovis, and ended in the dethronement 
of his race. It was marked by the corruption of the church, 
which had allied itself to the civil power, and by the rise of mon- 
asticism, which spread over Northern Gaul in the seventh century. 

The monarchy rose to great splendor and the dignity of an 
empire under the ambitious but wise Charlemagne, who added 
two kingdoms to France. But all this greatness vanished under 
his weak successors. Rent by internal dissensions, a general 
revolt of the nobles and the inroads of the piratical Normans, 
the mushroom empire soon fell asunder; its two acquisitions, 
Italy and Germany, resuming their separate existence, while 
France proper was resolved into numerous petty governments, 
which, ruled by hereditary dukes and counts under what was 
styled the feudal system, subsisted for centuries independent of 
each other, and so far of the crown as to pay it scarcely a nom- 
inal homage. Thus arose among others, in the ninth and tenth 
centuries, the proud earldoms or counties of Flanders (from 
which Artois was subsequently taken), Hainault, Holland, and 
those which afterward united formed Picardy; besides the duchy 
of Normandy, founded by Rollo and his Norsemen out of their 
rich conquests. 

This localization of power causing man}^ domestic wars, — 
with the utter humiliation of the monarchy, — was, for a time, fatal 
to social order and progress. But this state of things ultimately 
found its remedy, in the perfecting of the feudal system, the 
restraining power of the church, the rise of the spirit of chivalry, 
and, above all, in the famous Crusades, whose object was to 
wrest the land of Palestine from the Mohammedan power. Con- 
ceived in a desire to end the cruelties inflicted by the Turks 
upon Christians going on pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre, and 
first set on foot in 1095 by a Picard called Peter the Hermit, 
these remarkable expeditions were repeated at intervals during 
two centuries. Monarchs took the field, and the chivalry of 
France and the Netherlands, including many from Normandy, 
Picardy, Hainault, Artois, and Flanders, bore a distinguished 
part. Directly productive only of disaster, a prodigious waste 
of life and treasure, and naught in return of which to boast, 
beside valorous deeds, but a brief occupation of Jerusalem by 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 21 

the crusaders, the Crusades, strange as it may seem, ultimately 
wrought out results highly beneficial to society. By impairing 
the strength and resources of the feudal chiefs, great and small, 
who had alike squandered all they had on these costly expedi- 
tions, the way was opened to the monarchy to regain, by degrees, 
its control; and to the cities, to cast off their allegiance to the 
counts or seigniors, — feudal masters, who had long oppressed 
them, — and to accept the protection of the king : nor were efforts 
for aggrandizement relaxed (a policy begun by Louis VI., 
crowned in 1108), till, by the use of diplomacy and force, 
supremacy had been regained over all the French territory 
which had revolted in the ninth century, excepting only the 
Netherland provinces lying north of Picardy. These, by a 
train of favoring causes, had fallen to the dukes of Burgundy, 
and, through them, to the crown of Spain ; thus exposing to this 
rival power anoth'er and more accessible frontier, where no lofty 
Pyrenees opposed a difficult barrier, and which in subsequent 
wars between them became a principal theatre of hostilities. 

But the elevation of the sovereign consequent upon the 
Crusades was no more marked than was that of the subject. 
Everywhere the bands which held the vassal to his lord were sun- 
dered, and the bondman went out free. The dissipated wealth 
of the feudal aristocracy had found its way largely into the 
coffers of the merchants, shipwrights, mechanics and manufac- 
turers. With the development of their energies and resources 
the cities rapidly advanced toward that high state of prosperity 
which they long enjoyed, until arrested by the persecutions and 
civil wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The church 
temporal flourished, or at least the clergy, who became rich and 
more arrogant; the churches, with the monasteries or abbeys, — 
already enjoying princely endowments, — had added largely to 
their estates from those of the crusaders, who had mortgaged 
or sold them to the bishops, etc., and all this was augmented by the 
recovery of property alleged to have been stolen by the feudal 
lords. From this profusion of wealth at the church's command, 
supplemented by generous donations from the noble or affluent 
and innumerable offerings by the common people, were built the 
magnificent cathedrals of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; 
also countless new monasteries and cloisters. Out of all this 
again came benefits other than the spiritual, — which latter we 
would not undervalue, — masses of mechanics and workmen had 
bread, while the large demand for skilled architects and artisans 
became a powerful stimulus to many important branches of art. 



22 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

To the various home industries thus created, or quickened, were 
added at this period many useful arts, — not to speak of luxuries, 
— through the opening of commercial intercourse with the ori- 
ental countries by means of the Crusades. 

Yet there ensued results of far greater magnitude, — least 
anticipated, though essential in the chain of progressive events, — 
when a nation, till then but little given to foreign commerce, 
and strangers to distant sea voyages, having become a thor- 
oughly maritime people, through the acquired arts of shipbuild- 
ing and of navigating the ocean, found in the opportune dis- 
covery of a new western continent so grand a field for exploration 
and conquest, and such alluring prospects of wealth, that, joining 
in the eager strife to seize and possess these advantages, they 
became unwittingly the advanced heralds of our American colon- 
ization. 

The feudal system, under which during the Crusades and the 
many wars of the Middle Ages the military art had acquired 
such brilliancy, had crumbled to decay. The chivalry had long 
since passed its palmy days; though, still having the shadow of 
an existence in the famous semi-religious order of St. John of 
Jerusalem, instituted in the Holy City during the Crusades, or, 
as afterward called from the island made their retreat and 
headquarters, the Knights of Malta; as also in others of more 
modern creation,- — in France, the Chevaliers des Ordres du Roi, 
and in the Netherlands, the Knights of the Golden Fleece.'^= But 
the spirit of chivalry, — born of generous impulses, yet perverted 
when the ardent soul of the knight-errant, aglow with martial 
fire and thirsting for bold adventure, could be moved to court 
any peril, in cause noble or trivial, merely to win an approving 
smile from his fair lady-love, — had lost its former prestige, but 
had developed a more general and enlightened philanthropy. 
Time had stripped feudalism of its essential feature, — the fasci- 
nating but onerous military service. The weakened nobility 
were no longer to be depended upon by the crown, and the feudal 
had given place to a paid soldiery. But while this hard condi- 
tion of the feudal compact, as regards the vassal, was thus 
annulled, much of the martial spirit, and even some of the grosser 
features of that system, survived. As the villages had generally 
sprung up either upon the estates and about the castles of the 
nobility, whose descendants still occupied them and were the 

* Chevaliers des Ordres du Roi, or Knights of the King's Orders, was the gen- 
eral designation for the two orders, that of St. Michel, before noticed, and that of the 
Holy Spirit, the latter instituted by Henry III., in 1578." 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 23 

lords of the soil, or about ancient monasteries, which held the 
fee of the ample domains on which they were seated, the inhab- 
itants of these villages, mainly tillers of the ground, were largely 
tenants either of the nobility or clerg}-, and many of these peas- 
ants "to the manner born" were still under the old vassalage. 
In such case the poor ploughman or hedger sighed in vain for 
other employment or better wages : virtually tied to the soil, he 
was as much a fixture as his humble cottage, or the old village 
church where he had been christened, at whose altar he had so 
often bowed, and beneath whose shadow, with the forgotten of 
ages, his weary frame would rest at last. So oppressive were 
these bands, even in Picardy and Normandy, that, waiving the 
claim which birth and service gave him upon his lord for pro- 
tection and support, the bondman would often abandon his home 
to carve out a fortune elsewhere. And though at this time the 
relation of modern landlord had been widely substituted for that 
of the feudal superior, yet so slow was this process, and so strong 
a hold had the old system of serA'itude, that it survived till the 
French Revolution, when it was wholly abolished. 

The more favored freemen within the cities and towns, — 
imbued with a spirit of progress as yet unfelt by the agricultural 
population, and engaged in lucrative pursuits, — bore more easily 
the heavy imposts levied by their sovereigns than had their pre- 
decessors the severer exactions of feudalism, though not indeed 
without many a protest. Society at large also felt their influ- 
ence, and mainly through their agency had been consummated 
the renaissance, as is called that remarkable and universal devel- 
opment, the expansion of industries, the diffusion of knowledge, 
the revival of letters and arts; all accelerated by that crowning 
invention, the printing-press. The common mind, liberated and 
awakened to higher impulses, ventured to roam in new channels 
of thought, touching even the intricate subjects of science, religion 
and human rights. Thus was society ripened for the great 
moral reform of the sixteenth century, which, as respects France 
and the Netherlands, was not more remarkable for the ability 
and piety of its advocates, for the breadth and power of its 
manifestation, than for the fiery ordeal to which its adherents 
were subjected, and the ultimate effects of this severity upon 
the welfare of other countries. 

IMomentous as was this struggle, both in character and con- 
sequences, we must confine ourselves to two distinct passages in 
its history which bear directly on our subject. The one will show 
by what remote causes and influences were gradually developed 



24 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

and put in motion the first efforts to plant the seeds of civiliza- 
tion upon the Harlem soil ; the other, the circumstances under 
which the mass of the Harlem refugees were impelled to leave 
France and the Netherlands, involving- one of the most affecting 
eras in the history of the Huguenots, but which, in view of its 
bearing upon our early colonization, has not been given its due 
prominence by our local annalists. 




CHAPTER II. 



AVESNES AND ITS EXILES. 



'np HE old province of Picardy took in a strip of the coast from 
Calais to the river Canche. But its major portion between 
the Canche and the Bresle, and through which flowed the Somme, 
stretched eastward, wedge-like, from the Channel to Champagne, 
having on the north the Walloon provinces of Artois, Cambresis 
and Hainault, and on the south Normandy and Isle of France. 
Its easterly sections, Thierache and Vermandois, were charm- 
ingly diversified by wooded heights, which, however, told of an 
earlier age, when the adjacent Forest of Ardennes, — the "Neur 
Pai," or "Black Country," of the Walloons, — spread its sombre 
shades westward over this region. About these heights four 
noted streams took their rise, — the Scheldt and Sambre, water- 
ing the Netherlands; the Somme and Oise, rivers of Picardy; 
while the hills here diverged in four several chains, or ridges, 
v^hich parted the respective valleys or basins of these rivers. 
Altogether, these formed a most remarkable feature in the 
topography of the country. Often rising to slight elevations, 
rarely did these ranges exceed an altitude which in our land 
of grander proportions would mark them as but ordinary hills; 
yet, with gentle slopes and summits mantled in woods or vine- 
yards, — and here and there some old chateau or castle rising to 
view, — they gave a charming variety and beauty to these minia- 
ture countries. One range, crossing the eastern borders of the 
Cambresis, where it formed the large and venerable forest of 
Mourmal, linked with stirring events soon to be noticed, skirted 
for some miles the valley of the Sambre; then from northeast 
wound about to northwest, cutting in halves the Duchy of Bra- 
bant, and parting the basins of the Scheldt and Meuse. Another 
chain, — diverging westerly, then northward, till ending at Cape 
Gris-Nez, on the Straits of Dover, — formed the bounds between 
Picardy and Artois. A third ran southwest, crossing Picardy 
■obliquely, then westerly through Upper Normandy, to Cape La 
Heve, at the mouth of the Seine; while the fourth, stretching 



26 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

westward through Thierache to Champagne, formed in part 
the series of hills which environed that province and Isle of 
France, — the basin of the Seine, — then followed the southern 
borders of Normandy to Brittany. Within the shadows, so to 
speak, of these several hill ranges, — in Normandy, along the bor- 
ders of the Somme, in the basin of the Scheldt, and the valley 
of the Sambre, — were the homes of nearly all the French refugees, 
mostly Picards and Walloons, who came to Harlem. 

In most of the externals of a genuine civilization and pros- 
perity, these were much in advance of the districts farther south. 
This was due jointly to their greater natural resources, and to the 
superior organism and spirit of the people. Artois and Picardy 
both abounded in grains, grasses, and fruits ; the one signifi- 
cantly called the "Granary of the Netherlands," the other, the 
"Storehouse of Paris." Flanders was renowned world-wide for 
the products of her looms. Hainault, — the "Saltus Carbonarius" 
of the Romans (the coal forest), — was rich, not only in coal, 
but in iron, lead and marble; while the grazing lands, cornfields 
and orchards of Normandy were in unrivaled repute. More 
densely populated than the south, this northern section exhibited 
in its people a more manly development, both physical and mental : 
in stature, above the average height ; and more intelligent, logical, 
inventive and industrious ; better fed, housed and educated. 
While plodding husbandry tamely drove the plow through the 
mellow soils of La Beuce and Toureine, gathered her vintages 
from Burgundy to Languedoc, and fed her flocks on the green 
meadows of Berry and the sterile heaths of Brittany and Les 
Landes ; in the north, busy trade and manufactures, enlisting all 
the energies and resources of people and country, brought to 
most a competence and, to many, affluence. And even hus- 
bandry, better rewarded for its toil, was more ambitious and 
successful. 

No class of Gallic blood was more remarkable than the 
Walloons, — a people at the present day numbering nearly two 
millions, and mainly included within France and Belgium. Time 
has wrought but slight change among them, but we needs must 
describe them as they were. Theirs was a belt of country ex- 
tending eastward from the river Lys, beyond both Scheldt and 
Meuse, and embracing French or Walloon Flanders, most of 
Artois, the Chambresis, Hainault, Namur, Southern Brabant, 
and parts of Liege and Luxemburg. Within the last lay the 
principality of Sedan, stretched along the east side of the Meuse, 
on which the city of Sedan, its strong capital, was seated. A 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. ^y 

fruitful region and, in the sixteenth century, an independent 
Protestant state, it attracted many of the persecuted Walloons 
during the religious troubles of that period. The northern 
limits of the Walloon country would have been nearly defined 
by a line drawn from the city of Liege, on the Meuse, to Calais. 
On the south it was bounded by Picardy, Champagne and Lor- 
raine, provinces which in the times referred to composed the 
French frontier.* 

The Walloons were a hardy, long-lived race, tall, stout, and 
muscular; in which respects, quite unlike the ordinary French, 
they compared better with their neighbors, the Flemings, but 
again were readily distinguished from the latter both by their 
physiognomy and their speech, which last was a crude French 
patois, spoken by them unchanged for centuries, and still in 
common use among them. Of strong intellects, manly bear- 
ing, a sagacious, practical and laborious people, they were also 
noted for the plainness of their tastes, manners and dress. 
These several traits were clearly traceable to their ancestors, the 
old Belgge, their descent from whom was also unmistakable in 
their coolness and pertinacity, so in contrast with the excita- 
bility and fickleness characterizing the French of proper Celtic 
blood. It was these qualities, combined with a natural love of 
arms, and the courage inherited from their ancestors, — whom 
Caesar describes as the bravest of all the Gauls, — that made the 
Walloons such famous soldiers. Ever tenacious of their rights, 
and thus excessively litigant, they were yet hospitable and social, 
possessing much of the French vivacity. In domestic life they 
lacked no element of solid, homespun comfort: the plain, sub- 
stantial domicile, roofed with tile or thatch; a bare floor, but 
genial hearth stone, with ample pile of blazing wood, or turf, 
as it suited; the oaken board, set with brown ware or pewter, 

* The term Walloon is derived from the word Gaul, which the Germans, by an 
etymological substittition of W for the Latin G, changed into Wahl, and in the plural 
Wlialen; the low Dutch making it Waal and Waalen. But we observe that both Ger- 
man and Dutch, in sneaking of the Walloons, more commonly used the adjective form, 
saying the Walsche-^that is, the Walsche people. The old Germans applied this term 
indiscriminately to all the Romanized people along their western and southern borders, 
not the Gauls only, but the Romans; giving their several countries the name of 
Walschland, as the Germans designate Italy even to this day; and which term is also 
traceable in the Swiss canton of Vallais, in the old canton of Berne, north of Lake 
Leman, or Geneva (embracing the Pays, now canton, of Vaud), and (skipping the 
two provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, early overrun by German tribes) as far to the 
north as Walloon Brabant. The French themselves used the term Walloon (by thern 
written Wallon, or Ouallon) only with reference to the French-speaking people of 
Belgic descent, occupying their northern frontiers, within the Walloon country. The 
term Walsche was so restricted by the Hollanders; and by Walschland. or Walslant, 
as they wrote it, thev meant the Walloon country, and not the more distant Pays _de 
Vaud, as was wrongly held by Mr. Vanderkempt, who should have been better in- 
formed, in making his translation of the Dutch records at Albany. Almost any of the 
old Dutch histories will show the correct usuage, but one will suffice: Van Meteren,. 
Amsterdam, 1652, fo I.40, etc. 



28 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

with g-oo(lly supply of simple, wholesome food, — this satisfied 
the Walloon ambition in the line of living. Song, or instru- 
mental music, of which they were excessively fond, commonly 
enlivened the social hour. They were very devout, and, as a 
people, intensely attached to the Roman ritual. 

The Walloon emigrations of the sixteenth century, already 
referred to, went largely by way of the Scheldt, the Meuse, and 
their affluents, to Holland. Skirting interiorwise the districts 
which were the homes of our refugees, the Meuse flowed north- 
erly, then swept westward around Brabant, reaching the sea by 
several outlets between the insular parts of South Holland. It 
is unsurpassed for bold and grand scenery, which beginning 
near Sedan, is heightened to the sublime as it reaches Namur, 
where the Sambre enters it. Towering walls of rock, now bare, 
now clad in rich foliage, rise on either side ; while here and 
there huge cleft or ravine opens to view some far-reaching and 
romantic vale, or dark unfathomed dell,- — fitting retreat either 
for fabled sprites or fairies, or stern feudal chiefs, who once took 
tribute of each passing vessel. Weird stories are woven around 
its fantastic forms and crumbling castles ; for example, the 
popular legend of the Fox and Wolf, drawn seemingly from that 
fierce encounter of the year 900, when the shrewd Renard, 
Count of Hainault, with his compatriots, slew the tyrant Zwendi- 
bold. King of Lorraine. But stranger tales were those of the 
sixteenth century, of crafts richly freighted, — ^but not with mer- 
chandise, — stealing down its favoring current, bearing the victims 
of persecution, Protestant Walloons from the adjacent districts, 
to a land of safety. One such family of exiles will claim our 
notice and enlist our sympathies. 

The famed and picturesque Sambre was a principal branch 
of the Meuse, and had its sources in that wild corner of Picardy 
called Thierache, which joined upon Hainault. Flowing north- 
erly, it entered the province just named, near the border of the 
Cambresis, soon passing the city of Landrecy; whence taking 
its course northeasterly through a rugged, wooded country, it 
left again the confines of Hainault before joining the Meuse. 
A league below Landrecy it received the Petit Hepre, and, sev- 
eral miles beyond, the Grand Hepre ; these sister streams gently 
coursing their way, in nearly parallel currents, down from the 
principality of Chimay, a few leagues eastward. Between these 
two streams lay the land of Avesnes, an ancient baronial estate, 
whose chief town, seated on the Grand Hepre, six miles from 
its mouth and eight leagues directly south of Mons, is one with 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 29 

the present Avesnes, capital of an arrondissement of the same 
name in the department Du Nord, France. Paris is 123 miles 
to the southwest. 

The town lay mainly upon the left, or south bank, of the 
river, which was not navigable, and within an uneven but, here, 
quite open country, save that to the north of the town the view 
was intercepted by the Hedge of Avesnes, as was popularly called 
a line of pretty heights studded with forest trees, a spur of the 
historic Ardennes, and which followed the course of the stream 
westward to the Sambre. 

This old town dated from the eleventh century, when Werric, 
surnamed"With the Beard," a bold feudal chieftain, lord of Leuze, 
near the Haine, — and who had inherited the lands between the 
two Hepres, given to his ancestor by the Count of Hainaut, — ■ 
erected a castle upon the most northerly of these streams, mid- 
way between its outlet and the even then venerable abbey of 
Liessies, which was seated on the same stream six miles above 
the castle. About this castle the town had grown up. As a 
"key of Hainault," it was guarded with jealous care by the later 
counts, its lords paramount; but cut off, in a manner, by the 
"Hedge," was much exposed to aggression from the French bor- 
der, which was less than two leagues distant. Nor was it spared, 
during a long period in which its ownership was vested in titled 
subjects of France, from too often becoming common plunder 
ground; since among these warlike proprietors were some of 
the most renowned knights of the chivalric ages, whose varied 
and often stern fortunes it had largely shared. But at the period 
of which we write it had withstood the rude blasts of five cen- 
turies ; trusting to the old Latin chronicle left by Baudouin of 
Avesnes, who laid him to rest in 1289. 

The old clock in the belfry, that so faithfully struck the hour, 
was not all that was striking about the town: equally so, to the 
eye, was the prevailing architecture, — plain, durable, betraying its 
Walloon character, if not a high antiquity. Solid as the old 
stone houses at our Kingston or Hurley, built by the Walloon 
settlers, few of the buildings were grand, or even ornamental ; 
and the streets were ill-arranged, — only one, near and parallel 
with the river, running its whole length, crossed midway by 
another at right angles, — while most of the other angles were any- 
thing but right ; and around the venerable cathedral St. Nicholas,, 
in the eastern, and plainly the oldest, section of the town, some of 
its "squares" took the most eccentric and original forms, — cir- 
cular, wedge-like and awry! Yet, "oppidum elegans admodum 



30 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

ci cclebar," says a learned monk of 1655, — "a very handsome and 
celebrated town." 

A'lany things at Avesnes, surviving its partial ruin by Louis 
XL, in 1477, still wore both a militant and a religious aspect. 
The remains of the old feudal castle, hoary with age ; the smithy 
of the armorer, whose forge and skill could fit you a trusty 
blade or battle-axe, a helmet or a coat of mail ; the significant 
sign-board, on which the Walloon youth, ambitious of arms, 
read in roiiche francais, his own rude patois, "Sword and Halberd 
Taught Here." It had its sacred crosses, its religious houses, and 
its collegiate church, or cathedral, already named, the latter en- 
dowed in 1534 with a chapter, — or dean, provost, and dozen 
canons, — through the benevolence and piety of the Lady of 
Avesnes, Louise I'Albret, widow of its former proprietor, Lord 
dc Croy. Here were convents of the Franciscans, both of monks 
and nuns, mendicants whose austere life and vow of poverty gave 
them great favor with the people; and here also was a congre- 
gation seculiere, or society of Beguines, a less strict order, com- 
posed of worthy matrons passing their waning years in partial 
seclusion from the world, in teaching the young, and in works 
of charity. Devout indeed were its people. Catholics of a loyal 
type, as was apparent from the number and reputed wealth of 
the clergy, and the many abbeys and chapters supported by the 
country at large, from which their superior, the ducal arch- 
bishop of Cambray, drew a liberal stipend. 

Traces of a former vassalage were yet visible among this 
people ; but the innumerable wars that had marked their history 
had served to foster the martial spirit and love of liberty derived 
from their ancestors. Yet how cramped the ideas of liberty 
among a people so intolerant of opinions opposed to the teach- 
ings of the church, so submissive to lords and masters not of 
their own choosing, but holding by inheritance, or marriage, or 
even by purchase ! But now they were drawn to worthier pur- 
suits than the shedding of blood, — to productive industry ; and 
mainly to those solid and useful branches of labor, in a degree 
peculiar to the Hainaulters, and well suited to develop their 
large and sinewy frames, and to form the positive characteristics 
the Walloons possessed. They wrought in timber, iron, and stone, 
and the fine, white sculptor's marble found in their quarries. 
Others worked the collieries, tanneries and potteries scattered 
over the district, or in mills for expressing vegetable oils from 
flax and rape seed and beech mast. The abundant forests sup- 
plied building timber, firewood and charcoal for a large traffic. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 31 

The pastures nourished some flocks and herds. Sheep-rearing 
and flax-growing have activity to the woolen and linen workers, 
whose looms or spinning-wheels in their accustomed niches in 
the owners' dwellings rarely ceased their hum or clatter in work- 
ing hours. 

The well-preserved annals of Avesnes gave witness to the 
warlike proclivities of its feudal lords, around whom, as its cen- 
tre and soul, all its history clustered. Their brilliant exploits, 
rehearsed by admiring vassals, and transmitted down from age 
to age in legend and song,— what a stimulus to that courage and 
martial spirit to which we have alluded ! A famous roll it was, 
of these lords and dames of eighteen generations, who had ruled 
Avesnes since Werric-with-the-Beard reared his castle there, and 
all of whom could boast his Belgic blood. 

It told of bold Thierry, son of Werric, whose hache, or axe, 
subdued (and whence its name) the adjoining district, Thier- 
ache; of his nephew; and successor, Goswin d'Oisy, proud cas- 
tellan of Cambray, who essayed to strengthen Avesnes and bid 
defiance to his liege lord of Hainault, only submitting after a 
fierce battle of three days on the banks of the Sambre; of the 
equally stern warrior, Gautier Plukellus, who had succeeded his 
uncle Goswin, and was slain, 1147, in an attack on the castle at 
Mons; also of his son Nicholas, who built the castle at Lan- 
drecy, and his son, Jacques d'Avesnes, "the most renowned, 
wealthy and daring knight of this country," and a famous cru- 
sader, who in 1 191 fell in battle in the Holy Land, fighting the 
Saracens under Saladin. Among the succeeding lords were 
two Hughs, counts of St. Paul, also Louis Count of Blois, who 
was slain at the disastrous battle of Cressy, whither he went to 
oppose the invading English, with his wife's father, the gallant 
Sir John de Hainault, whose fame is sung by Froissart. Sad 
the story which was related of a son of Louis, the brave and 
generous Guy, — one of the most affluent of the lords of Avesnes, 
— who, forced to sell his inheritance of Soissons to effect his 
release when a dreary captive in England, and, later, his earldom 
of Blois, to satisfy luxurious living, died in 1397, in comparative 
penury, at Avesnes ; this estate passing to his cousin John of 
Brittany, son of the unlucky Charles of Blois, who, in famous 
contest to establish his right to Brittany, had lost both his duchy 
and his life at the battle of Auray. A granddaughter of John 
of Brittany, Frances, Dame or Lady of Avesnes, gave his estate, 
with her hand, to Allan d'Albret, one of the most puissant nobles 
of France, and after her death the unsuccessful suitor of the 



32 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

much-wooed duchess, Anne of Brittany, subsequently the wife 
of two kings. It was Louise, Lady of Avesnes, Lord Alain's 
daughter, who, in 1495, by wedding Charles de Croy, Prince of 
Chiniay, placed the Land of Avesnes in possession of the Croys. 
The latter was an old Picard family ; but when Picardy was under 
Philip, Duke of Burgundy, Jean de Croy, grandsire of Charles, 
attached himself to that potent duke, who made him a knight of 
the Golden Fleece, when he first instituted that order at Bruges, 
in 1430. Charles took his title from the estate of Chimay, to 
which he fell heir, in 1482, on the death of his father Philip, 
and which was erected into a principality four years later by 
the Emperor J\Iaximilian, whose son Philip, King of Spain, con- 
ferred on the new prince the additional honors of the Golden 
Fleece. It was a singular pride, — a result of their training under 
the feudal relation, — felt by the subjects in such marks of distinc- 
tion bestowed on their chief; and how often told and retold as 
household stories. And further, that the prince had held the infant 
Charles V. at the baptismal font, and given him his name, and 
subsequently received from that emperor and king a costly hel- 
met, wrought in silver and gold ; and how after him his family 
enjoyed substantial proofs of that monarch's favor. Frances, 
Lady of Avesnes, eldest daughter and heiress of the prince, 
marrying her kinsman, Philip de Croy, — for their parents were 
cousins, — the latter took the estates on the death of his father- 
in-law, in 1527, the next year further securing the land of Aves- 
nes to his house by a release obtained from Henry d' Albert, King 
of Navarre, cousin to his wife, and grandfather of Henry IV. 
of France. 

Since Avesnes fell to the house of Croy, no less than five 
wars between France and Spain had successively convulsed these 
exposed borders. In the earlier of these contests, Philip de Croy, 
now Prince of Chimay and Knight of the Fleece, rendered impor- 
tant service with his Walloon troop; and Charles V., in 1533, 
showed his love for his "nephew" by giving him the title of 
Duke of Arschot, from an estate he held in Brahant. In the 
destructive war of 1543, armies of Francis I. overran this part 
of Hainault, holding Landrecy against a siege of six months, 
conducted by Charles in person ; but peace ensuing the next 
year, France restored to Spain its several conquests. Soon after 
this Landrecy was detached from Avesnes, and ceded to the 
crown by the Duke of Arschot, who meanwhile had been created 
a grandee of Spain. After his decease, in 1549, leaving his heirs 
such rich possessions and dignities, the family of Croy became 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 33 

"of greatest revenue and authority of any in Belgium." Philip, 
second duke, now enjoying his father's titles and estates, includ- 
ing Avesnes, had great influence in governmental affairs, as had 
also his brother, Charles Croy, Marquis of Havre, in Hainault; 
in which province their no less proud and aspiring cousins, the 
Counts Lalain, seemed born to the gubernatoral seat. Great 
destinies were in the grasp of this influential family. Time was 
to eliminate, as one of the results, an humble transatlantic enter- 
prise, to which some of their born subjects were to contribute. 

Hainault was to have its share in that bloody struggle with 
despotism which rent the Netherlands in the sixteenth century. 
Spain now ruled these provinces as with a rod of iron. This 
policy began with Charles V., and culminated under his son, 
Philip n. One oppressive measure after another, subversive 
of their civil rights, had reduced the inhabitants to a subjection 
well-nigh absolute. 

The religious reform which was rife in France and Germany 
had also spread through the Netherlands, but met with deadly 
opposition from the ruling powers, civil and ecclesiastical, being 
subjected to every cruel means for its suppression that these 
could exert, among which was the infamous system of espionage 
and torture known as the Spanish Inquisition. The Walloons 
were of all others most inveterate in their religious attachments ; 
but being essentially French, and living in close proximity to 
France, the Calvinistic views had found early entrance among 
them and made many warm adherents. As a people, their loyalty 
to the crown had been much shaken by the grave inroads upon 
their ancient rights and form of government. The Walloon, 
ever impatient of subjection, — whence the boastful proverb, that 
"Hainault is subject only to God and the sun," — beheld with 
the utmost jealousy his country brought under the dominion of 
foreign tyrants, every part of it swarming with Spanish soldiers, 
whose presence and arrogance so spirited a people could ill 
brook; while the vile Inquisition, thrust upon them and work- 
ing dismay and death among those indulging the new doctrines, 
was repulsive and terrible, even to many of the Catholics them- 
selves. 

At Avesnes, which since the year 1559 had had a Spanish 
garrison, the new religion found no toleration ; yet, nevertheless, 
some of its worthy people, members of its old De Forest family 
included, had embraced the new faith, though this exposed 
them to imminent peril ; for woe to him who dared avow that 
heresy or quit the old church. 



34 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Beyond the Sambre, within the borders of the Cambresis, 
was the handsome forest of Mourmal, consisting of heights 
covered with oaks. With a breadth of six miles it stretched 
northward as many leagues, from the bounds of Vermandois in 
Picardv, to near Bavay, the ancient capital of the Nervii. At 
its western edge, on the Selle, an effluent of the Scheldt, five 
leagues from Cambray and two west of Landrecy, stood the small 
city of Le Cateau, or The Castle, so called from its very old 
tower, built by Bishop .Erluin. The Cambresis being a fief of 
the German empire, Le Cateau, through the favor of the em- 
perors, had long enjoyed immunities and privileges of which 
its citizens were justly proud. 

For the space of some years many of its good burghers and 
their families had talked together freely and earnestly about the 
Holy Scriptures ; but with great secrecy, fearing persecution, if 
it were known to any not in sympathy with them. Unobserved, 
they made visits to the neighborhood of Bohain, a city up the 
Selle, in Vermandois, to hear the evangelical preaching; also 
to Tupigny, in Thierache, and even as far as Crespy, near Laon, 
and Chauny, on the Oise ; only to return with stronger faith 
in the gospel plan as found in the Scriptures, and utterly dis- 
satisfied with their old belief. The new doctrines thus spread 
quietly but surely, and the whole town was leavened with them. 

So it stood when Archbishop De Berghes, who was lord 
temporal as well as spiritual of the Cambresis, in order to check 
the growing disaffection of the church, fulminated an edict 
against the practice of attending the so-called Reformed preach- 
ing, reading heretical books, or chanting the psalms of Marot 
and Beza. To this little regard was paid, and two years passed 
by. Then it was repeated, and its execution enjoined upon all 
magistrates. A case was soon found. Certain burghers, who 
with their wives and children had attended the preaching of 
Rev. Pincheart, at Honnechy, a village south of Le Cateau, near 
Fremont, on the line ofPicardy, were tried and sentenced to be 
banished. This, and other attacks by the archbishop's officers 
upon the rights of the people of Le Cateau, led to popular meet- 
ings and strong remonstrances on the part of the latter. The 
numbers of the Reformed meanwhile had rapidly increased, and 
Rev. Philippe, minister of the church of Tupigny, by invitation 
preached for them many times in the faubourgs of the city, and 
organized a church, with a consistory of ten members. On 
August i8th, 1566, a deputation from the archbishop visited the 
town, and held grand mass in the Church of St. Martin, when 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 35 

Dr. Gemelli harangued the people, threatening them, should 
they not at once return to the Roman Church and make peace 
with the archbishop, with a ruin as dire as that which over- 
whelmed Jerusalem. Then a conference was held in the town- 
hall; but the appeals of the learned doctor fell powerless upon 
men who valued God's truth more than an archbishop's favor. 
Two days after this, the Dean of Avesnes, anxious for some of 
his own flock who had left his fold, visited Le Cateau on his 
return from an interview with the archbishop, and reiterated 
in the ears of the burghers what dangers hung over them all, 
the good with the evil ; but to all his arguments they gave 
so brave a response from the Scriptures that he accomplished 
nothing. 

In the midst of many trials of patience, from the repeated 
interference of the castellan and magistrates with the exercise 
of their religion, the news reached Le Cateau August 25th, from 
Valenciennes, a large Walloon town fifteen miles northward, 
that the people there had cast out all the images, relics, and 
other symbols of Romanism from their churches, and that the 
same had also been done in many other cities. This startling 
intelligence brought together that evening a large concourse of 
people, with torches, in the cemetery of St. Martin, to discuss 
this new condition of affairs. Very early the next morning Rev. 
Philippe arrived, and meeting with the consistory at the house 
of Claude Raverdy, it was resolved, after discussion, to follow 
the example of those of Valenciennes, and clear the churches of 
the objects deemed offensive, beginning at St. Martin's. So to 
St. Martin's they went, Philippe and a few others, pulled down 
the images and altars, and burnt them, with all their ornaments, 
and the missals, anthem books and others relating to the mass ; 
the like being done in all the other churches, both in the city and 
faubourgs. This ebullition of iconoclastic zeal has been much 
condemned; but if the Reformed, where largely in the majority, 
as at Le Cateau, claimed the right to order their worship as best 
pleased them, who may question it? 

After this work of expurgation, a large number of the citi- 
zens gathered in the Church of St. Martin to hear a sermon from 
Rev. Philippe ; many others also from the neighboring villages 
being present, who had come to the grain market. He also 
baptized three infants, and in the afternoon another. 

Though the citizens, Reformed and Catholics, had wisely 
agreed not to harm each other on account of religion, the suc- 
ceeding months were those of great public excitement. Two 



36 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Huguenots being held prisoners in the neighboring village of 
Troisville by the castellan and echcvins of Le Cateau, David Du 
Four and others went with arms and liberated them. These 
magistrates, finding themselves powerless, retired to Cambray, 
leaving the field to the Reformed. The latter chose new muni- 
cipal officers, and ]:»ut the city in a better state of defense. Pas- 
tor Philippe continued his services at St. Martin's. Three 
couples were joined in marriage December iSth, one of the 
brides being the daughter of Jean De Forest, then living at Le 
Cateau. On Christmas the church, to their joy, celebrated the 
Lord's Supper in the city; whereas hitherto they had gone to 
Valenciennes, or to Premont or Tupigny, and even as far as St. 
Ouentin and Laon. 

The next spring, a terrible stroke, planned by the archbishop, 
fell upon Le Cateau. On March 24th, 1567, two hundred cava- 
liers, led by the noted Count of Mansfield, soon after made 
Governor of Avesnes, surrounded the city. The gates being 
secured, the people made a good defense from the ramparts, 
pastor Philippe going from gate to gate to encourage them. 
But an entrance being gained through treachery, the city was 
taken. Philippe and his deacon were the first victims : the one, 
after a cruel beating, was hung; the other, beheaded. The 
pastor's wife was subjected to gross treatment. Many execu- 
tions followed during the ensuing month. One was that of 
David Du Four, before named. He was a tailor at Le Cateau, 
and only twenty-two years of age. But on his examination he 
with firmness declared that "he paid more regard to his salva- 
tion and to God, than to men." He and four others were hung, 
on April 9th. The Reformed who saved their lives were now in 
great affliction. An oath of fidelity to the archbishop and the 
Roman Church being imposed on the citizens, such as could not 
take it were expelled from the city. The Reformed Church, if 
it survived there, existed only in secret. 

Hope was awakened the following year. The persecutions 
under the royal governor, the bloody Duke of Alva, had become 
so insuffrerable that, in 1568, the more northerly provinces broke 
out in revolt, and took up arms under the lead of that noble 
patriot, William of Orange. Fortune at first did not favor, and 
the prince, with a depleted but heroic band, concluded to join 
the Huguenot army in France. Passing Le Cateau, he "ob- 
tained a slight and easy victory" over the Spaniards at that 
place. But the city being well defended by the archbishop's 
soldiers, and Alva pressing hard on his rear, the great patriot. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 37 

whose triumph yet lay in the future, was constrained to pass on. 

Brighter were the prospects when, eight years later, the 
Walloons struck for their liberties. Unable longer to bear the 
outrages heaped upon them, these at length appealed to arms, 
joining the Flemings and Hollanders in the effort to drive the 
Spaniards from the country; for which a formal league was 
made at Ghent, November 8th, 1576. Sustained by "almost all 
the nobility of Hainault and Artois," the Walloon people, 
Catholic and Reformed, joined heartily in the common cause. 
With the latter class, now numerous, especially in the cities and 
towns on and near the Scheldt, this struggle was of highest im- 
port, not only appealing to their patriotism, but holding out the 
promise of religious toleration in case victory crowned their arms. 
But this gleam of hope, bright as a passing meteor, was equally 
transient. The struggle was maintained but two short years, 
when the Walloon leaders, cajoled by royal emissaries, and ex- 
cited to jealousy of their compatriots, the Dutch, first refused to 
contribute further of men or means; then renounced the con- 
federacy, and privately formed a separate league, January 6th, 
1579, in which Walloon Flanders, Artois, and Hainault uniting, 
promised to stand by the king and adhere to holy church. In 
a reconciliation with the king, and renewal of their allegiance 
which followed on September 4th ensuing, the heads of the 
provinces aforesaid pledged themselves to extirpate hersy. 

Thus a death-blow was given to Walloon liberty, while the 
Spanish cause secured the active support of the Catholic Wal- 
loons, both nobles and people ; turning their weapons against 
their deserted friends, the Hollanders and Flemings, in their life 
and death struggle. Indeed, the king found no readier recruits 
nor better soldiers than the Walloons ; "a people," says a contem- 
porary writer, "taking delight in war, and whom the Spaniards 
might safely make use of in all dangers." 

As a sec[uence, Holland, Zeeland, Gelderland, and other prov- 
inces, by a union published at Utrecht, January 29th, 1579, 
formed the free republic known as the Seven United Provinces ; 
achieving their independence after a long and obstinate struggle. 
But the remaining Netherlands, part unwilling, part unable to 
shake off their fetters, relapsed into a more servile bondage to 
Spain and the Papacy. By the king's great clemency, the Prot- 
estant Walloons were allowed two years in which either to return 
to the bosom of the church or leave the country. Shut up to this 
alternative, thousands sought safety in exile. 

Arschot, and the Croys and Lalains, all deeply implicated in 



38 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

the late revolt against the Spaniards, whom at heart they de- 
voutl}' hated, were yet among the most active in promoting the 
suhmission of 1579; and now the Spanish cause had nowhere 
more zealous partisans. And they were pledged to root out the 
new religion, toward which they had only ^^'axed more bitter 
since their cousin Antoine de Croy had embraced it and attached 
himself to the fortunes of Admiral Coligny ; and another kins- 
man, William Robert, Prince of Sedan, had generously opened 
his gates to their persecuted and fleeing subjects, with whose 
faith and trials he was in sympathy. How opposite a character 
the Duke of Arschot, the ambitious, selfish courtier, whose frown 
was to be dreaded by the Huguenots, more especially those who, 
living on his own domains, were directly subject to his imperious 
will ! 

In the keeping of such were the destinies of Avesnes. The 
region round had indeed felt the blighting effects of the late 
war. It was invaded in the spring of 1578 by Don John, Alva's 
successor, who, advancing from eastward up the valley of the 
Sambre with his destroying army, captured the chief places in 
revolt, as far as Berlaimont, eight miles northwest of Avesnes, 
with many small towns "commodious for quartering the army ;" 
then again moving eastward, he took Beaumont, a seat of the 
Duke of Arschot, six miles south of the Sambre ; also Chimay, 
in which was the young prince, the duke's son, and his troop 
of horse, these, by courtesy, being allowed to march out with 
their carbines. Then storming Philipville, the Don departed, 
leaving his general, Gonzaga, with horse and infantry, to guard 
these frontiers, — a duty he well performed, dispersing several par- 
ties from France coming to the aid of the Belgian patriots, while 
he also scoured and wasted the countrv to the very corn-crops in 
the field. 

But this was as nothing to a people inured to the chances of 
war, or the general impoverishment to which they were now re- 
duced, while there was hope of deliverance. But upon the igno- 
minious submission of the Walloon nobles to the Spanish yoke, — 
with the crushing blow thus given to the cause of patriotism and 
religious liberty ; and the successes of the Spanish arms in the 
Cambresis, which reduced the few places still held by the mal- 
contents, to whom no mercy was shown, — the Reformed realized 
their desperate situation, and hastened to act upon the proffered 
alternative, abjuration or flight! 

Deeply involved in these trying scenes were some of the De 
Forests alreadv noticed, and of whom much remains to be said. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 39 

The family, judging from its numbers, had been some time 
settled at Avesnes, where members of it still resided many years 
later. So much is well attested, though there is no redundance 
of details. Of Avesnes we have drawn the sketch as it had 
been and now was ; the little world beyond which, probably, they 
they had never far roamed, till forced to it by the untoward cir- 
cumstances here related. Past are those blithe and budding years, 
spent in childish gambols along its rippling streams and through 
its oaken groves ; or in listening to those winning tales of olden 
times about the lordly tenants of the castle, — whose gray, dilapi- 
dated walls still linked so closely the present with the past, 
till its martial annals were as household words. Maturer life, 
with its stern realities, has also brought more tender attach- 
ments and domestic cheer, as Heaven's kind gifts, and the fruits 
of arduous but welcome toil, — and which, despite life's corroding 
cares, have multiplied the ties of home, kindred and friend- 
ships, which now can grow neither stronger nor dearer. But 
what a change in the times and in our family's prospects ? They 
have heard, have embraced those soul-saving truths, revealed, as 
they believe, from heaven; and, leaving the confessional and the 
mass, — altars at which they had so blindly knelt, — have cast in 
their lot with the devout but despised Huguenots. Their kindred 
adhering only more closely to the old church, caused a wide 
breech : and would it were only in sentiment ! Dangers surround 
the Huguenot portion, and the safety of themselves and little ones 
of tender years depends upon an immediate flight. In the face 
of grave difficulties they have renounced the altars and faith of 
their fathers ; and what heart-struggles it had cost them none may 
realize but those who are led to relinquish a beUef in which they 
have been trained and educated from youth to manhood. Now 
they lack not courage to accept the issue, to follow the utmost 
mandate of duty, though home endearments must give place to 
a painful exile. Noble proof of their faith and piety ! 

Sedan, on the Meuse, whither many were going, offered the 
nearest retreat ; and thither also went the De Forests, by way of 
the French border, some sixty miles southeastward. Though the 
exact date of their exode has not been found, collateral cir- 
cumstances assign it to the period directly succeeding the Wal- 
loon submission. Not to anticipate the important role reserved 
for this exiled family when they shall again come to our notice, 
under better auspices, we dare venture an opinion that it will 
justify this effort, imperfect though it be, to illustrate the more 
obscure portion of their history. 



CHAPTER III. 

OUR se;tti:.e;rs i^rom i^rance and waIvSlant. 

A N eventful century in the affairs of France had rolled its 
"^ round since the collegiate halls of the Sorbonne at Paris 
echoed the first notes of the Reformation, uttered by the learned 
and inspired Le Fevre. That period, radiant with hope and 
promise, which directly followed the accession of Francis I., and 
in which the Reformed doctrines, — joyfully embraced by the sober, 
thinking classes, — were rapidly disseminated over all France, had 
been succeeded (1525) by terrible persecutions, when at times the 
whole land seemed fairly to reek with the blood of martyrs. 
Forced thereto in self-defense, the Huguenots took up arms in 
1562, whence ensued a ruthless civil war, which raged, with only 
brief intervals, for over thirty years, during the reigns of Charles 
IX., Henry HI., and, in part, of Henry IV. Assuming, as then 
and there was unavoidable, the double character of a politico- 
religious conflict, which involved in its toils king and clergy, 
noblesse and people, these long-protracted and bloody wars ex- 
hausted the country and reduced it to the verge of ruin. Only 
by this heroic stand, however, were the Huguenots able to main- 
tain even a recognized existence in the land ; but when the King 
of avarre, their old leader, — distinguished on many a battle- 
field, — had fought his way to the throne, as Henry IV., he issued 
in 1598 that famous decree for the pacification of his kingdom, 
called the Edict of Nantes, which threw its protecting segis over 
the Huguenots, and gave them a season of peace and prosperity 
such as they enjoyed at no other period. A knowledge of what 
this edict pledged, and how its pledges were violated in the 
succeeding reigns, will help us to understand the proper status of 
the Huguenots in the time of our refugees. 

The edict was based on a limited toleration, but was "the 
best that the state of the times allowed.-" It declared a full 
amnesty, conceded to the Huguenots liberty of conscience, made 
them eligible to all public offices and dignities, and for their pro- 
tection provided special chambers within the local parliaments, 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 41 

the chief being the "Chamber of the Edict," in I'-c Parhament 
of Paris. They were allowed to build and mainL.in clinrches 
and schools in all places where these had been permitted by 
former edicts. But this did not apply to episcopal or any walled 
cities, saving only La Rochelle and a few other strongly Hugue- 
not towns, which for their security they were suffered to hold 
under the edict. Further, all lords, nobles, and other persons 
of the pretended Reformed religion, holding a tenure by knight's 
service, or having the powers of a civil and criminal magistrate 
within their seignior}- or manor, might, after due notice to the 
king's officers, and having the place registered, hold religious 
services at their principal residence, or cause them to be held for 
their families, subjects and all who wished to attend. 

The last was a most important concession. The places other- 
wise assigned the Reformed in which to erect churches and 
schools were but few and scattered, and to multitudes in distant 
localities proved of no benefit; but under the friendly shelter 
of private castles and manor-houses many suspended churches 
•could be regathered and new ones organized ; as was done ; 
though often only by persistent effort and in the face of violent 
opposition, because the Reformed worship was seldom tolerated 
nearer an}^ sizable town than from three to five miles, and for its 
peaceful enjoyment the faithful were often obliged to journey as 
many leagues. Laboring luider the same disabilities in regard 
to schools, it was creditable to their parental fidelity that the 
secular education of their children was cared for equally with 
their religious training ; and hence we notice that nearly all of 
our refugees had enjoyed advantages and were good penmen. 
Under the edict the Reformed were not exempt from such bur- 
dens and annoyances as the payment of tithes to the parish 
priest, and the closing of their business places and suspension 
of all out-door and noisy labor on the oft-recurring festival days, 
when they must join in decorating the fronts of their houses in 
honor of the occasion, or permit it to be done by the official per- 
sons, — and to all which it was dangerous to object. 

Briefly, these were the advantages enjoyed by the Huguenot 
population under the edict, during the halcyon days of Henry 
the Great. But trouble began with his assassination, in 1610, 
an event which excited the utmost alarm among the Reformed, 
who in the change of rulers saw reason to apprehend a change 
of policy fatal to their interests. In vain the queen-mother, as 
regent, in the name of the young Louis XHL, as also that king 
himself, on assuming the reins of power in 1614. tried to allay 



42 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

these fears by professing a purpose to maintain the Edict of 
Nantes. Concini, an Itahan favorite, being elevated to the 
position of prime-minister, the government from the first was 
wholly under Jesuit influence, — which was regaining itself in the 
country; while the king, in 1615, by the arbitrary dissolution 
of the old States-General or national parliament, that "guar- 
dian of the public liberty," for which he substituted an assem- 
bly composed of more pliant materials, plainly foreshadowed the 
imperious policy which he had marked out, and by which he 
sought to centre all power in himself; thus giving caste to an 
administration characterized by a French writer of that day as 
"the most scandalous and dangerous tyranny that perhaps ever 
enslaved a state." 

Soon followed the predicted change of policy touching the 
Huguenots, which,- first planned by the Archbishop of Paris, was 
now seconded by the ambitious Charles d'Albert, Duke de 
Luynes, who, with the blood of Concini fresh upon his hands, had 
supplanted the latter in the favor of the king and also as prime- 
minister. It was to humble the Huguenots and take away their 
power of self-protection, by wresting from them their fortified 
towns and their political organization, which latter Henry IV. 
had sanctioned as a means of conserving their interests, through 
their general assemblies. The new government looked with 
jealousy upon these assemblies, some of whose acts at this feverish 
juncture were dictated rather by passion than cool judgment;; 
and these indiscretions were made a ground for the high-handed 
course to which the government now resorted. 

At the bare mention of the new policy, which the Catholic 
pulpits everywhere zealously lauded, all the old animosity 
against the Reformed again burst forth, bearing fruit in numer- 
ous acts of violence, both in the towns and rural districts. The 
first aggressive step taken by the king was in 1620, when he 
ordered the Catholic worship to be restored in Beam, a part of 
Southern France, where for sixty years the Reformed had been 
the only region. Being opposed, as a flagrant breach of the 
edict, the king invaded Beam to enforce his decree by the 
bayonet. The Huguenots flew to arms, the cautionary cities act- 
ing with great spirit ; and war desolated the Protestant com- 
munities of Beam, Guienne and Languedoc. The royal arras 
were only too successful. But Montpellier, chief city of Lan- 
guedoc, having been taken by siege, and the regiments of Picardy 
and Normandy set at work to level its defenses, here a peace 
was proposed, and concluded October 19th, 1622. Only La^ 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 43 

Rochelle and Montauban, of all their strong places, now remained 
to the Huguenots. 

Deeply interested were the Reformed at the north in the 
struggles of their co-religiouists in arms ; and scarce dissembling 
their sympathies, they feared as accomplices, being "given over 
to the hatred of the governors, the military commandants, the 
priests and the populace." Mob outrage was common; the fine 
temple at Charenton, near Paris, was pillaged and burned, though 
rebuilt, at the public charge, after peace had been established. 
The government disarmed the Huguenots of St. Ouentin and 
others in Picardy, many of whom, in 162 1, retired to Geneva, 
Sedan and England. 

The hollow peace, as it proved, was ignored by Cardinal 
Richelieu, who became prime-minister in 1624. His grand idea, 
the unity of France and the supremacy of the church and mon- 
archy, involved the prosecution of the war against the Huguenots ; 
and the restless state of that people became the pretext. Ta 
Rochelle must be reduced, and was at length invested by powerful 
armies. The resistance was heroic, lasting a year and three 
months, while half its population died of famine and disease. 
Then it was forced to capitulate, October 28th, 1628. 

Great excitement prevailed during this siege among the 
Huguenots at the north, who, under the guise of visiting, attend- 
ing weddings, etc., often met to confer together about their 
affairs. Hence exaggerated rumors which reached the king's 
camp, of conspiracies in Lower Normandy (about Caen and 
the Bessin), and in Picardy and Champagne. The king had 
demanded of the people of Amiens to send to his camp five 
hundred cloth suits and as many pairs of shoes; but the serge- 
makers, indignant at this demand, threatened the king's officer, 
who fled by night from his lodgings, while the mob threw his 
coach into the Somme. 

But Richelieu followed up his successes. ^lontauban, in the 
heart of Southern France, was also reduced early in 1629, and 
its defenses razed. All the Huguenot strongholds were now in 
the king's hands, and the last civil war was at an end. The 
"Edict of Grace," so called, issued the same year, fixed the 
condition of the Protestants. Submission and loyalty were the- 
specious terms on which they should continue to enjoy their re- 
ligious privileges. But well they knew that this meant nothing 
less than an absolute subjection to the royal will, with no ability 
to ward oft' any further aggression U]:)on their rights, since they 
were robbed of their only safeguard, — that material ]^o\\cv on 



44 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

which had depended the security of their persons, property and 
religion. 

Alarmed and grieved as were the Protestants at seeing their 
cause thus utterly ruined, their trials were only beginning, for 
they were now to be subjected to a course of proscription, which, 
o-rowing more and more oppressive, was at length to become 
insupportable. Deserted by nearly all the nobility, and gradually 
ousted from government service and from most of the civil 
offices, there was still this gain, — that they were freed from the 
temptations and snares of political life, which rendered so many 
idle and dissolute ; while restricted in their pursuits to agricul- 
ture, to trade, and the industrial arts, they were repaid by a new 
development of their industry, and additions to their wealth. 
Even the infertile soils of the south, by dint of their toil, were 
made to wave with bounteous harvests. As merchants and manu- 
facturers their integrity and proficiency was known and recognized 
in other lands. Nevertheless, they were ill at ease. 

Anachronisms in regard to the Huguenots easily occur, from 
inattention to the order of events, or to the many diverse phases 
•of their history. The period to which we have now arrived, — 
the era proper of our refugees, — was to them and their compeers 
fraught with no such promise as that which ushered in the 
Reformation ; nor yet a reign of persecutions dire, as that which 
immediately succeeded. In the past, the few bright years of 
Henry IV. came up in the memorlies of long and dismal civil 
wars as a little oasis in the almost boundless desert waste. 
These wars being ended, they now entered upon a term of 
thirty years, having the semblance of rest, but with its deep 
undercurrents of unrest. Even then was foreshadowed (but our 
refugees did not wait to see it) that final, doleful epoch, opening 
about 1 66 1 with the destruction of temples or churches, with 
arrets du conseil, for excluding the Reformed from trades and 
professions, etc., and closing with the Revocation of the Edict of 
Nantes in 1685, with dragoons, dungeons and galleys ; causing 
multitudes of these purest and noblest of the land, — artisans, 
tradesmen, professors and divines, — to escape to other countries, 
which were thus enriched by their industries, their talents and 
their piety. 

Hence our refugees lived in times of but semi-repose, in which 
painful memories of the past gave ghastly form and reality to 
the graver presentiments of the future. True, it was an age of 
more enlightenment and less fanaticism than those preceding, 
but the popular aversion to the Huguenots had not essentially 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 4S 

lessened. It had only in a degree transferred itself from their 
creed to their position as a social class. They were an unpopu- 
lar minority, having peculiarities repulsive to the habits and 
tastes of the people at large. Their views, feelings and mode of 
life, their strict discipline, the simplicity of their worship and 
scrupulous observance of the Sabbath, afforded nothing in com- 
mon with those within the pale of the dominant church. To 
them the Huguenot appeared reserved, rigid, and even haughty. 
His very gravity was thought to betoken a felt superiority. He 
claimed to be controlled by a purer faith, a better code of 
morals. Intelligence, discrimination and independence, as well 
as piety, were essential supports to the religious tenets he avowed 
and maintained. He valued and improved his freedom to in- 
quire and interchange opinions upon matters of church polity 
and questions of doctrine and discipline, as well as those af- 
fecting his civil rights. Keeping within the limited circle of 
his home and people, and wont to deny himself, the Huguenot 
yielded but sparingly to the luxury in which others indulged. 
Thus order and economy ruled both his house and business, and 
brought him thrift. In his frugality of living, and in the time 
saved from useless festivals for needful toil, he found a temporal 
gain. His industry and business assiduity seemed ever to re- 
proach his neighbors with their slackness and improvidence; 
and envy of his superior intelligence, advantages and prosperity 
too commonly showed itself, after the loss of his military and 
political significance, in an air of triumph over his humbled con- 
dition. He still trusted for protection to his legal charter, the 
Edict of Nantes ; but this soon lost its prestige with the courts. 
His greatest fear was from the covert designs of government and 
clergy to effect his ruin, — the latter ever and anon reiterating 
their demands for new restraints upon the Reformed. In 1630 
began systematic efforts to reclaim them in the church by means 
of convcrtissciirs; who were paid a definite sum for every prose- 
lyte; and in 1635 Richelieu created in each province a Royal 
Intendant, "to promote a stronger national unity," but which 
meant the use of all means for suppressing the religion. These 
officials, chosen with special reference to their fitness, dispensed 
their authority with rigor, and first instigated those severe and 
effective measures eventually employed to complete the ruin of 
the Huguenots. The decisions of the Intendant were invariably 
adverse to the Huguenot. And it was usually so in questions 
which came before the local parliaments ; the rule obtaining in 
the various tribunals that the Reformed had no rights except bv 



46 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

sufferance. Law and fact were wrested against them ; every 
severe sentence became a precedent; and so, by one restriction 
after another, enarly all of value that the Edict of Nantes had 
pledged was taken away long before the edict was formally- 
rescinded. With a painful sense of insecurity, it became an ever- 
present, momentous question with this afflicted people, how to 
avert the greater calamities, which passing events so plainly fore- 
shadowed, except by quitting their country. 

What this question involved we may not apprehend. The 
bitter conflict going on within, as the stricken man pursued his 
■daily vocation, was often known only to his family and his 
God. Thrice dear to him was his country, so venerable in 
antiquities, heroic in deeds, romantic in legends ; all that was 
charming in stream and landscape, genial in the air and gen- 
erous in the soil ; all that was prized in institutions and cus- 
toms, in social and home endearments. His religious ideas had 
not weakened, but, onnly in one direction, changed his attach- 
ments. With a sort of aristocratic pride he cherished the heredi- 
tary records of the virtue, constancy, or piety of his ancestors 
who had suffered for the faith. These were the letters of his 
nobility. They were links binding him only the more closely 
t ohis native soil — ^which had grown dearer with every trial or 
loss he had been called to embrace, and with each act of arbitrary 
power designed to force him from its bosom. But the very act 
of leaving was hedged with difficulties : business, property, and 
personal effects were more easily scrifiecd than converted into 
available means. The younger class, with few such entangle- 
ments, found a change much easier than did their seniors; and 
hence the emigrations at this era consisted very largely of the 
former. 

Those spasmodic flights of the Huguenots under some great 
and sudden terror, — of which there had been many in the course 
of their history, when multitudes, by families, and of every age 
and class, left hastily for foreign lands, — had ceased with that 
which took place on the fall of La Rochelle and Montauban, 
when the final blow was dealt to the civil power of the Hugue- 
nots. For the thirty years ensuing, and during which most of 
the Harlem refugees sought other lands, the emigration was not 
large, but of a valuable character. The removals were usually 
undertaken thoughtfully and heroically, — in general, as just said, 
by a young and enterprising class, — in the belief that the time 
had come to leave a country in which, surrounded by so many 
liostile elements, it was especially difficult for them to live, and 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 47 

which threatened to become worse instead of better. Tlieir eyes 
naturally turned toward Holland, England, and America, as 
more hospitable lands, and the chief emigration was to those 
countries from the marine provinces, Picardy, Normandy, and 
those south of them, for which their numerous seaports afforded 
every facility. 

The West Indies, inviting both for climate and fruitfulness, 
were becoming the resort of many for whom the cold region of 
Canada had no attractions. Removals to these islands had been 
going on under the direction of a company formed at Paris in 
1626, at the instance of M. D'Enambus, who the year before had 
visited the island of St. Christopher, in a brigantine from Dieppe. 
There he planted the first colony in 1627, and which became the 
nursery of others afterward formed on the adjacent islands. 
In 1635, Martinique was occupied by a hundred old and experi- 
enced settlers from St. Christopher. But D'Enambuc died. In 
1640 Jesuit missionaries arrived at Alartinique (where were then 
near a thousand French, "without mass, without priest,") and, 
reluctantly admitted by the governor and people, heightened the 
public dissensions which broke out in the islands, and which 
grew so violent five years later, especially in Martinique, that 
many of the Huguenots were glad to get back to Europe ; these 
going mostly to Holland, and some of them, as the Casier family, 
of Calais, eventually finding more tranquil abode at Harlem. 
We shall allude to these again before concluding our account 
of the homes and wanderings of our refugees.* 

Home! Fancy is ever swifter than pen or pencil to draw 
the picture. The old familiar spot around which the heartstrings 
entwine, endeared by many tender associations, perchance made 
sacred by its sanctified sorrows. And how bitter the moment 
when the refugee, gazing upon it for the last time, turned his 
steps toward a foreign soil; like the great patriarch departing 
from Haran, knowing not his destiny, but trusting his covenant 
God. But, alas ! to too many of our refugees, — forced to changes 
as they were by a regard for their personal safety or to secure a 
livelihood, or both, — home, as restricted to the place of their birth 
and early life, must have lost much of its significance. To these 
pilgrims home was often less the locality and society of which 

* Inquiry can bitt partially break the silence which hangs over these wanderings. 
And here starts a query: was our David Demarest a sharer with Philip Casier in his 
West India, as he was in some of his subsequent travels? Did he sustain toward Sicur 
Des Marets (an old captain of St. Christorher, who was beheaded September 7, 164 1, 
by the governor, De Poincy, for joining the populace in opposing his tyranny) such 
relations as made him one most deeply aftected by his tragic fate? Oisemont, in 
Picardy, the seat of the Demarests, had a Commandery of Malta, of which De Poincy 
was commander. Strange coincidences, if merely accidental! 



48 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

they bore the type, than the circle or community of Hke faith 
in which for the time being their lot was cast. Difficult ofttimes 
as this makes it to trace the refugee to his original home, we 
shall leave the reader to note how far our efforts in that regard 
have succeeded. 

Saintonge was one of the provinces lying within the Bay of 
Biscay, and which, owing to the tendency of the Huguenots dur- 
ing their protracted trouble to remove from the interior into 
the marine districts and towns, became crowded with refugees, 
and were a principal theatre of the bloody civil wars. Sain- 
tonge was the birthplace of our "very learned" Dr. Johannes 
De La Montague, whose history will contribute much of interest 
to these pages. La Montague was not his family name, but an 
adjunct which finally took the place of the former, and was 
originally derived, — as correlative facts seem to indicate, — from 
La Montague, a district of Burgundy. But Dr. La Montague 
was called a Santo, which is the provincial designation for a 
native of Saintonge, — akin to that of Norman, Picard, etc. His 
birth happening in 1595, but three years before the Edict of 
Nantes restored order to the realm and peace to the Huguenots, — 
and under which emigration mostly ceased up to the death of 
Henry IV., — it is highly probable that La Montague left France 
somewhere within the ten years of public unrest succeeding the 
murder of the king, and culminating in the last civil wars under 
Louis XI 1 1., which opened in 1620. Prior to that date, how- 
ever, La Montague and others of his family were enjoying peace 
and security in Holland. He therefore knew as little personally 
of these latter wars as he did of the earlier troubles which pre- 
ceded the Edict of Nantes. Among our French refugee fam- 
ilies his was the first to become exiles. We speak irrespective 
of the Walloon families, of whom the first to flee their country 
were those of De Forest and Vermeille or Vrmilye, the latter, 
in the troubles of the sixteenth century, taking refuge in England. 
Not till after the last civil wars, as before said, and which oc- 
curred quite too early for them to have borne arms, did the body 
of our refugees leave their native France. 

Saintonge counted among its cities La Rochelle, with its 
heroic memories, and which gave us Jacques Cousseau and Paul 
Richard, both sterling characters and identified with Harlem. 
We know not if either was old enough at the time of the final 
siege and reduction of La Rochelle, in 1628, to have shared its 
terrors and miseries ; but both probably left on account of the 
severe measures pursued by Louis XIV. for restoring Catholi- 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 49 

cism in that old Protestant stronghold, and which occasioned 
many removals. 

Northerly from La Rochelle, the rugged peninsula of Bre- 
tagne, or Brittany, — jutting far into the Atlantic, — is as remark- 
able for its strange vicissitudes as for its dreary forests, barren 
heaths, pent-up valleys, vast fields of Druid remains, and lone 
hillocks crowned by the ruins of castles ; or yet its brawny peas- 
antry in grotesque garb, and (in Lower Brittany) still speaking 
the harsh Celtic tongue. Long a distinct sovereignty, it was 
conquered by the Norman dukes ; later an affluent duchy, for 
which Charles of Blois and his race valiantly but vainly battled 
with the house of Montfort, it was finally engrossed by the 
crown. But not feudal nor royal tyranny could ever crush the 
native independence and hauteur of the Breton, which so cropped 
out in the case of our Glaude Le Maistre (Delamater), whose 
ancestors were the lords of Garlaye, in the diocese of Nantes, 
though he happened not to be born in Brittany. Near La ]\Ious- 
saye, in the interior of Lower Brittany, southward from St. Malo^ 
was the original seat of the family of our David L'zille. The 
Reformed churches at Nantes and La Moussaye found in the 
Le Maistres and Uzilles warm supporters. 

One of the three districts forming the great Norman 
meadows, whose fine horses and cattle were so celebrated, w^as 
the Bessin, from a forest leargely converted into tillable lands and 
orchards by the patient industry of its peculiar people, — French 
indeed, but, unlike their neighbors and more like the English, 
being descendants of the Otlings (or Osterlings), a Saxon tribe 
which overran this district in the fourth century. Their small 
town, St. Lo, occupied a rocky eminence, girt on three sides by 
a ravine through which ran the river Vire, parting the low- 
lying Bessin from the mountainous Cotentin. Its streets, lined 
with antiquated houses, ascended steeply to the crowm, wdiereon 
stood its old sombre cathedral. Fully a century earlier it had its 
Huguenot church, which sent delegates to the first s>nod at 
Paris, in 1559. From this secluded Norman town, — strange tran- 
sition, truly ! — a worthy refugee, "Letelier," as wdth some claim 
to rank he signs himself, found his way to Harlem, to woo and 
wed a Picard's daughter. 

Beyond the Seine, in Upper Normandy, we next find traces 
of our refugees. Dieppe, capital of the high and mainly level 
region called the Land of Caux,* the land of grain and grass, of 

* Pronounced Ko. It is highly probable tliat our well-known family of Coe derive 
ihcir name from Caux. 



50 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

cider and perry, embracing- the coast country from the Seine to 
the Bresle, was seated at the foot of hills through which flowed 
the river Arques, passing under the great stone bridge that 
united the town to its suburb, Le Pollet, the fishermen's quarter, 
where under the Edict of Nantes the Huguenots had their 
church and enjoyed the ministrations of Montdenis and others. 
Dieppe also had an immense commerce, its mariners famous of 
old for distant voyages. Hence sailed D'Enambus, in 1625, to 
St. Christopher, paving the way for French colonies in the West 
Indies, in which, as before intimated, Harlem settlers first tried 
their fortunes. And from this port many of the refugees took 
ship for other countries, as, we presume, did Francois Le Sueur 
and Robert Le Maire, who came thence to Harlem. How it was 
with these we know not, but may conclude that some left Dieppe 
and other French ports, destined for New Netherland, since its 
invitations to such colonists had already reached these ports 
through intercourse with Holland. Le Sueur was born at Challe- 
Mesnil or Colmenil, a small borough or market town three miles 
south of Dieppe. His name, — taking such forms with his 
descendants as Leseur, Lesier, Lazear and Lozier, — was well es- 
tablished in Caux, and a century previous had figured among 
the cloth makers of Rouen. 

Very interesting is Picardy, whence came so many of the 
French exiles who made their homes at Harlem, for longer or 
shorter periods ; in all some thirty families, of which a full third 
were Picards or of Picard descent. Of this class were our Tour- 
neur, Cresson, Demarest, Casier and Disosway, all of whom, 
except the last, served as magistrates. 

But who were the Picards? A quite superior people to the 
average French ; being of mixed origin, descendants of both 
Belgse and Celtse, and occupying the border between these two 
ancient nations, or rather the district which parted the Celtse 
from the Nervii, the most invincible of the Belgic tribes. Thus, 
sanguine and choleric like the Celts, they approached the Belgse 
in their moral and physical stamina. In stature above the 
medium, with usually a well-developed frame, they betrayed 
their afiQnity to the Walloons, whose patois, rough and disagree- 
able, theirs resembled; yet, proud and spirited, they held those 
neighbors, and all others, in secret disdain. The love of inde- 
pendence was not so strong within them as the love of equality; 
it was here their vanity showed itself, but it tempered the popular 
homage to wealth or titles. Though hasty, blunt, and obstinate, 
yet without the effrontery of the Normans or the superstition 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 51 

of the Champenois, — and more religious than either, — the Picards 
were withal lively, generous, honest and discreet. Their con- 
versation sparkled with wit, inirth and sarcasm. Necessity, 
rather than inclination, made them industrious, yet they yielded 
their full share of workers and proficients in the arts and 
sciences; as also of able physicians and divines, — some of the 
latter as much distinguished in the controversial history of the 
Reformation as others had been who were its earliest champions. 
With intelligence, and a manly aim to excel in what they under- 
took, even though it were but agriculture, — in which by far the 
greater number were engaged, — the Picards could not but add 
a valuable element to any society so fortunate as to attract them.''' 

The narrow strip of the seaboard, in breadth twenty miles 
or less, which stretched southerly from Calais to the Canche, 
embraced the districts of Guines and Boulonnais, two subdi- 
visions of Picardy. Of its larger part, lying on either side of 
the Somme, but extending a hundred miles inland to the borders 
of Champagne, the coast section called Ponthieu reached some 
thirty miles up the Somme, Abbeville being the chief town. 
Easterly la}', in succession, the Amicnois, Santerre, Vermandois, 
and Thierache, their southerly sides forming a line sufficiently 
winding, but, in general, east and west. These seven districts 
composed modern Picardy ; but five others lying southerly of 
these, — to wit, the Beauvoisis, Noyonnois, Soissonnois, Laonnois, 
and Valois, — were equally Picard territory, as proven by the 
characteristics of the people, although these districts had been 
annexed to the Isle of France. 

These several sections of Picardy, save Guines and Boulon- 
nais, were watered by one or more of its three principal rivers, 
the Somme, the Oise and the Aisne ; and seated on these were 
most of those line old cities with strange histories, for which 
Picardy was noted. Two streamlets, engrossing many little rills 
from Champagne and Hainault, united in the centre of Thier- 
ache to form the Oise, which now stretched westward to Guise 
in the same district, but soon took its course, in general south- 
westerly, nearly parallel with the coast, till it entered the Seine 

* Picard, though a term of disputed origin, is admitted to have been first local 
and restricted to the people of the Amicnois, the district in which Amiens, the pro- 
vincial capital, is seated; but it early spread to the whole supplanting all the tribal 
designations. It probably came from the pique, an ancient war weapon, with the Ger- 
man affix ard, meaning species or race; adhering to this people as inventors of that 
weapon, or from the renown they had acquired in handling it. So they became known 
as the Picards, or pike-men. Gibbon, who dates the name not earlier than the year 
1200, says, "It was an academical joke, an epithet first applied to the (luarrelsome 
humor of those students in the University of I'aris who came from the frontier of 
France and Flanders." But its occurence early in the eleventh century refutes this 
statement. 



52 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

at Fin d'Oise, below Paris, distant from Guise ninety odd miles. 
Scattered along its charming banks from Guise downward, at 
intervals of some ten miles, lay, in delightful seclusion, other 
antiquated towns, as Ribemont, La Fere, Chauny, Noyon, Com- 
piegne, Verberie, Creil, Beaumont and Pontois ; the last six 
adorned with royal palaces, exclusive of Noyon, a pretty town 
and a bishop's seat, but of more interest to the Huguenots as 
the great Calvin's birthplace. Just above Compiegne, the Aisne, 
a large tributary, entered the Oise from the eastward, and on 
it lay the stately city of Soissons. Below Creil a smaller branch, 
the Therain, entered from the westward, on its upper waters 
seated, within a cordon of charming hills, the venerable town 
of Beauvais. The Somme, rising near the borders of Thierache, 
on passing St. Quentin in Vermandois curved southward to 
Ham, then again to the north to Peronne, when it resumed its 
course westerly past Corbie to Amiens, and thence northwest 
through the Amienois and Panthieu plains to its outlet. The 
region around its head-waters abo-ut Vermandois was rendered 
very picturesque by the wooded hills which here crossed Picardy ; 
the broad plains below, just referred to, were less attractive to 
the eye, though varied by a succession of pretty intervals which 
bordered the tributary streams, and whose green pastures, trees 
and shrubbery agreeably relieved the general nakedness of the 
country and the apparent hardness of the whitish soil, the lat- 
ter composed one third of chalk, but productive, and yielding 
fine crops of wheat. The sub-district of Ponthieu, called the 
Marquenterre, embracing extensive pastures adjoining the coast, 
on the north of the Somme, had been recovered from the wash 
of the sea by a line of downs and dykes ; to the south of the 
river's mouth the land had a gentle rise toward Normandy, till 
it formed the table-lands of Caux and the chain of cliffs that 
there bound the coast. 

Picardy was originally composed of many small countries, 
or earldoms, instead of forming but one under a single count. 
Never so united and ruled, it was in this respect an anomaly 
among the French provinces. Its ancient tribal divisions deter- 
mined mainly its modern districts, and eight of the dozen com- 
posing it took name from their chief city. Its history, says 
Michelet, "seems to embrace the whole of the ancient history 
of France." Its plains and hills had been trodden by the great 
Caesar and his legions, and it was on the banks of the Sambre, 
near Maubeuge, that he encountered the warlike Nervii, whose 
intrepidity almost wrested victory out of that fatal defeat which 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 53 

broke their power and gave Gaul to the conqueror. Near Sois- 
sons, five centuries later, the warrior Clovis, in an equally decisive 
battle, extinguished the Roman power and established that of 
the Franks. Here also had the Austrasian and Neustrian fac- 
tions found a battle ground, till the defeat of the latter, in 687, 
at Testry, in Vermandois, initiated the varied fortunes of the 
race of Charlemagne. Up the Somme had often rolled that 
fearful tide of Vandal and Norman invasion, which left no river 
unvisited from the Meuse to the Loire, desolating their banks 
and sacking towns, churches and monasteries, and at last contribu- 
ting, with other causes, to the fall of the monarchical power in 
the ninth century and the disintegration of the kingdom. 
Picardy, or rather its several sections, had come within the 
grasp of haughty chieftains, mostly of the family of the defunct 
Charlemagne, and who, as refractory as their compeers ruling 
the larger provinces and ecjually greedy of dominion, played a 
no less conspicuous part in the turbulent drama of the times. 
The early annals of these small earldoms superabound with deeds 
of rapine and blood. Not content with the conquest of neigh- 
boring towns or territory, they made kings, or humbled them at 
will ; and, in fact, these imperious Picard lords for a long time 
ruled the destinies of the kingdom. But what strange freaks 
had fortune played with these old titled dynasties ! Once scarcely 
recognizing any sovereig'n, and with all the advantage of a 
hereditary entail, yet, one by one they had shared the fate of 
the great provinces. Champagne, - Normandy, and others : the old 
counts, with all the dazzling splendor of their houses, had passed 
away, and their possessions, by a studied policy of the kings, had 
been mostly engrossed as crown domains. True, it had taken 
from the twelfth century to the sixteenth to consummate these 
changes. More favored, however, were some of these districts 
which took the form of bishoprics. Descending by the elective 
process from one prelate to another in regular succession, these 
had withstood the feudal powers of the Middle Ages and the 
civil convulsions of many centuries. Not restricted to the exer- 
cise of spiritual power in their bishoprics, some of these bishops 
had come to enjoy great temporal dignity, even the high position 
of peers of the realm, as were those of Laon, Noyon and Beau- 
vais ; to the first of whom also pertained the title of duke, and 
to the other two that of count. Herein may be seen the supe- 
rior advantages of the existing hierarchy to hold and transmit, 
or even to augment, its power. All this while the sturdy Inu'gh- 
ery, their rights ever being trampled on, figure in many a sharp 



54 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

struggle with their tyrannical rulers ; but appealing for help 
to royalty only to be ultimately betrayed, vanquished and de- 
spoiled of their choicest franchises, as the power ecclesiastic 
and kingly came to acquire that supreme ascendancy which it 
held in the reigns of Louis XHL and Louis XIV., — the times 
of our refugees. 

Of the chief dignitaries then ruling parts of Picardy was the 
Duke De Chaulnes, in whom was the temporal, and Bishop Le 
Fevre, who held the spiritual, power in the Amienois ; but more 
of these presently. Augustine Potier was supreme in the Beau- 
voisis, which was the most wealthy bishopric in Picardy. Hold- 
ing the fee of the soil, as had his predecessors, since the year 
1015, when Bishop Roger got the county by deed from his 
brother Eudes, the Count of Champagne, Potier gloried in the 
titles of "Bishop and Count of Beauvais, Peer of France and 
Vidame of Gerberoy." He was also Grand Chaplain to the 
Queen, and intensely zealous for the church and monarchy^ 
though it was hinted that his capacity did not equal his ambi- 
tion. The Noyonnois was under the rule of Henri De Barradat,. 
to whose titles of Bishop and Count of Noyon was added that 
of Peer of France. The Marquise De Hocquincourt, Charles De 
Monchy, had succeeded his father as royal governor in Santerre, 
for which he was held fitted by his valor and his devotion to 
Louis XIII. This district had been taken from the ancient Ver- 
mandois, in 12 15, by King Philip Augustus, who had annexed 
Vermandois to the crown, after that the old counts, — ^the most 
affiuent and potent in Picardy, and whose sway had lasted over 
three centuries, — had become extinct. It included the cities of 
Peronne, Montdidier, and Roye, the first, the old seat and strong- 
hold of the counts, being now the residence of the governor, and 
deemed the key of France on these frontiers. De Monchy distin- 
guished himself in the war in the Low Countries, etc., and in 1651 
was made a Marshal of France; but, taking offense at Louis XIV.,. 
he joined the Spanish cause, and was killed at Dunkirk in 1658. 
Vermandois proper now formed a baliwick, subject to the Bishop 
and Duke of Laon, Philibert De Brichanteau. Thierache was 
mainly engrossed by the Duchy of Guise,— of which the town 
and castle so called was the seat, — being still the domain of the 
House of Guise, those infamous and deadly foes of the Hugue- 
nots, and one of whose ancestors, a Duke of Lorraine, had gotten 
this estate by marriage with a grandchild of the great crusader, 
Jacques d'Avesnes. But retributive justice seems to have visited 
the later Duke of Guise, Charles Le Lorraine, who, as admiral 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 55 

of a fleet, had served against the Huguenots at La Rochelle in 
1622. Ambitious and intriguing like his predecessors, he quar- 
reled with Richelieu, and, retiring in 1631 with his family to 
Florence, died in exile in 1640. Ponthieu, much to the dis- 
gust of its people, and in violation of pledges given them by 
Henry IV., had been conferred by Louis XIII. upon one who 
had Httle merit, unless it consisted in his two plots to dethrone 
Henry IV., for which he lay long in the Bastile ; this was Charles 
De Valois, natural son of Charles IX., of St. Bartholomew in- 
famy. But as he was a good soldier and zealous for the king, 
he ruled till his death, in 1650. Boulonnais and Guines, held 
directly by the crown, had long been ruled by royal governors. 
Louis XL, on recovering the former from the House of Bur- 
gundy, in 1477, had ceded it to the Virgin Mary, by an act of 
homage in the church at Boulogne, and consented to hold it 
of her as a fief; by which curious stroke of policy he thought 
to preserve it to France. Now, what enemy would dare touch 
it; what inhabitant would not die in its defense? And it had 
succeeded admirably ! 

The Amienois, as the seat of the provincial capital, was the 
most important division of Picardy. Spreading across the fer- 
tile valley of the Somme in the form of a not very regular quad- 
rangle, it was ten leagues broad and twenty in length north and 
south, reaching from the bounds of Artois, and in part the earl- 
dom of St. Paul, to the hills anticlina-l of the basins of the 
Somme and Oise, which separated it from the Beauvoisis. It 
took name from its ancient possessors, the Ambiani, whose juris- 
diction, extending west to the Channel, included Ponthieu, which 
even now was within the diocese of the Bishop of Amiens. Many 
thrifty villages, with broad, well-tilled fields, irrigated by brooks 
and streams, which from distant hill sources gently coursed their 
way to the Somme, gave it the aspect of a rich country. From 
a peculiar feature of its government it was styled the Vidamate 
of Amiens. The office of vidame, once common, was now al- 
most peculiar to this district of Picardy. From some powerful 
chieftain, called in ancient times by the bishop to aid him in 
protecting his domains against the invasions of the Normans 
and the rapacity of native seigniors, had originated the office 
of vice dominus, or vidame. And from the reluctance of the 
proud baron to yield the advantage thus gained, and the inability 
of the bishop to dispense with his services, the office became 
fixed and hereditary. It was now one of chief dignity and in- 
fluence in the Amienois, the present vidame, Honorc d'Alhcrt, 



56 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

being a duke and peer of France. As brother to the prime 
minister, Duke De Luynes, he also had ingratiated himself with 
the king, and through his favor obtained, in 1619, the hand of 
the daughter and heiress of Philip-Emanuel, Lord De Picquigny, 
the last of the vidames of the House d'Ailly; and with her, 
beside the vidamate, the seigniory and castle of Picquigny, on 
the Somme, with an annuity in rents of £9,000. The king, at 
the same time, made him his lieutenant-general in the Govern- 
ment of Picardy ;* the next year he was dubbed a knight of 
the King's Orders, and raised to the dignity of Duke De Chaul- 
nes and Peer of France. The important post of Governor of 
Picardy, Henry IV. had conferred, with his name, upon Henry 
of Orleans, Duke De Longueville, at his baptism in 1595, his 
uncle, the Count of St. Paul, acting during his minority. Longue- 
ville's father and his father had held the same post. But in 1619 
the Duke De Luynes aforesaid superceded De Longueville, and 
to him was also given the government of the city and citadel of 
Amiens. But he being killed in 1621, while absent, prosecuting 
the war against the Huguenots, the particular government of 
the city and citadel was transferred to his brother, the vidame. 
The Government of Picardy in the next few years passed through 
several hands, including the Dukes of Elbceuf and Chevreuse, 
both of the noted House of Guise and knights of the King's 
Orders ; but Chevreuse retiring in 1633, this position also was 
conferred on the Duke De Chaulness, and to it was soon after 
added the powers of Royal Intendent, an office, as before said, 
created to keep a watch over the Huguenots, and which could not 
have been better bestowed than on the duke, bound as he was by 
every obligation to the king, and also true to the mandates of the 
church.t 

The Bishops of Amiens claimed a succession from St. Firmin, 
— first on the prelatical roll, and held to have suffered martyrdom 
in 287, with many of his flock, by order of the Roman magis- 
trate. The present bishop, Francois Le Fevre, — son of Sieur De 
Caumartin, of Ponthieu, — having become coadjutor to Bishop La 
Marthonie in 161 7, the next year succeeded him in the See, and 
though some of the people violently resisted his induction, he 

* The Government of Picardy, as distinguished from the old province, embraced 
only the Amienois, Santerre, Ponthieu, Boulonnais and Guines; the latter also called 
"Calais and Pais-reconquis," because it had been recovered from the English in 1558. 

t The Duke De Chaulnes ciied October 31, 1649, in his 6gth year, and was suc- 
ceeded in his titles by his son Henry Louis, born 1621; but he dying May 21, 1653, 
without issue, the vidamate passed to a collateral branch of the family. In naming 
this son after the king and his late father, the duke showed his attachment to his 
royal patron; and at his baptism by the bishop, June 15, 1625, during a festive season 
at Amiens, hereafter noticed, the widow of Henry IV. and the king, represented by 
the Duke of Chevreuse, stood as god-parents. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 57 

sustained the character of an amiable and good man, — meas- 
ured by a standard which then and there was not the highest. 
Upon 30,000 livres of income, yielded by his eight hundred par- 
ishes, he lived elegantly in his palace at Amiens. This city, 
described in former pages, with allusions to its early and heroic 
history, was the capital of the Amienois, as, indeed, of all Picardy. 
It had a brave 50,000 people, more or less. Abbeville, twenty- 
five miles down the Somme, its nearest rival in population, then 
boasted 35,000 or upward ; but after Boulogne-sur-mer and St. 
Quentin, each about half the size of Amiens, the Picard cities 
rapidlv dwindled to a paltry three thousand, or less. The chief 
spiritual and ecclesiastical authority thus reposing in the bishop, 
and the secular in the duke, — with his numerous functions and 
dignities, — while the provosts and other officials of the king came 
in for a share in the local jurisdiction, it is obvious the people of 
the Amienois had quite enough of rule. Without need to fur- 
ther define their respective powers, we know they made a unit 
against the Huguenots and their interests.* 

Picardy's part in the great moral struggle of the sixteenth 
century was peculiar. Etaples, a little seaport on the Canche, 
sent its Le Fevre to herald the Reformation ; Noyon, a Calvin, 
to vindicate it by voice and pen, and give a system of faith to 
the Huguenot churches ; and Cuthe, in Vermandois, the no less 
excellent Ramus, slain in the St. Bartholomew, — worthy repre- 
sentative of its noble martyrs. And humble peasants, back from 
their harvest labors at Meaux, had borne to Thierache a richer 
harvest of precious truth, and planted at Landuzy-la-ville one 
of the earliest of the Reformed churches. Thus nowhere had 
arisen stronger moral forces in support of the religion. On the 
other hand, does not Guise, in Thierache, recall its hereditary 
foes, those sanguinary dukes ; and Peronne one of their foulest 
plots, the "Holy League," impiously so called, — which, sworn to 
extirpate the Huguenots, soon plunged the country into the 
bloodiest of its civil wars? But, mark a fact: among the two 
hundred "subjects and inhabitants of the country of Picardy," — 
embracing "princes, lords, gentlemen and others, as well of the 
state ecclesiastic as of the noblesse and third state," — who sub- 
scribed this infamous League and took the oath in the town hall 
at Peronne, February 13th, 1577, we find but one of the family 
names afterwards appearing at Harlem ; so nicely drawn were 
the family lines between the friends and foes of the religion. 

* Bishop I,e Fevrc died of apoplexy, November 17, 1652. probably after all our 
refugees had left Picardy. 



58 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Zealously did the League pursue its nefarious object of ''crush- 
ing out heresy" ; till, at the close of the ensuing civil wars, — in 
which Picardy, while not often the scene of actual hostilities, had 
helped to swell the ranks of the respective armies (its regiment 
being a fixed part of the royal forces), — the Huguenot churches 
within its bounds, once numerous and flourishing, were reduced 
to a few scattered and timid flocks. 

Dark pictures of the times preceding loomed up to the 
Huguenot mind at Amiens, where the Reformed opinions had 
early been received with great favor: of Louis De Berguin, a 
Walloon from Artois, who, first to maintain those doctrines here 
in 1527, was burnt for it at Paris; of mob violence; of fines 
and imprisonments for refusing to decorate their houses at Cor- 
pus Christ; of that fell day in 1568, when one hundred and 
twenty Huguenots were slain in the streets of Amiens ; and the 
terror caused by the Paris St. Bartholomew, which was only 
averted here by strict orders from the Duke De Longueville, 
Governor of Picardy. And of the dismal era of the League,, 
in which plot were implicated some of the most powerful lords 
of the Amienois ; the vidame, Louis d'Ailly, a noble exception,, 
having, with his family, embraced the religion. He encouraged 
the faithful, who for a time met at his house for worship ; though 
his successor, Philip Emanuel, last vidame of that house, was 
forced in 1588, by the violence of the people, to pronounce for 
the League. Only when Henry IV. turned Catholic did the 
citizens of Amiens acknowledge him as king, and expel their late 
governor, Count d'Aumale, who was a Guise. But they care- 
fully "stipulated in making their submission that the Huguenot 
preaching should be prohibited in their precincts and suburbs." 
This was on August loth, 1594. Not long after occurred the 
Spanish occupation of the city, — which they entered by an ingen- 
ious sacrifice, — and its deliverance by the armies of Henry IV. 
Peace with Spain soon followed, with another event more felici- 
tous, — the passage of the Edict of Nantes, — arresting the civil 
wars and restoring order to the realm. Then for the rest of that 
happy reign, Amiens, especially, became the mart of a flourishing 
trade and commerce, of which its looms furnished the staples; 
but a half century later the Huguenot emigrations had re- 
duced these industries to the verge of ruin, so alarming in 
1665 as to lead the general government to interpose a remedy. 
In no wise exempt from the grievances common to the Reformed, 
under the Edict, those at Amiens and vicinity also had their own. 

On June 7th, 1625, Amiens witnessed a brilliant pageant. It 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 59 

was the city's generous welcome to a young queen, sister of the 
king, and child of Henry the Great, — the beautiful Henrietta 
Maria, of scarce sixteen years, — who was on her way from Paris 
to Boulogne to meet her spouse, already wedded though but once 
seen, Charles I. of England, then but two months a king. A 
letter from King Louis, bespeaking for the youthful queen "uiic 
joyeiise entree," had led to ample preparations ; so, on the set 
morning the city was all excitement, in every quarter was heard the 
sound of trumpets and drums to muster the military bands, with 
the noblesse, who were present from all the country round to 
take part in the grand reception. 

The Duke De Chaulnes, with three hundred well-mounted 
cavaliers, rode out two leagues to meet the bride and her retinue 
(which last included the queen-mother and queen-regnant, be- 
sides dukes, earls and lords, English and French, with many- 
noble dames and damsels, and withal a guard of soldiers), and 
escorted them to the city. Their approach thereto, — entrance 
through the Beauvais gate and march to the cathedral, where 
they were met and greeted by Bishop Le Fevre and the Chapter, — 
was one grand ovation; many complimentary addresses and the 
thunder of musket and arquebus bade the young queen wel- 
come. Just outside the city gate was a magnificent trium- 
phal arch, with a beautiful tableau and other devices, all in- 
tended to please the queen and courtly party. Six other principal 
pieces, replete with designs drawn from classic and French his- 
tory, surprised them along the way to the cathedral. One repre- 
sented Jason and the Golden Fleece, a motto affixed declaring 
"Maria is the Fleece and Charles the Jason." In another, three 
belles personified the goddesses Juno, Minerva and Venus, con- 
tending before Paris as judge for the prize of beauty, the golden 
apple. But Paris, disallowing all their claims, turned and pre- 
sented the apple to Queen Henrietta as "the real beauty." At 
the cathedral Te Deum was chanted, the grand organ pealing 
forth eloquent music, followed by prayers. Then her majesty 
was escorted to apartments in the episcopal palace, where were 
presentations and addresses to the queen, with gifts of some 
dozen of superb hypocras, besides a large variety of living birds 
and game of choice kinds, all in handsome cages. The queen- 
regnant and others of the royal party were sumptuously enter- 
tained at the citadel by the Duke and Duchess of Chaulnes for 
the nine days they were at Amiens; and then they departed, with 
many rich presents and kind wishes. 

Amiens looked but coldl}' on another pageant, more signifi- 



6o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

cant, if less imposing. The occasions of the two were probably 
among the recollections of some who later lived at Harlem, but 
the following was perhaps more firmly remembered, and with 
more heartfelt endurance. Betimes on Sunday morning, from 
that same Beauvais gate, called also the Gate of Paradise, (from 
a legend that here our Saviour, in the garb of a beggar, once 
appeared to St. Alartin), a human stream began to issue, repre- 
senting both sexes and all ages, sires and matrons, blooming 
youths and happy-faced children, all in best attire, which pro- 
ceeded along that well-trodden way, to the pleasant village of 
Salouel, on the Celle, two or three miles to the southward of 
Amiens. With decorum suited to holy time, but enlivening the 
journey by cheerful and pious conversation, the looker-on needed 
not to be told the all important errand upon which these devout 
people were going. 

The Huguenot worship had been long banished beyond the 
gates of the city. Prohibited in express terms, as already seen, 
by the decree which restored Amiens with Peronne and Abbe- 
ville to obedience to Henry IV., this was also confirmed by the 
Edict of Nantes. 

Taught also by experience that they could not meet for 
worship within the city walls, except at the risk of being molested, 
perhaps broken up by a mob, it in some measure reconciled 
the Reformed to what was felt to be a harsh and burdensome 
requirement. The privilege of meeting at Salouel had not been 
gotten without effort. By the edict two towns only in the en- 
tire government of Picardy were allotted the Huguenots, at 
which to build churches. These were Desvres, in the Boulon- 
nais, and Hautcourt, near St. Quentin. Of what advantage was 
this to those of Amiens? At first these were wont to hold their 
worship within the castle of the Seigneur d'Heucourt, at Haver- 
nas, five miles northerly from Amiens ; but the distance was 
so far, and, in inclement seasons, very trying and often fatal, — es- 
pecially to infants taken thither for baptism, as well as to the 
infirm and the aged, — that M. De Heucourt in the year 1600 noti- 
fied the lieutenant-general at Amiens of his intention to have 
public worship for himself, his family, and the inhabitants of the 
city, within his fief of Hem, a village or suburb of Amiens, and 
where thirty-six years previous the Protestants had built a tem- 
ple. This privilege, to which he claimed a right under the edict, 
being denied him, an appeal was made to the king, who gave 
his sanction ; but the opposition of the clergy and the civil author- 
ities was so violent as to nullify it. However, through the 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 6i 

favor of the Lord of Guignemiconrt, his chateau was also 
opened to the Reformed, being to the southwest of Amiens, and 
only half as far as Havernas. It was an important gain for 
those .of Amiens ; and this became for some years their principal 
resort. As the Count of St. Paul positively refused his consent 
to their meeting in Hem, they obtained permission in i6ii to 
remove their worship to Salouel, and there to build a temple. 
This, as already stated, was a small village on the Celle. It was 
within a fief appertaining to the widow of M. De Heucourt, 
before named ; and there was nothing remarkable about it but a 
subterranean cavern, used as a refuge, it was said, as early as the 
ninth century. Strangely enough, the bishop and clergy assented 
to this measure, and on February 24th, 161 2, half an acre of land 
was ceded to the Huguenots, upon which they erected their tem- 
ple. Here they long met for worship, under the pastorates of 
Le Hucher, La Cloche, Lauberan and Pinette ; and to this day 
the by-road leading to it is known as the "Chemin du preche.'' 
These pastors also labored at Havernas. There was another 
large and flourishing church gathered at Oisemont, a market 
town twelve miles south of Abbeville, where the Huguenots were 
strong. It was some eighteen miles west of xA.miens, to which 
its royal provost was subordinate. In the time of our refugees 
this church enjoyed the labors of Rev. Jacques De Vaux, a 
native of Compiegne. One of its elders, living at Oisemont at 
the date of the passage of the Edict of Nantes, was David Des 
Marets, Sieur du Ferets. In 1625 he represented the church in 
the Provincial Synod, held at Charenton, near Paris. Beyond 
question our David Des Marest, who came from Picardy, was 
of this family, but how related we cannot say. 

Would we truly estimate the character of such men as 
Demarest, and Disosway, and Casier, and Cresson, and their real 
value to the community at Harlem, we should follow up the 
pageant last introduced, and admit the moral sublimity of that 
primitive worship, with its power to mould the life, — the fervid 
invocation, the holy song, set to the metrical psalms of Clement 
Marot ; the simple Gospel, clothed in the warm, persuasive elo- 
quence of the times, which raised the soul heavenward. We 
would also note the activity and zeal which pervaded the Hugue- 
not churches, and the watchfulness over the walk of the mem- 
bers, which so contributed to soundness of faith and ])m"itv of 
life. 

We might show, were it needful, how this active moral cle- 
ment was effectual for good upon the very socict\- b\- which it 



62 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

was scorned and derided ; how the trammels upon thought and 
speech had to a great degree been thrown off, in regard especi- 
ally to politics and religion, — subjects once tenderly touched 
upon, but now handled with an astonishing boldness. What 
latitude was taken in the doctrinal disputes between the Hugue- 
not pastors and Catholic prelates, so rife at this period ! How 
the popular mind was awakening to the necessity of religious 
reform, and even showing itself among the old clergy, as in the 
earlier days of the Reformation ! But alas ! it now went little 
beyond efforts to render external rites more impressive, or to 
make the rules of monastic life more austere. A step in the right 
direction was taken at Amiens by Jean De Labadie, later an 
avowed Protestant and founder of the Labadists, of Wieward, in 
Eriesland, some of whom visited Harlem five years after his 
death, which took place in 1674. In 1640, Labadie, by invitation, 
preached at Paris. Among the crowds drawn to hear him was 
Bishop Le Fevre, who, charmed with his zeal and eloquence, made 
him a canon in the cathedral. Here Labadie, imbued with the 
evangelical spirit, urged upon his parishioners to read the Scrip- 
tures, and caused many copies of the New Testament in French 
to be distributed ; while his sermons upon repentance, grace, and 
predestination awakened profound interest. But his views were 
severely censured by the clergy and by the Sorbonne; so, after 
a few years' service at Amiens, in which also he had not been 
sparing of the Jesuits, the clamors against him forced him to 
leave. The excitement stirred up by Labadie in the end reacted 
upon the Reformed, to whose "pernicious teachings" his "heresy" 
was imputed. 

Picard society was always exceedingly impressionable and 
excitable. But at Amiens its good and bad elements assumed the 
most positive forms. It was a centre of political factions and 
sinister plots ; and it was this spirit, long fostered among the 
nobility, that arrayed itself against the ministry of Concini ; only 
just failed, in 1636, to assassinate Richelieu during the siege of 
Corbie; and, in 1649, plunged his successor, Mazarin, in the war 
of the Fronde : a war, by the way, in which the Huguenots, by 
keeping neutral, won praise from this minister. 

But with a people, or society, so irascible, it made an element 
in the dangers which beset the Reformed ; dangers which were 
now daily thickening by reason of the cruel proscription de- 
signed to crush them. And religious antagonisms needed but 
slight incentive to leap forth into activity. If the Huguenots, 
when assailed by brute force dared stand and defend themselves, 



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63 



it often led to a bloody collision such as that which obliged one 
of our refugees to escape for his life. Daniel Tourneur, with 
other Reformed (according to Tourneur 's version of it, — which 
w^e see no reason to question), had been attending a burial at 
Amiens, when some of the Catholics made a wanton attack upon 
them. The pretext we know not; but Huguenots were de- 
barred from using the common cemeteries. However, Tourneur. 
young and spirited, — in his veins the blood of the old Picard lords 
De Tourneur, one of whom had fought under William the Con- 
queror at Hastings, — drew his sword, as did others, in self-defense, 
when some of the assailants were slain. Tourneur beine chareed 




Cathedral and Cemetery of St. Denis, at Amiens. 

with the death of one Tilie Maire, he found it best to take a 
sudden leave. Marc Disosway, who seems to have known of 
this affair at its occurrence, made quite a stir about it at Harlem 
in after years, when he and Tourneur happened to be at variance. 
The breaking out of war between France and Spain in 1635 
caused a considerable influx of Protestant refugees into Eng- 
land, from Picardy, Artois, Hainault and Flanders. Involving 
these provinces in all the perils and disasters of a pitiless border 



64 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

warfare, and lasting nearl}^ the fourth of a century, it resulted 
in the conquest of Artois, and parts of Flanders and Hainault, 
and their annexation to France. Begun by Louis XHL, jointly 
with the Dutch (these agreeing to divide the Spanish Nether- 
lands between them), this war opened adversely to the French, 
for the enemy at once invaded Picardy, overran Thierache, and 
captured Corbie, on the Somme, only nine miles above Amiens. 
In terror the inhabitants of the villages fled with their goods 
into the cities, while the Spaniards, marking their course by 
burnings and massacres, stopped only at the Oise, which they 
could not pass, as the bridges had been broken down. But the 
energy of Richelieu soon turned the tables ; for, retaking 
Corbie, he drove the enemy back across the border, and began 
those aggressive movements which, followed up by Louis XIV., — 
after the disasters of the Fronde were repaired, — added, as before 
said, a large domain to France, secured to her in 1659 by the 
treaty of the Pyrenees, and which she has ever since held. 

Although hostilities were so soon transferred to the enemy's 
soil, Picardy was now called upon to maintain garrisons for the 
defense of her extended frontier, and to marshal her forces for 
the seat of war, whence came almost daily some new and alarm- 
ing rumor ; a state of things especially disheartening to the 
Huguenots, whose trials before were great enough. With no 
incentive to enter the army in a war waged only for conquest, — 
and to add strength to the despotic arm which was crushing 
them, — it naturally proved a turning point with those who now 
left the country. Their nearness to the Low Country border 
offered the Huguenots of Picardy every facility for escape, as 
did also their several seaports and the long range of coast, fre- 
quented only by fishermen, whose boats often aided fugitives to 
get away when obliged to shun the publicity of the town. Num- 
bers, for sufficient reasons, took the weary and hazardous journey 
through Belgium to Holland ; many going by way of the Ver- 
mandois forests, and resting at Bohain, a little city of wool- 
workers twelve miles northeast of St. Ouentin, where were many 
Huguenots ; so fleeing across the Cambresis, or Hainault.* Our 
Demarest and Cresson, Disosway, Tourneur, Le Roy, and others 
from the Amienois and Ponthieu, had the choice of those routes, 
but which they took is left to conjecture. Calais, then the 
extreme northern outlet of the kingdom, at an inviting prox- 

* Jean Cottin, of New York, merchant, who died quite aged, in 1721, was a fugi- 
tive from Bohain, where lie left a brother Daniel and sister Susannali, inarried to 
Louis Libot. He intrusted by his will £36 to Peter Van Oblinus and Samuel Waldron, 
of the town of Harlem; "the income thereof to be yearly employed for and towards 
the maintaining of their minister of the Dutch Protestant Cliurch there." 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 65 

imity to the shores of England, and its people partly of that 
nation, — which had ruled it for over two centuries, till it was re- 
covered in 1558 by the French under the Duke of Guise, — was 
also strongly Protestant, and therefore a great resort for escaping 
refugees. Our Philip Casier was from this place, as was also 
his son-in-law, David Uzille. 

While many left Picardy, the French advance and successes 
in Hainault and Artois were causing a larger migration of the 
Protestant Walloons ; and among these also a number whose 
destiny led them to Harlem. We can make but brief allusion to 
such events, military or otherwise, in their respective localities, 
as seemingly influenced their removal. 

Landrecy, on the Sambre, was the first place invested and 
taken by the French on beginning the invasion of the enemy's 
territory, in 1637, and which they held, with adjacent places, for 
ten years. It was during this domination, so odious to the 
Walloons, that Simon de Ruine, living near Landrecy, removed 
with his family to Holland, from which place, fifteen years later 
he found his way to America. Through daughters married to 
Demarests, he has many living descendants. Jean Gervoe, another 
of the Harlem settlers, was from Beaumont, to the east of Aves- 
nes, then a county seat of the Duke of Arschot, but an old appan- 
age of the princes of Hainault. From Mons, the rich capital of 
this province, seated to the north of Avesnes, and within the coal 
region called the Borinage, came David du Four, of the same 
name, — and not improbably the same blood, as the martyr of Le 
Cateau, but whose posterity, which became numerous in his 
country, changed the form of their name to Devoor and Devoe. 

Passing to the west of the Scheldt we find the homes of other 
of our refugees along the banks of the river Lys. The noble 
Scheldt, the boast and pride of Belgium, — rising in the edge of 
Picardy, behind the abbey of Mont St. Martin, and flowing to 
the north, or rather to the northeast, but upon several zigzag 
reaches or courses, — waters the western parts of the Cambresis 
and Hainault, and then, eastern Flanders, forming for some dis- 
tance the barrier between the latter and Brabant. It has passed 
in the meantime Cambra}', at the head of navigation; Valen- 
ciennes, Conde, Tournay, — all Walloon cities, — Ghent and Ant- 
werp. At the latter, a hundred and twenty-five niiles from its 
head, — swollen by many tributaries, chief of which is the Lys, — 
the now puissant Scheldt turns northwest for fourteen miles, 
when it divides into two mighty arms, each of which rolls on 
still forty miles to the German Sea. These two broad estuaries. 



66 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

taking the names of the East and West Scheldt, — the latter also 
termed the Hond, — form, in conjunction with the left arm of 
the Meuse, here called the Maas, the fertile Dutch islands of 
Schouwen and Walcheren, in Zeeland, both of interest to us as 
the home or place of sojourn of some of the Harlem colonists. 

Running parallel with the coast, and uniformly thirty miles or 
so therefrom, in a course very direct, the Lys parted Flemish 
from French, or Walloon, Flanders. It was navigated by light 
vessels all the way from Aire, in Artois, to Ghent. About cen- 
trally of the fertile plains between it and the Scheldt lay the 
city of Lille, with its teeming and busy population, the capital 
of French Flanders, and the great city and centre of the Wal- 
loons. Owing its origin to Lideric du Buc, the first Grand 
Forester or Count of Flanders, who, in 640, here built a castle, 
(only the shapeless ruins of which remained), but growing into 
significance as a town in the eleventh century,— when enlarged 
and walled by other of these counts, — Lille had become to the 
Walloons what Ypres, its great rival, which lay but fifteen miles 
northwest, was to the Flemings, — the chief emporium of their 
cloth manufacture. Round about it, and all in Walloon Flan- 
ders, were the large and handsome cities of Douay and Tournay, 
the small cities of Orchies, Armentieres, La Basse, St. Amand, 
etc., besides 193 boroughs and villages. Old towns, and famed 
for their industries, they formed the heart of the great woolen 
and linen country of preceding centuries; enjoying a prosperity 
almost fabulous, till Spanish tyranny and French conquest 
brought blight and ruin. The cruel expatriations thus caused 
gave to Harlem at least four families, who came from neighbor- 
ing places on and near the Lys.* Richebourg, a small city scarce 
noticed by gazetteers or maps, but seated fourteen miles west of 
Lille, on a small branch of the Lys and in the district of 
Bethune, within Artois, was the birthplace of our Glaude le 
Maistre, or Delamater. Delamater's family was from France, 
his immediate ancestor probably from Picardy, whence many 
families seem to have worked up into Artois ; and it is pretty cer- 
tain that Glaude, on leaving Richebourg, took the previously re- 
ferred to course of the Walloon migration to England. We doubt 
if many of these Walloons from Artois went to Holland at that 

* It is said ("Du Bois Reunion," pp. 32, 33) that the Peace of Westphalia, 1648, 
by maintaining the Catliolic religion in the Austrian dominions, caused the emigration 
from Artois. But this emigration began years before, and at the date of that treaty, 
which did not restore peace between France and Spain, the former was in military 
possession of Artois. Nor could this province be affected by the pacification of 1648, 
in which the Spanish Netherlands were not included. It is plain that the emigrations 
referred to were not due to that treaty, but to the French invasion. (See "Burn's 
Refugees," I^ondon, 1846, p. 42.) 



HISTORY OF HARLE.AL 67 

time, — for which there was poor inducement for these Spanish 
subjects, — seeing the Dutch were then in league with their enemy 
the French, while the English held a neutrality, but leaned 
strongly to the Spanish side. In fact, by the threats of Eng- 
land, the Flemish ports were left unmolested till 1644, and from 
these that country was much nearer and more accessible than 
was Holland. Naturally enough, some of these fugitive Walloons 
retired at first into Flanders, hesitating, perhaps, to quit the 
country, as the state of the Protestants was somewhat improved 
under the more humane rule of Philip IV. The family of 
Oblinus, one well known in the early history of Harlem, fled 
from Houplines, two leagues nortliAvest of Lille ; and that of De 
Pre, from Comines, a few miles below Houplines. Kortryk 
was a Flemish town yet further down the Lys, which within the 
previous century had witnessed cruel persecutions, and during the 
existing war, with its calamities, had changed hands four 
times in five years. But one of its families had escaped these 
last troubles by leaving some years before: we refer to the an- 
cestors of the Kortright, or Courtright, family, in its day one 
of the most wealthy in landed possessions in Harlem.''' 

On the Flemish seaboard between Calais and the Hond, lay, 
distant a few miles apart, the several old strongly intrenched 
towns of Gravelines, Dunkirk, Furnes, Nieuport, Ostend and 
Sluis, the latter seated ten miles south of the Hond, within a 

* Family names were the exception and not the rule among our early Dutch 
colonists. The mass of people in Fatherland used only a patronymic, formed by adding 
to the child's Christian name that of the father, with the affix sen, or son; by which 
originated all names so terminating, as for example, Jan Jacobsen (meaning Jan, son 
of Jacob), or Pieter Jansen (Pieter, son of Jan), and the like. In correct usage in 
writing, the affix was often shortened to se or z, and always in the case of females to s. 
This custom necessarily produced among the male descendants of the same progenitor 
a great diversity of surnames, if we may, for convenience, so call them. Thus, I'ieter, 
Willem and Ilendrick being sons of Jan Jacobsen, would be known as Pieter Jansen, 
Willem Jansen, etc.. while their children would be named respectively, Pietersen, 
Willemsen and Hendricksen, and these names, in turn, each afford other varieties in 
the next generation. On the other hand, this use of the i)atronyniic caused a frequent 
recurrence of the same name where no family connection whatever existed. The incon- 
venience thus arising, and particularly the liability of confounding persons of similar 
name, was partial!}' obviated by the practice in vogue in Fatherland, and i^cpt up by 
our colonists, both in familiar speech and in formal writings, of distinguishing persons 
by their birthplace (not, as is now the usage, by the residence, except the one and the 
other were the same) ; as, for example, Jan Jacobsen V"an Amsterdam, that is, J. J. 
from Amsterdam. This valued link connecting the colonists with his former home, 
it was in many cases directly to his interest to preserve. In Holland, as with us, the 
name of the place thus used often became the permanent family name, of which 
instances abound. P>ut it sometimes resulted that two or more brothers, born in ditTcr- 
ent places, and from these deriving their respective surnames, gave rise to as many 
families, whose common origin, after a few generations, none would ever suspect. In 
many cases the Van has been dropped; and often tlie name so changed as to disguise 
its origin, as those of Oblinus and Kortright. The lirst of these derived from 
Houplines; after emigration, probably in conformity to English utterance, became 
Oblinus, and by the usage before mentioned, was then, if not before, written Van 
Oblinus. The Kortrights at first also used the \'an. 

The subject of our Dutch family names is a curious one, as will be abundantly 
verified in the coming pages; and should he first well studied by those who undertake 
to compile Dutch genealogy. Sec other remarks and a list of Dutch baptismal names, 
witli their IJnglish equivalent, in "Annals of Newtown," page 265. 



68 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

harbor on the German Sea, called the Paerdt-markt (Horse- 
market), from the noise of the elements during a storm sound- 
ing very like the neighing of horses. During this century it cost 
the kings of Spain dearly to hold these seaports. Ostend, in 
particular, was taken by the Spaniards from the Hollanders, 
September 14th, 1604, after a terrible siege of over three years, 
in which there perished 80,000 of the former and 50,000 of the 
latter. A few days previous (August 19th) Sluis surrendered 
to Prince Maurice, after an investment of four months, the 
Spaniards having made vain efforts to relieve it. Peace reigned 
from 1069 to 162 1 ; when Spain and Holland resumed hostilities. 
In 1635, as we have seen, France took part with Holland; but 
England interposed to keep these ports, — of so much benefit to 
her trade, — open for some years. However, the French, aided by 
the Holland fleet under Admiral Tromp, took Gravelines in 
1644, and Dunkirk and Furnes in 1646. Mardyk was a rural 
hamlet midway between the first two places, three miles from 
either, where once stood a city claiming to be the famous 
Porhis Issius, but, sacked and burned by the Normans, and, in 
1383, by the English, now consisted only of a church and a few 
cottages, which could hardly excite envy, looking out so unpre- 
tendingly upon the sand dunes and the sea. But, in common 
with all that border region, it was to suffer much from the con- 
tending forces. Fort Mardyk, in the vicinity, was seized by the 
French on their taking Dunkirk. After six years they were 
driven out of the fort and both towns by the Archduke Leo- 
pold, Governor of the Low Countries ; but the French again 
became masters of all in 1658, conferring Mardyk, with Dunkirk, 
upon the English, now their allies, who, in 1662, restored both to 
the French, whence Mardyk fell under the iron rule of Louis 
XIV. Meynard Journee, a young man born here, withdrew 
during these troublesome times, and after wandering up and down 
the Rhine, appears at Harlem, and finally on Staten Island, found- 
ing there the reputable family of Journeay. 

Bruges was the last Flemish town as one approached the 
Dutch border, distant eight miles from the coast and ten south 
of Sluis. Very ancient, too, it was the veritable godfather of 
Flanders, to which it had given a name, originally Vlonderen, a 
Flemish term equivalent to Bruges (or Brugge, that is Bridges, 
as its Dutch people called it), and which it early took, from the 
many bridges in the town and environs. Once among the most 
commercial and opulent of the Netherland cities, it dared defy 
the Emperor Maximilian, whose vials of wrath vented upon it. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 69 

and its troubles under Alva, with the rivalry of its neighbors, 
Ghent and Antwerp, had ruined its industries. It was six years 
under Protestant rule, but on May 22d, 1584, submitted to the 
King of Spain. By degrees its Protestant population forsook 
it; and so did the good Jan Tibout, the Tiebout ancestor, for 
a dozen years town clerk and voorlescr at Harlem, and also Joost 
Jansen Kockuyt, who belongs to its histor}'. 

Sluis was made very secure by the Dutch, after being 
wrested from the Spaniards in 1604, the latter trying in vain 
to retake it in 1621, on the renewal of the war at the end of 
twelve years' truce. Its gardens and bleaching grounds told 
the useful occupations of its people ; but its air was so malari- 
ous, as in all that flat country, that strangers could not well 
abide there, even its garrison having to be changed every year. 
But it w^as the nearest Dutch town within reach of refugees 
from France and Flanders, and its strong walls offered them 
safety, so that many such, — and among them our Casier and 
Cresson, — found a temporary home here. Sluis castle had a 
reminiscence affecting to the refugees, for here the Admiral 
Coligny, taken by the Spaniards at the battle of St. Ouentin. 
in 1557, was confined, and alone with his Bible in his cell, be- 
came a Protestant, going hence, indeed, to meet a cruel death 
in the St. Bartholomew, but not till he had nobly served the 
Huguenot cause, both in council and in the field. One who 
could wield with equal skill the sword of the Spirit came from 
Sluis at a later day: we refer to Guiliaem Bertholf, parish clerk 
at Harlem, before he entered the ministry to become the "Itiner- 
ating apostle of New Jersey."''' 

* Guiliaem Bertholf and his wife, Martina Hendricks Verwey, with letters from 
Sluis, joined the church at Bergen, N. J., October 6, 1684. He lived at Ackquackneck. 
In 1690 he removed to Harlem, continued there about a year and a half, and soon went 
to Holland for ministerial ordination. On his return he became i>astor at Hackcnsack, 
in which service he ended his days, in 1724. Indefatigable in bis work, he labored 
extensively among the surrounding churches, several of which he was instrumental 
in forming. Mr. Bertholf had three children when he came to this country, viz. : 
Sarah. Maria and Elizabeth, all born at Sluis; and afterward Ilendrick, Corynus 
Jacobus, JNIartha and Anna. All were church members at Hackensack. Sarah married, 
1698, David D. Demarest; Alaria married, 1699, John Bogart; Elizabeth married, 1699, 
John Terhune, in 1718, Roelof Bogart; Hendrick married, 1707, Alary Terhunc; Cory- 
nus married, 1718, Anna Reyersen; Martha married, 17 13, Albert Bogart; Jacobus 
married Elizabeth Van Imburgh; and Anna married, 1718, Abraham N'arick, "and in 
1734, Peter Post. Some of this name we have known but to respect; an honor to an 
excellent ancestor. 



CHAPTER IV. 



HOLIvAND : THE DE F0RE;STS AND LA MONTAGNE;. 




T 

crisis 
port, 
point 



of 



sought to 



H E final adieu to 
Europe marked a 
of no trifling im- 
a grand turning- 
in the hfe and the 
destiny of our colonists. 
Cherished hopes of a 
return were seldom re- 
alized. That they were 
led to this decisive step 
by a wonderful series 
providences, we have 
show. So far 
as signal and of general 
bearing, these are mat- 
ters of common history ; 
if less fortunate in our 
search for special causes, 
"■^ limited to precise times, 
\ places and individuals, 
we must plead the diffi- 
culties attending such 
minute inquiry. But while the craving for such details of per- 
sonal experience can be but partially satisfied, our gleanings of 
this description, reserved for the present chapter and the next 
following, will include some touching passages of refugee life 
in Holland and elsewhere. 

Holland, in natural features simply, had little that was 
winning : a boundless stretch of low pastures, which, walled in by 
lines of dykes, both from the sea and the internal network of 
sluggish rivers and artificial watercourses, formed the tame sur- 
rounding of the Zuyder Zee. The latter, the delight of the 
Hollander, of whose imperturbable nature its broad, glassy bosom 
in its unruffled repose presented a fit emblem, was changed from 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 71 

a lake to an inland sea by an inundation in 1282, which, break- 
ing throug-h the narrow barrier on the north, united it with the 
German Ocean, but leaving, to guard its entrance, small patches 
of land, forming the Texel and several lesser islands. The Zuy- 
der Zee had on the west the peninsula of North Holland. On 
the opposite side, which swept in a half circle from north to 
south, it washed the shores of Friesland, Overyssel, Gelderland 
and Utrecht ; the latter reaching westerly to South Holland, 
which with North Holland composed but one province. In the 
last-named was Amsterdam, the rich commercial emporium of 
the Dutch, seated in the mouth of the Y, an arm, or inlet, of 
the Zuyder Zee. With these five districts, which nearly encir- 
cled this inland sea, the Seven United Provinces also numbered 
Groningen. to the east of Friesland ; and Zeeland, lying between 
South Holland and Flanders, but broken into several islands by 
the outlets of the Maas and Scheldt. Groningen, with Drenthe 
next southerly, and then Overyssel (of which Drenthe was 
usually reckoned a part), formed in conjunction with Zutphen, 
a section of Gelderland to the south of Overyssel, the great 
eastern boundary of the United Provinces along the German 
circle of Westphalia. 

With all its monotony of landscape, Holland, even in the 
time of our colonists, bore witness to the indefatigable industry 
of its people, in its vast system of canals, extensive dykes and 
drainage, and thorough cultivation ; the neatness and thrift of 
its towns and villages, and its incessant activities, domestic and 
maritime. Scarce enough of resemblance was found to ally it 
to the parent country we have so fully described ; so striking 
was the difference, both in the temper of its people, and in the 
matters of government and religion; for in all that was essential 
to render its people both free and prosperous, the happy release 
from the double yoke of Spain and the papacy had wrought 
here a marvelous transformation. Its antique cloisters were 
now applied to secular uses, its venerable churches and cathe- 
drals devoted to the Reformed service, its dingy castles the merest 
relics of an expiring feudalism. And if the scarred walls of its 
cities told the tragic story of a recent desperate struggle, innu- 
merable crafts plying upon its canals and rivers, and shipping 
crowding every seaport, as plainly witnessed to its present pros- 
perity. Its glory now was in being free ; the recognized home 
of civil and religious liberty ! 

But however worthy our study, Holland will now engage us 
onlv with reference to the homes or the movements of the par- 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. yi^ 

ticular persons whose checkered story forms a part of the history 
we are writing. Every one of the United Provinces was repre- 
sented in the original community at Harlem, though the settlers 
from those provinces hailed chiefly from cities or villages on or 
near the German Ocean and the Zu}'dcr Zee. Naturally, the great 
cities of Amsterdam and Leyden gave the largest number, the 
last-named place being situated but twenty-two miles southwest 
of the former, and at that day communicating with it by means 
of the Leyden Canal, the Harlem Lake, and the Y. 

Leyden was unexcelled for the beauty of its surroundings, 
as Dutch beauty went. It stood in the midst of the Rhineland. 
a fertile flat, aptly called the Garden of Holland. On these broad 
meadows grazed numerous herds, the district being famous for 
its superior butter and cheese dairies. Directly environed by 
pretty villas and gardens, the city was inclosed by ramparts (since 
removed (around which ran a moat, crossed by seven draw- 
bridges leading to the city gates ; the approaches to these, arched 
with the foliage of overhanging trees, most agreeably impressing 
the visitor entering for the first time. The city was intersected 
by the river Rhine, which, rolling down from the classic Alps, 
through two hundred leagues of grandest highland scenery, but 
reft of force and volume by diversion in the lowlands, flowed 
placidly into the city in two branches, which uniting in one near 
the centre, slid on, six miles farther, to the German Ocean ; it 
fed canals which traversed the town in all directions between lines 
of shade trees, and under numerous bridges. The thoroughfares 
were broad and cleanly, and the dwellings and shops,— built mainly 
of brick, and standing with gables to the street, — exhibited the 
true Holland style. The Dutch burghers and their vrouws were 
wont to resort for recreation to the shady walks upon the citv 
walls ; or to the battlements of the Burg, an old castle or fortress 
rising from a mound in the centre of the town, at a point where 
the Old and New Rhine joined ; and which afforded a picturesque 
view, — rows of curious notched gables, belfries and church 
steeples, with a wide and charming outlook over the countrv 
beyond. With the advantage of a clear atmosphere (an unusual 
condition in that moist climate) the eye might roam westerlv to 
the ocean, see southerly the masts of Rotterdam, easterly follow 
u]) the tortuous course of the Rhine, descry to the northeast the 
shipping of Amsterdam, and catch glim])ses of that great inland 
ocean, the Zuyder Zee. 

Leyden had early become a principal refuge for the perse- 
cuted. Its brave and effectual resistance during the Spanish 



74 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



siege, in 1574, gave it pre-eminence as a place of strength and 
security, and attracted to its gates the flying multitudes driven 
by oppression from other lands. Of these the Walloon refugees, 
were by far the most numerous, and being welcomed by the 
magistrates and people, they formed a church in 1584, the burgo- 
masters, at their request, giving them the permanent use of an 
old edifice erected in the fourteenth century on the Haerlemstraat,. 
in the northern section of the city called Marendorp, and still 
styled as by its Catholic founders, the Lieve Vrouw Kerk, or the 
Church of the Virgin Mary. It was thence known as the French 
or Walloon Church. On a later influx of refugees, this building- 
being found too small for the large increase of communicants, 
they were permitted to celebrate the Lord's Supper in the Gast- 

huys (or Almshouse) Kerk, 

^. . _ -_--;-- r— — 



i^ 



j'fi j^. l-fiFl^Aa^S^. 




which stood convenient to 
the other, on the north side 
of the Breedestraat (the main 
thoroughfare running east and 
west through the city), and 
attached to the St. Catharine 
Gasthuys, which occupied 
grounds in its rear. In 1606 
the Walloons founded a col- 
lege, for the better training of 
their 5^outh in their favorite 
Calvinistic theology, as the 
divinity school connected with 
the Ley den University, though 
now enjoying great patron- 
age, had become much distracted by the doctrinal contro- 
versy between its professors Gomarus and Arminius. Daniel 
Colonius, pastor of the Walloon Church, was made regent of 
the new college. The Walloons, nurtured, as we have seen, in 
the iron cradle of trial, bore with them into exile less wealth than 
virtue, but with the latter a remarkable degree of common sense 
and business energy. At Leyden their skill and industry soon 
told upon the commercial interests of the city, especially through 
the medium of the cloth trade, for which Leyden was now justly 
famed above all the other towns in Holland. Given its first im- 
petus by Flemish artisans from Ypres, in the fourteenth century, 
the woolen manufacture had grown to such magnitude as to en- 
gross a large share of the activities of the citizens ; by more than 
three hundred busy hand-looms, turning out per annum fifty- 



Walloon Church at Leyden. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



75 



thousand pieces of cloth — not to inckule flannels, carpets, baize,^ 
etc., amounting in addition to over nine thousand pieces a year. 
The older part of Leyden contained four "vierendeels," or 
quarters ; which districts, surrounded by the several enlargements 
of the city, made from time to time, formed the central part of 
the town, and stretched along the Breedestraat, two upon 
the north side and two on the south. One of the latter, called 
the Woolhouse Quarter, was so named because within its limits, 
on the north side of the Steenschuur Canal, stood the Zaay Hall^ 
the great cloth emporium of the city of Leyden. This building, 
formerly, in popish times, a chapel of the St. Jacob brotherhood, 

had been vacated by 
this order, sold to the 
city, and for some time 
used for the storage 
of wool, whence it 
was called the ^^''ool- 
house. About the 
year 1596, it was re- 
fitted and appropri- 
ated to the cloth trade. 
Here, before they 
could be sold, must 
be brought all the 
serges and camlets^ 
broadcloths, single 
cloths and gentry 
cloths, with some 
coarser sorts, which 
were made within 
the town, to be inspected and appraised, and have attached the in- 
dispensable "vent loot," or official leaden stamp. And here re- 
sorted the cloth manufacturers and drapers of Leyden, — the for- 
mer to display and sell their goods, the latter to buy. From the 
"zaays," or serges, the building took its name, the Zaay Hall. On 
every weekday in this great mart for trading was presented an ani- 
mated scene : the inspectors, as required by law, busily examining 
the white, black, or colored goods, to determine both quality and 
quantity ; the noisy klopper, with a blow affixing the proper stamp ; 
and the vociferous salesman, crving his price to the buyers who 
thronged the place ; while, interrupting the buzz of voices, the two 
clocks overhead faithfully struck the hour and half hour, and 
anon, the chime of small bells which also adorned the tower, to 




The Zaav Hall. 



76 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

each its name, as the Weaver, the Dyer, etc., rung out a pleasing 
melody. 

Another district, called the Gasthuys Vierendeel (Almshouse 
Quarter), had on the north side the Rhine below the junction 
of its two branches, upon the south the Breedestraat, and to the 
east the Wanthuys Quarter. It took its name from the St. 
Catharine Gasthuys, which, with its kerk, before spoken of, stood 
within its limits, a little to the west of that antique and massive 
pile, the Stadt Huys, or City Hall. Through this cjuarter, along 
the west side of the Gasthuys kerk yard, a little street called the 
Vrouwsteeg (woman's lane) led northward across the Rhine 
to the Walloon Church, and was often devoutly trodden by the 
feet of the refugees. 

In the Gasthuys Quarter lived a Walloon named Jesse De 
Forest. He was one of the exiles from Avesnes, in the prov- 
ince of Hainault, as already noticed, driven by the perils of the 
times to take refuge at Sedan; and whence the De Forests, after 
a sojourn there apparently of some years, had removed down 
the Maas to Holland. 

Jesse, Jean, Michael and Gerard, recognized as brothers, are 
found at Teyden, with a sister Jeanne, whose husband was one 
Cartier, from Columbier, France. The De Forests stood promi- 
nent among the French refugees. Jesse and Gerard, of whom 
only we shall need to speak further, were by occupation dyers. 
It was their subtle art which imparted beauty and value to those 
useful fabrics displayed and sold at the Zaay Hall. Gerard, 
whose birthplace was Avesnes, married at Leyden, on August 
1 2th, 1611, a young lady of French parentage, but born here, 
Hester, daughter of Crispin and Agnes de la Grange, the latter 
now a widow. Surviving his marriage forty-five years, he was 
blessed with a goodly competence and in seeing his children 
respectably married at Leyden. His brother, Jesse, had brought 
a wife with him to Holland, Marie Du Cloux, whom he probably 
married at Sedan, as his eldest son was born there. Five children 
that reached maturity came of this union, namely, Jean, Henry, 
Rachel, Jesse and Isaac. More than once, however, had death 
invaded their circle, taking little Israel and Philippe from their 
fond embrace. Yet having, for love to God, forsaken country 
and kindred, they could accept these painful visitations as the 
salutary chastenings of an All-wise Father, teaching them the 
lesson of resignation to His will, and inspiring a faith to look 
upward and beyond. Diligent also in his vocation, which had 
long ranked among the "Greater Arts," Jesse De Forest, in the 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 77 

easy position of a master artisan, was one of a limited number 
having license from the magistrates "to dye serges and camlets 
in colors." It was a tribute to his skill ; for only the most expert 
and approved dyers were thus preferred, as on the beauty and 
permanence of the colors so largely depended the reputation and 
success of the cloth trade of Leyden. Plying his useful art, 
De Forest mixed his delicate tints, and among his steaming vats 
daily earned an honest living. His home was near the Walloon 
church, at which he and his Marie loved to offer up their devo- 
tions, and where from time to time they dedicated their offspring 
to God in baptism. 

But Jesse De Forest had again fallen upon perilous times. 
Leyden was at this date rent by popular discords, which affected 
the whole country, but this city in particular. While the peo- 
ple of Holland were crushed and humbled b}' the Spanish war, 
and had to struggle for existence, they showed, as we have seen, 
the deepest sympathy for the victims of oppression who fled to 
their country for refuge. But once in the flush of enjoyment of 
peace and prosperity, and forgetful of their former trials, feelings 
of national pride prompted them to draw lines of social distinc- 
tion, especially between themselves and the foreign population, 
insomuch that the refugees now began to be eyed with contempt, 
treated as inferiors, and often refused employment. This intoler- 
ant spirit was also fostered by the parties and feuds which had 
sprung up in church and state. The old dispute about predestina- 
tion, which had arisen among the professors at the University, 
had proceeded from the schools into the pulpits, and the peo- 
ple readily took sides. Hence the controversy spread far and 
wide. The pastors of the various churches, as well as their flocks, 
became sorely at issue, many of both classes embracing the Ar- 
minian views; those holding these opinions being called Remon- 
strants. The famous Synod of Dort, convened November 13th, 
1618, on account of these dissensions, remained in session for 
over six months, and handled the Arminian preachers with great 
severity. Its action being sustained by the government, a general 
crusade against the Remonstrants was instituted, and a large 
number of their ministers, men of undoubted talent and piety, were 
deposed and driven from the country. The Synod of South Hol- 
land, which met at Leyden in July following, though numbering 
but thirty ministers and ten elders, expelled about sixty Remon- 
strant preachers, who refused to subscribe to the canons adopted 
by the Synod of Dort. Many of this proscribed sect left the 
country, a part of whom retired to Denmark, and by favor of 




a 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 79 

the Duke of Holstein, founded the town of Frederickstadt, in 
1 62 1, though, the troubles over, most of them returned to their 
native country. 

At Leyden, where prior to the Synod of Dort the new sect 
had gained a multitude of adherents, including some of the city 
magistrates, everything was now done to suppress them. Ejected 
from their churches, they met for worship in a private house, 
only to be driven out by a mob. In vain they prayed the magis- 
trates to allow them the public exercise of their religion, urging 
that the Lutherans, English Puritans, and even the Jews, enjoyed 
that right unmolested. A burgher at whose dwelling they as- 
sembled upon a night in August was heavily fined, and expelled 
from the town for a year. Two months later a zaay-weaver, 
for having a meeting at his house, was mulcted two hundred and 
twenty-five florins, stripped of his rights as a freeman, and ban- 
ished from Leyden and the Rhineland. Some of the citizens were 
fined and imprisoned for collecting mone}- in aid of the exiled 
pastors. 

At the University a change was made in the faculty, by the 
removal of all the professors who were Remonstrants, and the 
appointment of approved Calvinists. Even after their ejectment 
they were followed with a malevolence which is in strange con- 
trast with our ideas of toleration. And it was but the culmination 
of this same politico-religious persecution that brought to the 
block that venerable and pure-minded patriot Oldenbarneveldt, 
May 13th, 1619, while the Synod was yet in session at Dort, — a 
cruel episode of the w^ar upon the Remonstrants, and which 
thrilled the nation with horror. The severity toward that sect 
did not cease for some years after; several executions took place 
at Leyden, and this town was the last to grant them toleration. 
These part}'- strifes and public tumults having a tendency to un- 
hinge society, to fetter speech and conscience, to check the indus- 
tries of the people and make a livelihood more difficult, greatly 
disquieted all classes, bu<" more especially the foreign refu- 
gees. 

While these things were transpiring, there attended the Wal- 
loon church a young Frenchman, who was a boarder in the 
family of one Robert Botack, a shoemaker on the \^oldersgraft, 
and who was studying medicine under the learned Heurnius at the 
University, where he had been registered as a student November 
19th, 16 19, in the Latin style, Johannes Monerius Montanus, or 
as in French, Jean Mousnier De La Montague. His surname 
might betoken social rank, or, as already suggested, point to a 



8o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

family origin in La Montagne, or both, yet without doubt 
connects him with the talented family of that name which 
became so distinguished in the fields of theology, medicine, and 
literature, during the sixteenth century. Himself, as before 
seen, a refuge from Saintonge, he was twenty-four years of age 
on entering the University. It was directly after the aforesaid 
change in the faculty had taken place, — a change much approved 
by the French families, who as Calvinists were opposed to the 
former regime ; and which may have had its weight with Mon- 
tague in going thither, but more likely the better facilities aforded 
by a new edifice, with the other and peculiar advantages which 
a membership conferred.* 

The University building stood in the southwestern part of 
the city, upon the west side of the street and canal called the 
Rapenburg, where it was crossed by the Nun's Bridge, upon the 
lane running east and west known as the Kloksteeg. The build- 
ing (a very plain structure, formerly a cloister of the White 
Nuns), being nearly consumed by fire November ii, 1616, had 
been rebuilt with more elegance and better accommodations, and 
adorned with a spire and clock. 

From the eastern windows of the University, looking down 
the Kloksteeg, could often be seen a company of English dis- 
senters, assembling for worship at the dwelling of their pastor, 
John Robinson, on the south side of the street, opposite St. 
Peter's Church. Here were wont to gather the pious Carver, 
and Brewster, and Brewer, and Bradford, Winslow and Stan- 
dish, and many others of the "Pilgrim Fathers," to receive the 
word of life, ''enjoying," says one of them, "much sweet and 
delightful society and spiritual comfort together, in the ways 
of God." Many of these persons working at honest employ- 
ments connected with the staple manufacture of the city, such 
as weavers, carders, dyers, etc., were almost as well known as 
was their pastor, Robinson, who was a constant visitor at the 
University, and a reader at the library, and who being "versed 
in the Dutch language," had "procured him much honor and 
respect," in the pulpit of St. Peter, by his defense of Calvinism 
in the recent discussions. And at the time Montague entered 
the University, the afifair of Brewer and his associate Brewster 
was in everyone's mouth. These worthy men, in a room near 

* Montagne's age warrants the belief that he had finished a course of study else- 
where before coming to L,eyden, and now attached himself to the University, as was 
a common practice, for professional improvement, as well as to secure other benefits 
and immunities which such connection conferred. All thus entering were termed 
students; and so Montagne was always enrolled "student of medicine," though his 
membership was three times severed and as often renewed in seventeen years. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 8i 

Robinson's house, were engaged in printing religious books for 
the English dissenters. Being complained of by Sir Dudley 
Carleton, the English ambassador at the Hague, it devolved upon 
the University of which Brewer was a member to investigate 
the matter. The accused persons being exonerated, the affair 
was eclipsed by the graver agitations of the times ; yet the fears 
which it excited gave spur to a movement now contemplated by 
the English congregation. 

Robinson and his flock, feeling ill at ease in Leyden, had been 
led "both deeply to apprehend their present dangers, and wisely 
to foresee the future, and think of timely remedy." Having 
resolved upon a removal to some other place, they were look- 
ing toward America as their future home. But several years 
were spent in fruitless negotiation for aid with "The Virginia 
Company of London," and "The New Netherland Company" at 
Amsterdam. At length, obtaining the needed assistance from 
private sources, a good portion of the church, "the youngest 
and strongest part," after a farewell meeting at Robinson's house, 
departed from "that goodly and pleasant citie," July 21st, 1620, 
to embark at Delft Haven. "They that stayed at Leyden," says 
Winslow, "feasted us that were to go, at our pastor's house, 
being large, where we refreshed ourselves after tears with sing- 
ing of psalms, making joyful melody in our hearts, as well as with 
the voice. . . . After this they accompanied us to Delft 
Haven." 

So remarkable an exodus, its preparation, object, and destina- 
tion, being generally known throughout the city, had its influ- 
ence upon others, who like the former, "pilgrims," wearied and 
alarmed by the prevailing disorders, were casting about for a 
better home. It especially affected the French and Belgian 
refugees, to whom another cause of apprehension now presented 
itself. This was a threatened war with Spain, which, reviving 
gloomy recollections of former trials, set many to planning some 
way of escape from the dreaded atrocities of war, to which they 
were likely to be again exposed. Hence the subject of a removal 
to America began to be agitated also among the Walloons at 
Leyden, whose numbers were now daily and largely increasing 
by the arrival of other refugees, impelled by their fears to leave 
the southern provinces ; and many needed only the necessary 
means or guarantees of protection, etc., to induce them to emi- 
grate. Of the number pledged to do so, were Jesse De Forest 
and his family, with two named Mousnier, or La Montague, kins- 



82 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

men, one of whom was our Jean, "student of medicine," and the 
other an "apothecary and surgeon," hke the former, single, and 
probably his brother. 

For many years efforts had been making in Holland, by the 
more wealthy Walloon and other Belgian residents, to organize 
a "West India Company," to open up a trade with America. 
During the truce with Spain this project had slumbered, but was 
revived on the prospect of a renewal of the war ; the States- 
General being now ready to encourage the formation of the com^ 
pany, whose reprisals upon the settlements and commerce of the 
common enemy, by means of its armed vessels, would help to 
weaken his power. 

But the company met with various hindrances, even after 
obtaining its charter in 1621, not the least of which was the 
want of sufficient capital. Tracts "for the instruction of the 
public," with which the press literally teemed, many from the 
forms of Elzevier, the University printer, set forth the grand 
undertaking in glowing terms, and urged the people to invest. 
But still subscriptions came in slowly ; great doubt and uncer- 
tainty hung over "the long-expected West India Company" ; inso- 
much that when, in 1621, the Walloons began, in imitation of 
Robinson's people, to make plans for their contemplated 
emigration, the hope of aid from this source, especially in 
the tame work of planting a colony, was too faint to be seri- 
ously entertained. Therefore they resolved to apply to the 
English ambassador at the Hague in regard to emigrating to 
Virginia. 

Jesse De Forest, whose standing among the Walloons and 
interest in the enterprise, marked him as a suitable person 
to present a letter of inquiry in their behalf, had been 
full twenty years in Holland, and well understood the 
condition and needs of his countrymen, as also their 
peculiar views and aims in respect to this movement, 
upon which so much was depending. In an ably drawn 
communication to Sir Dudley Carleton, about the first 
of August, 1 62 1, he asks whether His Majesty of Eng- 
land will permit fifty or sixty families, Walloons and 
French, all of the Reformed religion, to settle in 
Virginia; will aid them with an armed vessel to make 
the voyage ; will guarantee them protection in their 
persons and religion ; grant them land to cultivate, 
and allow them to form a town and enjoy various specified 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 83 

rights and privileges pertaining to the soil and to a free com- 
munity.* 

These inquiries being forwarded to England, were referred 
by the king to the directors of the Virginia Company, who, on 
August I2th, 1621, gave "so fine an answer," — in the words of 
a letter conveying the news to their agent in Virginia, — "as we 
consider they will resolve to go." But the Walloons thought 
otherwise, for as the company "were contented to receive them 
upon certain conditions," and these quite different from their 
own, and could promise no aid in the way of providing ships, it 
virtually amounted to a refusal. 




k 



'y^eSf 



Autograph of Jesse de Forest. 
From an original of 1621, in the State Paper Office, London. 

Jesse De Forest continued his calling, and when the people 
of Leyden were registered for a poll-tax in the autumn of 1622, 
the dyer, with his family, numbering his wife and five children, 
and their maid-servant, Margariete Du Can, still lived on the 
Breedestraat, within the Almshouse Quarter. The great theme 
which had absorbed his mind, — America, — was nevertheless not 
forgotten. Anon this wish of his heart was to be realized, but 
in an unexpected way. 

The West India Company had so far succeeded in its organi- 
zation, and in raising the necessary amount of capital, as to 
begin operations, through its board of managers, chosen Septem- 
ber 17th, 1622. Under its patronage, and bound to a term of 
service, a company of Walloons, with their families, sailed for 
New Netherland early in the succeeding March; but De Forest 
and the Montagues declined to accompany them, as did most of 
those who had subscribed to the Virginia project. This was not 
the inviting plan of free colonization which De Forest had pro- 

* De Forest's letter, translated by Dr. O'Callaghan from the French copy in the 
P.roadhead papers, is printed in "Documents Relating to the Colonial Plistory of the 
State of New York," vol iii, p. 9. The signature, as in the copy, is there erroneously 
printed Jose De Forest; see above, facsimile of the original autograph, from a tracing 
obligingly sent me by Mr. W. Noel Sainsbury, of Her iVIajcsty's State Paper Office, 
I<ondon. The closing paragraph of this letter, in the original, reads thus: ^ 

"Sur ce que dessus mondict Seigneur VAmhassadeur donncra avis s'il Itiy plaist 
comme aussi, si son plaisir de faire expedicr le diet privilege cii forme hcur le plustost 
que faire se pourra a cause du pen de temps qui rcstc d'icy au Mars (,tcmps commode 
pour I'embarquement) pour faire I'acceuil de tout ce qui est requis ce faisant obligera 
ses serviteurs a prior Dieu pour I'accomplissement de ses saincts descins ct pour la 
sante et longe vie. "Jesse De Forest." 



.84 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

posed; and though the adventure was attractive for its very 
novelty, nothing probably but their necessities vv^ould have in- 
duced any of the Walloons to accept so tame a servitude, con- 
sidering their natural aversion to restraint and love of personal 
freedom. A new purpose soon usurped his mind, — perhaps it 
had already, — and the fortunes of Jesse De Forest were to take 
a sudden turn. 

The lone ship dispatched with the Walloons, and other ves- 
sels sent out by the company soon after to the West Indies, were 
designed merely to secure possession of the country, and to fore- 
stall the trade. The grand business in hand was the conquest 
of Brazil. Invested with the control of the Dutch possessions 
in Africa and America, with ample powers to trade with and 
colonize those countries, expel the Spaniards, and prey upon their 
commerce, the company now began the most extensive prepara- 
tions to this end. The dockyards of Holland resounded with the 
noise of busy workmen, and loud was the call for seamen and 
soldiers to man the fleet. At length, a powerful armament was 
ready to sail. On December 21st and 22d, 1623, nineteen ships 
of war left the Texel and the Ems, with the Admiral Jacob Wille- 
kens, joined the next day by three more from the Maas, making 
twenty-two vessels of war destined to operate against the Spanish 
settlements in the West Indies and Brazil. This expedition, de- 
signed also to cripple the maritime power of Spain, and ultimately 
compel her, if not to yield her control of the Low Countries, at 
least to grant civil and religious rights to the inhabitants, and the 
restoration of their sequestered estates to the refugees, was in 
high favor with the Walloons, whose patriotism and martial spirit 
were aroused by this stirring call to arms. For some time Leyden 
had witnessed "nothing but beating of drums and preparing for 
war." Even the excellent Colonius, pastor of the Walloon church, 
had taken the field with Prince Maurice, the Stadtholder, against 
the Spaniards. And so Jesse De Forest, giving up his old occu- 
pation, enlisted in this grand naval expedition to Brazil. He had 
latterly occupied a house with his brother Gerard, on the Mare, 
a canal running north from the Rhine to the city gate called the 
Mare Port. Gerard was to continue the business, but was licensed 
only to dye in black. Appearing before the burgomasters, Jan- 
uary 4, 1624, and stating that his brother Jesse had "lately 
departed with the vessels for the West Indies," he requested to be 
appointed in his stead to dye serges and camlets in colors, as the 
number of dyers engaged in this specialty would not thereby 
be increased. And his request was granted. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 85 

But here the veil drops over the career of our De Forest. 
The summer was not quite ended when the yacht De Vos brought 
news of Willekens' success in Brazil, but no good news of De 
Forest. He seems either to have fallen at the siege of St. Sal- 
vador, or to have otherwise perished during that arduous service ; 
for the fact of his decease soon became known to his family in 
Holland. The sad tidings, as it reached Leyden, that Jesse De 
Forest, the dyer, was dead, must have caused many an honest 
regret ; but a deeper sorrow, within that small circle of bereaved 
hearts, the desolate widow and orphans, whose wants could no 
longer be met by his provident care. But the breach in the social 
circle caused by the departure of even so good and useful a man, 
— what was it in the grievous mortality which visited Leyden in 
the years 1624 and 1625? Years roll on; and those whom he 
left enjoy the fruits of his patient labor; but the voice of the lost 
husband and father comes back no more. Time buries alike his 
virtues and his foibles, and oblivion claims the memory of Jesse 
De Forest. Ah ! not so ; he still lives in his last ambitious ad- 
venture, to mould other destinies, which are yet in the unrevealed 
future. 

Near the time De Forest went abroad, our Jean La ]\Ion- 
tagne, latterl}' a boarder, with other "students," in the family of 
Thomas Cornelisz, on the Breedestraat, in Meat Market Row, is 
found to have quit the University. The coincidence, and at a 
juncture when physicians were needed for the fleet, almost forces 
the conviction that he too had joined the expedition.* But per- 
haps he had merely retired from Leyden to avoid the plague, 
which, as intimated, made fearful ravages in that city in the 
two ensuing years. Leaving this to conjecture, as we must, it 
at least appears that, after having been gone for some time, ]\Ion- 
tagne returned to Leyden, and in order that he might continue 
his favorite studies, which had been interrupted by his absence, 
and also enjoy the various privileges of the University, which 
he seems to have valued very highly, was enrolled anew at that 
institution as a "student of medicine," July 7th, 1626. He had 
taken convenient lodgings with the widow De Forest, — now liv- 
ing on the Voldersgraft, the second street east of St. Peter's 
Church, — whose only daughter, the fair Rachel, had already 
stolen his heart, and to whom, with the approval of the family, 
as signified by her uncle Gerard, who was present, Montague 
was united in wedlock by the pastor of the Walloon Church, De- 

* One La Montagne, captain in the Dutch service in Brazil, was killed in the 
Portuguese assault upon Fort llinderson, 1646. 



86 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

cember 12th, 1626. Living so near to St. Peter's, one of the 
principal churches in the city, it was here during the following 
year that they had the joy to present for baptism their little son, 
Jolant, their precious first-born, but alas ! destined soon to be taken 
from them. 

Holland was now overflowing with people, all intent on mak- 
ing a livelihood, but "where one stiver was to be gained there 
were ten hands ready to receive it." Many, on that account, 
were leaving that country in search of other homes, where they 
might find better opportunities, and obtain a living more easily. 
The possessions of the Dutch in America, known as New Neth- 
erland, presented to such persons special advantages, and very 
alluring was the offer of the West India Company to grant each 
colonist as much land as he should be able to cultivate. So, while 
many of the sturdy sons of Holland were turning their faces 
thitherward, the subject was daily becoming of wider and more 
practical interest. 

Often might have been noticed, poring over the musty tomes 
at the University library, a person of studious mien, known as 
Johannes De Laet, one of the several directors of the West India 
Company, who resided at Leyden. An elder of the church, and 
distinguished for learning, moderation, and probity, De Laet 
enjoyed the public confidence; and the two Synods of North and 
South Holland, by selecting him to write an ecclesiastical history, 
paid a high tribute to his judgment and impartiality. His pro- 
lific pen had done much to familiarize the public mind with the 
discoveries of the Dutch in America. One of his works, pub- 
lished at Leyden, entitled, "The New World; or a Description of 
the West Indies," having been five years in print, appeared in an 
improved form in 1630, and gave the first full and authoritative 
account of New Netherland, awaking a lively interest not only 
in the circles of Leyden, but throughout Holland. 

While De Laet's first edition was yet in press, sundry letters 
had been received from the Walloons who had gone out in 1623 
to Manhattan and Fort Orange (Albany), in which they spoke 
in glowing terms of their new home, extolling its "beautiful 
rivers and bubbling fountains," the excellence of its soil, and 
the abundance of its timber, fruits, game, and fish; then, urging 
their friends to come out with their families and enjoy the benefits 
of a country which fairly rivaled "the paradise of Holland." 

The natural effect of these letters* was to induce not a few 

* Quoted in the "Gedenkwaardige Geschiedenissen, zo Kerkelyke als Wereldlyke," 
or "Remarkable Events, as well Ecclesiastical as Secular, from 1603 to 1624," by Rev. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 87 

persons here and there forthwith to emigrate, while in many 
others was awakened a keen desire for fuller information, such 
as the work of De Laet was designated to gratify. The demand 
for the book became so great as only to be met by repeated edi- 
tions. With the original journals of Hudson and succeeding ex- 
plorers before him, many of the details presented were exceed- 
ingly entertaining. 

Opening De Laet's vellum-bound, attractive folio, fresh from 
the press of the Elzeviers, the reader presently found his atten- 
tion drawn to the extraordinary advantages and resources of the 
country around the Island of Manhattan, and bordering the Great 
River of the Mountains. "This land is excellent and beautiful 
to the eye, full of noble forest trees and grape-vines ; and want- 
ing nothing but the labor and industry of man to render it one 
of the finest and most fruitful regions in that part of the world." 

He then c oi w ttn ses the accounts given by "our countrymen 
who first explored this river, and those who afterward made 
frequent voyages thither." The trees are "of wonderful size, 
fit for buildings and vessels of the largest class. Wild grape- 
vines and walnut trees are abundant. Maize or Indian corn, 
when cultivated, yields a prolific return; and so with several 
kinds of pulse, as beans of various colors, pumpkins, — the finest 
possible, melons, and similar fruits. The soil is also found well 
adapted to wheat and several kinds of grain, as also flax, hemp, 
and other European seeds. Herbaceous plants grow in great 
variety, bearing splendid flower;, or valuable for their medicinal 
properties. The forests abound in wild animals, especially the 
deer kind ; with other quadrupeds indigenous to this part of the 
country. Quantities of birds, large and small, frequent the rivers, 
lakes and forests, with plumage of great elegance and variety 
of colors. Superior turkey-cocks are taken in winter, very fat, 
and the flesh of fine quality. Salmon, sturgeon, and many other 
kinds of excellent fish are caught in the rivers. The climate 
differs little in temperature from our own, though the country 
lies many degrees nearer the equator than the Netherlands. In 
winter the cold is intense, and snow falls frequent and deep, cov- 
ering the ground for a long time. In summer it is subject to 
much thunder and lightning, with copious and refreshing show- 
ers. Scarcely any part of America is better adapted for colonists 
from this quarter ; nothing is wanting necessary to sustain life, 
except cattle, which can be easily taken there, and easily kept, 

Wilhelnius Bandartius, of Zutiihen : printed at Arnhcin. 1624. in 2 vols, folio. See 
Doc. Hist. N. v., iv. 131. Baudartius was grandfather of our Wilhelnius Bcccknian. 



88 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

on account of the abundance of fodder growing naturally and 
luxuriantly. 

"The Indians are indolent, and some crafty and wicked, hav- 
ing slain several of our people. The Manhattans, a fierce nation, 
occupy the eastern bank of the river, near its mouth. Though 
hostile to our people, they have sold them the island or point 
of land which is separated from the main by Hellgat, and where 
they have laid the foundations of a city called New Amsterdam. 
The barbarians are divided into many nations and languages, but 
differ little in manners. They dress in the skins of animals. 
Their food is maize, crushed fine, and baked in cakes ; with fish, 
birds and wild game. Their weapons are bows and arrows ; their 
boats made from the trunks of trees, hollowed out by fire. Some 
lead a wandering life, others live in bark houses, their furniture 
mainly mats and wooden dishes, stone hatchets, and stone pipes 
for smoking tobacco. They worship a being called Manetto, are 
governed by chiefs called Sagamos, are suspicious, timid, re- 
vengeful and fickle; but hospitable when well treated, ready to 
serve the white man for little compensation, and susceptible of 
being imbued with religion and good manners, especially if 
colonies of well-ordered people should be planted among them, 
who would make use of their services without rudeness or abuse, 
and by degrees teach them the worship of the true God, and the 
habits of civilized life." 

These accounts, here epitomized, were published in French, 
as well as in the vernacular tongue, and being eagerly sought for 
and read, proved a powerful incentive to emigration ; turning 
the scale with many desiring a change in favor of that new 
country, whose superior advantages had been depicted with so 
graphic a pen. 

The same year in which the Walloon college was founded, a 
child was born in the city of Teyden, of Walloon parents, who 
being well-to-do, no doubt educated him in that school of learn- 
ing. This was Henry De Forest, the son of Jesse, and the 
brother of Rachel. Bereft of his father while yet under age, he 
had looked to his uncle, Gerard, for needed counsel ; and there is 
pleasing evidence that the relations of the uncle and nephew were 
intimate and confiding. Time, with rapid flight and many a 
change, had ushered in the year 1636. Henry was now of the 
mature age of thirty years ; his brother Isaac, — an infant of four 
months when the bells rung for the great fire at the University, 
— had grown to be a young man of twenty; Jean, the eldest 
brother, a dyer by occupation, had recently taken a wife, and 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 89 

was living- at the Hoogewoert in Leyden ; while Jesse, the other 
brother, was spoken of tenderly, — he was dead. 

Since that memorable day when the elder De Forest left the 
shores of Holland, never to return, his family had felt no com- 
mon interest in all that related to America. The favorite theme 
of the social hour, it lent a fascination to their dreams. As 
seated around their smouldering" turf fire they talked of the 
eventful past, and now of the flattering advantages to be en- 
joyed in New Netherland, — thought of the unwholesome air and 
prevalent agues of Leyden, and of the appalling scenes of the 
preceding year, when pestilence again raged around them, and 
man}" thousands of their neighbors and townsmen were swept 
ofif by the plague, — the two brothers, Henry and Isaac De Forest, 
resolved to turn their backs upon Holland, for a venture in New 
Netherland. There the tobacco culture now assumed new im- 
portance, and promised large profits to those who should engage 
in it, owing to the late failure of that crop in Virginia, as reported 
by vessels which had returned the preceding fall from James 
River, mostly without cargoes. This then was their opportunity. 
Aided in their plans and preparations by their uncle Gerard, 
whose son Crispin, it would seem, intended to make one of the 
emigrating party, their project doubtless had all the encourage- 
ment and support to be given it by their influential cousin, Mr. 
Johannes Panhuysen, of Leyden, — married to a daughter of 
Gerard De Forest, — who was then a director of the West India 
Company, and represented Leyden in the Chamber at Amster- 
dam, in which office he had succeeded Johannes De Laet. The 
plan seemed complete when their only sister, Rachel, and her 
husband. Dr. La Montague, agreed to go ; the doctor, under 
assurances of some preferment there, deciding to give up his 
practice, and his associations and membership at the University, 
which but lately, — that is, on ]\Iarch 3d, 1636, — he had renewed, 
as also his old home on the Kloksteeg, where he had for some 
years lived, at the sign of the Queen of Bohemia.* 

But all things were not yet ready; others who were deeply 
interested in these plans were to be consulted. Across the Zuyder 
Zee, on the west coast of Frcisland, and between and extending 

* The Piieen of Bohemia, a noble Christian woman, was long an exile in Holland, 
the object of profound respect and sympathy among all Protestants; hence her cffisy 
upon Montagne's signboard. She was Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of Tames I. of Eng- 
land, and wife of Frederick V., Elector Palatine of the Rhine and King of P.ohcmia, 
wlio had been driven from his dominions by the Catholic powers in 1621. He died in 
1632, leaving the Queen with a large family. Neal says they "were always the delight 
of the Puritans," the hope of Protestantism in England resting on their expected suc- 
cession to that throne; an event whicli liappcncd not till 17 14. when a grandson of 
the Oueen of Bohemia was crowned as George I. 



90 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

nearly to the towns of Workum and Hindelopen, lies a pleasant 
grazing district called Nieuwlant. Here dwelt the respectable 
Dutch family of Bornstra, to one of whose members, a maiden 
of two-and-twenty years, named Gertrude, Henry De Forest 
was affianced. The same pleasing relations subsisted between 
her sister Margareta and Henry's cousin, Crispin. To marry , 
to leave the kindly covert of the parental roof, and go across 
the sea to a far country, — it was a bold adventure, to which the 
familiar passage of the Zuyder Zee, though that was often dan- 
gerous, was a trifling matter. But what confiding young bride 
ever refused to follow her Henry, wherever he might lead, and 
to feel safe under his protection ? And so it was agreed that the 
nuptials in both cases should take place at the same time, and 
in the seat of Dutch fashion, Amsterdam. Accordingly, on Sat- 
urday, June 7, 1636, the two happy pairs were there, and attended " 
by Gerard De Forest, as voucher for his son and nephew, and 
having the written consent of the father of the brides, attested 
by Secretary Van Neck, of Nieuwlant, presented themselves in 
the chamber of the eminent regent and physician. Dr. Claes Tulp, 
and Jacob Bicker, both schepens, or magistrates, of the city, and 
also the "Commissaries of Marriages," to have their bans regis- 
tered as required by law, and to rec[uest the usual publication 
of the same. Names, residence, age, etc., being then recorded,, 
and the record signed by the parties, this first public step toward 
their union, one so trying to bashful lovers, was taken. The 
next was to send notice to Leyden to have the bans published in 
the church on three succeeding Sundays ; and this also having 
been done "without delay," the two couples, on Tuesday, July ist, 
again attended by the father and uncle, Gerard, and by other 
friends, met in Amsterdam, and were married by Dominie Bau- 
dius, probably at the New Church, in the public place called the 
Dam, on whose register the event stands recorded. 

The social festivities, few and simple at that day, the parting 
visits to the dear old homes at Teyden and Nieuwlant, and busy, 
thoughtful preparation at both places for their coming departure, 
could not but wear a tinge of sadness, in view of their long 
and perilous voyage, and uncertain absence from kin and country. 
The kind uncle, Gerard, engaged two persons to accompany them 
in the capacity of farmer and farmer's boy, each of whomi entered 
into a formal contract to "serve said De Forest, or his agent, 
three successive years after arriving in New Netherland." The 
circumstances of Crispin De Forest's marriage, and the active 
part taken by his father in the preparations for the voyage, are 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 9^ 

reasons for the belief, before expressed, that he also intended 
to be of the party. If so, something changed his purpose during the 
long delay before the others sailed, and Crispin stayed at Leyden. 
The company yet consisted of Dr. La T^Iontagne and his 
wife, and three children, Jesse, Jean, and Rachel; Henry De 
Forest and his bride, and Isaac De Forest, with the assistants, 
Tobias Teunissen and Willem Fredericks Bont, both natives of 
Leyden. The last was a sturdy lad of sixteen years, perhaps an 
orphan, for his education had been neglected, but of a surname 
common there, and even distinguished. Teunissen, by trade a 
woolwasher, had reached middle life, having married in 1618. 
An attendant of St. Peter's Church, where he had several children 
baptized, and being known to the curators of the University as 
a trustworthy .person, he was employed in 1622 as a nightwatch- 
man at that institution, for which he received six florins a week. 
But time had brought him sad changes, and having been bereft 
of his family, he now resolved to leave behind his native land 
and kindred, and, as he vainly hoped, also his adversities. 

Now arrived the long-expected day of embarkation, when 
hopes and fears, congratulations and farewells, smiles and tears, 
strangely commingled. The party (except the Montague family, 
who for some reason deferred their going) set sail from the 
Texel for New Amsterdam, October ist, 1636, in the yacht Rens- 
selaerswyck, of which Jan Tiebkins was sldpper, and carrying 
colonists to Fort Orange, in the service of the Patroon, Kilian 
Van Rensselaer, of Amsterdam. 

Interrupting for a space the story of these pioneers, let us 
note the movements of others in whom we are interested, who 
were led to follow upon the same adventurous voyage across the 
ocean. 




CHAPTER V. 

v^ EMIGRATION. 

A MSTERDAM, as the great commercial mart of Holland, 
and the seat of the principal business chamber of the Dutch 
West India Company, had become the great point of embarka- 
tion for colonists going to New Netherland. They came from all 
parts of the country : not only the native Dutch, and fugitives from 
France and the Catholic Netherlands, but also refugees from the 
German and Scandinavian countries, multitudes of whom, ren- 
dered miserable by the Thirty Years' War, were seeking a home 
and employment in the United Provinces. Of these refugees the 
historian of Holland has drawn the character in happy terms. 
X Says Davies : "Nor was it more in the numbers than in the sort 
of population that Holland found her advantage. The fugitives 
were not criminals escaped from justice, speculators lured by 
the hope of plunder, nor idlers coming thither to enjoy the lux- 
uries which their own country did not afford : they were generally 
men persecuted on account of their love of civil liberty, or their 
devotion to their religious tenets. Had they been content to sacri- 
fice the one or the other to their present ease and interest, they 
had remained unmolested where they were; it was by their activ- 
ity, integrity and resolution that they rendered themselves ob- 
noxious to the tyrannical and bigoted governments which drove 
them from their native land; and these virtues they carried with 
them to their adopted country, peopling it, not with vagabonds 
or indolent voluptuaries, but with brave, intelligent and useful 
citizens." 

Thus our Captain Jochiem Pietersen Kuyter, who had for- 
merly commanded in the East Indies for the king of Denmark, 
and who with his friend, Jonas Bronck, came out in 1639 by 
way of Amsterdam, was from Holstein ; as were also our Nicholas 
De Meyer and Jan Pietersen Slot, who arrived a few years later : 
all these being sterling men, and, except the last, well educated. 
The small county of Bentheim, — a part of Westphalia bordering 
on Overyssel, diversified with mountain ranges, forests, and fer- 
tile plains, and yielding to a laborious people more than they 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 95 

needed of cattle, wool, linen, honey, etc., all of which found in 
Holland a ready market, and whence had arisen a free intercourse 
between the two peoples, — furnished three colonists, whose sur- 
names yet survive with us, to wit, Adolph Meyer, Jan Dyckman,^ 
and Arent Harmans Bussing, the last named of a family not 
unknown to fame in that country ; and two bore prenomens popu- 
lar in their part of Germany, — as among the rulers of Bentheim 
none were such favorites as the late counts Adolph and Arent. 
Other Westphalians found their way to Harlem, as Hendrick 
Karstens, from Oldenburg, whose sons were called Boch, or 
Bouck; Jan Terbosch, from Tellust, or Delmenhorst, whose de- 
scendants are numerous ; and Jan Meynderts, from Jever, in 
Oldenburg, and the father-in-law of Barent Waldron. Kier 
Wolters, the Kiersen ancestor, who had lived at Gees and at 
Aernhout, two obscure villages in the "Groot Veenen," or desert- 
like fens of Drenthe, came out via Amsterdam ; as did also our 
Benson ancestor, who was originally from Groningen. From 
Workum, on the coast of Freisland, came Captain Jan Gerritsen 
De Vries, or Van Dalsen, progenitor of the Dolsen family, of 
Orange County, whose blood may be traced in those of Waldron, 
Kiersen and Meyer. 

Amsterdam itself gave us of its resident families those of 
Waldron, Sneden and Verveelen, familiar names, yet found in 
this State and others, and to which the Slots and Bensons may 
be added. Dirck Benson, the ancestor, though himself from 
Groningen, as stated, had lived at Amsterdam, where he married 
Catalina, daughter of Samson Berck and Tryntie A^an Rechteren ; 
whence the name Samson, so common in the Benson faniily. 
Benson came out about 1648. 

Also from Amsterdam was Hendrick Jansen Vander A'in. 
Well educated, and a good accountant, he was commended to 
the notice of the West India Company, and went under their aus- 
pices to Pernambuco, in Brazil, where he acted as clerk to the 
High Council of Justice at Maurits Stadt, a town built by the 
Dutch near the Reciff. Some fragments of his minutes kept at 
that place in 1646 are yet extant. He was there during the dis- 
mal period of the Portuguese conspiracy to extirpate the Dutch, — 
happily discovered and thwarted, — but which was followed by 
many reverses to the Dutch arms, and then by the surrender of 
Brazil to the rival power in 1654. Vander Vin had left some 
years prior to the final catastrophe, and returned to Amsterdam, 
resuming his business as a notary. But in 165 1 he went out to 
Manhattan Island to see the country. It pleased him so well that. 



94 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

returning for a stock of goods to set up trading in New Amster- 
dam, he again repaired thither in 1653, taking his good vrouw, 
Wyntie, to share with him the blessings and privations of his new 
home. He subsequently served fourteen years at Harlem as 
voorleser, and twelve of these as town clerk. 

Joseph and Resolved Waldron, sons of Resolved Waldron, 
•of Amsterdam, were book printers. The family was English; 
the name, of repute in England from the time of the Conqueror, 
had spread through nearly all its southern tier of counties. But 
born and raised at Amsterdam, these brothers had acquired all 
the characteristics of Hollanders, having also married Dutch 
wives, the sisters Aeltie and Rebecca Hendricks, whose father, 
Hendrick Koch, was a respectable Amsterdam burgher. It is 
stated on pretty good authority that Resolved had made the 
voyage to Brazil, but of this we will not speak further here. 
Having the misfortune to lose his wife, he married again, on 
May loth, 1654, a lady of thirty years, living near the West 
India House, Tanneke Nagel, daughter of Barent Nagel, deceased, 
oi Groningen. Resolved was living at this time in the Teerketels- 
steeg, a short street just north of, the Dam; but the same year 
sailed with his family for America. His brother, Joseph Waldron, 
liad preceded him to this country by two years, according to his 
son's reckoning. He also was accompanied by a second wife, 
Annetie Daniels, but twenty-five when he married her, at Amster- 
dam, April 4, 1649, she and Resolved's wife being of the same age. 

Near the time Resolved Waldron left for the Manhattans, the 
young John La Montague, v/ho had spent seventeen years at 
the latter place, — indeed had grown up there, where he was highly 
esteemed, and was now in business with Vincent Pikes, "both free 
traders in company,"^ — arrived at Amsterdam in the ship King 
Solomon. Not only to visit his native land and kindred, — alike 
as strange and new to his eye as though he were an alien, — he 
came to buy a stock of merchandise, and also to sell a lot of to- 
bacco, of which he was consignee, and to invest the proceeds in 
goods for his uncle, Isaac De Forest; but what more deeply con- 
cerned him, was to choose a wife, the fair one selected being Peter- 
nella, sister of his business partner, and daughter of Jan Pikes, 
of Amsterdam. The nuptial knot being tied by Pastor Meursius, 
at Slooterdyk, a village a mile from Amsterdam, on March 14th 
following (1655), La Montague sailed very soon on his return, 
Tie wife remaining till after the birth and baptism of her son 
John, which occurred late in the same year. 

Jan Pietersen Slot, before named as from Holstein, and 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 95 

ancestor of the respectable family of Slott or Sloat, of Orange 
County, and of Rockland, and the Ramapo Valley, came out with 
his children, born and reared in Amsterdam, about the same time 
with Resolved Waldron ; and Johannes Verveelen and Jan Sne- 
den followed them, in 1657. Sneden was descended from a 
family long at Amsterdam, and was accompanied to America by 
his wafe Grietie Jans, two children, and brother, Claes Sneden. 
They sailed in the St. Jan Baptist, December 23d of the last- 
named year, — one which witnessed the departure of many colon- 
ists for New Amstel, on the Delaware, under the patronage of the 
City of Amsterdam, and among whom was Kier Wolters, father 
of the Kiersens, as before stated. 

Verveelen was born in 1616, at Amsterdam, but of German 
stock, with an infusion of French, being a son of Daniel \'er- 
veelen, who, with his parents, Hans Verveelen and Catharina, 
daughter of John Oliviers, had some five years prior to the 
birth of Johannes removed to that city from Cologne, on the 
Rhine. Religious intolerance, which culminated in 1618 in the 
expulsion of all the Protestants from that town, had doubtless 
driven the Verveelens to Amsterdam. Here the son Daniel, born 
at Cologne in 1594, married in 1615, and became a "shopkeeper"; 
and here also his son Johannes, the eldest of six children, was 
reared and educated, and in 1637 married Anna Jaarsvelt, by 
whom he had, all born in that city, three children, Daniel, Anna 
and Maria. The first of these, when a mere boy, preceded his 
father to New Netherland, under the care, we believe, of Dominie 
Gideon Schaets, one of whose daughters he married. xA.fter 
several years his father followed, bringing his wife and daugh- 
ters, and widowed mother, Anna Elkhout, aged about sixty-six 
years. 

Utrecht and Arnhem, cities on the Rhine, the latter within 
Gelderland, supplied settlers to Harlem. A hamlet near Amers- 
foort, in the province or diocese of Utrecht, gave us Jan Hen- 
dricks Van Brevoort, who came to this country in boyhood with 
his father, and from whom have sprung the reputable family of 
Brevoort. Several years later (about 1655) the head of the Van 
Tilburg family, Jan Teunissen, emigrated from Tilburg, in the 
Mayory of Bosch (or Bois le Due), in Dutch Brabant; and from 
the same district afterward came two other colonists whose pro- 
geny are numerous and respectable, to wit, David Ackerman and 
Dirck Storm, names not unknown at Harlem. Ackerman was 
from Berlikum. These, with other families, sailed from Amster- 
dam, September 2d, 1662, in the ship Fox, Captain Jacob Huys, 



96 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

which also brought Jan Terbosch and Robert Le Maire, already 
named and identified with Harlem. 

The large emigration to New Netherland from the exposed 
borders nearest the Spanish possessions, and especially the insular 
district having on the south the river Waal, and on the north the 
Rhine and Leek, furnished Harlem with several substantial fam- 
ilies. Central of the district mentioned, upon the small river 
Linge, which empties into the Waal, stood the city of Leerdam, 
giving name to a county in which it was seated, — a level, graz- 
ing country, otherwise called the Prince's Land, because inherited 
by a son of William of Orange, from his mother, Anne of Eg- 
mont. To Leerdam had retired from the religious troubles in 
Flanders, as before noticed, the family of Sebastian, or Bastiaen 
Van Kortryk, about all we know of this Kortright progenitor, 
with his royal Spanish name. Two sons of Bastiaen, of whom 
we must speak, Jan and Michiel, were born at Leerdam ; but Jan 
married and settled farther up the Linge, at a busy little village 
within sight of Wolfswaert Castle, as also of the ruined abbey 
of Marenwaert, and called Beest, its bailiwick of the same name 
adjoining westerly to the Prince's Land, but within the Gelder- 
land border. The spirit of emigration reaching this locality, 
many of its people began to pack up and leave for New Nether- 
land, in which they had a safe precedent in no less a person- 
age than the village pedagague, Master Gideon Schaets, — much 
reverenced was he and looked up to in those days, — and who, 
in the spirit of his deceased senior, Mathias Bartholomeus Schaets 
(late pastor at Leerdam, who died four years before Gideon was 
born), after a course in theology, had gone thither with his 
family in 1652, under license from the Classis of Amsterdam, to 
preach the Gospel, and to fill "the office of schoolmaster for old 
and young." Among those, accordingly, who at length set their 
faces to follow their old preceptor to the New World, were two 
brothers, of Beest, sons of Peter Buys. Aert, the elder, with 
wife and son Cornells, joining some families from that place, 
and single persons of both sexes, his friends and neighbors, set 
sail from Amsterdam May 9, 1661, in the ship Beaver, reaching 
Manhattan July 29th.* Two years later Johannes Buys joined 
his brother at Harlem. 

* Peter Marselis, his wife, four children and two servants; Frans Jacobson, wife 
and two children; Goosen Jansen Van Noort and Hendrick Bries were among those re- 
ferred to from Beest. The first two went to Bergen, N. J.; the others, I believe, to 
Albany. (See Pearson's Albany Settlers.) Bries must not be taken for Hendrick Volkert- 
sen Bries, from Jever, in Oldenburg, who married at New Amsterdam in 1655, and whence 
came the Breese family of Long Island, Staten Island and New Jersey. Marselis died 
September 4, 1681, leaving descendants. Jacobsen, having a son Jacob Franssen, born 
in 1664, died about that time, and in 1665, Cornelis Abrahams, from Deyl, near Beest, 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



97 




sen 00 N REWOERD. 

Alichiel, or, as often called, 'Chiel Kortright, the other son 
of Bastiaen, had also married and been living in "the Prince's 
Land, near Schoonrewoerd" ; the latter a pretty village two miles 
northerly from Leerdam, whence there had been some emigrating 
to the Colonic of Rensselaerswyck, at the instance of the Patroon, 
who had a seat and estates at Vianen, but four miles from Schoon- 
rewoerd. Foremost in this service were Rutger Jacobsen, who 
went out in the vessel with the De Forests, and also his brother, 
Tennis Jacobsen, the ancestors of families since well known.* To 
the Colonic afterAvard Dominie Schaets had also gone. Each bit 
of news wafted home from time to time in friendly letters served 
to quicken interest in the new country which had caused so many 
vacant tenements and broken families about Beest and Schoonre- 
woerd. Yet 'Chiel Kortright tarried some vears at the latter 



married his widow, Geertie Gerrits. She died a widow, at Pemrepogh, in i6So, having 
the year before lost her eldest son Gerrit Franssen, and married her daughter, Marritie 
Frans. to Johannes Spier, son of Hendrick Janscn Spier, from Ascheward, in Bremen, 
common ancestor of the Spier or Speer family of New Jersey. 

The same ship, the Beaver, took over Hugh Barents De Kleyn, from Buren; Aert 
Teunisz jMiddagh, from Heykoop (settled in Brooklyn); and Evert Pietersen Keteltas, 
returning to New Amsterdam as "consoler of the sick, chorister and schoolmaster;" 
also Etienne Geneau, a Huguenot from Ea Rochelle, his wife Lyria Metereu and three 
children. He lived at Harlem, I believe, in 1675, but went to Staten Island, and was 
the Gano ancestor. 

* Rutger Jacobsen was the ancestor of the Rutgers family of New York, and 
also, through his daughter Margaret, who married, 1667, Jan Jansen Bleecker, from 
Mcppel, a progenitor of the highly respectable familv of this name. Tennis Jacob- 
sen's descendants, who have been numerous in Albany County, took name from 
his birthplace, but shortened to A'an Woert. (See Holgate's Am. Gen., Pearson's 
Albany Settlers and O'Callaghan's N. Neth., i. 436, 439). 



98 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

place, till blest with three or four children ; when he and his elder 
brother, Jan Bastiaesen, whose three sons, born at Beest, — his 
humble home in a bend of the Linge, — were now fast approaching 
manhood, yielded to the flattering offers held out to colonists, and 
agreed to leave together for that distant land. The contagion 
had also seized some of the neighbors at Schoonrewoerd, one of 
whom was Jan Louwe Bogert, a young man with wife and two 
children, and whose kinsman, Theunis Gysberts Bogert, of Hey- 
koop, two miles northwest of Schoonrewoerd, had already been 
ten years in America. Proceeding to Amsterdam, they all em- 
barked, April i6tli, 1663, in the Brindled Cow, Jan Bergen, mas- 
ter, in which ship there also sailed several French refugees from 
Mannheim, in the Palatinate, who will command further notice. 

For years the streams of Huguenot emigration setting out 
of France and the Low Countries had been bearing to Holland, 
now a solitary wanderer, now a stricken family, some to abide 
here for a time, others seeking a passage to the New World, but 
destined ultimately to find at Harlem a resting-place. Coming 
by no general or concerted action, but only as a crisis in the 
affairs of each had indicated the time and the mode, it is not 
easy to fix the exact date of their flight, though the era has 
b)een sufficiently shown. We shall name them, as we have the 
Dutch colonists, in the order of their departure for New Neth- 
erland. 

Daniel De Tourneur (so his name was sometimes written), 
leaving Picardy by a sudden necessity, as already related, and 
coming to Leyden, had here followed the business of a draper ; 
and on September 5th, 1650, married Jacqueline Parisis, of a 
Walloon refugee family from Hesdin, in Artois, and a sister to 
Rev. Eustacius Parisis, then of Amsterdam. Nearly two years 
later, Tourneur sailed, with his wife and infant son Daniel, for 
New Netherland, probably in the ship with Dominie Samuel Dris- 
ius, of Leyden, which left Holland April 4, 1652. Jean le Roy, a 
kinsman of Tourneur, appears to have accompanied him with 
his wife, Louise De Lancastre, whose name implies an English 
birth. 

Glaude Le Maistre, or Delamater, as usually written by his 
descendants, had sprung from an ancient house of Brittany, the 
Lords of Garlaye, whose chateau and estates lay in the parish 
of Derval, in the diocese of Nantes. It was eminent in the civil 
and military service, the church, and the law. Its members had 
held commands in Picardy, where one of its now scattered 
hranches, in which the name Claude first appears, became allied 



HISTORY OF HARLEA'I. 99 

early in the sixteenth century to the lords of Caumartin. Claude 
Le Maistre, Sieur De Hedicourt, becoming a Protestant, was, 
with others, imprisoned and fined at Amiens in 1588, at the 
instance of the League. He was a man of talent and spirit, 
and showed great valor in opposing the entrance of the Spaniards 
into that city in 1597, when soldiers in the garb of peasants, 
selling apples and nuts, had gained admission. Our Claude Le 
Maistre was no doubt of this family, members of which had re- 
moved to Artois, where he was born, as before said, in the towai of 
Richebourg. After escaping the country he comes to notice at 
Amsterdam, in 1652, an exile and a widower, living in the Tan- 
ners' cross-street, having lost his wife, Jeanne De Lannoy. On 
April 24th of that year he married Hester, daughter of Pierre 
Du Bois, of Amsterdam, though late of Canterbury, England, 
where Hester was born. Some of the Le Maistres had also taken 
refuge at Canterbury, and circumstances make it nearly certain 
that Claude was among them, and with the Du Boises had left 
England because of the civil wars then raging, or the threatened 
rupture with Holland, and, perhaps, in his case, to take ship for 
New Netherland, as he soon did, appearing with Tourneur first 
at Flatbush, and afterward at Harlem. 

JMarc Du Sauchoy, whose name will hardly be recognized by 
his worthy posterity the Disosway family, was a native of Picardy, 
and probably from Amiens. The lords Du Sauchoy came from 
the house of Clermont, in the Beauvoisis, and one of them Avent 
to the conquest of Britain with the Duke of Normandy. Perhaps 
our JMarc, a man of Avorth and enterprise, was of that blood, but 
we know not. In his exile he worked as a wool-carder, but in 
search of something better, made a voyage from Holland to New 
Netherland in 1655. Sufficiently pleased with the country to 
make it his future home, he returned to Leyden, married, March 
nth, 1657, Elizabeth, daughter of Guillaume Rossignol, and with 
his bride again sailed from Amsterdam for ]\Ianhattan, on April 
2d ensuing, in the ship Draevat, Captain Bestevaer, taking with 
him two workmen, and two boys over twelve years of age, to aid 
him in farming. One of the adults was Johannes Smedes, from 
Harderwyck, in Gelderland, and one of the lads, Jean Guenon 
(now Genung), of Leyden, both of whom have many descend- 
ants.* 

David Du Four, a native of Mons, in Hainault, upon this 

* Tennis Kray (or Gray), from Venlo, on tlie Maas, returned in this ship to 
New Netherland, where he had already lived several years. He was now accompanied 
by his wife and children, one of the latter afterward the wife of Capt. Jan Van 
Dalsen, of Harlem, already noticed. 

L 01 V. 



loo HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

place being threatened by the successes of the French in the 
Walloon districts, retired with others of his family to Sedan, 
and afterward to Amsterdam, where Du Four, though fitted by 
education for a better position, became an "opperman," or dray- 
man. Left by the death of his wife, Marie Boulen, with a young 
child, Jean, born during their stay at Sedan, he found another 
companion in Jeanne Frances, a lady of mature thirty-two years, 
from Queivrain, a little east of Mons, to whom he was married 
July loth, 1657. That same year, with his new wife and his 
little son aforesaid, he sailed for Manhattan Island. 

Jean Gervoe and Francois Le Suer went out at near the 
same date, the first being a young man from Beaumont, in Haln- 
ault, and who, choosing the congenial calling of the Walloon, 
afterward served the West India Company as a soldier at Har- 
lem. Le Sueur, the Lozier ancestor, was from Colmenil, in 
Normandy, and was accompanied by his young sister Jeanne, 
neither being married. 

Jacques Cousseau, merchant at La Rochelle in 1653, and for 
four years later, when he returned to Amsterdam, took his de- 
parture soon after, with his wife Madeleine Du Tulliere, for 
America, evidently on the ship Gilded Beaver, which sailed May 
17th, 1658. This need hardly be doubted; Cousseau paid the 
fare of Simon Bouche, who went in that vessel, and directly on 
its arrival at New Amsterdam, several of the passengers, and 
with them Cousseau, on July i8th, applied for and were granted 
the small burgher right. 

Simon De Ruine, another refugee (familiarly known as Le 
Ouallon, — that is, the Walloon), bore a name found at Valen- 
ciennes, near Landrecy, escaped to Holland, tarrying there for 
some years. He went out with his wife, Magdalena Vander- 
straaten, and several children, in the ship Faith, "a private trader 
going to the Manhattans," which sailed February 13, 1659, with 
nearly a hundred passengers, De Ruine* being the only French- 
man. 



* Gillis Jansen De Mandeville, from Garderen, in the Veluwe, Gelderland, and 
ancestor of the American family of Mandeville, came out in this vessel; as did his 
neighbor, also a farmer, Wouter Gerritsen, from Koetwj^ck, some three miles from 
Garderen; and likewise Jan Meynderts, already named. The last two will appear at 
Harlem. 

Gillis Coften written Yellis) or Giles De Mandeville was accompanied by his 
wife Elsie Hendricks and four children, having two born afterward, one being David. 
Yellis bought a farm at Flatbush, which he finally gave to his eldest son Hendrick, 
and got the grant of another, of 30 acres, at Greenwich, on Manhattan Island, laid 
out to him December s, 1670, and patented December 30, 1680. Here he died between 
1696 and 1701. All of his children married. He had but the two sons, both of whom 
left descendants. David remained on the farm at Greenwich. Hendrick removed from 
Long Island to Pequannock, N. J. These have given several pastors to the Reformed 
Church, including Rev. Giles Henry Mandeville, D. D. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. loi 

Pierre Cresson was another worthy refugee, and whose fam- 
ily seat, as is beHeved, was at Menil la Cresson, or Cresson Manor, 
a little northeast of Abbeville, in Picardy, though he was no doubt 
allied to the Cressons of Burgundy, of whom were several Re- 
formed ministers. Such change of residence was common dur- 
ing the long Burgundian rule in Picardy. Pierre, whose char- 
acter for piety is well attested, fled with some of his kin to the 
noted refuge, Sluis, in Flanders, but soon moved farther north, 
and in 1640 is found (with Nicolas and Venant Cresson, both 
married) among the refugees at Leyden. The large number of 
these emigrating to New Netherland had doubtless an effect upon 
Pierre, though, with a vigor and activity, which indeed he retained 
till old age (but at this date scarce more than thirty), he supported 
himself in Holland for about seventeen years, living parts 
of that time at Ryswyk and Delft. Employed as gardener to the 
Prince of Orange, he was ever after known as Pierre Le Gardin- 
ler. But Cresson was at last taken with the favorable offers of 
the City of Amsterdam to those who would go to their new colony 
on the Delaware ; and it seeming a good opportunity for him and 
his growing family, he gathered up his little means, and with wife 
Rachel Cloos and children, embarked, in 1657, at Amsterdam 
for New Amstel. The next year Governor Stuyvesant, visiting 
the Delaware, engaged Cresson "for his service" at the JManhat"^ 
tans, "with the proposition that what he owed the city (Amster- 
dam) should be settled." Soon after Cresson made a trip to 
Holland, returning in company with several other French agri- 
culturists in the ship Beaver, which sailed April 25th, 1659, rea'ch- 
mg its destination after a quick passage of six weeks.' Each 
passing year thus added to the roll of worthy fugitives, who, led 
by an unseen but mighty hand out of oppression into the atmos- 
phere of freedom, were perforce of their common nationality and 
sympathies to find a common home beyond the Atlantic* 

But this roll is not yet complete. England, as already hinted, 
first became an asylum for some of our settlers. Many perese- 
cuted refugees from France and Flanders took that direction 
embarking usually in regularly plying vessels, but often, if hard 
pressed, venturing to cross the Channel in any sort of craft, even 
at the peril of their lives, while making for the most accessible 
port on the opposite shore. They landed principally at Dover, 

cKr/i'i'ori?-). ''°' """''"• ''" '''''' ""^ '-^ d«ccndant. '(See Bolton's West: 



I02 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Sandwich, and Rye, within the counties of Kent and Sussex. 
Meeting a uniform welcome and sympathy, they formed colonies 
and churches at these places, and set up various manufactures, 
mainly those of cloth and linen, in which they were encouraged 
by the general and local authorities. The seaports named, and 
others becoming crowded with these exiles, many by invitation 
went inland to Canterbury, Norwich, etc., and still more up the 
Thames to London, at all which places they founded similar com- 
munities and industries. These colonies were greatly multiplied 
after the time of which we are writing. The story of the refugees 
in England is very touching; while their patient toil, the skill 
and ingenuity they exhibited in the production of various useful 
articles, evoked the admiration of the English; their devotion to 
their religion, their care to maintain its ordinances whereever 
they went, was highly creditable. Kept well informed of affairs 
in their native lands, the sympathy they manifested for their still 
suffering brethren set them in a most amiable light. Bound to 
their fellow-refugees in Holland by common interests as well 
as by many family ties, there was a free intercourse, and removals 
from one country to the other often took place due to these affin- 
ities or the simple desire to better their state ; but sometimes 
prompted by dangers which threatened them as a people, or those 
countries at large. Ever keenly alive to passing events in anywise 
bearing on their cause or that of Protestantism in general, one 
which greatly affected the refugees was the Peace of Westphalia, 
in 1648, ending the Thirty Years' War, and opening to them a 
new asylum up the Rhine, unto which many resorted, as we shall 
see. 

The family Des Marets was of the old Picard gentry, and 
was also prominent in the church at Oisemont, of which David 
Des Marets, the Sieur Du Ferets, was an elder. His son, Samuel, 
born at Oisemont, in 1599, and taught at the great schools of 
Paris, Saumur and Geneva, became in 1619 pastor of the church 
of Laon. But forced to leave in 1623 by an attempt upon his life 
which nearly proved fatal, he accepted a new charge at Falaise, 
in Normandy, but after a year went to Sedan, and thence, in 
1642, to Groningen, in Holland, as professor of theology. Our 
David Des Marest, who wrote his name thus, was born in Picardy, 
and, as is strongly indicated, was of the same lineage, — for dignity 
of character and fidelity to his religion, worthy so excellent a 
kinship ; the clerical tendency among his descendants is also very 
significant. He went to Holland and joined the French colony 
in the island of Walcheren, at which place his eldest son, Jean 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 103 

Demarest, was born in 1645. Here David probably married his 
wife Marie Sohier, as a family of this name from Hainault had 
taken refuge at ]\'liddelburg in the first Walloon emigrations. 

In 165 1 Demarest is found at Mannheim, on the Rhine, 
within the German Palatinate ; to which were going many French 
and Walloon refugees from England, and also from the Dutch 
seaboard, partly in view of an expected war between the English 
and Hollanders, but especially drawn thither by the assurance 
of freedom and protection under the government of the Pro- 
testant Elector Charles Lewis, who, invested by the Treaty of 
Westphalia (1648) with the Lower Palatinate, from which his 
father, Frederick V., had been driven in 1621 by the Catholic 
powers after the battle of Prague, held out strong inducements 
to the refugees, especially Calvinists, to settle at Mannheim, and 
which found a ready response through the lively interest always 
cherished by the refugees, in common with the English Puritans, 
in the strange vicissitudes of. his late father, and his excellent and 
yet surviving mother, named in a former note as the "Queen of 
Bohemia." By 1652 Demarest and others among the numbers 
gathered there, joined in forming a French church; the elector 
himself building them an edifice, which he called the Temple of 
Concord, because the Lutherans were also allowed to worship 
there. 

Philippe Casier and family, originally of Calais, also found 
this inviting refuge, as did Simeon Cornier, "from France"; 
Meynard Journee (the Journeay ancestor), from Mardyk, Flan- 
ders; Joost Van Oblinus (now O'Blenis), his son Joost and fam- 
ily, from Walloon Flanders, and Pierre Parmentier, also from 
"Walslant," that is, the Walloon country, — all these afterward 
at Harlem. Here Peter Van Oblinus, son of Joost, Jr., and his 
wife, Marie Sammis, was born in 1662. He was afterward 
distinguished at Harlem. Among the Walloons from Artois 
found here, were Matthieu Blanchan, Louis Du Bois, and Antoine 
Crispel ; Blanchan having sojourned in England, as perhaps had 
the other two, who became his sons-in-law. Others joining this 
Mannheim colony, and to be hereafter noticed, were the families 
of Le Comte, from Picardy, and De Vaux, from Walslant, whose 
descendants are called De Voe. De Vaux and Parmentier were 
clearly names derived from Picardy. 

Philippe Casier was husbandman and something of a trav- 
eler, having lived several years in the island of Martinique, to 
which he had gone with other colonists under the auspices of 
the French West India Company. But weary of rough pioneer 



I04 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

life among wild Caribs, and more weary of the civil anarchy 
then reigning in the islands, he returned with his family to 
Europe, and tarried awhile at Sluis before removing up the Rhine. 
While at Mannheim, a son, Peter, was born (1659) to his eldest 
daughter, Marie, the wife of David Uzille, the latter also men- 
tioned as from Calais, but no doubt of the Brittany family. But 
neither was Casier contented at Mannheim, still indulging, as 
it would seem, visions of a better fortune for him in America. 
His wife's brother, Isaac Taine, called also La Pere, "the Father," 
had gone out some years previous, and had been made a burgher 
of New Amsterdam; and thither the Cacier family, Uzilles in- 
cluded, resolved to go.* Returning to Holland, they sailed 
directly for the Manhattans in the ship Gilded Otter, which left 
the Texel April 27, 1660, carrying also Blanchan and others 
from Mannheim, besides a band of soldiers, among whom were 
Jacob Leisler, famous in our colonial history, and Joost Kockuyt, 
heretofore mentioned, afterward part owner of the land since 
forming the "Dyckman Homestead." Later, Simeon Cornier, 
with his wife, Nicole Petit, left Mannheim and returned to Hol- 
land, whence they sailed in the ship Faith, March 24th, 1662, from 
the Texel for the Manhattans, arriving June 13th. 

Isaac Vermeille, one of the Harlem settlers, and head of the 
well-known family of Vermilye, was the son of Jean Vermeille 
and Marie Roubley, who are found among the Walloon refugees 
at London toward the close of the sixteenth century.* They were 
members of the Walloon church, and had several children born 
in that city, among these Isaac, in 1601. The last child was 
Rebecca, born 1609, and three years later we lose sight of the 
father. Some of the family soon removed' to Leyden, where 
Isaac's elder sister, Rachel, who had been admitted to the church 
in London July iSth, 1613, was married April 25th, 1615, to 
Jacques Bordelo, a Walloon from Valenciennes. Jean Vermeille, 
to whom a child was born in 1633, at London, and who married 
a second wife at Leyden in 1647, was probably brother to Isaac. 

* Isaac Tayne, as he wrote his name, obtained a grant of land, June 24, 1666, at 
New Castle, Del., where he was living ten years later. — Penn. Archives, i. 35, His 
wife was Sarah Reson. This name, ending with the French nasal sound ng, is some- 
times written Ting. 

* We nowhere find it stated that our Vermilyes were Walloons, but think it a 
safe assumption, for several reasons. The congregation at London of which they were 
members was _ then composed quite exclusively of that people. Then their Christian 
names favor it. And one of the Walloon towns bears the name Vermelle; being in 
Artois, southeast of Bethune, near a lake at the source of the Papegay, which latter 
runs northward, entering the L,ys near Armentieres. Traced to its origin, the sur- 
name was doubtless the same as the Italian Vermigli. "Its birthplace," says Rev. A. G. 
Vermilye, "was probably Peruggia." Peter Vermigli (or Martyr), the reformer, was 
born at Florence. Like many others, the name had evidently worked .upward to 
Northern France, but how early we know not. Vermeille is the French for vermilion. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 105 

Marie Vermeille (mother or sister?), with her husband, Jean 
Dimanche, stood as godparents for Isaac's daughter, Marie (af- 
terward Mrs. Montanye), at her baptism at Leyden, August 2d, 
1629. Then Isaac first attracts our notice here, with his Dutch 
vrouw, Jacomina Jacobs, but later has two other children bap- 
tized, the last in 1637. Then not finding his name at Leyden 
for full twenty-five years, it seems to imply his absence ; and he 
probably went to Mannheim, as the name Isaac Wurmel, found 
on its civil records, is thought by a good authority there to refer 
to him. However, again at Leyden in the company of other 
French, who "by advice of some gentlemen, and reading the New 
Netherland conditions, were allured and persuaded to emigrate 
with their families," we meet with Vermeille, about to leave with 
them for that much-mooted country, whither during his time so 
many Leyden refugees, back to the De Forests and Montague, 
had already gone. With wife, his two sons and as many daugh- 
ters, Vermeille embarked October 12th, 1662, in the ship Purmer- 
land Church, Captain Barentsen, which on the 14th weighed 
anchor and "passed the last village on the Texel," bound with 
supplies to New Amstel.* 

Soon after this the Palatinate was threatened with hostile 
invasion by the Duke of Lorraine and other neighboring Catholic 
princes. The refugees having everything to fear from such 
enemies to their kind and religion, many more of these hastily quit 
Mannheim. The Demarest, Oblinus and Parmentier families, 
with Journee, returned to Holland, apparently with purpose 
formed of going to New Netherland, for making short stay at 
Amsterdam, they all embarked for that country in the Brindled 
Cow, April 16, 1663, having in company Jean Mesurolle, a Picard, 
but then from Mannheim, Jerome Boquet (Bokee) and Pierre 
None, both originall}' from Walslant; besides our several Dutch 
colonists before noticed, the Bogerts and Kortrights, from Schoon- 
rewoerd and vicinity. Men, women and children, there were 
ninety odd passengers, the French composing a third. Each 
adult was charged for passage and board thirty-nine florins ; 
children of ten years and under, except infants, half price. It 
cost Jan Bastiaensen (Kortnght) for himself and family 204 fl. 

* Charges for their passage stand thus in the accounts of tlie West India Co.: 
"ISAACQ Verniele debet 
Voor vracht en costgclt dat hy A°. 1662, 12 Octobr. pr: 't Schip de Purmcrlander 

Kerck, Schippr. Benjamin Barentsen, is herwaerts gecomen f. 39 

Voor syn vrou 39 

En 4 kinderen, alle boven de 2oe Jaeren 156 



f. 234' 



io6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

lo St., and David Demarest, 175 fl. 10 St.* These refugees from 
Mannheim nearly all took certificates of membership from the 
French church there. Some others, who followed them ten years 
later, will be noticed hereafter. 

Holland had now lost the special attractions it presented to 
the first refugees. These finding sympathy and employment, 
were generally content to remain as permanent residents. But 
the disturbances of later years had unsettled many, while trade 
had steadily and greatly declined, with no hope of any revival. 
Moreover, other unfortunate fugitives were flocking in "from 
Germany, Westphalia, and those countries which within two years 
had been ruined by hard times, but mainly by persecutions, to 
which the faithful all through France (as also the Waldenses) 
had been subjected." Under these circumstances rfany were 
easily drawn into the current of emigration to New Netherland, 
which was extolled as "beyond the finest country in the world, 
where everything can be produced that is grown in France or the 
Baltic," and whose virgin soil and settlements, free from the 
tyranny of kings and the contagion of European society, offered 
a most inviting abode and ample scope for enterprise. The most 
flattering reports of that country were rife, as given by those visit- 
ing Holland in search of farm-laborers, and by merchants whose 
business took them over to Amsterdam. Among those by whom 
the section of Manhattan Island since known as Harlem was first 
brought to the favorable notice of the colonists, was Andries 
Hudde, late counsellor in New Netherland, who spent the winter 
of 1638-9 in Holland, and part of whose errand was to send out 
hands to work his tobacco plantation, afterward known as Mon- 
tanye's Flat. It was plainly his representations regarding that 
locality that took Captain Kuyter and others thither, and induced 
Van Keulen, of Amsterdam, to secure the two-hundred-acre tract 
thence called Van Keulen's Hook; the purchase of which was 
effected directly upon Hudde's return. And Sibout Slaessen, an 
energetic burgher of New Amsterdam, going to Fatherland in 
the autumn of 1649, spent nearly two years between Hoorn, his 
native place, and Amsterdam and Leyden, while prosecuting 
charges against Stuyvesant. Bad as, in his view, was the ad- 
ministration, none had a higher opinion of the country, Manhattan 
especially, where Claessen had a fine property opposite Hellgate, 
which he called Hoorn's Hook. And Jean La Montague, who 

* The Dutch florin or guilder is usually valued at forty cents, the stiver at two 
cents; but taking into account that, in the times we are treating of, money in Holland, 
as cornpared with labor, commodities, or whatever else it purchased, had about four 
times its present value, certainly these emigrants paid well for their passage. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 107 

revisited Holland in 1654. With his many years' experience in 
the new country, glowing, we dare assert, were the pictures he 
drew of it, — when tenderly pressing his suit with the fair Peter- 
nella, who was to share his home and fortunes. And Nicholas 
De Meyer, the clear-headed and thrifty trader at New Amster- 
dam, making a trip to Holland in 1662, to remain over winter, no 
doubt astonished his auditors as he told of lands on Manhattan 
at one dollar and sixty cents an acre, and his recent purchase of 
two farms in the young settlement. New Harlem. What interest 
must have attached to these accounts by visitants from the New 
World, as every listener caught up the story of its almost fabulous 
advantages and resources ! To the young and ambitious, the far-off 
America had all the dazzling attractions of a fairyland, when so 
often even the tender sex were led as by an irresistible charm, 
in the face of many perils, to venture its wild solitudes. But 
again, with more caution, one of a family first goes to the New 
World, as if to report from personal knowledge upon the expe- 
diency of the change before others should follow ; so with the 
Verveelens, the brothers Waldron, Buys, etc. The colonists were 
wont to revisit Fatherland to obtain wives ; whence its records 
show many nuptials consummated on the eve of embarkation. 
And timid maidens, in not a few cases, drawn by ties of kinship, 
or some more tender impulse, stopped not to count the hazards 
of the voyage: instance young Barentie Dircks, of Meppel (her 
sister Geertie then some years in New Netherland as wife of Jan 
Metselaer),'" going over with other colonists from Drenthe in 
1660; lo ! scarce a year passing, when she and a sister, Egbertie, 
found their daring rewarded and the highest aspiration of their 
womanly hearts realized, in Nelis Matthyssen and Hage Bruyn- 
sen, honest Swedes, the one called to the magistry at Harlem, the 
other to become its first miller. All most natural, truly ; yet we 
mistake if these glimpses of simple life among our colonist an- 
cestors are wholly devoid of interest. t 

* Jan Adams Metselaer was born at Worms, in 1626; was in service as corporal 
on the Delaware, and returned to New y\msterdam in 1654. He died in New York 
in 1696 or 1697. His sons wlio readied maturit)' were Jacobus, born 166S; Abraham, 
born 1671; Hendrick, born 1676. Descendants of Abraham early settled on the Rari- 
tan, and whence the respectable family of which is Rev. Abraham Alessler, D. D. 

t The French Refugees were sometimes designated, not by a proper surname, 
but by the name of some place, evidently that of their nativity or former abode, ap- 
pended to their Christian name. Tlie effect, no other clew to their identity appearing, 
is confusion like that liable to occur in Dutch nomenclature.' Cases in point are 
Eticnne Rochelle fhis proper name Geneau), Pierre Grand Pre, Jean Belin, Etienne 
Button, etc., all names of French towns; and Jean Paris, also written De Parisis, but 
no other than Jan Lequiere, from Paris, afterward of Biishwick. Some retained these 
as family names; Button or Baton was perpetuated on Staten Island and in New Jersey. 
Belin, written a Belin, became Ablin. (See also note on Jean Baignoux.) That this 
designation by place (as well without as with the prefix De or Du) was a usage preva- 
lent in France (not to trace it further), anyone who examines the subject will see; and 
it starts the question whether it is always safe to take such prefix as proof of nobility. 



io8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Such moral courage as they exhibited, especiahy the refugees, 
commands admiration; such trials as they endured when called 
to resist or flee oppression, appeal to our sympathies ! Clinging 
to their faith or principles though at the cost of their peace and 
safety, and all the endearments of home, country and kindred; 
choosing rather to venture the treacherous ocean and the dangers 
of an untried wilderness where still was sovereign the savage 
and the beast of prey, — and all to secure the sacred boon of liberty 
denied them in their native lands ; do they not deserve the first 
place in history, and in the grateful remembrance of those who 
are reaping the benefits of their labors and sacrifices? 

when it may serve only to show the birthplace, or residence, or perhaps the place of 
the family origin; as le or la often indicated names derived from a trade, calling, office, 
etc. (See Index, Chaudronnier.) The children of some of our refugees, ambitious to 
assume prefixes, sometimes made bad work of it; thus the name Le Maistre (the 
Master), taking on the De (and whence Delamater), came to signify of the Master!, — 
a vise of the prefix wholly inappropriate. On the contrary, the sons of Dr. L,a Montagne 
very properly prefixed the De, and the fact adds strength to our hypothesis as to the 
source of that name. Very few old_ names among us at present, whether of French, 
Dutch, or other descent, preserve their original form; a result to be deprecated, though 
a return to the early orthography may now be neither practicable nor desirable. 




CHAPTER VI. 

1 609- 1 636. 

MANHATTAN. 

T N the year 1609 a Dutch ship was feeling it way along the then 
wild and unfrequented coast of North America. Her in- 
trepid commander, as in former fruitless voyages made for the 
same object under English patronage, was still eagerly seeking 
a western route to China, the golden Cathay of the ancients. 
Dispatched in this instance by the East India Company, of Hol- 
land, the Half Moon left Amsterdam the 4th of April, and after 
gaining the American waters had explored each principal bay 
and inlet from north to south, and now again to northward, five 
weary months, but with no results. To one of less resolution 
than Henry Hudson the case might well have seemed hopeless, 
but still the undaunted mariner continued the search. 

The 3d of September dawns upon the vessel enshrouded in 
a dense sea-fog, which at the hour of ten, lifting its vapor}^ man- 
tle, leaves upon her spars and rigging myriads of watery jewels 
which sparkle in the sunbeams, bright harbinger of a coming 
success, while the ship, quitting her moorings, spreads her "main- 
sail and spritsail," and under a clear sky and with a balmy breeze 
from the south-southeast resumes her northerly course. Five 
hours pass, when Hudson makes the headlands of Neversink, 
"very pleasant, and high, and bold to fall, withal" ; and "at three 
of the clock in the afternoon" approaches "a very good harbor," 
into which flow "three great rivers." These at once arrest his 
attention ; their sources wrapped in mystery naturally invite the 
boldest speculation. Has he not been told "there was a sea lead- 
ing into the Western Ocean by the north of Virginia ?" Curiosity 
and hope receive a new impulse ; surely he has found at last the 
long-desired passage ! 

Hudson at first stands for the northernmost river, but repelled 
by a very shoal bar before its mouth, changes his course and bears 
away across the bay, where another passage seems to open, casts 
his anchor, and prudently sends in the yawl to sound. On a 



no HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

favorable report he again weighs, runs farther in with the ship, 
and finally drops his kedge on the soft, oozy bottom at a depth of 
five fathoms. Hudson takes the latitude, — forty degrees and 
thirty minutes, — and enters it in his log. As the vessel rides at 
ease upon the bosom of these expansive waters, no fellow-craft 
greets the eye of the brave mariner ; not so much as a tiny sail 
breaks the monotony of the scene. The undulating land is beau- 
tiful in varied shades of green, but, as far as the eye can scan, 
bare of human habitation, — even to a rustic cabin, — all yet appears 
lone, wild, charming in its very air of desolation. The fish seem 
surprisingly tame as they swarm about the vessel, and the white 
sea-gull disports itself familiarly, soars upon its broad pinions, 
or stoops to kiss the wave. 

But the arrival has not passed unnoticed. Some of the 
tawny natives, engaged in fishing, — for the salmon, and mullets, 
and rays, were plenty, — espy, far out on the ocean (so the red 
man handed down the story), a large and strange-looking object.* 
Hastening back to land, they break the news to some of their 
countrymen, who also go out, in order to discover what it may be. 
They view with astonishment the strange phenomenon, now so 
near as to be plainly visible, but are quite disagreed as to what it is ; 
some take it to be an enormous fish or animal, others a very big 
wigwam floating on the sea. As the curious object comes nearer 
to the land their apprehensions increase ; they conclude that it 
possesses life, and resolve without further delay to put all the 
neighboring Indians on their guard. Messengers depart to carry 
the news to the scattered chiefs and braves, and to urge their 
immediate presence. Many of these soon arrive in breathless 
haste, and, viewing the queer object which has now gained the 
very entrance of the river or bay, finally conclude that its nothing 
less than the wigwam of the great Manitto, or Suprem.e Being 
himself, who has evidently come to pay them a visit. This opin- 
ion prevailing, they begin preparations to give him a suitable re- 
ception. The women must cook the most savory food, and a 
grand kintekoy or dance be given, measured to their best music, 
as "an agreeable entertainment for the Great Being." 

Early the next morning Hudson, after sending the boat to 
take soundings farther up the bay, finds a better anchorage ; and 
remaining there all day, some of the crew go ashore to draw a 

* The Indian tradition of Hudson's visit is taken from Heckwelder; otherwise 
the facts have been drawn from original statements by De L,aet, Juet, Vander Donck, 
and others, every circumstance and intimation being duly weighed. We believe these 
will warrant all the amplification here given, the traditionary part finding strong 
■confirmation in these authors. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. in 

net for fish, returning with ten big mullets, a foot and a half long, 
and a great ray, taking four men to haul it into the ship. By 
this time the Indians, having carefully watched the movements 
of their strange visitor, are so well assured of his supernatural 
character and friendly mission, that they resolve to venture out 
to the ship and extend him a welcome. Two of them, clad in 
loose deer skins, and taking a bundle of green tobacco as a 
present for the jManitto, launch forth in their canoe, and being 
admitted on board the vessel, manifest their pleasure at seeing 
the pale-faced strangers by every sign and exclamation at their 
command expressive of wonder and delight. Making their offer- 
ings, they receive in return a few knives and beads. Admiring 
the dress worn by the Europeans, they signify a wish to have 
the same for themselves ; but so far from showing any rudeness, 
their decorum is such that the officers notice it and declare them 
"very civil." 

On the succeeding day Hudson and others from the ship 
made a formal visit to the land, when the assembled Indians, 
"men, women and children," received and entertained them in 
their best manner. "The swarthy natives all stood around and 
sung in their fashion," says Hudson ; the ceremon}- without doubt 
indicated more of fear and reverence than of confidence, and was 
designed to propitiate his favor. The usual present of green 
tobacco was given, and refreshments served, including bread made 
of maize, or Indian corn, of which Hudson partook and found 
it "excellent eating." Then the ship's party strolled "up into the 
woods, and saw great stores of very goodly oaks and some cur- 
rants." 2\Iany Indians of both sexes also A'isit the ship during 
the day, "in their canoes made of a single hollow tree," says Hud- 
son. They are dressed, "some in mantles of feathers, and some 
in skins of divers sorts of good furs." About their necks are 
ornaments of copper. They bring offerings of dried currants, 
"sweet and good," and Indian hemp. These expressions of good- 
will do not throw the shrewd navigator off his guard. From 
common prudence he "durst not trust them," yet his keen eye 
can detect no lurking evil intent, and he frankly admits that "they 
appear to be a friendly people." Such is his testimony of "the peo- 
ple that he found dwelling within the bay." Their entire deport- 
ment thus far had betrayed only profound respect and veneration 
for their mysterious visitors. 

But, strange, pleasing hallucination of the untutored son of 
the forest, how quickly did one untoward circumstance dispel it 
forever, reduce his supposed divinity to the level of a mortal, 



112 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

and place him in the attitude of an enemy! On the morning of 
the 6th, the weather being fair, Hudson, with more accurate 
conckisions as to the best direction in which to continue his search, 
ordered John Coleman and four others to proceed with the yawl 
"over to the north side, to sound the other river," yet little dream- 
ing that all that was to impart fame to his voyage hung upon its 
undisclosed mysteries. Rowing twelve miles to its mouth (the 
Narrows) they ascended and entered a spacious harbor, "with 
very good riding for ships," whence extending their search two 
leagues up "a narrow river to the westward between two islands"* 
and reaching "an open sea,"t they were returning filled with ad- 
miration of the country, "as pleasant with grass and flowers and 
goodly trees as ever they had seen," when suddenly, in a manner 
unexplained, they came in fatal conflict with the natives, twenty- 
six in number, in two canoes. Coleman was slain by an arrow, 
and two others of the crew wounded, but strange to say the sav- 
ages did not follow up their advantage. A rain set in, which 
extinguishing their match, made their guns useless, and after 
toiling all night "to and fro on their oars" the party reached 
the ship. They declared "they were set upon" by the In- 
dians ; the latter have not left us their story ! Why, so su- 
perior in force, did they spare any of the whites to tell their 
tale? Why the sudden change which Hudson observed in the 
temper of the savages? Peradventure in this affray the Indi- 
ans were "more sinned against than sinning;" then the case 
becomes clearer. If, smarting under a deep sense of unpro- 
voked injury, they retired to dress their wounds and bury their 
dead, then the news, which spread rapidly, at once stamped the 
new-comers as enemies. 

Suspicious of the savages from the first, Hudson now had 
great reason to fear an attack. He thereupon ordered a strict 
watch to be kept day and night to prevent a surprise, which in- 
deed the Indians were plotting, and only seeking an opportunity 
to execute, as was apparent from the many canoes filled with 
armed men which prowled around the ship. Admitting but few 
of the savages into the vessels, he seized two, who came on board 
with a treacherous design, and held them as hostages. Passing 
the Narrows, September nth, Hudson entered the harbor with 
his ship. The morning of the 13th found him skirting "that 
side of the river that is called Mannahata," having "fair weather, 
the wind northerly." With the full of the tide he casts anchor 
opposite a gorge in the hills from which a stream, meander- 

* Kill Von Kull. f Newark Bay. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 113 

ing through verdant meadows, empties into a small cove or 
bay (Manhattanville). 

News of his coming has preceded him. From one Indian 
village to another and from wigwam to wigwam runners have 
carried the startling tidings ; delegations from the Flats and parts 
contiguous have poured in through the ravine till the multi- 
tudes crowd the beach and crown the acclivities, eager to catch 
a sight of the big canoe, about which and its inmates such 
strange rumors have spread far and wide, exciting "great sur- 
prise and astonishment among the Indians." Hudson and his 
officers greet with civility the natives, who here approach the 
ship in four canoes, bringing "great store of very good 
oysters." He accepts the present, and gives them some trinkets 
in return ; but the menacing attitude of the savages only the day 
previous indisposes Hudson to any intimacy, or to admit any 
of them on board, — a wise precaution, as events will show. 

Barred from intercourse, and withal ignorant of their lan- 
guage, Hudson could as yet have acquired but scant knowledge 
of the country from the natives. But this was in a measure 
supplied by his own habit of close observation, noting objects 
so trivial as the ornaments and tobacco-pipes of the natives, 
whence he inferred the existence of copper. And on this bright 
September morning, while cooling breezes from the north amble 
through the rigging of the ship as it lies idly at anchor for sev- 
eral hours waiting for the tide to set in, and the practised eye 
of the great navigator surveys on the one hand the pure watery 
expanse, on the other the charming W'Ooded bluffs which here 
adorn the Island of Manhattan, doubtless it penetrates the 
notable cleft in the heights, opening to him a distant vista of the 
broad and beautiful plains upon which our interest centres, as 
yet, save only to the aborigines, a very terra incognita! We may 
read his emotions as, turning from this scene, he records in his 
journal the admiration of a sailor: "It is as pleasant a land as 
one need tread upon ; very abundant in all kinds of timber suitable 
for shipbuilding."''' 

Hudson ascends the river. A fortnight spent in its further 
exploration and he has realized, not the prime object of his 
ambition, but results in the highest degree important ; the best 

* Hudson's Journal, as quoted by De Laet (see Coll. N. Y. Hist. Soc, 2d scries, 
vol. i, p. 300), places this incident in latitude 40° 48', which agrees well with the 
locality given. Juet's Journal (ibid., p. 325) gives the date and other particulars, and 
when closely studied aids in fixing the locality beyond a reasonable doubt. Sec also 
the subject of Hudson's voyage carefully treated in Yates and Aloulton's Hist, of N. Y., 
which unhesitatingly gives this incident as happening when the ship was "anchored off 
Manhattanville." 



114 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

indeed of all his voyages. Since he first entered Sandy Hook 
he had been delighted with the country. He had penetrated 
nearly to its source the noble river which was thereafter to 
take his name, finding at every stage in his progress something 
new to admire in its extended reaches, its majestic highlands, 
its fruitful vales and its grand and diversified scenery. Now, 
elated with his valuable discoveries, inspirited by the bracing 
air and gorgeous appearance of the highlands, clad in the 
richest hues of autumn, he is on the downward passage. At 
break of day October 2d the ship leaves its moorings at "Sleepers' 
Haven," near the jutting Senesqua, or Teller's Point, at the 
mouth of the Croton, and with canvas bending under a stiff 
breeze from the northwest, runs down twenty-one miles till, 
the tide setting in too strongly, it again casts anchor at the 
upper end of Manhattan Island, near the beautiful inlet Schora- 
kapok, since "by the Dutch" called the Spuyten Duyvel. 

But unlooked-for danger was lurking in its track. An inci- 
dent of the upward voyage, already alluded to, now had a most 
painful sequel. The two natives whom Hudson kept on board 
as hostages were carried up the river. But haughty captives 
were not to be beguiled by a voyage in the big canoe of the 
great Manitto, nor long amused by the red coats with which 
they were bedecked. In the highlands these restless spirits 
escaped through a port-hole and swam off, hurling back, from a 
safe distance, cries and gestures of scorn and defiance. Making 
their way down the river, and thirsting to avenge the indigni- 
ties offered them, they sounded the war-whoop to rouse their 
people to arms, and at the head of Manhattan Island collected a 
force, with the evident purpose of seizing the ship and appro- 
priating the rich booty which it contained. 

No sooner does the returning vessel heave to near their place 
of ambush than several canoes dart out, filled with armed war- 
riors, led on, as is observed, by one of the savages who had 
escaped from the ship. Hudson, seeing their hostile design, 
warns them to keep off. Hereupon two of the canoes fall back 
near the stern and let fly a volley of arrows. Six muskets 
return the assault, and two or three Indians are killed. Mean- 
time the ship having gotten under way, the main body of war- 
riors, about a hundred, collect at a point of land (now Fort 
Washington) to get a fair chance at her as she slowly moves 
along. But a falcon-shot from the vessel kills two of them, and 
the rest flee into the woods. They are now quite discomfited; 
3^et about ten of the boldest, still firm in their purpose, jump into 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 115 

a canoe and paddle to meet the ship. Another cannon-shot 
kills one of their number and pierces the canoe. A volley of 
musketry slays three or four more, and puts an end to the fight. 
The savages are left to mourn the loss of nine of their braves, 
while Hudson pursues his way to the ocean. Ah, hapless fate ! 
which at this first interview thus sealed in blood an enmity between 
the two races, destined for half a century to redden the soil of 
j\Ianhattan Island with Christian blood to glut the Indian's ven- 
geance. The inlet where began this fatal encounter soon took 
the name of Spuyten Duyvel, but for what reason has not been 
explained. True, that veritable author, Diedrich Knickerbocker, 
makes it the presumptuous boast of Petrus Stuyvesant's valiant 
trumpeter, who essayed to swim the stream in a storm, spyt den 
dnyvcl, but was seized and carried under by his satanic majesty 
in the form of a huge ■ mossbunker ! But for those to whom 
this story ma}' wear a tinge of incredibility we give another 
possible derivation. By what more fitting term could the sav- 
ages, so apt in the choice of their names, have designated Hud- 
son's ship, recalled as an uncouth monster vomiting streams 
of deadly fire, than by that which (from the object adhering 
to the locality) found its Dutch equivalent in Spuyten Duyvel, 
that is. Spouting Devil? But if this also Avill not bear criticism, 
we ask the reader to soberly weigh a fact wdiich seems to indi- 
cate the true source of the queer designation in question. From 
the large spring which sprouts or bubbles out near the foot 
of Cock Hill and flows into the creek, "The Spring" became 
but another name, wdth the early settlers, both Dutch and Eng- 
lish, for the locality known as Spuyten Duyvel ; and an ancient 
record of 1672 expressly calls it Spuyten Duyvel, alias the Fresh 
Spring ! 

Hudson's discoveries^ so aroused the enterprise of the mer- 
chants and shipmasters of Holland that for a series of years vessels 
were annually dispatched to New Netherland to prosecute dis- 
covery and the fur trade, for which purpose they were some- 
times "ordered to remain there the wdiole year." That- section 
of Alanhattan Island in which our interest centres could not 
long elude these enterprising Dutch traders, though this seat 
of the hostile IManhattans remained inaccessible for years after 
they had gained a foothold on the upper Hudson. Wrapt in 
that normal state which for untold ages had known no change, 
its weird charms must have strangely impressed such daring 
spirits as were foremost to navigate its untried waters or first to 
penetrate its slumbering solitudes. The Hollander, — his eye ac- 



ii6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

customed only to a flat country, to dykes and polders, — beheld 
with admiration this majestic display and picturesque blending- 
of heights and low land, of wood and meadow and meandering- 
brooks. But no hum of busy industry caught his ear, no familiar 
sight yet met his eye; the waters' gentle ripple, the wind's 
moaning through the tall pines, the cry of startled beast or bird 
was his greeting. The group of rustic cabins and the moving- 
forms of dusky savages, clad, if at all, in skins or furs and feath- 
ers, but enhanced the weirdness of the scene. Lucky, too, was 
he if his first welcome was not conveyed by the swift-winged 
arrow from behind the thicket, as was the case with Captain 
Dermer, ten years after Hudson's visit, but before the Dutch 
had yet occupied Manhattan Island. Coming from the east- 
ward, and passing "a most dangerous cataract among small, 
rocky islands," he soon found greater perils than those of Hell- 
gate in the hostility of the natives ; for, says he, "the savages 
had great advantage of us, in a strait not above a bow-shot, and 
where a multitude of Indians let fly at us from the bank ; but it 
pleased God to make us victors." Only escaping, as his words 
seem to imply, and as had Hudson, by making his assailants feel 
the superiority of firearms, it seems hardly credible that such 
was ever the rude and perilous state of our beautiful Island, the 
now secure abode of peace and refinement. 

As introductory to the history of the section in which we are 
most interested, we must notice the advent and progress of set- 
tlement upon the southern point of the Island, which antedated 
by some thirteen years the first known attempt to locate at Har- 
lem. The idea of a permanent occupation of the country natur- 
ally followed upon the more intimate knowledge of its resources, 
acquired through the frequent visits of the Holland traders. 
But the first move in that direction, must be accredited as be- 
fore mentioned, to Rev. John Robinson, pastor of an English 
congregation at Leyden, and to the directors of the company 
engaged in trading to New Netherland. In negotiating with 
said directors, Robinson had informed them that upon condition 
of the government protection, etc., he was "well inclined to 
proceed thither to live," and also "had the means of inducing 
over four hundred families to accompany him thither, both out 
of this country (Holland) and England," who would "plant 
there a new commonwealth." But the company's charter mean- 
while expiring, the directors, on February 12th, 1620, laid their 
case before the States General and besought them to take these 
colonists under their protection and detail two ships of war to 



HISTORY OF HARLEM., 117 

convey them to that country, in order to keep out other nations 
and make it "secure to the State." 

But this appHcation failed, as did another of similar import 
made the next year to the London Company by the French and 
Walloons of Ley den, as heretofore noticed. Nevertheless the 
States General were not indifferent to the benefits likely to accrue 
from such colonies being planted in New Netherland. Hence in 
their charter to the West India Company, in view of "the great 
abundance of their people, as well as their desire to plant other 
lands," they enjoined upon the company, as one among the im- 
portant objects contemplated, "to advance the peopling of those 
fruitful and unsettled parts."* Accordingly a first act of the com- 
pany was to equip and send out (March, 1623) a vessel of 130 
lasts, the New Netherland, in command of one familiar with the 
voyage. Captain Cornells Mey, and which carried about thirty 
families, "mostly Walloons," with a few single men, all engaged 
to the company for a term of service, and who were to occupy and 
garrison several new points along the coast, besides forming a set- 
tlement up the Hudson. Captain Mey was to be the director or 
governor in New Netherland, with a deputy in the person of Cap- 
tain Adrian Tienpont, who accompanied him. Arriving at Hud- 
son's River about the beginning of May, they lay at anchor for 
several weeks at Manhattan, where eight men were set ashore "to 
take possession" for the company, and others dispatched for a like 
object to the rivers Connecticut and Delaware. About eighteen 
families proceeded with the vessel up the river to Castle Island, at 
or near which the Dutch had for nine years maintained a trading- 
post. Choosing a spot for a settlement still higher up (within the 
present city of Albany), there they "made a small fort," and en- 
tered into "covenants of friendship" with the Mahicans or River 



* No credit is due to the statement that colonies were planted in New Netherland, 
on Manhattan Island or elsewhere, prior to 1623. Sir Dudley Carleton, English am- 
bassador at the Hague, no doubt makes a true representation when, in a letter of Febru- 
ary 5, 1621 (February 15, 1622 N. S.), to the I^eards of the Council in England, he 
says: "About four or five years since, two particular companies of Amsterdam 
merchants began a trade into those parts betwixt 40 and 45 degrees, to which after 
their manner they gave their own names of New Netherlands and the like; whither they 
have ever since continued to send ships of 30 and 40 lasts, at the most, to fetch furs, 
which is all their trade; for the providing of which they have certain factors there 
continually resident trading with savages, and at this present there is a ship at Amster- 
dam bound for those parts; but I cannot learn of any colony either already planted 
there by these people, or so much as intended; and I have this further reason to 
believe there is none, because within these few months divers inhabitants of this 
country to a considerable number of families have been suitors unto me, to procure 
them a place of habitation amongst his Majesty's subjects in those parts; which, by 
his Majesty's order, was made known to the Directors of the Plantation; and if these 
countrymen were in any such way themselves, there is small appearance they would 
desire to mingle with strangers, and be subject to their government." (Col. Hist, of 
N. Y., 3: 7. Stuyvesant does not claim for the Dutch any earlier possession of Man- 
hattan Island. Ibid, 2: 412. See also ibid, i: 149, and Doc. Hist. N. V., 4to, 3: 
31, 32.) 



ii8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Indians, the Maqnas, and other neighboring tribes, who "desired 
that they might come and have a constant free trade with them^ 
which was conchided upon." Such a beginning had the now 
weahhy capital of the State. 

Those left to form a trading-post at Manhattan intrenched 
themselves at Capsee, on the southern end of the island, and built 
them hausse "of the bark of trees." Three years later Gov- 
ernor Peter Minuit came out, Manhattan Island was purchased 
from the Indians "for the value of sixty guilders," — twenty-four 
dollars and, with a view to making this "the principal colony," 
the settlement, which had already received important accessions 
from Holland, with a supply of live stock and farming tools, 
was further increased by the families from Fort Orange, who, 
disquieted by a recent affray with the savages in which some of 
their number were slain, gladly accepted this change; and as the 
Manhates "were becoming more and more accustomed to the 
strangers."* New Amsterdam, as now called, and containing 
two hundred and seventy souls, was permitted, April 7, 1628, 
to welcome its first minister, Rev. Jonas Michaelius, from Hol- 
land. This devoted man, educated at Leyden, preached a 
dozen years, then went out to Brazil with the great expedition 
in 1624. After a short term of service at St. Salvador he 
labored a year or two in Guinea before coming to New Am- 
sterdam. Here at once he "established the form of a church," 
but as the Walloons and French knew very little Dutch, he 
preached to them in their own language. Hither resorted the 
Indian hunters, bringing quantities of furs, of which from year 
to year valuable cargoes were taken to Holland in the company's 
ships. Their agents also used every means to increase this trade 
by exploring in their yachts all the adjoining coasts, while others 
scoured the woods and sought the Indian villages for friendly 
traffic. But it was not only the fur trader, the hunter tracking 
the game, or the amateur drawn hither by curiosity to see the 
country ; others were already intent upon finding out its varied re- 
sources, — the husbandman noting the quality of the soil, the 
mechanic and artisan whatever for each had a practical business 
value, the scientist or naturalist in quest of mineral and other 

* Harlem was settled before New Amsterdam, if we may credit the tradition 
current among our old New Yorkers half a centvn-y ago; the first colonists, after 
living here awhile, for some cause removing to the lower end. Stich, then, and even 
later this was the popular belief , as we have had it from the lips of several aged persons- 
long since deceased. But finding no mention of this either in Wassenaer or De Laet, 
or in any contemporary or early record, we suspect the tradition is due to the removal 
from Fort Orange or to the abandonment of Harlem for a time by its first settlers 
because of the Indians, as hereafter related, or perhaps to the confused and faded 
memories of both. 



HISTORY OF HARLEiAI. 119 

treasures, — some new wonder in every stone, tree, shrulj, and 
flower, every beast that starts at his approach, or bird that warbles 
from the bough. Much of this useful information was presently 
transmitted to Faltherland, both in private letters from the colonists 
to their kindred and in official reports to the West India Company. 
Isaac De Rasieres, who came out in 1626 and served some two 
years as chief commissary and secretary at New Amsterdam, has 
left us, in an account written after his return to Holland, the 
earliest known description of IManhattan Island by an eye-witness. 
It is, he says, "full of trees, and in the middle rocky," but the north 
end "has good land in two places, where two farmers, each with 
four horses, would at first have enough to do without much clear- 
ing." So early had the attention of the Hollanders, instinctively 
attached to rich bottom lands, been drawn to these fertile plains, 
then known to the colonists as the Flats of the Island of jManhatta. 

In tracing the histor}^ of this section of the Island, the terri- 
torial limits will be those given in the patent or charter granted 
the inhabitants of Harlem by the colonial governor Nicolls in 
1666, which embraced all the upper portion, from Kingsbridge 
south, as far as Manhattanville on the west side and Seventy- 
fourth Street on the east. 

Of those who earl}' manifested an interest in this particular 
section were Wouter Van Twiller, now Director-General of the 
colon}^, and his friend Jacobus Van Curler, who bore the title of 
Jonkheer. They were both 5^oung men, from the same place, 
Nieukerck, and Van Curler, had accompanied the new director 
hither in 1633. A residence of three years giving them the op- 
portunity to spy out the land, Van Twaller had improved it by 
selecting for himself several choice tracts in the vicinity of New 
Amsterdam, among which was the island lying "over against" 
the Flats, and known to us as Ward's Island. The Jonkheer, in 
his rambles, had fixed his covetous eye upon these rich Flats, 
and, with leave of the director, had pre-empted a goodly section 
bordering upon the river, opposite the island referred to, and 
which obtained the name of the Otter-spoor, or the Otter-track. 
It is scarcely a departure from the literal facts to picture these 
two dignitaries upon one of their tours of observation up the 
island ; and in fancy we may accompany them. Van Curler well 
knows the lay of the land, for he loves to scour the woods in 
quest of game ; but one of his feats, which he took some pride 
in relating, was the killing an hundred and seventy black-birds at 
a single shot ! 

Quitting the drowsy little town of New Amsterdam, its 



I20 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

thatched roofs and its fortress with low turf wall receding from 
view, we follow the Indian trail leading to Wickquaskeek, or 
"the birch bark country," which lies beyond the quiet waters of 
the Papparinamin, as that part of the Spuyten Duyvel was called 
Avhere it turns the extreme northerly point of Manhattan. Spring 
is in her loveliest attire. Around and along our pathway she 
displays in rich profusion her grandest works. Plains scarce 
trodden by human kind, save by the red man, are clothed in all 
the beauty of their pristine verdure, while the rock-capped hills 
and the resonant forest echo back and forth the sounds of wild 
and savage life. Plumed songsters fill the woods and enliven 
our journey with their music. Perchance the shrill cry of the 
eagle, startled from its eyrie, or the plaintive note of the cuckoo, 
or the busy hammer of the woodpecker, in turn arrests our atten- 
tion. 

"And playful squirrel on his nut-grown tree : 
And every sound of life was full of glee, . . . 
While hearkening —fearing nought their revelry — 
The wild deer arched his neck from glades, and then, 
Unhunted, sought his woods and wilderness again." 

Treading that ''central" part of Manhattan, in our day res- 
cued from mercenary uses and restored again to nature and art, 
to resume under their culture more than its original beauty, we 
emerge upon the bluff near that romantic spot since known as 
McGown's Pass, and before us lie the "Flats of Manhattan." 
Let us survey the charming panorama which opens to our view, 
note its more striking features, and point out the several sections 
of the land, as it is subdivided by the aborigines, under distinc- 
tive names. At our left a chain of high land extends away to the 
northward till lost to . the eye, but broken at one point by a 
ravine, beyond which are dimly visible through the entangled 
foliage the silvery waters of the majestic Mahican-ittuck, or 
Hudson. In the distance a lesser stream, which flows from the 
Papparinamin, and is known simply as the Great Kill (its Indian 
name is undiscovered), comes gently coursing toward the troubled 
waters of the Hellegat.* Familiar to us as the Harlem River, it 
has been fitly designated as "one of the sweetest streams that ever 
gave a charm to landscape." Along the heights through which 

* Muscoota, says the History of Westchester County, was the aboriginal name 
for Harlem River, but various original authorities agree in making it the common 
Indian term for flats or flatland! After diligent but vain search ainong our early 
records to discover some warrant for applying it to the river, we gave it up, when an 
inquiry addressed to Mr. Bolton, and answered with his usual courtesy, failed to elicit 
his authority on this point. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 121 

flow its upper waters, the scenery, though less imposing, still rivals 
that of the classic Hudson in all that is picturesque and pleasing. 
On the hither side the banks, rising boldly from a rocky base 
and clothed with lofty forest trees, present by their very abrupt- 
ness a fine contrast to the eastern shore, where undulating hills, 
woodland and meadows form a gradual descent to the water's 
edge. Here, aforetime, till its quiet was invaded by the snort 
of the iron horse, the visitor loved to tarry, wrapt in the con- 
templation of a scene sublime, and quite forgetful of the outer 
world, till his reverie was broken by the wild cry of the heron, 
or the plunge of the kingfisher as it darted from an overhanging 
bough, — "most celebrated and besung of all other birds," — species 
which had ever haunted these waters and nested in the lofty pines. 
Lingering tenant of these solitudes, the heron was seen at early 
dawn assiduous at his piscatory work. Taking his gloomy stand 
in the water's edge, and motionless, as if meditating mischief, he 
kept his head turned on one side, and eyed the pool intently for 
an opportunity to strike his prey. If undisturbed, he spent the 
day, resting when gorged, with his long neck sunk between his 
shoulders, but retiring long before night to his retreat in the 
woods. The scene is better depicted by M'Lellan, in "The Notes 
of the Birds." 

" Far up some brook's still course whose current mines 
The forest's blackened roots, and whose green marge 
Is seldom visited by human foot, 
The lonely heron sits, and harshly breaks 
The sabbath silence of the wilderness : 
And you might find her by some reedy pool, 
Or brooding gloomily on the time-stained rock, 
Beside some misty and far-reaching lake. 
Most awful is thy deep and heavy boom, 
Gray watcher of the waters ! Thou art king 
Of the blue lake; and all the wing'd kind 
Do fear the echo of thine angry cr}^ 
How bright thy savage eye ! Thou lookest down 
And seest the shining fishes as they glide; 
And poising thy gray wing, thy glossy beak 
Swift as an arrow strikes its roving prey. 
Ofttimes I see thee, through the curling mist. 
Dart like a spectre of the night, and hear 
Thy strange, bewildering call, like the wild scream 
Of one whose life is perishing in the sea." 

Hellgate, or Hellegat, as the name was given by the Dutch, 



122 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

after an inlet of the West Scheldt, lies in full view at our right, 
the terror of ancient voyagers, and whose conception of it is well 
given in these words of an early writer : "Being a narrow pas- 
sage, there runneth a violent stream both upon flood and ebb, 
and in the middle lieth some islands of rocks, which the current 
sets so violently upon that it threatens present shipwreck; and 
upon the flood is a large whirlpool, which continually sends forth 
a hideous roaring, enough to affright a stranger from passing 
further, and to await for some Charon to conduct him through." 
The Indians, in the last century, had a tradition "that at some 
distant period in former times their ancestors could step from 
rock to rock, and cross this arm of the sea on foot." 

Beneath us spreads out, as a royal tapestry of velvety green, a 
section of rich bottom land, known to the Indians by the euphonic 
term Muscoota, that is. The Flat, as the whites, who adopted the 
name, rendered it. The hills form its southern limit, with a 
fresh water run long known as the Fountain, from its spring 
upon the hillside, and which, passing out to the Great Kill, skirts 
northerly a point or neck of land opposite Hellegat, its surface 
slightly elevated, and which the natives call Rechawanes, or, as 
interpreted, the Great Sands ; since the Benson or McGown prop- 
erty. It is bounded southerly by a creek and broad marshes, 
which stretch from the Bay of Hellegat even to Konaande 
Kongh.* 

Beyond the creek of Rechawanes lies Van Curler's grant, 
reaching away to the Great Kill, a broad and level tract, called 
in the language of the natives Conymokst, but by the Dutch the 
Otter-spoor, from the little amphibious animal which sports here- 
about, burrows, and leaves its foot-tracks (spoor) on the mar- 
gins of its streamlets and river, and whose furs are so coveted 
by the Dutch trader. Northerly still lies Schorakin, with a mostly 
level surface, and stretching along the Great Kill upward toward 
the hills. It is partly separated from the Otter-spoor by a creek 
and meadows, and partially hidden from view by the Ronde 
Gebergte, or Round Hills. One is an abrupt wooded eminence, 
by modern innovation styled Mount Morris, but which the Dutch 
called the Slang Berg, or Snake Hill, from the reptile tribes that 
infested its cleft rocks and underbrush even within the memory 

* An Indian term which occurs in a Dutch document of 1669 (see under that 
year), but misread, apparently, by the late Dominie Westbrook, who rendered it King's 
Highway, the proper Dutch for which is Koning's Hooge Weg. It may come from 
ko, a fall or cascade, and ononda, a hill; kong signifying elevated place or locality. 
Hence probably refers to the spring aforesaid, but possibly to a village site (an Indian 
village, or perhaps the one contemplated in 1661), nunda being the term for village. 
It approaches in sound nearly to the Iroquois Genunda, or Kannata, Village on the 
Hill, and from which, says Charlevoux, the name Canada is derived. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 123 

of the living. Southerly from it the gneiss rock crops out in 
huge, disordered masses. A little way to the right is the other, 
a lesser height or ridge, and which to the inhabitants came to be 
known as The Little Hill, when was built opposite to it (Kings- 
bridge road only parting them) the goodly Dutch farm-house of 
Johannes Sickels, still standing in 123d Street. Strewed over 
the plain, and here and there conspicuous, are rounded boulders 
of gray, red, and ferruginous sandstone, unlike any rock found 
here in situ, and whose presence is ascribed to some mighty action 
of nature in times far remote, by which they had been drifted 
and deposited here. The hugest of these weather-beaten boul- 
ders, which lay behind the Sickels house, still lives in memory 
and in the written romance of the Child of the Singing 
Rock.* 

O'er all this fair domain still roams the haughty Alanhattan 
or Wickquaskeek, as properly called, making forest and waters 
alike contribute to his subsistence, as though he yet held rights 
in the soil, notwithstanding the sale, ten years previous, to the 
West India Company. So the sachems of Mareckaweek, or 
Brooklyn, — a fact quite remarkable if they were not a band of 
the Manhattans, — claim the two islands, one before referred to, 
lying opposite the Otter-spoor and called Tenkenas, since named 
Ward's Island, and the other called Minnahanonck, now Black- 
well's Island. But cast the vision across the intervening cen- 
turies, and it strips this virgin landscape of its almost bewitching 
charms ; its every feature changes like a dissolving view, and the 
congregated homes of a cultivated people engross these several 
tracts of many hundred broad acres, forming one of the fairest 
sections of our great metropolis ! Gone is ever}^ memento of 
the aborigine, save a few uncouth names or unearthed relics. t 
The former, as applied to places within Harlem, we have en- 
deavored to rescue, because, however unintelligible or difficult of 
rendering are such Indian terms, they are, as admitted, usually 



* The Bachelor's Ward, or the Child of the Singing Rock: a Legend of Harlem, 
was begun in the New York Sun of September 24, i860, and extended through twenty- 
two chapters. It was written by Mr. William E. Pabor, then of Harlem, son of the 
late Alexander Pabor, whose father, Martin Pabor, by birth a Swiss, came to this 
country via Bordeaux, about 1803, and died at Bloomingdale, May 16, 18 16, aged 48 
years. 

t A deposit of Indian arrow-heads was found at Harlem, in 1855, in excavating 
for a cellar on Avenue A, between 120th and 121st street, a spot nearly central of the 
old Bogert or Morris Rendcll farm, and on t.ie ancient Otter-spoor. Being in con- 
siderable number, of various sizes, and in all stages of manufacture, it shows that 
here had been the red man's workshop, where, with wondrous patience and skill, he 
chippea out those little implements, of equal use to him in peace and war. They were 
made of a buff-colored flint, resembling the yellow semi-opal of India, but, what is 
remarkable, unlike any stone to be met with on or about Manhattan Island. Some 
of these arrow-heads, obtained by him at the time, are in the author's cabinet. 



124 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

found to be aptly significant, generally descriptive of the locality, 
or of some signal event in its Indian legends.* 

Here, lying as it were at our feet, is Muscoota, — The Flat, — 
stretching northward from the elevation we occupy, a fine level 
plain, shut in westerly by bold heights dressed in the primeval 
forest, the substratum of gray gneiss, like artificial grass-grown 
bulwarks, bare and exposed to view along their entire face; its 
eastern limit a tiny creek that glistens in the sunlight from be- 
tween its bushy banks as a thread of limpid silver, and which, 
meeting at flood tide the flow into the ravine through the heights, 
or the "Clove of the Kil," as afterward called, serves to bisect 
the island and to bear the canoes of the natives from the Hellegat 
to the Hudson. Rejoicing in its primitive integrity and beauty, 
no farm lines, no Harlem Lane or Avenue St. Nicholas yet inter- 
sect it, nor even a furrow has upturned its deep, rich, vegetable 
mould, though partially cleared, and tilled by the Indian women 
with the hoe, in their rude way, for raising scant}' crops of 
maize, pumpkins, beans, and tobacco. This inviting spot has also 
been appropriated. Its repose must now be broken by the ring 
of woodman's axe, the noise of saw and hammer, for the first 
European settlers have arrived, to rear their isolated dwellings. 
Their story in the Old World has already been told, and will now 
be continued, with its checkered experiences in the New. 

* Hon. J. Hammond Trumbull, of Hartford, the eminent Indian philologist, in a 
letter of February 3, 1880, with which he has had the kindness to favor me,, remarks: 

"Nothing disguises an Indian name so effectually as a Dutch pen; and few of 
the names of Northern New Jersey or Southern New York are easily recognized in the 
shape they come to us in the Dutch records or under Dutch corruptions. The Indian 
dialect differed very slightly from that of Massachusetts or Eastern Connecticut, but 
the Dutch spelling transforms them to an unknown tongue, and it is only by compari- 
son of all the various ways of writing a name, and by a careful study of the locality 
to which it is appropriated, — and probably wrongfully appropriated, — that one can 
.guess at the original sound, an so, at the meaning." 




CHAPTER VII. 

1 636- 1 640. 

se;tti,e;mi;nts. 

r J NDER most flattering auspices, and well supplied with 
needed stores and house and farm utensils, including arms 
and ammunition, Henry and Isaac De Forest have at length the 
satisfaction of treading the strange countr}^, so long the object 
of mingled hope and solicitude. Equally cheering was this un- 
expected arrival to the denizens of New Amsterdam, who for 
some months had seen no new faces from Fatherland ; their isola- 
tion the more keenly felt since the departure together, August 
13th, of the ship King David, Captain David De Yries, and a 
company's ship, the Seven Stars, the first having brought a small 
accession to the settlers." The merry salvo from the fort, the 
grasp of welcome which greeted the new-comers, only betokened 
the general gladness; while to the old Walloons, who spake but 
broken Dutch, it gave an opportunity, not often enjoyed, for free 
inquiry in their native patois about friends and events in Europe. 
It did not take long to fix upon a location, and fully inform 
themselves of the nature of and best mode of doing the work to 
be entered upon. But buildings and fences were to be erected, 
trees felled, and the land prepared to receive the crop. Having 
come so late in the year, instead of in the spring, the usual time 
for sailing, they needed to be diligent in order to accomplish this 
preparatory work in season for the spring planting. Choosing 
as his future home the rich flats at Muscoota, promising to rival 
in productiveness the fertile meadows around his native Levden, 
and, as memory raij backward, perchance recalling his father's 
description of the old home in Hainault, the plains, skirted on 

* Tacoli Walings \'an Winckel, from Hoorn, and Peter C.Tsar Albcrtus, an Italian, 
from yenice, were of the number, and, we believe, Claes Cornelisz, who certainly came 
out this year. The first was the ancestor of the Van Winkle family, of Bergen,' N. jr.. 
the second of those of Alburtis and Burtis. From Claes Cornelisz, the emigrant of 
1636, two well-known families have sprung, viz.: that of Wyckoff, through his son 
Pieter Clacssen Wyckoff, a child when his father came over, and that of Van Arsdale. 
his daughter, Pietertie, born here in 1640, marrying the common ancestor, Simon 
Janscn Van Arsdalen. 



126 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

the one side by the heights of Avesnes, on the other by the gentle 
Hepre, Henry De Forest at once obtained from Director Van 
TwiHer the grant of Muscoota, then roughly estimated at one 
hundred morgen, or two hundred acres, and offering no impedi- 
ment to its immediate occupation, as sometimes occurred where 
the Indian title had first to be acquired. Here, as the weather 
favored, De Forest and his assistants began their toilsome work. 

The winter had scarcely closed when their hearts were 
cheered by the arrival of Dr. La Montagne and his family. The 
voyage, as was not uncommon, had been long and tedious, occa- 
sioned by their taking a circuitous course by way of the Canar}^ 
Islands, in order to reach the trade winds. They introduced a 
little stranger, Marie Montagne, born at sea off the Island of 
Madeira, January 26th, 1637, and called after its grandmother, 
De Forest.* Montagne was a welcome and valuable addition to 
the colonists. Reputed skilful in his profession, he so soon rose 
in public favor that Governor Kieft, on his arrival, called him 
to a seat in his council, which appointment, if not by positive 
instructions from the directors, met with their approval. 

Winter and spring had not passed in idleness, as is manifest 
from the amount of work which had been accomplished in clear- 
ing land and getting ready for the season of planting. A farm- 
house was being built, in the Dutch rural style, having an ample 
ground floor "forty-two feet by eighteen wide, with two doors." 
The roof was thatched, and, as a protection against the Indians, 
the house was surrounded by a high, close fence of heavy round 
palisades or pickets. The inclosure, which was entered by a 
well-secured gate or gates, was ample for out-buildings, includ- 
ing a house for curing tobacco ; this article, as before hinted, 
intended to form the principal crop, one to which the soil, "on 
account of its great fertility, was considered well adapted," and 
yielding the best returns. It was also "well suited to prepare 
the land for other agricultural purposes." Fixed in their new 
home, with the requisite means of defense afforded by their 
strong stockade and four guns kept ready for use, and with hum- 
ble trust in a kind Providence, who had hitherto so favored them, 
the De Forests, with their helpers, Tobias and Willem, addressed 
themselves industriously to the work of tilling the virgin soil. 
With no neighbors but the roving Indians, those who had been 
reared amid the activities of a great city, with its busy, crowded 



* This date, with that of Montagne's coming, rests upon a note in Holgate's Am. 
•Genealogy, p. 112, the original authority for which I have inquired for in vain, but 
I see no reason to doubt its accuracy, while collateral facts are in harmony with it. 



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HISTORY OF HARLEM. 127 

marts, must have been strangely impressed by this scene of wild 
solitude and this lone isolation. The dusky savage, whose trail 
lay near them, leading from the forests of Wickquaskeek to New 
Amsterdam, as he passed to and fro on his trading errands, and 
eyed with ill-disguised suspicion this inroad upon his ancient 
hunting-grounds, must doubtless have excited, by his uncouth 
dress and demeanor, his very coyness, a corresponding suspicion 
and dread in the minds of the toilers.* And when weariness 
invited repose, — perchance sweet dreams of home and kindred, — 
how oft were these disturbed by the dismal howl of the wolf or the 
terrifying scream of the panther, suddenly breaking the death- 
like stillness of the night ! 

However, Jonkheer Van Curler now set about improving his 
fine tract of two hundred acres, called the Otter-spoor, lying next 
to De Forest's plantation ; but, to describe it in terms now famil- 
iar, situated north of the Mill Creek, at 108th Street, and ex- 
tending from Harlem River to near Fifth Avenue. He erected 
a dwelling-house and out-buildings, and procured all things 
necessary for a well-regulated plantation, — domestic animals and 
farming tools, with the no less needful "boat and fixtures" for 
passing to and from New Amsterdam. Van Twiller also built 
upon the larger island, opposite the Otter-spoor, the Indian Ten- 
kenas, now called Ward's Island, and put there some choice Hol- 
land stock, all in charge of Barent Jansen Blom, a stalwart Dane, 
as his overseer or farmer; after which, on July i6th, 1637, the 
director purchased the Indian title to this island, and also the 
lesser one "lying westward," called JMinnahanonck (Blackwell's 
Island), from the sachems, Heyseys and Numers, who took in 
payment ''certain parcels of goods." From Barent Blom, whose 
huge proportions had gained him the nickname of "Groot Barent," 
the island whereon he lived received the name of Great Barent's 
Island. Years later, when Blom had removed to Brooklyn and 
Van Twiller been dispossessed by the government, the term groot, 
or great, losing its proper reference to Barent, was applied to 
the island itself, to distinguish it from the smaller one adjacent 

* '"J^he Indians about here," says Capt. David De Vries, who had been a great 
deal among the Wickquaskeeks and other tribes living around New Amsterdam, "are 
tolerably stout, have black hair, with a long lock which they let hang on one side of 
the head. The hair is shorn on the top of the head like a cock's comb. Their clothing 
is a coat of beaver skins over the body, with the fur inside in winter and outside in 
summer; they have also sometimes a bear's skin, or a coat made of the furs of wild 
cats or raccoons. They also wear coats of turkey feathers, which they know how to 
put together; but since our Nethcrlanders have traded here, they barter their beavers 
for duffels-cloth, which they find more suitable than the beavers, and better for the 
rain. Their pride is to paint their faces hideously with red or black lead, so that 
they look like fiends. Then are they valiant; yea, they say they arc Mauetto,— the 
devil himself." 



128 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

(now Randall's Island), which latter from mere proximity was 
called Little Barent's Island !* 

Illusory is the dream of worldly aggrandizement ; how often, 
alas, the fondest hope of the heart only buds, to be blighted! 
Such was a frequent experience of our early colonists. Suddenly 
a gloom black as night overshadowed that lone dwelling on the 
plain ; death had reaped the first harvest. "Henry De Forest died 
on the 26th July, A° 1637." Painfully brief, is the record. Had 
exposure in a new and variable climate proved too much for one 
reared among the comforts and protecting influences of a city; 
or had the over-zealous toiler suddenly fallen under the burden 
and heat of the day ? Was it due to disease or violence ? Vain are 
all surmises. We only know that, far from his native land, from 
the endeared forms and scenes of other days, saving the presence 
of some he most loved, the first European settler on these Flats met 
his fate ! He was borne to his last resting-place, — doubtless at 
New Amsterdam, — with fitting tokens of respect, and the sym- 
pathizing pastor Bogardus, who but six months agone had greeted 
and welcomed him on his arrival, performed the last sad ritual, 
presenting each pall-bearer with a silver spoon as a memento of 
the departed. These tokens were furnished the dominie by direc- 

* Barent Jensen .Blom, whose descendants wi-ite their names Bloom, was born in 
161 1, at Ockholm, a town of Sleswick, in Denmark. After quitting Van Twiller's 
service he settled in Brooklyn, bought, in 1652, a farm near the Wallabout, and there 
lived till he died, June 5, 1665, from a stab wound in the side, given by Albert Corn. 
Wantenaer, and at once fatal. As Albert set up the plea of self-defense, the court of 
Assize, at his trial, October 2, convicted him only of manslaughter. He "was then 
and there burnt in the hand, according to law;" the further penalties, which were 
the loss of his property and a year's imprisonment, being remitted by the governor. 

By his wife, Styntie Pieters, whom he m.arried in 1641, Barent left two sons, Jan, 
born 1644, and Claes, born 1650. His daughter Engeltie, born 1652, married Adam 
Vrooman, of Schenectady, and another daughter named Tutie, born 1654, married 
Lembert Jansen Van Dyck. Jan Barentsen Blom became a farmer in Flatbush, married 
Mary, daughter of Simon Hansen, and had issue, Barent, of Flushing (died about 173s, 
having by wife Femmetie, sons Garret, born 1695; John, 1697; Abraham, 1703; George, 
1706, and Isaac, 1709); Simon, of Jamaica (died 1722, having by wife Gertrude, sons 
John, born 1706; Isaac, 1708; Beruardus, 1710; Abraham, 1713; Jacob, 1715, and 
George, 1716, of whom Bernardus, of Newtown, blacksmith, i73i-'84, was father of 
Simon and grandfather of Capt. Bernardus Bloom, see Annals of Newtown), and 
George, of ]?latbush, who died without children about 1737. Claes Barentse Blom 
married 1685, Elizabeth, daughter of Paulus Dericksen and widow of Paulus Michielse 
Vandervoort. He remained in his native town, Brooklyn, and was still living in 1737. 
He had several children, of whom was Barent, of Bedford, also Jennetie, who married 
Jacobus Lefferts and Peter Luyster, the first the grandfather of the late Judge L,efferts, 
of Brooklyn. Barent, of Bedford, whose wife was also named Femmetie, died in 1756, 
having children Nicholas, Jacob, Phebe, Elizabeth, Jane, Barbara and Maria.^ Nicholas 
died at Bedford about 1782, leaving Jacob and Mattie. Consult Bloom wills, Surro- 
rogate's Office, New York. For other facts touching this lineage we refer, with 
pleasure, to the Bergen Genealogy, in its new and improved form, a perfect thesaurus 
of our Dutch family history, yet, to our regret, must take issue with it upon the Bloom 
ancestrj'. 

Frederick Arents Bloem, ancestor of the Bloom family of New York City, distinct 
from the former, was from Swarte Sluis, between Zwolle and Meppel, in Overyssel, 
and came over via Amsterdam, in 1654, with and under engagement to lyaurens 
Andrisz Van Boskrk, turner and common ancestor of the Van Buskirk family. Bloom, 
also a turner, and hence often called "De Drayer," married at New Amsterdam, in 
1656, Grietie Pieters, from Breda; issue, nine children, four being sons, viz.: Arent, 
born 1657; Pieter, 1661; Johannes, 1671, and Jacob, 1676, of whom at least the first 
and last married and had children. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 129 

tion of Dr. Montagne, and at his own cost. Then, — it was the ap- 
proved custom, — when the assembled burghers had gravely lit 
their pipes and spent some honest regrets, over their wine and beer, 
at the untimely exit of one thus snatched away at the manly age 
of thirty-one years, the scene closed over Henry De Forest. 

As De Forest was childless, his estate fell to the widow and 
next of kin. Dr. Montagne took charge of the plantation, and 
saw the ripening crops properly harvested. He also finished the 
house and barn, till which he boarded at the house of Van Curler. 
An account of his expenses while in charge of the farm affords 
us a bill of fare which might challenge the luxuries of a European 
table. Items "powder, shot, and balls" suggest not only a care 
for their personal security, but as well the means of supplying 
their larder with savory venison, deer being so plentiful in the 
island as often to stroll within gun-shot of the farm house. Be- 
sides a variety of game, with fish, and "salted eels," pea soup, 
wheat and rye bread, butter, eggs, and poultry, they adopted the 
wholesome native dish called sapaan, a mush made of Indian corn. 

The year following, Andries Hudde, an ex-member of Van 
Twiller's council, won the heart and hand of the young widows 
De Forest, and they were married. Preparing to visit Holland 
with his bride, Hudde engaged Hans Hansen, from Bergen in 
Norway, by trade a shipwright, but with some knowledge of 
farming, and who during eleven years' residence had "borne a 
respectable character," to cultivate tobacco, upon shares, on the 
De Forest farm, Hudde pledging to send him six or eight farm 
laborers, with suitable tools, "by the first opportunity of any vessel 
leaving a port of Holland." Lastly, prior to leaving, Hudde made 
good his title by a "groundbrief," or patent, from Director Kieft, 
dated July 20th, 1638, none having been taken out before; in 
fact, no such deeds had yet been issued to any of the settlers. 
Only on June 24th preceding had the governor and council, upon 
a petition from "the free people," resolved to give titles for the 
farms in course of improvement. This conveyance to Hudde, here 
given entire, is the earliest of its kind known relating to Harlem 
lands, if not the very first, in point of date, issued by the govern- 
ment. 

We, the Director and Council of New Netherland, residing on the 
Island of Manhatas and in Fort Amsterdam, under the authority of the 
High and Mighty Lords, the States General of the United Netherlands, 
and the General Incorporated West India Company, at their Chamhers at 
Amsterdam ; By these presents do puhlish and declare, that pursuant to 
the Liberties and Exemptions allowed on the 7th day of June, A. D. 1629, 
to Lords Patroons, of a lawful, real and free proprietorship; We have 



I30 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

granted, transported, ceded, given over and conveyed ; and by these pres- 
ents We do grant, give over and convey, to and for the behoof of Andries 
Hudde, a piece of land containing one hundred morgen, situated on the 
North East end of the Island of Manhatas, behind Curler's land ; on 
condition that he and his successors shall acknowledge their High 
Mightiness, the Managers aforesaid, as their Sovereign Lords and Pa- 
troons, and shall render at the end of ten years after the actual settle- 
ment and cultivation of the land, the just tenth part of the products with 
which God may bless the soil, and from this time forth annually for the 
House and Lot, deliver a pair of capons to the Director for the Holidays ; 
constituting and substituting the aforesaid Hudde in our stead and state, 
the real and actual possessor thereof, and at the same time giving to him 
or to his successors full and irrevocable might, authority and special 
license, tanquam actor et procurator in rem suam ac propriam, the afore- 
said land to enter, peaceably to possess, inhabit, cultivate, occupy and use, 
and also therewith and thereof to do, bargain and dispose, in like manner 
as he might do with his own lands honestly and lawfully obtained, without 
they, the grantors, in their said quality, thereto having, reserving, or 
saving in the least, any part, action or ownership, other than heretofore 
specified : Now and forever, finally desisting, abstaining, withdrawing 
and renouncing by these presents ; promising, moreover, this their trans- 
port, and what may be done by virtue thereof, firmly, inviolably and 
irrevocably to maintain, fulfil and execute, as in equity they are bound to ; 
in all good faith, without fraud or deceit. In witness whereof, these 
presents are confirmed with our usual signature and with our Seal. Done 
in Fort Amsterdam the 20th of July, 1638. WiLiv^M KiEPT^ Dr. 

All their arrang-ements made, including authority to Do. 
Bogardus to administer ' the De Forest estate in their absence, 
Hudde and his Gertrude sailed for Holland, we believe in the 
company's ship the Herring, of twenty guns, which had brought 
out Director Kieft. Naturally, after a nine years' absence, Hudde 
longed to see his native city, Amsterdam, and his widowed mother, 
Aeltie Schinckels ; his father, Rutger Hudde, was dead. Besides 
the business of his wife's estate, certain sums due Jiim from his 
guardians at Amsterdam and deposited in the Orphan Chamber 
required to be looked after, as well as moneys coming from his 
deceased brother, Claes Hudde, and a legacy at Campen, left him 
by his old aunt Seurbeeck, who had lately died; amounting in 
all to nearly 8,000 fl. ! 

Since Montague took charge of the plantation he had ex- 
pended over a thousand guilders, in paying claims against it, in 
completing the improvements, and for current expenses, as per 
his statement rendered to Dominie Bogardus July 23d, and which 
had been approved and taken to Holland. Wishing a settlement, he 
petitioned the council, September i6th, that Bogardus as adminis- 
trator be required to assume the care of the farm and refund him 
the amount which he had advanced upon account of it. As 
Bogardus was not prepared to do this except by a sale of the 
property, the court at their next meeting thought best and so 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 131 

decreed, that the plantation should be put up at public vendue in 
Fort Amsterdam, October 7th, "for the benefit of the widow," 
and that from the proceeds of the sale Bogardus should pay Alon- 
tagne "such moneys as he had disbursed for the improvement of 
the bouwery." The sale taking place, the farm, with its fixtures, 
was struck ofl: to ^iontagne for the sum of 1700 gl. Included were 
portions o| the recent crops of tobacco and grain, two milch cows 
and other cattle, two goats, domestic fowls, farming tools, and a 
"wey schuyt" or boat used by the farmers to bring salt hay from 
their meadow. 

But Alontagne had now to meet a new vexation, for no sooner 
had the farm changed owners than Tobias and Willem, refusing 
to work, applied to the council, October 14th, to be released from 
their engagement, as they were not hired by the defendant, but 
by his uncle." Montague, however, ''produces the contracts made 
between the plaintiffs and Gerard De Forest, from which it clearly 
appears that the plaintiffs are bound to serve said De Forest or 
his agent for three sucessive years after their arrival in New 
Netherland, and the defendant further exhibiting power and au- 
thority .from the said De Forest to employ the plaintiffs in his 
service till the expiration of their bounden time ; all this being con- 
sidered, the plaintiff's are condemned to serve out their term with 
La jMontagne without further objection, he promising to pay them 
the wages which shall be due them at the expiration of the said 
term." The secret of the dissatisfaction with Tobias, and which 
had caused him to vent a little Dutch spleen against his employer, 
would appear in his complaint to others that he had been stinted 
in his allowance of meat at Montague's house. But when put to 
the proof of this also before the court, he confessed to having, 
wronged Alontagne in what he had said, admitting "that he had 
his share of the beef as well as the plaintiff." Thus this trouble 
ended. 

Jonkheer Van Curler, constantly in the public service, and 
now engrossed with the duties of inspector of merchandise under 
the new director, found it expedient, ]\Iay i8th, 1638. to lease 
the Otter-spoor farm, which he improved at great expense, to 
Claes CorneliSsen Swits, for a term of three years, the lessee en- 
gaging to employ a good plowman, and Van Curler an active 
boy to assist him. The rent was to be paid in produce, and the 
land, when vacated, to be left well sowed. But some months 
later the Otter-spoor changed owners, Cornells A'^an Tienhoven, 
provincial secretary, becoming its purchaser, "at the request and 
on behalf of Mr. Coenraet Van Keulen, merchant, residing in 



132 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Amsterdam," for the sum of 2900 gl. The Van Keulens of that 
city were much interested in New Netherland, one of them, Mat- 
thys Van Keulen, being a principal partner director of the West 
India Company in the Amsterdam Chamber. Coenraet, a kins- 
man of Matthys, we presume, with his friend EHas De Raet, also 
a prominent director of the company, and who had befriended 
Kieft in getting the directorship here, invested in lands on Manhat- 
tan Island, and subsequently Kieft became their agent to manage 
this property, including the Otter-spoor after Van Tienhoven's 
charge of it ceased. On January 25, 1639, Van Tienhoven gave a 
new lease to Swits, and with him, as a partner, Jan Claessen Al- 
teras, late planter on Verken, or Blackwell's Island. Two span of 
horses, three cows, farming utensils, and "twelve schepels of 
grain in the ground" were included in the lease, which now was 
to run for six years, the rent payable in live stock and butter and 
"one eighth of all the grain with which God shall bless the field." 

Claes Cornelissen Swits' earlier history is little known. Cap- 
tain De Vries, in noting the circumstances of his death, styles 
him a Duytsman, by which term the Hollanders of that day meant 
a German. But his true nationality is clearly indicated by the ad- 
junct to his name, which when used is commonly written Switz 
or Switzer, and so we may accept the tradition held by his descend- 
ants that he was a Swiss. He and his family had sojourned in 
the Island of Schouwen, and thence came to Amsterdam, boarding 
with other Germans at Peter De Winter's inn before embarking 
for this country. He had been here now some five years, being 
advanced in life, and on a chosen spot at Turtle Bay, on the East 
River, "had built a small house and set up the trade of a wheel- 
wright." With a still vigorous manhood, some education and 
means, and a fair business tact, Claes Rademaaker, or Claes the 
Wheelmaker, as from his occupation he was familiarly called, 
proved "a very useful man," given to enterprises otitside of his 
regular calling, assisted probably by his sons Cornells and Adrian, 
as he was by Alteras at the Otter-spoor. All this made his tragic 
death some years later the more regretted. He was killed by an 
Indian, and, strangely enough, his son Cornells, from whom the 
present Swits family are descended, met with a similar fate at 
Harlem, as will be further noticed. 

Van Tienhoven had obtained his deed for the Otter-spoor 

* Jacobus Van Curler remained many years in this country. He took an active 
part, in 1657, in the settlement of New Utrecht, where he built one of the first 
houses, and served as town clerk and magistrate. At the age of sixty years he re- 
turned to Holland, sailing from New York, May 29, 1669, in the ship Duke of York. 

On losing his first wife, Adriana, Van Curler had m.arried, in 1652, a worthy but 
much-injured maiden, I,ysbet Van Hoogvelt, whom the false-hearted Van Tienhoven, 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 133 

from Jacobus Van Curler''- only the previous May, and having now 
"been fully satisfied and paid" by Van Keulen of Amsterdam, 
he executed a conveyance to the latter for that valuable property, 
August 22d. 1639, subject only to the lease to Swits. From its 
new owner this large section became known in all the subse- 
quent history of the town as Van Keulen's Hook. 

A most valuable accession was now made to the settlers, re- 
sulting from the more liberal measures recently adopted by the 
States General and the West India Company to promote coloni- 
zation to New Netherland. Captain Jochiem Pietersen Kuyter, 
a Danish gentleman, born in the district of Ditmarsen in Hol- 
stein, and liberally educated, had arisen to position, having held 
a command in the East Indies under commission of King 
Christian IV. He was now in his prime, forty-two years of age, 
and had acquired considerable means. Resolving to come to 
this country, he made his plans known to the directors of the 
company at Amsterdam, who showed him marked attention, not 
only giving him every assurance, but instructing Director Kieft 
to afford him all needed facilities, in order the better to encour- 
age others. Engaging the Fire of Troy, a private armed vessel 
at Hoorn, he shipped "a large cargo of cattle," perhaps of 
the fine breed for which his native Ditmarsen was famous, and 
sailed for New Netherland, accompanied by his friend and coun- 
tryman. Seignior Jonas Bronck. Each was attended by his 
family and a number of farmers or herdsmen, and with them 
came several laborers sent out by Andries Hudde, from which 
person, it is highly probable, Kuyter had received such informa- 
tion respecting the grazing lands upon jManhattan Island as served 
to direct him in his choice of location. Early in July, 1639, the 
ship, with its valuable cargo, reached New Amsterdam, where its 
arrival was hailed as a great public good.t In the joy of his 
honest heart. Captain De Vries, who returned to IManhattan on 
July 1 6th, but a few days after Kuyter had arrived, wrote in his 
journal, "It were to be wished that one to three hundred such 
families, with laborers, had come, for then this would soon be 
made a prosperous country." 

So warmly commended to the favor of Kieft, Kuyter imme- 

\vhen in Amsterdam, in 1650, had cruelly deceived by a promise of marriage, and 
induced to accompany him to this country, though he had a wife and children living 
here. Exposing him publicly in court, Lysbet found great sympathy, and Ticnhoven's 
baseness being proved by testimony sent for to Holland, it came near going hard with 
him, but he escaped punishment only to become a few years later a public swindler, a 
fugitive from justice, and, as was believed, a suicide! 

t De Vries, in the journal of his voyages, places Kuyter's arrival under June, 
but it is shown by other data that the journal is here at fault as regards the month. 



134 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

diately obtained from him a grant of that extensive and beautiful 
tract before noticed, called Schorakin. On these rich lands was 
found ample pasturage for his stock, and here Kuyter built his 
thatch-roofed dwelling and out-buildings, enclosing the whole 
with a high palisade fence, with proper gates. In due time 
fruit-trees and various improvements adorned his home. This 
plantation, which embraced about four hundred acres, may now 
be located in general terms as that section of Harlem bordering 
on the Harlem River north of what composed the old village 
lots, and referred to in title deeds, even till a modern date, as 
Jochem Pietersen's Flat ; though Kuyter, in the gratitude of his 
pious heart, named it Zengendal, or Vale of Blessing. 

Montagne had chosen for his bouwery, — its air of sweet re- 
pose so in contrast with the turbulent scenes of his early life, — the 
name Vredenval, or Quiet Dale. Alas, he was to realize but little 
of the happiness which he anticipated in its possession and use ! 
Tobias and Willem, his two farmers, having served out their time, 
were now to leave him, the former to occupy a bouwery near 
Papparinamin. A question arising as to some extra pay due 
them, under an agreement made before Montagne came, and 
to which Jacob Stoffelsen was privy, he being at that time 
"werkbaas" over the company's negroes, who usually assisted in 
the heavy work on new bouweries, such as cutting palisades, 
clearing the land, etc., Stoffelsen testified "that in the year 
1636 Henry De Forest promised to pay the said persons twenty 
florins annually for their improvements." Parties came to a set- 
tlement March 5th, 1640, when Teunissen and Bont gave a receipt 
in full, acknowledging themselves to have been well treated and 
paid to their satisfaction by Mr. La Montagne during and for their 
three years' service on the farm Vredendal. 

After a year's absence Mr. and Mrs. Hudde returned to New 
Netherland, apparently in the Herring, which arrived here again 
July 7th, 1639, bringing goods and supplies purchased by Hudde 
in Amsterdam, where before sailing he had been obliged to 
borrow two hundred carolus guilders from Mr. Jonas Bronck, 
to be paid when they should arrive in New Netherland. But 
Hudde now learned of the sale of the farm Vredenval and the 
defeat of his plans as a tobacco-planter. Some questions arose, 
as was natural, and for a full year the legal transfer of the prop- 
erty from Hudde to Montagne was delayed, though the latter 
had made the former a payment upon it of 200 gl. July i8th, 
soon after he arrived from Holland. But the parties finally came 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 135 

to terms July 12th, 1640, and on August 28th ensuing Dr. Mon- 
tague received his deed.* 

This plantation and those at Zegendal, the Otter-spoor, and 
Great Barent's Island were the only places yet occupied in this 
vicinity, with one exception. When Kuyter set him down at 
Schorakin, his friend Bronck located at Ranachqua, on the 
other side of the Great Kill, directly opposite Kuyter's land. 
Bronck was of a family long distinguished in Sweden, though 
probably himself from Copenhagen, where some of his kindred 
lived. He last resided at Amsterdam, and had there married his 
wife, daughter of Jurlaen Slagboom. His interviews there with 
Hudde and Kuyter upon the subject of New Netherland having 
quickened, if they did not originate, his purpose to emigrate, he at 
once applied his ample means to securing a proper outfit, and with 
his family, farmers, female servants, and cattle, arrived here in the 
Fire of Troy, as before stated. Immediatel}^, with consent of the 
government, he purchased from the lidian sachem Tackamack 
and his associates the large tract of land called by them Ranachqua, 
lying between the Great Kill and the river Ah-qua-hung, now the 
Bronx, conprising over five hundred acres, and since included in 
the Manor of Morrisania. Here Bronck began at once to make 
substantial improvements, including "a stone house, covered with 
tiles, a barn, tobacco house, two barricks," etc. Pieter Andriesen 
and Laurens Duyts also leased portions of his land, July 21st, 1639, 
for three 3^ears, for raising tobacco and maize, from the proceeds 
of which they were to reimburse Bronck for their passage money 
in the Fire of Troy, which he had paid. Upon the same "stipula- 
tions," Cornelis Jacobsen Stille (later of Harlem) and his brother 
Jan took, August 15th, part of Bronck's land, with a good dwel- 
ling and some stock, for six years. With his house neatly if not 
richly furnished for those times, and his vrouw pronounced "a 
good housekeeper," Bronck was pleasantly situated. 

North of Bronck's land, only separated from it by the kill 
Mannepies (the Indian name of Cromwell's Creek) was the hilly 
tract or district of Kaxkeek, "lying over against the flats of the 
Island of Manhatas, extending in its length along the kill" from 

* Andries Hudde, as before said, was the son of Rutger Hudde, of Amsterdam, 
and was born in 1608. He arrived in New Netherland in 1629, and in 1633, became a 
permanent member of Van Twiller's eouncil; in 1642 was appointed the public sur- 
veyor, and in 1644 was sent as chief commissary to the Delaware, where he subsc- 
fiuently held other offices, and also officiated as voorleser in the church, imder the 
ministry of Dominie Lock. Here he lost liis wife, she that had been ]\Irs. De Forest, but 
he married again in 1657. Dismissed at his own request from the public service, he 
left for Maryland, intending to set up a brewery there, but died at Apporiuinimy, 
November 4, 1663. On April 19, 1667, Isaac Do Forest, "representing Andries Hudde, 
deceased," sold his house and lot on the Hccre-weg. 



136 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

"opposite the high hill of the flat land" till it reached "the source of 
the said kill." On August 3d, 1639, j^st about the time of Bronck's 
purchase, Kaxkeek was also bought for the company, from Tacka- 
mack aforesaid and others. Now a populous district of Westchester, 
in fact forming a part of New York City, then it had yet to welcome 
its first Avhite occupant, and Bronck and his farmers had only for 
neighbors the native tenants of the forest, the prowling beast and 
savage. But the devout Bronck had an arm whereon to lean; a 
Lutheran in faith, he had brought with him Luther's catechism and 
other devotional books, with his most prized folio Danish Bible. 
And as he drew therefrom a name for his own home, Knmaus, 
it carried with it the sweet assurance that even in this secluded 
wilderness his risen Lord would reveal himself, if not visibly, 
as to the two disciples of old, yet with tokens of his presence no 
less comforting because no less real to his eye of faith. 




CHAPTER VIII. 

1640— 1645. 

INDIAN TROUBLES. 

'T^HRICE happy was the colonist in the friendship of the Indian ; 
for he coveted his furs, to be had for a trifle, but worth at 
New Amsterdam a good price in cash or its equivalent ; he ate 
of his maize when his bread failed, and often stood in need of 
his labor or other service. And the advantage was mutual. The 
red man was quick to see that various articles in use among the 
Dutch would be of equal use to him. He admitted the superiority 
of the Holland duffels, — a thick-napped woolen cloth, blue or red, 
— by adopting it for his own wear. No longer prostrating himself 
through fear on the discharge of a musket, he could now handle 
this firearm, and would give a pile of beavers for an old gun and 
some ammunition. But of worse consequence, he acquired a taste 
for the Dutch fire-water, and for a draught of the exhilarating 
beverage would strip the last fur covering from his body ! 

His visit to the bouweries or farms upon peaceful errands, 
usually for something which he needed and to barter a little game 
or peltry, was no longer a novelty, and the sight of these savages 
in their canoes, daily passing and repassing on the streams and 
rivers, or engaged in their favorite employment of fishing, excited 
no apprehensions. "The farmers," writes Kuyter, "pursue their out- 
door labor without interruption, in the woods as well as in the field, 
and dwell safely, with their wives and children, in their houses, 
free from any fear of the Indians." 

" The drowsy herdsman now reviews his charge, 
Unbars his stalls and sets his flocks at large ; 
The ploughboy next comes trudging o'er the plain, 
With merry heart to yoke his team again; 
He slowly goads along the lounging pair, 
As whistling on he goes for want of care. 
Unconscious of his happier lot below, 
In thought confined he wields his steady plow; 



138 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

And all the joyful train with sickles bright, 
Now join the harvest fields in gay delight; 
And as the rustic jest goes jocund round, 
The rural hour in guileless mirth is crowned; 
While health does o'er each cheerful visage play, 
Content and joy beguile their hours away." 

Sweet dream of security, it was past ! A mortal enmity was 
brewing* between the white and the red man, in the face of 
every interest which should have bound them in friendship. 
Though the responsibility lay not with the colonist, but with the 
authorities, the effects fell heavily on the former. In 1639 Direc- 
tor Kieft was guilty of a most impolitic act, in attempting to 
levy a tax upon the several Indian tribes, sending his wily agent 
Tienhoven to demand their corn, furs, and sewant.''' The demand 
was indignantly spurned, and served only to arouse a hostile 
feeling toward the Dutch. Montague's prediction was well made 
when, seeing the folly of his measure, he said, "A bridge has been 
built, over which war will soon stalk through the land." Some 
petty depredations being committed soon after, which were, in part 
falsely, charged upon the Raritan Indians, the hotheaded Kieft 
dispatched a body of soldiers to demand satisfaction. They too 
well executed their mission by a wanton attack on the Indians, 
July 1 6th, 1640, killing several, and burning their maize. 

The next year, 1641, brought retaliation from the Raritans, 
who, on September ist, swept off the settlers upon Staten Island,, 
while Manhattan Island was already smarting under the first 
stroke of savage vengeance. A Wickquaskeek who from boy- 
hood had harbored a grudge against the Dutch, because at that 
time three of Director Minuit's men had slain his uncle and stolen 
his beavers, could no longer restrain his thirst for revenge. On 
a day in midsummer he entered the house of Claes Swits, at 
Turtle Bay, "on the road over which the Indians from Wickquas- 
keek passed daily." Assuming a friendly air, and being known 
to Swits, for whose son he had worked, he was "well received 
and supplied with food." Then he wanted to trade some furs 
for duffels ; but while the unsuspecting old man was bending over 
the chest in which his cloth was kept, the savage, with an axe 
that lay near, struck him upon the neck, when "he fell down dead 

* Sewant, also called wampum, was the Indian money, consisting of tubular 
beads made from the conch-shell, perforated lengthwise and fastened with thread 
upon strips of cloth or canvas. For many years it was almost the only money in 
circulation among the settlers, and for trading with the Indians was preferable tO' 
coin. IJven the contributions at church were made in sewant. The color of the 
beads, whether white or black, and the iinish determined its value. For an ex- 
haustive article upon its manufacture, etc., see Munsell's Annals of Albany, vol. ii,. 
pp. 1-8, second edition. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. I39' 

by the chest." He then stole all the goods and fled into the 
forest. This' cruel murder, at their very doors, aroused the 
authorities, and a yacht was sent to Wickquaskeek to demand 
satisfaction from the sachem. He not only refused, but justified 
the act. "He wished twenty Swannekins (/. c, Dutchmen) had 
been murdered." 

Burning- to scourge the savages, but fearing to assume the 
responsibility, Kieft referred it to the citizens, who at his request 
came together and chose twelve of their number to decide upon 
the grave question of making war to avenge the murder of Swits. 
The twelve men, Kuyter being one, reported their conclusions 
on the 24th of August. They counseled delay. A better oppor- 
tunity should be chosen to inflict the blow, for their cattle were 
now pasturing in the woods, and the settlers were living isolated 
from each other, — east, west, north and south. Meanwhile an- 
other demand should be made for the murderer, and repeated, if 
necessary, "twice or three times." Then, his surrender being 
still refused, let war begin "at once." "The attack should be 
made in the harvest, when the Indians were hunting," or deferred 
"till the maize trade be over, and until an opportunity and God's 
will be made manifest." These reasonable counsels prevailed ; 
peace was maintained, and Kuyter and his neighbors pursued 
their farming work unobstructed, though not without more or 
less apprehension. 

Vredendal and the Otter-spoor, in the year which inaugur- 
ated these troubles, had yielded profitable returns for the "great 
expenses" put upon these bouweries, while Kuyter, after " a 
heavy outlay, much pains, and immense labor" upon his buildings 
and lands at Zegendal, to complete the one and bring the other 
under good cultivation, had also realized a valuable crop of 
tobacco, which being wintered and well cured he was intending 
to ship during the summer of 1641 to Coenraet Van Keulen, at 
Amsterdam, who had already made him advances thereon. But 
his purpose was defeated by the sudden departure of the Oak 
Tree for Virginia, the vessel in which he had designed to make 
his shipment, adding to his disappointment and loss the necessity 
of refunding to his consignee the sum advanced by him. Mon- 
tague was hardly as fortunate, for while his crop was being 
sweated and cured, his tobacco-house, too slightly built, blew 
down, by which accident the tobacco was injured. He prose- 
cuted John Morris, the carpenter, for damages, which ended in 
a compromise. And so, notwithstanding a malicious report which 
reached Holland, that Montague "daily filled his pockets with 



I40 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

ducatoons and jacobuses," his pecuniary affairs really began to 
wear a discouraging aspect, his domestic horizon being also 
clouded just at this time by the loss of his wife. 

Meanwhile satisfaction for the murder of Swits had been 
"several times sought for, but in vain." Indeed, it is reported 
that the savage tribes were combining for a general war upon 
the colonists ; and the killing of two other persons at Staten 
Island and Hackensack was proof of the hostile spirit animating 
the savages. All this was very alarming to the inhabitants, 
especially those upon exposed bouweries, who lived in constant 
fear, "and not without reason, as the Indians were daily in their 
houses." 

Persuasion having failed, Kieft now felt justified in using 
force with the savages. He summoned the twelve men, Novem- 
ber 1st, and asked their opinion. "Mr. Jochem" (Kuyter) ad- 
vised "to be patient, and to lull the Indians into security" ; and 
most agreed with him. On January 21st, 1642, the twelve men 
gave their assent to an expedition against the Wickquaskeeks, 
but (knowing his cowardice) suggested that the director him- 
self should lead the forces ! The latter declined the honor, but 
began warlike preparations. All being ready, and spies sent to 
reconnoitre reporting that the Indians "lay in their village sus- 
pecting nothing," Ensign Hendrick Van Dyck, with eighty men, 
left Fort Amsterdam early in the month of March for Wickquas- 
keek. Arriving at the Annepperah, or the Saw Mill Creek, at 
Yonkers, Willem Bont, who held a subordinate command, bravely 
passed over with his men and "marched on with the advanced 
troops," expecting the ensign to follow.* But Van Dyck halted 
at the creek for more than an hour before he crossed with his com- 
mand and came up ; but now darkness had set in, Tobias Teunis- 
sen, the guide, lost his way, and the ensign, perplexed and out 
of temper, ordered a return. The result was more happy, prob- 
ably, than if they had met the savages, for the latter, noticing 
by the tracks of the soldiers near their wigwams "that they had 
narowly escaped discovery," dreaded another visit, and sent 
messengers to sue for peace. Kieft accordingly sent delegates, 
including Van Tienhoven, who understood Indian, to meet the 
chiefs of Wickquaskeek in council at the house of Jonas Bronck, 
at Emmaus, and here was made a formal treaty, in which, among 

* Willem Fredericks Bont, the same year, removed to Fort Orange, and being 
a "free carpenter" took part in constructing the first church there. Later he was 
for several years a magistrate, kept tavern, farmed the excise, and acquired property. 
He married, about 1650, Geertie Nannincks, as her fourth husband; in 1683 both 
were members of Dominie Delius' Church. Whether he left children is not known. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 141 

other things, the sachems engaged to dehver Swits' murderer to 
the Dutch. 

Under this pledge of peace the spring and summer witnessed 
considerable labor on the several plantations on the Flats. At 
the same time Montague, as a member of the council, was much 
occupied with official duties, and Kuyter made his debut into 
public life as a "kermeester," one of those chosen to oversee 
the erection of a church at New Amsterdam, because Kuyter was 
"a devout person of the reformed religion, and had good work- 
men who would quickly prepare the timber." The church was 
begun forthwith, its walls "laid up with quarry stone," and "built 
in the fort, to guard against any surprise by the Indians." 

Illusory indeed was the hope of living in peace with the 
natives, now that the old ties of friendship had been ruptured. It 
so happened that in midwinter following, the Mahicans, who 
lived below Fort Orange, came down and made war upon the 
Tappans and Wickquaskeeks, it was said, to force those tribes, 
whom they had once subjugated, to render them tribute. Nu- 
merous as were these tribes, they were easily overpowered by the 
Mahicans, who were well armed with guns, many of the men 
being slain, the women and children made captives, and a crowd 
of terror-stricken fugitives forced to take to flight through a 
deep snow to find shelter in the Dutch settlements. Half dead 
with cold and hunger, they were kindly received by the people and 
fed for two weeks, till, gathering courage, they returned to their 
castles. But soon, another panic seizing them, they again sought 
the protection of the Dutch. Now Kieft, with no commisera- 
tion for these wretched beings, thought it his chance to avenge 
the death of Claes Swits and others. "God hath wholly deliv- 
ered them into our hands," impiously said Van Ticnhoven and 
other restless spirits, who, simply echoing the sentiments of Kieft, 
made a formal request for leave to destroy them. 

Kuyter and other considerate persons opposed this stoutly, 
insisting that it would only recoil upon their own heads, bring 
disaster upon the country, and especially expose the out-planta- 
tions to the rage of a vindictive and cruel foe. Montague, having 
just arrived from Quiet Dale, its stalls of cattle and full garners 
all endangered, urged his objections with unusual warmth. "We 
ought first to consider well," he insisted, "whether we shall be 
able to give protection to those who are living at a distance." But 
this pertinent suggestion was unheeded, evil counsels prevailed, 
and Kieft, set in his mad purpose, rashly issued orders. On the 
night of February 25th, 1643, '^ party of Dutch soldiers sallied 



142 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

forth from the streets of New Amsterdam and made a savage 
onslaught upon the sleeping Wickquaskeeks, at Curler's Hook, 
forty of whom were massacred "in cold blood." Another party, 
crossing the Hudson, slaughtered a band which had sought refuge 
at Pavonia. Nor did it stop here, for a day or two after several 
of the friendly Mareckaweeks were basely murdered. 

The enraged savages were not slow to resent such treatment, 
and several tribes joining hands made common cause against the 
Dutch. Issuing from the woods and thickets, they boldly at- 
tacked and slew the farmers, both in their dwellings and in the 
open field, put the firebrand to houses, haystacks, and grain, killed 
or drove away the stock, and carried off women and children into 
a painful captivity. Happy they who had the means of defense 
or timely notice to flee. "The winter passed in confusion and 
terror." No outdoor labor could be safely done. Kieft, as 
agent of Van Keulen, had contracted on December 6th for the 
erection of a fine substantial residence on the Otter-spoor, fifty 
by one hundred feet on the ground, with porticos front and rear, 
and all very complete ; for whose occupancy we cannot tell, unless 
for Van Keulen or some of his family, but certainly not for the 
chicken-hearted director, who kept himself "safely protected in 
the fort, out of which he had never slept for all the years he had 
been there." But this work was probably arrested. 

At length "the season came for driving out the cattle, which 
caused many to desire peace; the Indians, on their part, seeing 
that it was time to plant maize, were not less solicitous for a ces- 
sation of hostilities ; so, after some negotiation, peace was con- 
cluded." It was ratified April 22d, 1643, though many doubted 
its continuance. But the colonists, and especially Kuyter, had met 
with a sad loss in the recent death of Jonas Bronck. Was it at 
the hands of the Indians? We judge not, as his property was 
spared. On May 6th Kuyter and Dominie Bogardus visited Em- 
maus, and, aided by the widow* and Peter Jonassen Bronck, took 
an inventory of the estate, of which Kuyter and the dominie had 
been apointed guardians. Seignior Bronck, as he was styled, 
must be rated quite above the ordinary colonists, his Danish and 
Latin library, stored with law history, as also divinity, being 
indicative of his tastes and culture as well as of his piety. 

The bouweries of Montague and Kuyter were also intact. 

* Bronck's widow afterward married Arent Van Curler, of Rensselaerswyck, 
whom she also survived. She died at Schenectady, December 19, i6'!6, as per a 
letter written from Kingston, twelve days after, by her nephew, Wilhelmus Beeck- 
man, whom for want of children she named as one of her heirs. Her will was 
made November 11, 1676; the date of probate being inadvertently given in Pearson's 
Schenectady Settlers as the date of her death. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 143 

Buildings and stock well intrenched within palisades had escaped 
the general devastation. Montagne had already put twenty-six 
acres in rve, barley and peas, when, willing to be relieved of a 
charge so fraught with danger, he leased his bouwery, with the 
"farm-house," kitchen, out-houses, orchard, stock, and all as it 
stood, June 14th, to Bout Franssen, from Naerden, for the term 
of three years. In three months (September 22d), Franssen 
gave it up, for the Indians, having harvested their maize, began 
again their bloody work. Terrible scenes ensued. The settlers, 
compelled to fly, took refuge at Fort Amsterdam, to within sight 
of which the brutal savages tracked their victims. Montague 
"was driven off his land," involving the loss of all he could not 
carrv away ; and scarcely a settler remained on the bouweries of 
Manhattan Island. "Almost every place is abandoned," wrote 
Kuyter and others, of the popular board of Eight Men, in a letter 
of November 3d, 1643, imploring aid from the directors in Hol- 
land. "We wretched people," say they, "with our wives and little 
ones that still survive, must in our destitution find refuge together 
in and around the fort at Manhattas, where we are not safe even 
for an hour, as the Indians daily threaten to overwhelm us. 
Very little can be planted this autumn, and much less in the 
spring; so it must come to pass that those of us who may yet 
save our lives will necessarily perish next year by hunger and 
grief, as also our wives and children, unless our God have pity 
on us." 

But relief from Holland could not be immediate. The ques- 
tion of self-preservation now pressed upon the colonists ; to re- 
main inactive was but to die. Their courage rising to the emer- 
gency, it was resolved to muster in every man able to bear arms, 
and to take the field with all their available force against the wily 
and powerful foe. Montague and Kuyter, however, opposed at 
first to war, had now no alternative but to second the effort to 
conquer a peace. The former, appointed to the chief military 
command, led several expeditions sent out in various directions 
during the succeeding winter and spring, and in which Kuyter 
held the captaincy of a burgher company. These forces scoured 
the Indian country, driving the foe from his rude castles and 
villages with sword and firebrand. 

Thus far Captain Kuyter, by means of a guard of soldiers 
stationed at Zegendal, under Sergeant Ael, had protected his 
house and farmers. But on the night of ]\Iarch 5th, when he 
was absent, the Indians stealthily surrounded his enclosure. The 



144 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

guard was sleeping in a cellar or underground hut;* but two 
young men in Kuyter's employ, apprehensive of danger, were 
patrolling around the farm-house. Near two o'clock in the 
morning these were startled by a blazing arrow, "the flame hav- 
ing the appearance of brimstone," which darted through the air 
and fell on the roof of the dwelling. The wind blowing strongly, 
the thatch at once took fire, and soon the house and contents were 
burned to the ground. During and after the conflagration the 
savages made the night hideous by whooping and discharge of 
guns, to the terror of the two maid-servants, while the sergeant, 
with the caution of years, kept within the cellar, refusing to expose 
either himself or his men, though the other persons, and especially 
the young men, in face of a double danger, saved what they could 
from the flames. 

The Wickquaskeeks were set down as the authors of this 
villainy. But this was denied by Ponkes, a Mareckweek, to two 
Dutchman who understood his language, and whom he met but 
two days after the fire. "It was their way to boast," he said, 
"whenever they committed any mischief." But not one had he 
heard boast of this ; besides, "it was well known among the In- 
dians that the Swannekins themselves burned the house, and 
removed through dread of being killed there !" This piece of 
Indian logic, evidently invented by the artful savage to shield 
his tribe from retribution, was too transparent. Kuyter censured 
"the English soldiers" for not assisting. Kieft, on the other hand, 
took occasion to throw the blame on Kuyter, charging him 
with rashly sending away part of his guard just before the fire, 
leaving to protect the property only "four soldiers and five lab- 
orers."t This dispute between Kieft and Kuyter betraj^s a state 
of feeling which afterward led to ver)^ serious results. 

Overcome by dread of the savages, neither the planters nor 
their laborers had courage longer to engage in work upon the 
Flats ; and thus things continued till at length a brighter day 
dawned upon the colonists. Wearied with "a two years' war," 
the Indians themselves manifested a wish to bur}^ the hatchet. 
The sachems of the adjacent tribes upon Long Island and the 
banks of the Hudson were accordingly invited to a grand council, 
held in Fort Amsterdam, August 30th, 1645, when was happily 

* Underground huts were first made use of by those who at first had no means 
to build farm houses, and in which they could live "dry and warm for two, three 
or fovir j'ears." The method of making them is described by Van Tienhoven, 
Doc. Hist. N. Y., iv: 31. 

t Sergt. Martin Ael and three English soldiers, Thomas Foster, William Gilford 
and Abraham Newman, with Cornells Van Houten, Jan Hegeman, Pieter Jansen, 
Jacob Lambertsen and Derick Gerritsen and the two dairymaids, made eleven persons 
within the palisades. Three soldiers had left only a few days before the attack. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 145 

concluded, "a solid and durable peace." Some of the powerful 
Mohawks, with their interpreter, Cornells Van Slyck, also at- 
tended and assisted in the negotiations. Little Ape, chief of the 
j\Iahicans, spoke in behalf of their tributaries, the Wickquaskeeks, 
pledging them to the observance of the treaty, by the terms of 
which the Indians were "not to come with weapons on Manhattan 
Island, nor in the vicinity of Christian dwellings." The treaty 
w^as signed, in the presence of many citizens, by several of the 
more distinguished, and by the sachems, among the former being 
La ]\Iontagne ; and also by the tw^o interpreters, in which capacity 
the worthy Norman, Claes Carstensen, who later ended his days 
at Harlem, acted for the colonists. 



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CHAPTER IX. 

1645-1650 

IvAND PATIENTS — KUYTER'S TRIALS. 

TDEACE thus assured, the planters whom the Indians had 
^ driven from the Flats and parts adjacent, again took heart 
and ventured to return to their desolated bouweries. But, grown 
wiser since their late expulsion, they had come to realize by how 
uncertain a tenure they held their lands, having as yet received 
no patent or groundbrief. By a neglect to secure such patents 
there was imminent risk of losing whatever they invested, as well 
as the land itself; and how soon some new contingency might 
arise, to wrest all from them and their heirs, who could tell? 
Moreover, in so settled a state of the country the legal seizin by 
documentary title was a needed stimulus to exertion, an induce- 
ment to bear the toil, hazard, and hardship involved in a residence 
upon one of these exposed bouweries. The settlers were led to 
expect a groundbrief after having held and improved their lands 
for two years ; in most of the cases to be named where such 
patents were received there had evidently been a much longer 
occupancy. But meanwhile some new farms had been begun, 
not as yet noticed, and as will further appear by a brief survey 
of the progress of settlement at this date. 

SilDout Claessen, one of the burghers of New Amsterdam, 
was from Hoorn, on the Zuyder Zee. He was respected, and as 
a builder of practical consequence to the community, insomuch 
that Director Kieft granted him fifty morgen of land "on the 
Island of Manhattas, beginning at the hook at the Hellegat, where 
Verken Island ends." With filial affection for his native place, 
where rested the bones of his father, Claes Sibout, and still lived 
his brother, Hendrick, and other kinsfolk, Claessen called his new 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 147 

possession Hoorn's Hook, it was patented to him June 5th, 
1646.* 

The narrow kill called by the Indians Papparinamin, which, 
winding around the neck of land forming' the extreme northerly 
part of Manhattan, connected the Spuyten Duyvel with the Great 
Kill, or Harlem River, gave its name as well to the land lying 
contiguous to it on either side. Papparinamin, as interpreted. 
Place where the stream is shut, was thus confined neither to the 
land nor stream, but to the locality, and was certainly well given, 
as it has ever been the great bar to navigation around Manhattan 
Island. The noted Dr. Adrian Vander Donck, who owned "a 
saw mill, bouwery, and plantation," some distance above on the 
Annepperah, had selected the island on the northerly side of the 
Papparinamin Creek, "containing some thirty or forty morgen, 
with a convenient meadow about it," intending, as he himself 
states, "to go and dwell on the said spot, or to make gradual pre- 
parations therefor, by building upon it and tilling it, since both 
his inclination and judgment led him to that place." Having, 
with Kieft's consent, bought the land from the sachem Tackamack 
and other Indians, Vander Donck, with his newly-married wife, 
the daughter of Rev. Francis Doughty, visited Holland, expecting 
on his return to bring over his "mother, sister, brother, servants, 
and other members of his family," to make their home at Pappar- 
inamin. But, offending the directors by acting as a representa- 
tive of the commonalty of New Netherland in certain charges 
against Stuyvesant, Vander Donck was restrained for several 
years from again leaving the fatherland, and then returned to his 
possessions only to die a year or two later. 

But the opposite section of Papparinamin, forming the upper 
extremity of Manhattan Island, was not less inviting for its arable 
lands, meadows, and circumambient creeks, and, if we do not 
mistake De Rasieres, was one of the two places he found at the 
the north end, — the other Harlem Flats, — where was "good land," 
ready, with little or no clearing, for tillage. Here another Hol- 
lander, Matthys Jansen Van Keulen, had obtained a grant of 
fifty morgen of land from Director Kieft, probably in advance 

* Jan Aertsen \'an Putten and his two sisters, whose mother, Susannah, had 
recently married this first proprietor of Hoorn's Hook, were cliildren of Aert 
Teunissen Van Putten, who, in 1643, was massacred (but not his family, as some say) 
by Indians at Pavonia. Jan Aertsen chose the trade of a blacksmith, and settled 
at Esopus, wliere he joined the church, April 15, 1661, and soon after was made 
an elder. Having been of the party who attacked the Indians there in 1659, this 
was too well remembered, for in the vengeful onslaught made by the savages upon 
that place, June 7, 1663, he was killed in his house. Only a few days before this 
liis wife Grietie Hendricks and little daughter Annetie had reached their home from 
a visit to Wie by SwoUe, in Holland, Grietie's birthplace. The daughter and only 
child, Annetie, born 1659, afterward married Hendnck Kip, son of Isaac of H., 
by whom she had sons John, Hendrick, etc. See Du Mont. 



148 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

of Vander Donck. His patent was issued August i8th, 1646, 
and in after years was confirmed to his children, from whom are 
descended two famiHes of Ulster County, — Jansen and Van 
Keuran, the last name corrupted from Keulen.* It does not ap- 
pear that Matthys himself ever occupied this land; at the date 
of the patent he was living at Fort Orange. His hundred acres 
must have reached quite down to the Jansen and Aertsen grant, 
hereafter noticed. The latter, according to the patent, as cer- 
tainly reached northward to "Tobias' Bouwery." Tobias Teunis- 
sen, late farmer for Dr. La Montague, is here referred to, and 
the facts; stated warrant the conclusion that Teunissen now occu- 
pied Matthys Jansen's land either under a lease or an agreement 
to purchase. To this sequestered home, beside the Great Kill, 
Tobias had taken a new vrouw, in hope of happier years, though 
the spirit and activity he had shown in the late Indian war made 
his situation not without peril. But, courageous of heart, he did 
not anticipate the fate which awaited him. 

Pieter Jansen, in company with Mr. Huyck Aertsen, then a 
schepen at Brooklyn, had taken up a tract of land lying between 
Tobias' bounds and what is now known as Sherman's Creek, 
and for which a groundbrief was given them March nth, 1647. 
Jansen was a hardy Norwegian of twenty-seven years, had been 
in the employ of Kuyter, and was present on that fearful night 
when his house was burned by the savages. The next summer 
after the patent was secured, Pieter, the Norman, as he was 
usually called, took to his heart and home a young wife, Lysbet 
Jansen, from Amsterdam, and near the same time, by the death 
of Aertsen, was left in sole care of the bouwery, though between 
the widow and the next of kin (for Aertsen left no children) his 
share did not want for claimants. Aertsen was born at Rossum, 
a village of the Bommellerwoert, an island formed by the Waal 

* Matthys Jansen became a trader on the Hudson, removed to Fort Orange, 
and thence to Esopus, where he died prior to 1663. That year, February 15, the 
deacons loaned 1000 gl. from his estate. His widow, Margaret Hendricks, married 
Thomas Chambers, Lord of the Manor of Fox Hall. Jansen had four children, 
viz., Jan, Matthys, Catharine, married, 1660, Jan Jansen, from Amersfoort, and 
Anneke, who married, 1668, Sergt. Jan Hendricks Buur, alias Pearsen. 

Jan Matthyssen, born at Fort Orange, married, in 1667, Madelaine, daughter of 
Matthew Blanchan, was an elder of the Kingston church, and died between 1719 
and 1724. He had Matthys, Thomas, Jan, Hendrick, David, Margaret, who married 
Barent Burhans; Magdalene, married Richard Brodhead; Sarah, married EHas Bun- 
schoten; Catharine, married John Crook, Jr., and Mary, who died early. These 
bore the name of Jansen, in English Johnson. Jan took to the sea, went to England, 
and in 1690 was thouglit to be dead. From the other sons were the respectable 
Jansens of Ulster County, some of whom bore a conspicuous part in the Revolution. 

Matthys Matthyssen was made a captain in .1685, and later served against the 
French on the northern frontier. He married Tietie, daughter of Tjerck De Witt, 
and had issue Matthys, Tjerck, Nicholas, Thomas, Gerardus, Hasuelt, Sarah, mar- 
ried Matthew Du Bois; Leah, who, with Hasuelt, removed to New York, and Barbara, 
married Peter Tappan. (See Annals of Newtown, p. 303.) It was these six sons 
of Matthys who, says an old manuscript, "changed their names of Matthyssen to 
Van Keuren," and whence the numerous family so called. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 149 

and Maas ; but he had a brother, a burgher at Utrecht, who, on 
having notice of his death, and taking proof thereof December 
30th, 1647, was declared his only heir. For reasons similar to 
those for which other patents within Harlem were afterward held 
to be vacated or void, the validity of this title was subsequently 
called in question, and by a decision of the governor and council 
and a compromise with the successors of Jansen and Aertsen, 
became vested in the freeholders of Harlem. It has additional 
interest as covering the identical tract known in our time as the 
"Dyckman Homestead."" 

These bouweries, forming the outposts of settlement on the 
north end, were evidently laid out by actual survey, whence the 
courses and distances and the uneven quantity, seventy-four 
morgen, one hundred and six rods, in that to Jansen and Aertsen. 
The stretch of alternate heights and hollows, reaching from Sher- 
man's Creek down to the Flats, had not yet a solitary white set- 
tler. Through its forests and thickets red men hunted the deer 
and beaver, and rudely tilled other portions, one of which was 
known as the "Great Maize Land." Indeed the Indian title to 
this part of Manhattan Island was not fully extinguished till 171 5. 

Coming to the settlements on the Flats, the Otter-spoor farm, 
which Van Tienhoven had "long since conveyed" to Van Keulen, 
of Amsterdam, and whence, as before said, it took the name Van 
Keulen's Hook, was only made sure to the latter the month 
before the new Indian treaty was ratified, by a patent from Kieft 
to Van Tienhoven, the object and effect of which was to give 
him power to sell, and to perfect the title in Van Keulen, no 
patent having been issued before. With so firm a tenure it is 
remarkable that no evidence appears of any further attempts on 
the part of Van Keulen to improve this valuable tract, nor is his 
ownership again distinctly recognized. While the evidence Ave 
have bearing upon it is far from satisfactory, our solution is that 
Matthys Jansen Van Keulen, being authorized by the Amsterdam 
merchant, received from Kieft the grant of Papparinamin in 
exchange for Van Keulen's Hook. 

Dr. Montague, with brightened prospects, and about to wed 

* The Jansen and Aertsen Patent, or rather the descriptive part, reads as fol- 
lows: "A piece of land lying between Montagne's hay meadow and Tobias' bouwerv, 
stretchmg from the north corner of said meadow south-southeast to the liook. two 
hundred and seventv-five rods. It goes'" to a spring (fontvn) against the high land, 
and from there to the end of a creek coming out of the Nortlf River, northeast bv 
north along the high hills an hundred and seventv-five rods, and from there,t to 
the kill which runs around the Island of Manhattans, an hundred and twenty rods 
south-southeast, seventy rods southeast, and thirty south-southeast; and along the 
before-named kill to the aforesaid hook, two liundrcd rods; the same amounting to 
seventy-four morgen, one hundred and six rods." Dated March 1 1, 1647. 
* t. e., On the west side. t Being its nortlicrn boundary. 



I50 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

the widow of Arent Corssen Stam, who two years previous, sail- 
ing for Holland on the public service, had perished at sea, took 
occasion. May 9th, 1647, oi^ty two days before his friend Kieft 
closed his directorship, to secure a patent for the farm Vreden- 
dal, to which was now joined what was not included in the 
original grant to Hendrick De Forest, namely, the point or neck 
of land called Rechawanes, extending out to the East River, and 
since known as the Benson or McGown farm. As belonging to 
the oldest title in the township, and one to which an unusual inter- 
est attaches, we feel warranted in giving a translation of the 
patent entire. 

We, William Kieft, Director General, and the Council, residing in 
New Netherland, on behalf of the High and Mighty Lords the States 
General of the United Netherlands, his Highness of Orange, and the 
Honorable Messeurs, the Managers of the Incorporated West India Com- 
pany, do, by these presents, acknowledge and declare, that we on this day, 
the date underwritten, have given and granted unto Sieur Johannes La 
Montague, counsellor of New Netherland, a piece of land situate on the 
Island of Manhattans, known by a name in the Indian language which 
in the Nether Dutch signifies the Flat Land, containing one hundred 
morgen in the flat, lying between the hills and kill ; and a point named 
Rechawanes, stretching betwixt two kills, till to the East River; (which 
above described land was occupied by Hendrick Forest deceased, and has 
been purchased by the said La Montague at public auction in the Fort, 
for seventeen hundred guilders;) with express conditions and terms that 
he Johannes La Montague, or whoever by virtue hereof may accept his 
action, shall acknowledge the Honorable Managers aforesaid as his Lords 
and Patroons, under the sovereignty of their High Mightinesses the Lords 
States General, and obey their Director and Council here in all things, as 
good inhabitants are in duty bound to do ; provided further that they 
subject themselves to all such burdens and imposts as are already enacted, 
or may hereafter be enacted by their Honors ; constituting therefore the 
said Sieur La Montague, or whoever may hereafter obtain his action, 
in our stead in real and actual possession of the aforesaid lot and land, 
giving him by these presents, full power, authority and special order, 
the aforesaid parcel of land to enter upon, cultivate, inhabits and use as he 
would lawfully do with other his patrimonial lands and effects, without 
we the grantors in the quality aforesaid, thereunto having, reserving or 
saving any, even the slightest part, action or control whatever, but to the 
behoof as aforesaid, from all desisting, from now henceforth and forever. 
Promising moreover, this transport firm, inviolable and irrevocable to 
keep, respect and fulfil, all under the penalty provided therefor by law. 
In witness, these presents are by us signed and confirmed with our seal 
in red wax hereto appended. Done in Fort Amsterdam, in New Nether- 
land, the 9th day of May, 1647. 

WmKM KlEE'T. 

Six days afterward Dr. Montague's brother-in-law, Isaac De 
Forest, obtained from the new director, Stuyvesant, the ground- 
brief for a bouwery previously granted him, consisting of fifty 
morgen of surplus land which had been, found to lie between the 
Kuyter and Van Keulen tracts. It bordered on the Harlem 



H I STORY OF HARLEM . 151 

River, opposite the mouth of "Bronck's Kill,"— the passage, still 
called "The Kills," parting Randall's Island from the Westchester 
shore. Upon this fifty-morgen tract the village of New Harlem 
was subsequently laid out and ran its humble career, but "the 
lawn where scattered hamlets rose" has so changed before the rise 
of modern structures' that barely one of its ancient dwellings 
remains.* 

The bouweries mentioned, with Zegendal, or Kuyter's farm, 
were the only ones, so far as known, yet begun within the terri- 
torial limits to which our history refers. Kuyter, though one of 
the most energetic of the settlers, had been strangely baffled in his 
efforts to improve his lands. Yet to his various disappointments 
and losses other trials, and more severe, were to be added. But 
the indomitable spirit of the man, rising superior to misfortune, 
exhibits Kuyter throughout in a character to be admired, and 
in which we cannot but be interested. The ill-feeling which had 
sprung up between him and Kieft, as already alluded to iii_con- 
nection with the burning of Kuyter's house, grew out of Kieft's 
culpable rashness in bringing on the Indian war. The good 
Dominie Bogardus, sorely grieved by the director's course _ m 
authorizing the cruel massacre of the Indians, and thus provokuig 
the fearful retaHation which had followed, had expressed himself 
freely in regard to these things, "many times in his sermons," 
while also rebuking the prevalent immorality, avarice, and other 
gross indulgences. This pungent preaching so offended the 
director that he forsook the church, absenting himself for more 
than three years, his example also leading off nearly every officer 
of the church and government, not excepting the usually discreet 
counsellor, Montague, who had formerly been an elder. Kuyter 
himself had once felt hard toward the dominie for refusing huu 
a favor which Kieft had asked in his behalf; but he was not 
vindictive, and this was a bygone. As a ruling elder, and con- 
trolled bv his religion and strong sense of justice, he did not 
hesitate now to sustain the minister and his utterances, although 
not another member of the consistory stood by him. In conse- 
quence he brought upon his own head the maledictions of the 
director, which "were in no wise appeased by Kuyter's official 
action as one of the Eight Men, a body which, representing the 
people, had felt it a duty to address the directors in Holland, 
exposing Kieft's misrule in New Netherland and the ruinous 
condition to which, as a consequence, the colony had been reduced. 
As to the differences between Bogardus and Kieft. these, after 

* See De Forest Family, Appendix A. 



152 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

a sharp warfare, had ended in a reconciliation. But not so with 
Kieft and Kuyter, whose mutual animosity another year did not 
quench, while Cornells Melyn, also an active member of the 
Eight Men, came in for a share of Kieft's hot displeasure. These 
two honest men were as thorns in the side of the director. Nor 
could they easily bear either the insults which he had heaped 
upon them, or the heavy losses they had sustained through his 
maladministration ; and thus the case stood when Kieft was 
superseded in office by General Petrus Stuyvesant, who arrived 
May nth, 1647. I^ some remarks made on the occasion of 
formally resigning the government to his successor, Kieft thanked 
the people for their fidelity, evidently expecting to be compli- 
mented in return. But on the contrary, Kuyter, Melyn, and one 
or two more had the frankness to speak out and tell him that 
they would not thank him, as they had no reason for doing so ! 
The existing quarrel, brought thus directly to the notice of 
Stuyvesant, now took the form of a complaint preferred by Kieft 
against Kuyter and Melyn, whom he charged with having sent 
"some letters to Holland, to the directors, in the name of the 
Eight Men; among others, one dated 28th October, 1644, con- 
taining nothing but libels and lies." He demanded justice and 
the punishment of the accused. This was on June i8th, and 
next day a copy of the complaint, containing the points of objec- 
tion to the obnoxious letter, was handed to the accused by the 
court messenger, with a summons to answer within forty-eight 
hours. Kuyter and Melyn replied at length on the 226., and, 
in a telling statement, invited an inquiry into the truth of 
what they had written. This defense had little weight with the 
arbitrary Stuyvesant, himself a great stickler for the divine right 
of rulers, and the tables were turned against Kuyter and his 
associate, who, after further preliminaries, were placed under 
arrest, and on July i6th brought before the director and council 
for trial. It was plainly to be seen that the court held the atti- 
tude of both prosecutor and judge. The charges, in brief, were 
that they had slandered and threatened Director Kieft. The 
prosecution relied mainly on the letter before referred to, written 
to the directors in Holland, and pronounced by Kieft to be "full 
of libels and lies" ; of which letter, though it purported to be 
a memorial from the Eight Men, the accused were declared the 
authors, and to which, as was charged, they had fraudulently 
obtained the signatures of their associates. Kuyter, it was further 
alleged, had, at a meeting of the Eight Men, raised his finger 
to Kieft in a threatening manner, and said to him that when he 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 153 

should doff his robe of office then he would have him ! jMelyn, 
as was charged, in speaking of the orders for destroying the 
Indians in the winter of 1643, ^'^^'^ dared to say, "They who gave 
such orders should look well to themselves, lest they come either 
to the gallows or the wheel," — words almost prophetic, consid- 
ering the manner of Kieft's death. Kuyter explained his remark 
as quite different from that imputed to him. He and Alelyn, 
standing to their former answer, in which they had fully and ably 
met the several points of objection to the obnoxious letter,* now 
oft"ered certain memorials, proofs, and witnesses, "in order to 
establish the truth of what was written." But these were either 
rejected or allowed to have no weight, and thus, the evidence 
being unjustly set aside, the case was carried against the accused, 
who were pronounced guilty of high contempt of authority. 
Stuyvesant, in his judgment in Kuyter's case, hinged it on sacred 
and civil law. "He who slanders God, the magistrate, or his 
parents," says Bernard De Muscatel, "must be stoned to death." 
Then he quoted the Scriptures : "Thou shalt not speak evil of the 
ruler of thy people." On July 25th they were sentenced, — Kuy- 
ter to a fine of 150 gl. and three years' banishment from New 
Netherland ; Melyn to a heavier fine and longer exile. 

Elated with his success, Kieft soon after took passage for 
Holland in the ship Princess, carrying with him a fortune which 
he had amassed here. In the same ship Dominie Bogardus and 
others embarked, while Kuyter and Melyn, "publicly banished the 
country," were "brought on board as exiles, torn away from 
their goods, wives and children," while, as if to mock their mis- 
ery, the bells in the church were made to ring a merry peal. 
The vessel sailed August i6th, 1647, but never reached its des- 
tination. On September 27th, having mistaken their course, 
they were wrecked upon a rock on the coast of Wales. The 
wretched Kieft, with death before his eyes, sighed deeply as he 
said to Kuyter and Melyn, "Friends, I have done you wrong; 
can you forgive me?" All night the ship rocked in the sea, 
and toward morning went to pieces, a large number of persons 
perishing, including Kieft and Bogardus. Kuyter and JMelyn 
providentially escaped with their lives, though the latter lost a son. 
"Kuyter remained alone on the after part of the ship, on which 
stood a cannon, which he, observing in the gray of the morning, 
took for a man ; but speaking to it and getting no answer, he 
supposed him dead. He was at last thrown on land, together 

* This letter may be found and its character judRcd of by reference to the 
Col. Hist, of N. Y., i, 109-213. Kieft's points of exception to it are given at p. 203, 
and the able rejoinder of Kuyter and Melyn at p. 205. 



154 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

with the cannon, to the great amazement of the EngHsh, who 
crowded the strand by thousands, and who set up the piece of 
ordnance as a lasting memorial. Melyn, floating back to sea, 
fell in with others who had remained on a part of the wreck on 
a sand-bank which became dry with the ebb. They then took 
some planks and pieces of wood, fastened them together, and 
having made sails of their shirts and other garments, they at 
last reached the mainland of England. As these persons were 
more concerned for their papers than for anything else; they 
caused them to be dragged for, and on the third day Jochem 
Pietersz recovered a box containing a part of them."* 

The resolute Kuyter and Melyn passed over to Holland, and 
appealed to the States General from the sentence rendered by 
Stuyvesant. Upon a hearing of their case, this body granted a 
suspension of the judgment, with permission for them to return 
to New Netherland, and summoned Stuyvesant to appear at the 
Hague, in person or by attorney, either to sustain his decision 
"or to renounce the same." 

Armed with a mandamus and passports from their High 
Mightinesses, and also bearing a letter from his Highness the 
Prince of Orange to Stuyvesant, dated May 19th, 1648, admon- 
ishing him "duly to respect and obey those commands," Kuyter 
and Melyn were now prepared to return to this country and face 
their accusers. But detained for some months longer by other 
engagements, Melyn. sailed at the close of the year, leaving Kuy- 
ter behind, probably to manage the case should Stuyvesant at- 
tempt to prosecute it further. Reaching New Amsterdam about 
January ist, 1649, Melyn presented his letters to Stuyvesant, 
who was in great wrath over the mandamus, declaring with much 
bluster his purpose to answer it. Melyn was inclined to push 
his advantage, but joining the citizens in other complaints against 
the director, affairs became rather involved ; while Kuyter, re- 
maining abroad for a year longer, more or less, found on his 
return no obstacle interposed to his resuming his property, and, 
contenting himself with his own business, he was reinstated in 
his several offices by Stuyvesant, the breach of friendship between 
them being soon healed. 

* Everardus Bogardus, the pastor, counsellor and friend of our De Forests, 
La Montague, Kuyter, Bronck, and their fellow-colonists, who cheered them amid 
their toils and adversities and in dark hours of peril, joined many in marriage, bap- 
tized their offspring, oft performed in their stricken homes the last sad rites of 
sepulture, and frequently acted as guardian of their estates; full justice is yet to be 
done his memory. His advice often sought for in many affairs affecting individuals 
or the community, the amount of important business with which he was intrusted on 
his final departure for Holland evinced the continued respect and confidence of his 
people. In the record of a useful life, as we apprehend. Dominie Bogardus has left his 
numerous heirs a better inheritance than they will ever realize from his landed pos- 
sessions. See Valentine's Manual for 1863, p. 595; also Corwin's Manual. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. i55 

Kuyter was not in circumstances to restore his ruined plan- 
tation at Schorakin ; indeed there was Httle encouragement for 
any to prosecute labor on the north part of the island, owing to 
the hostile temper of the Indians, who during these several years 
waylaid and murdered a number of the settlers dwelling in 
exposed places. Some still kept up their bouweries ; others dis- 
posed of theirs. Pieter Cornelissen Beeck, an old and respected 
citizen of New Amsterdam, had come to own one "on this island 
near Hellgate," adjacent to the Hoorn's Hook patent; while De 
Forest, expending his means in building several fine houses in 
New Amsterdam, sold his plantation, November 19th, 1650, to 
the distinguished burgher Wilhelmus Beeckman. But both Beeck 
and Beeckman resided in town,* and there Kuyter had entered 
upon trade, on the Heere Graft, now Broad Street, enjoying a 
respite from the ills which had hitherto beset his pathway, and 
retaining a warm regard for his compatriot Melyn. We have 
dwelt the more fully on Kuyter's case, not only as an interesting 
passage in Harlem's infantile history, but because it shows how 
the old struggle with arbitrary power, which had long convulsed 
European countries, was thus early renewed on this free soil. 
Kuyter was a representative man. Man}' like him held that the 
people had rights as well as their rulers, and that one of these, 
of vital importance to the colonists, was that of appeal to higher 
courts in fatherland from verdicts rendered here, the denial of 
which right was a cause of much puclic clamor against both Kieft 
and Stuyvesant. Kuyter had proved the fallacy of that assump- 
tion, and had achieved a victory, not for himself alone, but for 
the community, for which he was held in highest respect. t 

* Pieter Cornelisz Beeck, whose tragical fate remains to be noticed, was master 
carpenter to the West India Co., in New Netherland, and was born in 1607, at 
Rotterdam. He came out early via Amsterdam, where he had resided, with him 
coming his wife Aeltie Willems and a young daughter, JMarritie, who, in 1665, mar- 
ried Pieter Jacobsen Marius, a prominent merchant at New York, who emigrated, in 
1644, from Hoogwoudt, his descendants now writing their name Morris. See I5ergen 
Gen. Pieter Beeck had other children born here, viz., William, Deborah, who mar- 
ried, 1667, Warner Wessels; Elizabeth, who married Capt. Silvester Salisbury, Dr. 
Coin. Van Dyck and Capt. Geo. Bradshaw; Cornelia, who married, 1672, Jacobus 
De Haert, and Cornelius, who married, 1667, Marrijie Claessen, and l;ad sons Peter, 
Nicholas, John, Isaac, William, Henry. From these we presume all the Beecks of 
this stock" have sprung. William Beeck, born 1640, son of Pieter, married Ann.a, 
daughter of Tielman Van \'leeck (notary public and first sheriff of Bergen), and 
died at Esopus in 1684, leaving issue Peter, Tielman, Aeltie and Deborah, who all 
died childless. The widow, Anna, married, 1686, Capt. Jacob Phcenix, a son of 
whom by this union, Capt. Alex. Phcenix, was father to Hon. Daniel Phanix, father 
of the late Rev. Alexander Phoenix, of H. 

t Isaac Adriance, gone but not forgotten, was in many respects and in the 
best sense another Kuyter. "In his life were exhibited Dutch courage and firmness, 
along with New England enterjirise and activity. A true benevolence marked his 
character, and a high sense of justice. He hated robbery and wrong, and set him- 
self especially against abuses under municipal law. He sought to reform that law 
and its administration, and had a powerful influence in doing so. He honored tlie 
schoolhouse and the church, and was ever ready to aid them; and many a public 
work, now deemed noble and valuable, owed its origin in part to his sagacity and 



'56 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

fn""M^^^ ^nfo.rn.ation relative to that Tection°"'^ /^ '"""^ ™^«ers, he had gathered 
,?1 MSS and m the storehouse of his retP"?' especially to its land titlls bo?h 

Ightened liberality that so distinguished hf,^ t7^ memory; and which, with the en 
Hf%of for the compilation of th"s work Mr' ^^. P^^^ted the author to make fre^ 
n the old Sickels house, spoken oi^U^.^T ^^riance was born February joi,^^^ 
his life to the law. He died A,?in<f. ^ ''^''^V "^^^ educated at Yale and de.rntll 
Eltrt? f^'rr^T^ ^", -''^^ -«lfr"?t^,| b,^f 3. Pie was a linearde^ctndt?'^f 
-CjiDerts, from Utrecht, whose wife bv p w7^ ^' u '^ *^? ^°^ probably of Rever 
Gerritse Van Schaick, ancestor of the Albanv v'" t'^^?'}'^ ^^s mother^ of Goo Jen 
Reyersz came to this country, as he state/ 7 ^9'''''}^^- See Pearson. AdriaeS 

weie Elbert, born 1715; George Trrf,- ak 1, ' ^^°- 4° years, m 1730. His -^nns 
■849, aged 87 years, being the fathe? rf Isaac! S?,t name! ' ""'' '""' °"'>''" ^s' 




CHAPTER X. 

1651-1656 

NEW E]?I?ORTS, BUT SAD FAILURES. 

T^UYTER'S thoughts now turned wistfully toward his de- 
.serted bouwery at Zegendal, which stood in danger of 
forfeiture for non-improvement. He longed to make one more 
attempt to occupy his broad acres, if by the favor of Heaven he 
might retrieve the misfortunes of the dozen checkered years that 
had passed since his eye first rested with delight upon that lovely 
spot. But his unaided means were inadequate to the effort. His 
house and barns must be rebuilt, the soil again brought under 
the plow. The course he took to effect it is explained in the fol- 
lowing instrument : 

This day, the 23d of September, 1651, a friendly agreement was made 
between Mr. Jochem Pietei^en Kuyter, a free merchant, on one side ; 
and the Hon. Petrus Stuyvesant, Director-General of New Netherland, 
Curacao, and its dependencies, Lucas Rodenburg, Governor of Curacao, 
and Cornelis De- Potter, free merchant, of the other side, concerning 
a piece of land lying on Manhattan Island, and belonging to said Jochem 
Pietersen Kuyter, named Zegendal, or by the Indians called Schorrakin, 
bounded on the south by land of William Beeckman, Lieutenant of the 
Burgher Company at this place, and westward by the bounds of the Hon. 
Johannes La Montague, so on in a north course to the first rock, and 
on the east to the Great Kill ; having to the west toward the North 
River, a meadow of three or four niorgen; the aforesaid land containing 
about two hundred morgen, yet not precisely known, but remaining" to 
be ascertained with more accuracy ; on the following conditions, viz. : 

That said Kuyter shall cede, transport and convey to the said Stuy- 
vesant, Rodenburg, and De Potter the three-fourths parts of said land, 
being one-fourth part for each, while the said Kuyter retains one-fourth 
part for himself, and to his own behoof, upon condition that the said 
Kuyter shall receive from the aforesaid gentleman the sum of One 
Thousand Carohis Guilders, of which sum each of said gentlemen is to 
pay a third part, with' the understanding that the said money is to be 
employed at once 'in the cultivation of the said land*; which land is to 
remain undivided, until it is agreed by a majority of those interested, to 
make a j^tition of the shares. 

During which time said Jochem Pietersen Kuyter is to remain the 
cultivator and superintendent of ?l\\ the land, to the greatest profit and 
best advantage of all' interested, among whom he is to distribute the 



158 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

profits in equal shares, whether such profits come from grain, stock, or 
otherwise. It being understood, however, that the wife of Jochem Pie- 
tersen Kuyter may keep for her family some hens and ducks. The said 
Kuyter shall receive for his services as cultivator, one hundred and fifty 
guilders (per annum), that is to say, each of the three co-partners shall 
pay fifty guilders. 

And in order to make a good beginning, with God's assistance, there 
shall be built at the expense of said partners, on the land aforesaid, a 
suitable dwelling house to accommodate the said Kuyter. But this dwell- 
ing hous shall be the property of all the partners in common; and Kuyter 
shall keep a correct account of all expenses connected therewith, and of 
other expenses, and communicate it to the partners. 

And it is further stipulated that as soon as any distribution of grain is 
made, or that the land shall be divided by the partners aforesaid, the 
said Kuyter shall previously receive his thousand guilders for the transfer 
and cession of said land, and when such division shall take place, it shall 
be done by lot, without allowing any preference to any of the parties. 
Further stipulated that in case of the absence of one of the partners, an- 
other must be put in his place, and secondly that in case the said culti- 
vator should die, another may be placed in his stead, though all the 
partners be not consulted. Further, that in case of such decease, the 
widow of the deceased shall succeed in his share, or may transfer it to 
one of the partners. 

And therefore that this contract may have full effect, said Jochem 
Pietersen Kuyter transfers his lands to the partners aforesaid, as if he 
had actually received the stipulated sum ; while they on their part, for 
his security, submit their persons and property, real and personal, present 
and future, to the control of any court of justice. In witness whereof 
it is signed at New Amsterdam. 

JocHiEM Pr. Kuyti;r. 
P. StuyvesanT. 

L. RODENBURG. 

CoRNELis De Potter. 
Witness, Nichoeas Beank. 

In presence of me, 

Jacob Kip, Clerk. 

But the state of the country was becoming "more and more 
disquieted." Under such circumstances, no wonder that Kuy- 
ter hesitated about proceeding to restore his ruined buildings 
and fences, more especially as he could show no deed for his 
lands, which had either never been executed or had been lost in 
some one of his disasters. This left his boundaries, if not his 
title, in uncertainty. But, applying for a groundbrief and receiv- 
ing a favorable answer (Montague and Van Tienhoven stating 
to the council their knowledge of the original grant by Kieft, 
and its limits), Kuyter was reassured on this point, and led to 
prosecute his work, though with no slight misgivings as to the 
result.* The farmers on the Flats had no heart to make improve- 

* "Jochem Kuyter, by petition, requested a groundbrief for his lands which 
the Hon. Dr. W. Kieft, deceased, gave him in the year 1639, in July, and which 
were pointed out by Mr. Montague and the Secretary. 

"The Director and the Council answer: The applicant is directed to take a copy 
of his groundbrief from the register book of the groundbriefs, where the Director 
and Council think the same is recorded. If it is not, he shall be preferred before 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 159 

ments which in an evil hour might be laid in ruins by the sav- 
ages, who, on pretext of not having been paid for their lands, 
did not hesitate, as a chance offered, still to attack and murder 
the settlers on the scattered bouweries. Thus it soon after hap- 
pened to Pieter Beeck, before noticed, formerly deacon and now 
one of the selectmen, to which office he and Kuyter had recently 
been appointed. He and three workmen, while engaged at his 
bouwery near Hellgate, May 17th, 1652, were surprised by sav- 
ages and all cruelly murdered. 

Kuyter, Beeckman and others were threatened to have their 
bouweries burned, should no satisfaction be given. ]\lontagne 
was otherwise embarrassed. Heavily indebted to the company 
and burdened with a large family, he was dependent upon the 
director or government for a meagre support, and had no means 
to expend on his deserted plantation. JMany persons who would 
have undertaken new bouweries were kept from doing so 'through 
dread of the Indians and their threats." The public disquietude 
was greatly enhanced during this year and the next by absurd 
rumors that the Dutch authorities were plotting with the Indians 
to cut off the English residents in and near Manhattan ; reports 
which had well nigh caused a rupture with the New England 
colonies, and so wrought upon some of the neighboring English 
settlers upon Long Island that they left hastily and took refuge 
in Connecticut. As the natural effect of this state of things, no 
new bouweries had thus far "been formed on the Island of Man- 
hattan during Director Stuyvesant's administration," though 
"some had been abandoned." 

Kuyter in the meantime won for himself a large share of 
the public favor as one foremost in the church, and since he was 
chosen, January 30th, 1652, an efficient member of the board of 
selectmen. After this, on an important occasion, Stuyvesant 
honored him with a request to sit with the council. Indeed it 
excited surprise that one "whom the director formerly, for the 
affair of the selectmen, did publicly banish the country with 
ringing of the bell," should have been reinstated in the same 
office, and also in the eldership. But a new honor was now 
conferred upon him, a seat among the schepens of New Amster- 
dam, on the first institution of that office here in 1653. Usually 
present at their sittings, so valued were his counsels that on 
some special occasions a messenger was sent to Zegendal to 

others, and a new groundbrief of his lands be executed; in case the petitioner re- 
mains inclined, according to promise, again to improve and cultivate his lands. 
Done in meeting of the Director and Council, the 29th January, 1652." Extract 
from Council JNIinutes. 



i6o HISTORY OF HARLEM. | 

-I 
solicit his attendance. But on March 2d, 1654, he met with the 
city council for the last time. The threats of the Indians were 
now to be put in execution. Only a few days after, the savages 
murdered him in his house on his bouwery. Secure in their 
city home, his family were spared his fate.* ;" 

Kuyter's death caused a profound sensation. The com- 
munity had lost a good and useful member, and with unfeigned 
sorrow Stuyvesant announced the sad event to the directors in 
Holland, who responded with expressions of regret at his un- 
timely death. Labor on the bouwery was necessarily interrupted 
for a time. On April 226. following, Kuyter's widow, Leentie 
Martens, empowered two of her friends, Govert Loockermans 
and the notary, Dirck Schelluyne, "to proceed to the liquidating, 
taking and fairly closing to the final account and reliquiae, with 
Director General Petrus Stuyvesant, Hon. Lucas Rodenburg, 
and Mr. Cornelius De Potter, regarding the lands named Zegen- 
dal, belonging to her deceased husband, with the effects, as they 
were farmed and cultivated by her said husband in company 
with the above named gentleman, pursuant to contract dated the 
23d September, 1651." 

These managed to keep the farm under tillage, while the 
widow, in the persons of other friends, gave bonds for the de- 
livery of the grain which should be raised, in satisfaction of the 
claims of the several partners. For two summers the farm work 
went on, the sowing, reaping and gathering of the ripened harvest ; 
not, however, without much distrust of the wily savages and 
fears for their personal safety. So insecure was it considered 
that the sureties for Mrs. Kuyter required of the other owners 
indemnity bonds "for all losses and interests which should occur 
through fire, robbery, or other unexpected accident, either to the 
lands of the late Kuyter or to the crops." These apprehensions 
of further trouble from the Indians were well grounded. This 
island and its vicinity now of a sudden became the scene of ruth- 
less massacres. 

Very early one morning, September iSth, 1655, sixty- four 

* The Indians were resolved upon expelling the whites from this end of the 
Island, upon the ground that they had not been duly paid for their lands. True, 
the Indians had sold the Island to the company in 1626, and by virtue of this pur- 
chase the government had made the land grants to the settlers. Of course the 
latter deemed their title good and valid. But it is certain that the Indians did not 
recognize the sale as a surrender of all their rights and privileges on this part of the 
Island. Perhaps, grown wiser in a generation, they saw that the trivial price then 
paid tliem ($24) was no equivalent for their rich maize land and hunting grounds. 
But they probably claimed to have reserved (as they often did in their sales) the 
right of hunting and planting, because in after years the Harlem people so far 
admitted their pretensions as to make them further compensation. Well had it 
been for the colonists had they earlier given heed to the dissatisfaction of the Indians 
and done something to remove it. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. i6i 

canoes of armed savages landed on the beach at New Amster- 
dam, and before scarcely anyone had risen scattered about the 
town and began to break into the houses for plunder. All was 
alarm and confusion, and to make matters worse, Stuyvesant was 
absent, having departed on an expedition to the Delaware a few 
days before, taking with him most of the garrison. The mem- 
bers of the council finally prevailed with the chiefs and their 
people to withdraw from the city, but at evening they returned, 
and a skirmish took place between them and the Dutch soldiers, 
blood flowing on both sides. The now enraged Indians departed, 
but on that doleful night began a horrible slaughter of the set- 
tlers, full fifty of whom fell within three days, while over an 
hundred, mostly women and children, were carried into captivity. 
Hordes of armed savages, thirsting for blood, swept over 
these Flats, slaying the settlers, plundering and burning their 
houses, and devastating their bouweries. Cornells Claessen 
Swits, whose father, as we have seen, had been killed by an 
Indian, now owned the farm on the Flats originally granted to 
Isaac De Forest, but which Swits had purchased from Beeckman, 
March loth, 1653, selling the latter in exchange his plantation 
near Curler's Hook, later known as the "Delancey Farms. "'^' 

* Wilhelmiis Beeckman, 'whose descendants, numerqus and highly respectable, 
have usually written their name Beekman, was a son of Hendrick Beeckman, by 
his wife Mary, daughter of the excellent Wilhelmus Baudartius, annalist and pastor 
at Zutphen, in Gelderland, at which place our Beeckman was born April 2S, 1623. 
Holgate (Am. Genealogy) says he was born at Hasselt, in Overyssel, but Beeckman's 
marriage entry in the N. Y. Coll. Chh. Rec, more reliable as indited by himself, 
says at Zutphen. Coming out to Manhattan, in 1647, to serve as a clerk for the 
W. I. Comp., the next year he exchanged this for a mercantile life, and the vear 
following married a yotmg lady from Amsterdam, Catharine, daughter of Hendrick 
De Boog. Being "an honest and polite man," he was elected schepen in 1653, ^i^-d 
began a long and honorable public service. His "ability, piety and experience" 
gained him the position of ^'ice-Director on the Delaware, which he held from 1658 
to 1663. Then recalled and made sheriff at Esopus, he served as such till the close 
of Governor Lovelace's rule, when he engaged in the brewing business at the Smith's 
Fly, in N. Y. Filling an alderman's seat much of the time till his final retirement, 
in 1606, and having also served as an elder both at Kingston and at New York, he 
died in this city in his 85th year, September 21, 1707. He had nine children, viz., 
Maria, born 1650, married Nicholas William Stuyvesant, son of the governor; Hen- 
drick, born 1652; Gerardus, born 1653; Cornelia, born 1655, married Capt. Isaac Van 
Vleck; Johannes, born 1656, Jacobus, born 1658, died 1679; William, born 1661; 
Martinus, born 1665, and Catharine, Ijorn 1668, who married Gerard Duyckinck, as 
per Holgate, p. 75. Of these, Martinus is not again nanied, unless he that joined 
the military force sent by Leisler to Albany in 1690. William, who united with the 
New York church in 1681, became a Labadist. Johannes, "a mariner," married, in 
1685, Aeltie, daughter of Thomas Popinga, from Groningen, and in 1699, removed to 
Kingston, N. \.; issue William, Thomas, Johannes, Hendrick, JMary, Catharine, 
Rachel. Hendrick, who also settled in Kingston, married, 1681, Johanna, widow of 
Joris Davidsen and daughter of Capt. Jacob Loper; issue William, Catharine. Hen- 
drick and Cornelia. Gerardus, M. D., of Flatbush and New York, married. October 
25, 1677, INIagdalena, daughter of Stoffel Janse Abeel, of Albany. He died October 
10, 1723. His children were William, born January 25, 1679, died young; Christo- 
pher, born January 4, 1681, married Mary, daughter of Abram Dclanoy; .Adrian, 
born August 22, 1682, married Aletta Lispenard and Lucretia De Key; William, 
M. D., born August 8, 1684, married Catharine, daughter of Peter Dclanoy; Jacolius, 
M. D., born Atigust 7, married Elizabeth, daughter of Johannes De Pcyster; Catha- 
rine, born I\Iay 25, 1689, married Charles Le Roux; (.erardus, born June 9, 1693, 
married Anna Maria Van Horne and Catharine I'revoost; Cornelia, born May 25, 
1698, married Richard Van Dam; Hendrick, of New York, merchant, born December 
ii, 1701, died, unmarried, September 4, 1643, and Maria, born January 10, 1704, 



i62 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Since his good vrouw, Adriaiia, had lost her father, Cornehs 
Trommels, of Rengerskerk, a quiet hamlet in the Island of 
Schouwen, what changes she had experienced! Left an orphan 
to the care of a guardian at Brouwershaven, she had, after other 
vicissitudes, found a home on these beautiful but solitary plains, 
having since her arrival here inherited some property from an 
aunt in Zeeland. She was now the mother of five children be- 
tween the ages of three and fifteen years. Swits had built him 
a house, and labored hard upon his farm of fifty morgen, in clear- 
ing the land, etc., hoping by patient industry to cancel a debt 
of seven hundred guilders due the West India Company for 
commodities advanced to him. His good friend Tobias Teunis- 
sen was equally busy on the bouwery near Spuyten Duyvel. His 
present wife, whom he had married in 1649, was a daughter of 
Claes Boone, of Amsterdam, at which place her mother, Beatrice 
Hermans, was still living, on the Boomstraat. Jannetie also had 
had her trials, having lost a former husband, Urbane Leursen, 
with whom she had come to New Netherland (we think he per- 
ished in the Princess, on board which he had served), and who 
left her with three children, other three being added after she 
married Tobias, though but one was surviving, namely Teunis, 
now between four and five years of age. 

These two households felt the full force of the Indian raid. 
Being "miserably surprised by the cruel, barbarous savages," 
both Swits and Teunissen were massacred, their goods plundered 
or burned, and their terrified wives and little ones captured and 
hurried away to their haunts in the forest. The crops on the 
bouweries were destroyed, and the cattle cither killed, driven off, 
or left to wander in the woods. The same scene was enacted at 
the Kuyter bouwery. The grain, etc., was burned, but, sadder 
still, the widow Kuyter, now the wife of Willem Jansen, from 
Heerde, in Gelderland, also fell a victim to savage fury, though 
the husband by some means escaped.* 

married Jacob Walton. Our distinguished New York Beekmans have been chiefly 
of this branch. For fuller details consult Holgate's mainly accurate account before 
cited, and also Our Home, which contains a valuable but not faultless article upon 
the Beekman family. 

* Jochiem Pietersen Kuyter was an ordinary man. His career was one of 
those not so rare in human history, which seems a failure in the light of worldly 
ambition, but when viewed from a higher standpoint, both a success and a triumph. 
Not in his laudable efforts to subdue the wilderness, but by his bold defense of 
popular rights, he conferred invaluable benefits upon his fellow-colonists and those 
succeeding them, and which entitles him to a place on the roll of public benefac- 
tors. Kuyter should have a memorial in Central Park. It is an interesting query 
whether his descendants do not compose the highly respectable family of Keatqr, 
seated very early in Marbletown, Ulster County, most patriotic "associators"_ m 
behali of independence in 1775, though now widely scattered, some having Anglicized 
their name into Cator. These are traced back to Melchert Claesz Keeter, born at 
Amsterdam, who married, in 1674, widow Susanna Richards, from Oxford, and settled 
in Marbletown. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 163 

The Indians had threatened "to root out the Dutch," and 
well they kept their word; nor did they spare the EngUsh, 
either. All the neighboring settlements were also swept off. 
The lands of Vander Donck, "bordering on our island, and only 
parted from it by a small creek, in some places passable at low 
water,"' had been "divided and settled by his children and associ- 
ates, in various plantations and farms, but which in the massacre, 
were abandoned." The occupants of Jonas Bronck's land met 
with no better fate. Adjoining Bronck's land lay Cornell's 
Neck; its patentee, Thomas Cornell, an Englishman from Here- 
fordshire, who had served the company as a soldier, "was driven 
oft" his lands by the barbarous violence of the Indians, who burned 
his house and goods and destroyed his cattle." On Long Island 
side the house and plantation of William Hallett, another English- 
man, opposite Hoorn's Hook, "were laid waste by the Indians." 
Their canoes kept prowling about Hellgate, and on October 13th 
about thirty savages stealthily approached the house of Hallett's 
neighbor, Pieter Andriessen, living at the present Ravenswood, 
and the same who came over with Bronck. He and five other 
persons who chanced that day to be at his house were attacked, 
four of the six wounded, and all captured ; the savages then having 
the eft'rontery to send two of them to New Amsterdam, with an 
offer to release the others on receiving some guns, ammunition, 
etc., which they demanded. 

In a few days the Indians having glutted their revenge, and 
willing to get the captives off their hands, made overtures, which 
resulted in the ransom, during the month of October, of a large 
number, but the families of Teunissen and Swits were not in- 
cluded. Meanwhile Stuyvesant having returned from the "con- 
quest" of the Swedish colony on the Delaware, his soldiers were 
ready for an exterminating war upon the Indians, and which some 
strongly advised. But this was opposed by Montague in the 
council^ on the ground of their weakness. "If," he urged with a 
convincing logic, "we have no power to prosecute a war, then it 
becomes necessary that we remain quiet till we shall obtain it, 
and meanwhile not to place too much confidence in the Indians. 
As for the great damage we have suft'ered from the savages. I 
know^ of no remedy, because reparation seems not to be had from 
them either by war or peace; and with respect to the captives, 
experience has taught us that they cannot be recovered without 
ransom." This moderate and discreet advice met the approval 
of the director himself, who also expressed his opinion that the first 



i64 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

attack upon the Dutch was not premeditated, but was provoked 
by a "too hasty rashness on the part of a few hot-headed spirits." 

Parties were sent out to bury the dead and collect the stray 
stock. Such a scene was presented of poor slaughtered remains, 
blackened ruins, and general devastation as appalled the hearts 
even of brave soldiers. Some of the cattle belonging to the mur- 
dered Swits were found in the woods, brought in and cared for. 
And toward the close of November his widow and children, with 
those of Teunissen, were happily restored to their friends at New 
Amsterdam.* The hostile attitude of the Indians and the fear 
"of being again as suddenly surprised" were an effectual bar to 
any present attempt at rebuilding the ruined habitations on the 
Flats. Indeed, such of the settlers as survived were impoverished ; 
"dispossessed of their properties, and not left wherewith to provide 
food and clothing." And though others, having courage and 
means, would venture upon these lands and run the hazard, they 
were now wholly prevented from so doing by an ordinance of the 
director and council, passed January i8th, 1656, which prohibited 
all persons from dwelling in exposed situations, and required the 
farmers upon isolated bouweries to forthwith remove, with their 
families, into the nearest village, where they would abide more 
safely, be able to act in concert in case of danger, and go out in 
armed parties to till their lands and gather their crops. 

Such an ordinance was a necessity. The history of settlement 
on these Flats, up to this record, presented but a series of adver- 
sities, and it was time to arrest these single-handed attempts to 
plant bouweries, costing as they had so many valuable lives. Need 
we recount the gloomy roll of the dead ? — De Forest, the pioneer, 
the respected Van Rossum, the excellent Beeck and Kuyter, the 
industrious and worthy Teunissen and Swits ! Governor Roden- 
burg, one of Kuyter's partners, also died about this time. Claessen 
of Hoorn's Hook, after his visit to Holland for redress of personal 
grievances charged upon Kieft and Stuyvesant, returned no more 
to his plantation. Willem Bont and Matthys Jansen had gone to 
Fort Orange, as also Dr. Montague, who with exhausted means 

* Tobias Teunissen, with no such culture as shone forth in Kuyter, yet possessed 
measurably those sterling qualities needed to battle manfully with adversities, and 
he deserves honorable mention among those pioneer settlers by whose toi^s and 
sacrifices the waj'' was paved for the ultimate success of the settlement. His widow 
married Thomas Verdon, of Brooklyn, where both joined the church in 1661. Her 
son, Teunis Tobias, born in 165 1, was living in 1692, on his farm at Gowanus (Deeds, 
Brooklyn, vol. i, 313), but search and inquiry fail to trace him farther. Perhaps his 
descendants compose the Tobias family, found irom an eariy date m the states or 
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i66 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

and no prospect of any returns from his wasted bouwery, had glad- 
ly accepted the honorable position of vice-director at that place.* 

Bereft of inhabitants and desolated by firebrand and toma- 
hawk; the current rumors of Indian threats which still agitated 
the public mind ; the prohibition against isolated settlements ; and 
the complications arising in regard to the interests and estates of 
the persons slain in the late massacre; were so many barriers in 
the way of any immediate efifort to rescue these fertile plains and 
primeval forests from the wilderness of nature. 

* Sibout Claessen, first proprietor of Hoorn's Hook, showed strength of character 
by his resolute stand against the assumptions of Stuyvesant. It accords with the 
belief that his parents were Friesans, — most stalwart and strong-minded of Nether- 
landers, — and had removed to Hoorn before his birth; for Sibout was no doubt 
cousin-german to Harck Siboutsen, from L,angedyk, on the river Kuinre, in the 
district of Zevenwolden, or Seven Forests. See "Cronkhite Family," Annals of 
Newtown, p. 316. Claessen married, in 1645, Susannah, daughter of Jan Van Schunen- 
burgh and widow of Aert Teunisz Van Putten, before noticed. After returning 
from Holland he lived in New York till his death, in 1680. He left 1,000 guilders, 
wampum value, to the Dutch church, of which he and wife were memljers, and his 
remaining estate on the decease of his wife to her daughters by Teunissen, viz., 
Wyntie, wife of Simon Barentsen, and Susannah, wife of Reynier Willemsen. 




CHAPTER XI. 

1656 — 1660. 

NEW HAERIvEM FOUNDED; ITS COURT AND CHURCH. 

A N interesting period in our history is that which gave 
origin to the village of Harlem. This inviting section of 
Manhattan was to be peopled and cultivated ; but by some new 
and more efficient mode than that already tried, fruitful only in 
unrequited labor, the waste of property, and the loss of precious 
lives. It could only be done by the direct aid of government. The 
farm owners were nearly all dead ; their estates insolvent. La 
Montagne and Swits, having had large advances from the public 
stores to supply the wants of their families, were deeply indebted 
to the company : Swits in the sum of seven hundred guilders, to 
satisfy which, with "other debts," he left nothing but his ruined 
bouwery. Dr. La Montagne, as early as 1652, was reputed to be 
owing the company "several thousand guilders." As Vice-Direc- 
tor, his salary of six hundred florins, with an extra allowance for 
board of two hundred florins per annum (increased in 1659 to 
three hundred), proving inadequate to his support, things had 
gone from bad to worse, and were fast tending to that crisis in his 
affairs which, in 1662, wrung from him the touching admission 
to Stuyvesant, that he had not the means of providing bread for 
his family, and being sixty-eight years of age, was reduced to 
penury and want. 

The Kuyter heirs were in no better case, and "divers persons 
interested in the estate" began to clamor for its settlement. Pro- 
ceedings to this end were begun soon after Mrs. Kuyter's death ; 
when, on a petition from Gov. Stuyvesant, "relative to certain 
share belonging to him," the burgomasters ordered "that an in- 
ventory be taken of the lands, houses, and other effects of the 
deceased Jochem Pietersen Kuyter, and of his widow, she having 
remarried, and being now dead ; so that his Honor, as well as the 
other private creditors, may obtain justice." Next came a claim, 
preferred against one of Mrs. Kuyter's sureties by Cornelis De 



i68 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Potter, for a balance due him, which was to have been paid in 
grain from the farm ; but the court rejected the demand, upon the 
ground that ''the grain had been destroyed in the troubles with the 
Indians," and De Potter had covenanted not to hold the bail re- 
sponsible for any default arising from such losses. 

Two years passed, when the plans having matured for closing 
up the estate of "Jochem Pietersen Kuyter and Leentie Martens, 
his wife, killed by the Indians," their city residence on the Heere 
Graft was put up at public sale by the administrators, January 
1 2th, 1658, and struck off to one of the schepens, Plendrick Jansen 
Vander Vin, later a resident of Harlem, to whom, on February 
14th, the burgomasters gave a deed. 

As to the Zegendal lands and others adjacent, the Director 
and Council, with a just regard for all the interests involved, both 
of a public and private nature, resolved upon forming a village 
there, by laying out suitable building and farming lots, to be sold 
to settlers at a fixed price per morgen, and to apply the moneys 
so derived for the benefit of the late proprietors, their heirs or 
creditors. The Van Keulen tract, besides the Kuyter lands, was 
to be disposed of, with the Swits bouwery lying between them ; 
and the cleared portion of the latter was fixed upon as the village 
site.* As Stu}'vesant owned a fourth part of the Kuyter tract, 

* Cornelis Claessen Swits, whose histoiT, with that of his father's, as before 
related, challenges romance, had 10 children, of whom reached maturity only Claes, 
born 1640; Isaac, born 1642; Jacob, born 1645; Apollonia, born 1648, and Cornelis, 
born 165 1. His widow had one or more children by her second husband, Albert 
I^eenderts. Apollonia Swits married Jan Thomasz Aken, and their daughter married 
Vincent Delamontagne. Claes Swits was accidentally killed at Albany in 1663. Cor- 
nelis joined the church at Kingston, Ulster County, in 1678, was afterward an elder, 
and died 1734, in the town of Rochester, leaving only his widow, Jannetie, daughter 
of Tjerck De Witt. 

tsaac Cornelissen Swits, the only son, as far as is known, who left aescendants, 
was familiarly called "Kleyn Isaac," or Little Isaac. He settled at Schenectady, 
where his posterity have been among the most respectable residents. By his wife 
Susanna, daughter of Simon Groot, he had eight children, of whom need be named 
only Cornelius, Simon and Jacob; all of whom left descendants. At the sack of 
Schenectady by the French and Indians, February 8, 1690, Isaac, for the second 
time became a captive, he and his eldest son Cornelius, aged about 12 years, being 
taken with other prisoners to Canada; but after five months' captivity Isaac escaped, 
reaching Albany July 9, and was soon followed by liis son. Governor L,eisler shortly 
after gave Swits a commission as lieutenant of militia. While he was in Canada a 
fort was built in his lot in Schenectady, in lieu of which he was granted 1,000 acres 
along the east side of the Mohawk, for which he also got a deed from the Indians 
August 16, 1707. He survived this only about a month, but this purchase was con- 
firmed to his son Cornelius, as his heir at law, by patent of April 14, 1708. Cornelius 
in 1702, married Hester Fisher^ and lived in Albany. Simon married Gesina Beek- 
man, in 1711, and resided in Schenectady. The other brother, Jacob Swits, of 
Schenectady, born 1695, married, 1719, Helena De vVitt, of Esospus, by whom he 
had issue: Isaac, born 1720; Andries, 1723; Susanna, 1726; Jannetie, 1727; Abra- 
ham, 1730; Cornelius, 1733, and Maria, 1737. Abraham, known as Major Swits, at 
eighteen years, distinguished himself for his cotirage on the day of the Bockendal 
battle, when the Indians killed 12 of the best men of Schenectady. In the Revolu- 
tionary war he held a commission as "'First Major of the Regiment of Militia, of 
which Abraham Wemple is Colonel," dated June 20, 1778. Two of his sons bore 
arrns in that struggle, viz., Walter and Jacob, the latter afterward Major General 
of the state militia. After the war Major Swits resided in a brick house on the 
north corner of Maiden Lane and State Street. In this house was born his grand- 
son, the late F. N. Clute, of Herkimer, who always spoke with interest of his grand- 
father Swits. Major Swits died August 17, 1814, having had thirteen children, nine 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 169 

he reserved his share, probably to avoid unpleasant complications ; 
so that only 150 niorgen of this tract were to be laid out into lots. 
These lands being deemed ample for the wants of the proposed 
village for some time to come, the \^redendal or ]\Iontagne farm 
was not as yet included ; in fact, it was held that "it could not be 
thence conveniently cultivated, being over a kill." 

The government had another important object in view besides 
that of obtaining its dues, or promoting the settlement of this 
district. This was to enhance the safety of the city of New Am- 
sterdam, as would naturally result- from planting a strong village, 
with a garrison, on this frontier end of the island. But in carry- 
ing out this design, as already hinted, neither the honest efforts 
of the late owners to comply with the terms of their grants by 
improving their lands, neither their misfortunes and heavy losses, 
were lost sight of. True, these lands had been granted subject to 
the imperative condition that the soil should be brought under til- 
lage. . By such means were the resources of the country to be 
developed, its growth promoted. Xot to comply with this con- 
dition was ordinarily to forfeit the grant, even though a patent 
had issued ; in which case the government felt warranted, and 
usually did not hesitate, to reclaim the land and give it to others 
as it pleased. But as manifest injustice would result from apply- 
ing the above rule of forfeiture to the specific cases under consid- 
eration, where the unfortunate proprietors had done what they 
could and had failed through no fault of their own, it behooved 
the government, in whatever action it might take touching these 
lands, to have a proper regard for the interests of the said pro- 
prietors, while exercising the usual prerogative of the civil power, 
the right of eminent domain, or that of judging how far private 
interests and convenience must yield to the public necessities ; and, 
under the Dutch rule, it had always been held "that a private farm 
or plantation ought never to be prejudicial to a village." How 
far this measure was agreed to by the parties interested, does not 
appear ; but it certainly commended itself as the readiest way to 
make these otherwise useless lands yield them some returns, 
whereby to relieve their indebtedness to the government and 
others. It was this injunction of circumstances that called forth 
the following ordinance : 

The Director-Cicncral and Council of New Nethcrland hereby give 

by his last wife, Margaret, daughter of John Delamont, whom he married November 
22, 1760. Their son Jacob, born November 3, 1762. was father of the late Rev. 
Abraliam J. Swits. of Schenectady, and their daughter. Susanna, born Tune u, 1766, 
became wife of Nicliolas F. Chile, and mother of Mr. Frederick N. Clute aforesaid, 
who was born at Schenectady. March u, 1797, and died December 15, 1879. Sec 
Pearson's Schenectady Settlers. 



I/O HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

notice, that for the further promotion of agriculture, for the security of 
this Island and the cattle pasturing thereon, as well as for the further 
relief and expansion of this City Amsterdam,* in New Netherland, they 
have resolved to form a new Village or Settlement at the end of the Island, 
and about the land of Jochem Pietersen, deceased, and those which are 
adjoining it. In order that the lovers of agriculture may be encouraged 
thereto, the proposed new Village aforesaid is favored by the Director- 
General and Council with the following Privileges. 

First : Each of the inhabitants thereof shall receive by lot in full own- 
ership, i8, 20 to 24 morgen of arable Land; 6 to 8 morgen of Meadow; 
and be exempt from Tenths for fifteen years commencing next May; on 
condition that he pay within the course of three years, in instalments, 
Eight guilders for each morgen of tillable land for the behoof of the 
interested, or their creditors, who are now or formerly were driven from 
the aforesaid Lands, and have suffered great loss thereon. 

Secondly : In order to prevent similar damage from calamities or 
expulsion, the Director-General and Council promise the Inhabitants of 
the aforesaid Village to protect and maintain them with all their power, 
and, when notified and required to assist them with 12 to 15 Soldiers on 
the monthly pay of the Company, the Village providing quarters and 
rations ; This whenever the Inhabitants mai' petition therefor. 

Thirdly : When the aforesaid Village has 20 to 25 Families, the 
Director-General and Council will favor it with an Inferior Court of 
Justice; and for that purpose, a double number is to be nominated out of 
the most discreet and proper persons, for the first time by the Inhabitants, 
and afterward by the Magistrates thereof, and presented annually to 
the Director-General and Council, to elect a single number therefrom. 

Fourthly : The Director-General and Council promise to employ all 
possible means that the Inhabitants of the aforesaid Village, when it has 
the above-mentioned number of Families, will be accommodated with a 
good, pious, orthodox Minister, toward whose maintenance the Director- 
General and Council promise to pay half the Salary, the other half to be 
supplied by the Inhabitants in the best and easiest manner, with the 
advice of the Magistrates of the aforesaid Village, at the most convenient 
time. 

Fifthly : The Director-General and Council will assist the Inhabi- 
tants of the aforesaid Village, whenever it will best suit their convenience, 
to construct, with the Company's Negroes, a good wagon road from this 
place to the village aforesaid, so that people can travel hither and thither 
on horseback and with a wagon. 

Sixthly : In order that the advancement of the aforesaid Village may 
be the sooner and better promoted, the Director-General and Council 
have resolved and determined not to establish, or allow to be established, 
any new villages or settlements, before and until the aforesaid Village be 
brought into existence ; certainly not until the aforesaid number of 
Inhabitants is completed. 

Seventhly : For the better and greater promotion of neighborly cor- 
respondence with the English of the North, the Director-General and 
Council will at a more convenient time authorize a Ferry and a suitable 
Scow near the aforesaid Village, in order to convey over Cattle and 
Horses ; and will favor the aforesaid Village with a Cattle and Horse 
Market. 

Eighthly : Whoever are inclined to settle themselves there or to take 
up Bouweries by their servants, shall be bound to enter their names at 
once, or within a short time, at the office of the Secretary of the Director- 
General and Council, and to begin immediately with others to place on 

* The words in the original are, "tot meerder recreatie en uytspanninge van 
dese Steede Amsterdam," etc. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 171 

the land one able-bodied person, provided with proper arms, or in default 
thereof, to be deprived of his right. _ 

Thus done in the meeting of the Director and Council, held in Fort 
Amsterdam, in New Netherland, on the 4th of March, A° 1658. 

The number of applicants for the land being sufficient to war- 
rant a beginning, ground was broken for the new settlement 
August 14th ensuing; between which date and September loth 
was completed the preliminary work of surveying and staking 
out the lands and village plots, etc. Hilarity and good cheer 
marked the occasion, for one of those present was Johan Vervee- 
len, not till five years later a resident, but who acted as tapster, 
regaling the compan}- with generous potions of his New Amster- 
dam beer. 

The village was laid out adjoining the Great Kill or Harlem 
River, taking for the principal street what had apparently been 
used before as a road by the ill-fated Swits and others, or at least 
an Indian trail. Touching the river (about 125th Street) just 
north of a small cove, where a ferry to Bronckside, or Morris- 
ania, was soon established, it lay "about east and west," con- 
tinuing beyond the village, on much the same course, till it 
reached the north branch of Montague's Kill. A second street, 
north of the former (distant at the river end fifteen Dutch rods), 
was laid out in the same direction, as far as found necessary. 
Being broader than the other, it was called the "Great Way," 
but since that day has been better known as the Church Lane, 
with its old homesteads and rows of stately elms ; of all which, 
however, there now remains scarce a trace, save upon the maps. 
Between these two streets were located the erven, or house 
lots, lying in two ranges, a central line dividing those facing 
one street from those facing the other, as in modern fashion ; 
but the lots were nearly square, and measured about ninety- 
three English feet in depth, with a frontage somewhat less ; 
while cross-streets formed these into blocks containing four lots 
each. It should be said that the erven toward the west end 
exceeded considerably the depth stated, owing to the fact that 
the two main streets did not preserve their parallel, the south- 
ern, at a point between the second and third cross-streets, sud- 
denly diverging about eight degrees from a direct line. Larger 
plots laid out on the north side of the Great Way, though some 
were subsequently built upon, were designed only as tuynen, 
or gardens, one for each of the erven. They were described as 
five by twenty Dutch rods, or one-sixth of a morgen, but were 
meted out by liberal measure (the case also with the erven), and 



172 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

being soon extended in the rear and otherwise enlarged, came 
to be reduced to half the original number, and to contain one 
morgen or two acres.* 

To each erf, or house lot, was laid out upon Jochem Pieter's 
Flat a lot of bouwlant, or farming land. These were simply 
staked off and numbered, the lots running from the river into 
the woods westerly ; No. i lying against the rear of the tuynen, 
at the south end of the range, and No. 25 at the north end. 
These lots were laid out for six morgen, but were soon after en- 
larged a little and the number reduced, as we shall see. These 
twenty-five lots were the only farming lands taken up at first. 
In form like all those subsequently laid out for the same pur- 
pose, they were made narrow and long, and butted either on the 
river or creeks, — a favorite mode of dividing up land, borrowed 
from Holland, but here having its peculiar advantages. The 
farmers liked this water privilege, as they were long in the habit 
of removing their produce from the field to their barns in the 

* The Church L,ane, like a faded picture almost reft of power to recall the 
lovely reality, still lives, with its air of rural repose, in the memories of a few who, 
in their juvenile days trod its grassy paths to the old Dutch church, which stood near 
the Harlem River, on the south side of the Lane, in a corner of the old cemetery 
removed in 1868. Extending from the river, where on its north side stood the Judah 
house, on its south the Benson house, this ancient road, cutting the modern blocks 
diagonally, struck Third Avenue at 121st Street, then crossing where was since the 
Park to S J Ivan Place and 120th Street, turned southward just beyond that point 
and joined the original Plarlem and New York road, or continuation of the lower 
village street, which in early times extended west to the little Mill Creek (north branch 
of Montague's Kill) and across to Harlem Lane, now ^wenue St. Nicholas. 

The church, the second which had occupied that spot, was taken down in 1825, 
a new one being built on the present site, then part of the Church Farm. The old 
vane, bearing the date 1788, when the former house was erected, was taken care of 
and may still be seen on Judge Ingraham's barn, in Second Avenue. See note on 
The Reiformed Church. The Benson house, aforesaid, yet in good repair, standing 
cornerwise to the upper side of i2S.th Street, late occupied by Mr. J. K. Cowperthwait, 
but early in this century the home of Lawrence Benson, then 01 Capt. Bailey, and 
later of Judge Morrell, marks the situation of a much more ancient house, — that of 
the original settler, David Demarest. The Judah house, which stood opposite, on the 
north side of the I^ane, was deserted long before it was pulled down in 1867, but had 
been a tasteful structure for the times, and was owned prior to the Revolution by 
Peter R. Livingston. Kept as a tavern just after the war for some years by the 
noted patriot, of whalebone fame, Capt. William Marriner, who also ran the ferry to 
Morrisania, it was also known as the Ferry House. It was bought in 1822 by Mr. 
Jolm Moore, and became his residence. Both the above were originally stone houses, 
of one story, but had been raised to two. Before the present century, the erven, or 
ancient village house lots (on one of which is the Benson house; the church and 
graveyard having occupied two others), had nearly all lost their buildings, and become 
pasture-lots, or been thrown into the adjoining fields, by closing up the lower street 
before named, the river end only being kept open; while the tuynen, or one morgen 
lots, on the north side of the Church Lane, being joined two or more in a plot, and 
built upon, had come to form the best part of the village, the homes a century ago of 
the Bussing, Waldron, Livingston, and Myer families, succeeded later by those of 
Sickels, Chesterman, Brady, etc. The Myer house, of stone, one story and very old, 
was removed by Judge Ingraham when 125th street was opened, on which it stood. 
The Brady house, a frame iiuilding, erected by John Livingston some years before the 
Revolution, was torn down in 1863. The stately frame house with heavy columns, yet 
standing at Second avenue and 124th street, was built by the late James Chesterman, 
in 1821, on the side of the old stone Waldron house. The old Bussing house occu- 
pying the plot next the Church Farm, was destroyed in the Revolution, and on the 
same spot after the war John S. Sickles built the house still standing on 123d street, 
north side, just west of Second avenue, it having been turned to line with the street. 
This property descended, in 1804, from Sickles to his grandson, John S. Adriance, who 
sold it, June 7th, 1820, to Christopher Heiser. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 173 

village by means of canoes and scows, until suitable roads were 
made. Again, the laborers had less fear of the. Indians, when 
working near each other, in a common field (for it was a full half 
century before they built division fences) as, always having 
their guns with them, there was a better chance, if attacked, to 
unite in defending themselves. And tradition adds that they 
used the ingenious precaution of planting each particular crop 
in a continuous row across their several lots, that the workers 
need not be very far apart while engaged in cultivating or har- 
vesting their crops. 

Salt hay was thought indispensable for the cattle ; hence a 
small parcel of marsh or meadowy usually about three morgen, 
was set off to each lot of bouwland. That all might be sup- 
l^lied, these had to be taken wherever found, — on Little Barent's 
and Stony Islands ; on the other side of Harlem River ; about 
Spuyten Duyvel, and in the Great Meadow, upon Sherman's 
Creek. The meadows in the Bay of Hellgate were reserved to 
the church, to be used or rented for its benefit, with the bouw- 
land in the village, set apart to the same use. 

With its first advent into life and activity, the infant settle- 
ment received its name, fitly taken from a famous old city of 
North Holland. It was called Nieuw Haerlem ; conferred, no 
doubt, by Stuyvesant, who seems always to have exercised that 
right, though usually a formal request coming from the people 
gave it the look of a courtesy paid to their chief ruler. Its selec- 
tion was such as could neither flatter any one settler, nor excite 
the jealousy of others, as none of them were from Haerlem. 
Perhaps the semblance in the two localities first suggested it. 
New Haerlem and New Amsterdam, like the two great cities 
after which they were named, lay apart "about three hours' jour- 
ney ;" or so thought two observing tourists of that century. 
Old Haerlem, watered on its eastern side by the gentle Sparen, 
and girt about landwise by groves "of shadowy elms." for 
beauty and extent unrivaled in Holland, where are few forests, 
might well have dictated a name for a situation so similar. But 
more suggestive was its history. To the Hollander the word 
Haerlem was the synonym for all that was virtuous and heroic. 
During the memorable siege sustained by that fated town, when 
for seven long months the choicest troops in the v^panish army 
were foiled by the intrepidity of its citizens, women vicing with 
the men in bearing arms, was displayed a patriotism worthy the 
loftiest flights of the poetic muse. And though Haerlem fell, 
there went up from the merciless slaughter of its brave but van- 



174 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

quished people such a piercing cry as palsied the weakened arm 
of the invader, and nerved the patriots to an uncompromising 
resistance, — freedom was virtually achieved for the United Prov- 
inces ! Noble Haerlem ! illustrious example of courage, endur- 
ance and sacrifice, ever to live thy memory, and tenderly to be 
cherished among the proudest and dearest of Fatherland! 

Thus the name New Haerlem was aptly chosen. Like its 
great exemplar, it might be called upon to withstand the on- 
slaught of a savage and relentless foe. In such dark and trying 
hour, — and who could tell, after the gloomy experience of past 
years, but it might come, — the inspiration of a glorious name was 
something to incite its people to noblest proofs of fortitude and 
heroism. Peril was in the new enterprise, equally with labor and 
hardship ; and those entering upon it had clearer apprehensions 
than we can well understand what they might be called to do 
or suffer to maintain and defend their new home.* 

The beginning was not auspicious. Summer in 1658 brought 
"an unusuall}'^ distempered atmosphere," and "many persons 
died." Others were prostrated for weeks and months "with 
sickness and debility." Then "flooding rains, which came about 
the time of harvesting," so damaged the fruits and crops as to 
cause "a scarcity of bread." Many feared it would "be impos- 
sible to get in winter forage for the cattle." With so serious a 
check upon labor and enterprise, but slow progress was made at 
New Harlem. 

With a view to urging the work forward, the Director and 
Council, on November 27th, issued a peremptory order in these 
words : "All persons whom it may concern are hereby fore- 
warned and notified, that all those who have obtained lots or 
plantations in the newly-begun village of Haerlem shall take 
possession, or cause possession thereof to be taken, and com- 
mence preparations for fencing and planting the same, within 
the space of six weeks from the date hereof, on pain of having 

* Haerlem, in writing which we now drop a letter for brevity, is derived by 
Dutch writers from Heer L,em (Lord Willem, or William), an early prince of Fries- 
land, in Holland, the reputed founder of Haerlem, from him called the stadt (town) 
of Heer L,em; whence the easy transition into Haerlem, or Haarlem, as the Hol- 
landers now write it. 

Among the oldest of our historic names, significant for reference, and entering 
into the corporate titles of our churches, our railway and navigation companies, etc., 
how preposterous the suggestion that this time-honored designation is become useless, 
and should be ignored! Rather cherish it, together with the more local names within 
Harlem, many of which it has been our good fortune to rescue. Apropos of this — has 
justice been done the worthy pioneers of Harlem, in selecting names for the streets, 
avenues and places? Mount Morris, from its former owners, wottld surely find a 
more signiticant name in Mount Benson. And Kortright Avenue, for a like reason, 
more happily apply to Harlem Lane than Avenue St. Nicholas! Since "God's 
Acre" has been desecrated, and the forefathers' gravestones uprooted as things obso- 
lete and useless, what more proper tribute to their memory than that here suggested? 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 175 

the lots and plantations which are not entered upon within that 
time given and granted to others who may be disposed to im- 
prove them." 

This premonition was not without its effect, but the winter 
setting in early and with severity must have retarded the work. 
However, in place of those who abandoned their lots came other 
settlers, who put up buildings and undertook to cultivate the soil. 
The number of landholders thus augmented, during the ensuing 
spring and summer building after building began to adorn the 
new village, among the earliest to take up a permanent resi- 
dence there being the Slots, Cressons, Tourneur and JMontagne 
junior, who all bore an active part in its affairs. For the se- 
curity of the settlers, all of whom were required to be well armed, 
the government furnished eight or ten regular soldiers from 
Fort Amsterdam, in the pay of the company, whose presence 
were a necessity in the "newly-begun village," as the Indians 
were yet a source of anxiety, especially to the wives and families 
of the colonists ; the recent murder of a Swedish family at Mespat 
Kills serving to heighten this feeling among their fellow Swedes, 
of whom there were several in the new community at Harlem.* 

This public disquietude arose to an actual panic when, on 
Septeniber 23d, the startling news arrived at the Manhattans, 
that a firce and bloody war had broken out between the Esopus 
savages and the settlers there. A general consternation seized 
the inhabitants upon Manhattan Island and in the neighboring" 
settlements, many of whom forsaking their bouweries, crops and 
cattle, fled hastily to New Amsterdam. Operations at New 
Harlem were wholly suspended for a time, especially as every 
soldier and public servant had to leave and accompany Stuy- 
vesant on an expedition to Esopus. These soon returned, but 
things continued in a very threatening attitude the whole win- 
ter ; and until the renewal of peace with the Wickquaskeeks 
and other tribes about Manhattan, early in the spring, brought 
some quiet to the public mind in this quarter. But the Direc- 
tor-General, on a second visit to Esopus, finding the savages 
there still hostile, resolved to give them their fill of w^ar. He 
sent a message to the secretary. Van Ruyven, that the entire 
country was in danger, /and directed him to warn the (~>ut set- 
1 

* Eldert Eiigelberts, one of the murdered Swedes (see Annals of Newtown, 46, 
51), married, in 1656, Sarah Walker from Boston; issue Anna Maria, born the same 
year at Maspeth Kills, and who married, 1680, Clement Klsworth, of New York. He 
and three brothers (sons of Stoffcl Elsworth) all left families, whence those of this 
name. Capt. X'erdinc Elsworth, of Orange County, a descendant of Clement, married 
Dorothy Gale, in New York, 1759, and took an active part in the old French war. 



176 . HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

tlements around Manhattan to carefully guard against a sur- 
prise. This having been done, the next day, being March 23d, 
1660, the people at New Harlem were further notified that 
since it was "highly necessary to keep a good watch in the 
newly-settled village," the Council had appointed as its mili- 
tary officers, Jan Pietersen Slot, as sergeant; Daniel Tourneur, 
as corporal, and Jaques Qresson, as "lancepesade." They called 
upon all the inhabitants to obey the commands of Sergeant Slot, 
till other orders should be given by the Director and Council. 
This was the first step taken for the establishment of local au- 
thority at Harlem. Furnished with a supply of pow^der from ♦ 
the public magazine by Derick Lyooten, the commissar}^, the 
inhabitants were prepared for defense. This state of unrest 
lasted for several months, when it was relieved by news that a 
peace had been ratified with the Esopus Indians, and approved 
by the river tribes. 

Meanwhile the settlers, having steadily increased in numbers, 
now deemed themselves entitled to a Court of Justice, agreeably 
with the original conditions under which they had settled here. 
They met therefore and nominated a double number of the best 
qualified persons among them, to bear rule as "commissaries" 
or magistrates, and submitted their names to the Director and 
Council, who, by the following ordinance, confirmed three of the 
nominees in that office, and defined their duties and powers : 



Tlie Director-General and Council of New Netherland, To all those 
who shall see or hear these Presents read, send greeting and make 
known. That for the welfare of the community, for promoting the growth 
and success of the new Village of Harlem, and for the easier adminis- 
tration of Justice, they have deemed it necessary to erect in the afore- 
said village, an Inferior Court of Justice, which shall consist, provis- 
ionally, of the three undernamed Commissaries, to wit : Jan Pietersen, 
Daniel Tourneur, Pierre Cresson, before whom in the first case shall 
be brought all Questions, Actions and Differences arising in the said 
Village, between Lord and Subject, Master and Servant, Mistress and 
Maid, Neighbor and Neighbor, Buyer and Seller, Lessor and Lessee, 
Landlord and Laborer, and other such like ; also all criminal actions, 
consisting of Misdeeds, Threats, Fighting or Wounding, whether moved 
and instituted by the parties or by the senior Commissary, who, until 
further order, shall represent the Sheriff in that place. 

Said Commissaries shall do justice, to the best of their knowledge, 
between parties appearing before them, and may decree the giving of Bail, 
Acquittal or Condemnation, as the circumstances of the case shall war- 
rant. But any party feeling himself aggrieved, may appeal to the Director- 
General and Council of New Netherland, according to custom here, 
from all judgments exceeding Fifty Guilders, pronounced by said Com- 
missaries. And said Commissaries are hereby specially commissioned 
and authorized to enact proper Ordinances that the arable Lands and 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. i77 

Gardens be carefully fenced, kept enclosed, and the broken fences properly 
repaired. 

They hereby command all Inhabitants of the said Village, and those 
who may in future reside there, to respect the aforesaid Commissaries in 
the office to which they are now qualified, and acknowledge them as 
such; and all this until it be otherwise ordained by the Director-General 
and Council aforesaid. Thus done at the meeting of the Director-General 
and Council, held at Fort Amsterdam, in New Netherland, the i6th 
August, 1660. 

The new Board of Commissaries, the duties of schoitt or 
deptitv sheriff devolving upon Jan Pietersen Slot, as senior 
member, gave early attention to the religious needs of the com- 
munitv. With neither a church nor a minister, the benefits of 
the sanctuary could be enjoyed only by making a toilsome jour- 
ney of eight miles, by land or by water, to Fort Amsterdam. 
Strong in their religious faith and attachments, so natural in a 
people who had but recently emerged from great convulsions in 
the church, and shaken off the old clogs of superstition and 
error, the faithful at Harlem set a high value upon God's word 
and ordinances. It were a mistake to suppose that they did not 
fell keenly the loss of those advantages which they had enjoyed 
in Holland, where not the cities only, but every considerable 
hamlet had its pastor and house of worship. The promise of "a 
pious orthodox minister," and of aid in sustaining him, was a 
great inducement for them to settle here. As yet they felt them- 
selves unable to do much toward supporting one, but it was 
all-important to secure the preaching of the Gospel within their 
own bounds. Through the commissaries, who had the supervis- 
ion of such matters, and who were all professors of the Reformed 
religion, this urgent need of a minister was made known to Gov- 
ernor Stuyvesant, and by him brought to the notice of the Direc- 
tors in Holland, in a letter dated October 6th, 1660. 

But, providentially, one Michiel Zyperus had arrived here 
in the preceding year from the Dutch island of Curacao, in the 
West Indies, where he had labored as a proponent or licentiate. 
Something had caused the vice-director. Beck, in writing to 
Stuyvesant in August of that year, to speak of the dominie in 
terms ambiguous, but not flattering. He said, "Dominie JNIichiel 
Zyperus goes, with his wife, to your country, by this opportunity, 
in the hope of there securing a call in one place or another. I 
believe it would be a good chance for him, could he depart with 
a good testimonial, and had so comported himself as to deserve 
it!" The "opportunity" was by the ship Sphera Mundi, then 
about to sail, and in which Zyperus and his wife, Anna Duur- 
koop, had engaged passage for New Amsterdam, having in ad- 



178 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

vance, May i6th, shipped hither "a keg of sugar," consigned 
to H. J. Vander Vin. But the Sphera Mundi not leaving as 
soon as expected, it was not till October 25th that they reached 
New Amsterdam. 

The innuendo of Beck, as it lost its force ere it gained this 
cooler latitude, seems not to have harmed the young dominie. 
At once finding friends, the secretary, Van Ruyven, and his wife, 
the daughter of Dominie Megapolensis, stood as sponsors for his 
son Cornelius, at his baptism, December 21st. Having good letters 
to the church at New Amrterdam, with which he united January 
4th, 1660, Dominie Zyperus is not again named till the following 
autumn. Perhaps he was seeking "a call in one place or another." 
As late as October 6th, the date of Stuyvesant's letter, it is evi- 
dent he had not engaged at Harlem, where there was yet no 
church to receive him. But before the letter bespeaking a min- 
ister for this place could have reached Holland, the faithful here 
had joined themselves in church fellowship, and secured Zyperus' 
services ; apparently, late in November. His purchase of a house 
and lot here, with the usual bouwland, etc., shows a purpose of 
remaining. 

Unhappily, but few particulars can be given as to the origin 
of the church, from the paucity of records 'at this period. Pat- 
terned after the Reformed Church of Holland, it was to be under 
the care of the Consistory at New Amsterdam, having at the 
first no officers from its own membership, except a single deacon, 
to which place Jan La Montague, Jr., was now chosen. Thus 
its organization was quite informal and incomplete. Another 
deacon was added after some years, whence ensued a regular 
succession of these officers, intrusted with the financial and elee- 
mosynary work of the church. Their resources were the Sunday 
collections, fines levied in the town court for the benefit of the 
poor, rent from the church lands, and burial fees, with the usual 
legacy left by testators of from ten to fifty guilders. Thus were 
met the wants of needy members and other worthy poor, as also 
the dominie's salary and sexton hire. And after Zyperus left, 
till they secured a resident pastor, which was a long period, the 
deacons provided a horse and wagon to bring the dominie and 
return him to his house in the city.* 

We know little of Dominie Zyperus' services here. Obviously 

No proper record of the organization of this church has been found; but of the 
date we may be reasonably assured. Montagne's term as deacon (which agreeably to 
usage in the Dutch establishment must have covered two years) expired November 30, 
1662. It iDegan, then, in 1660, the earliest date consistent with the existence of a 
church here, as it was just after the magistracy was instituted; prior to which there 
could have been no church organization. The same date is given in Corwin's Manual. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 179 

he was never installed as pastor over this church ; and as a mere 
licentiate, he could preach and teach, but not administer the 
ordinances. Still more obscure is his previous history. His 
name, in its unlatinized form, was probably the French Cipierre, 
an honored one in Huguenot stor}- ; his knowledge of both the 
Dutch and English languages, and, as will appear, his evident 
predilection for episcopacy, seem to warrant the belief that he 
had resided in Holland, but had acquired his theology in an 
English divinity school ; the latter opinion strengthened by the 
fact that the records of the Ley den University, and of that city 
and Amsterdam, are silent as to his name. Nor is his former 
service in a Dutch colony any proof that he went thither under 
Holland licensure, since the Church of England was quite ready 
to both license and ordain the Dutch ministers, though Zyperus, 
as is plain, had not been ordained. 

His disability to administer the sacraments, to admit to 
church membership, or perform the marriage rite, constrained 
the flock at Harlem, for these several objects, to resort to Stuy- 
vesant's Bouwery, where Rev. Henry Selyns, pastor of the church 
of Brooklyn, over which he had been installed September 7th, 1660, 
had, at the governor's desire, instituted a Sunday afternoon and 
evening service, in his private chapel, on the site of the present 
St. Mark's Church. Only five miles to enjoy these valued privil- 
eges, and Dominie Selyns an able and attractive preacher, it natur- 
ally resulted that many of those living at Harlem sought and were 
received into membership at the Bouwery, during the four years 
that Selyns officiated, and who were wont to attend there, es- 
pecially to celebrate the Lord's Supper, and present their infants 
for baptism. Most of the marriages among them, from that of 
Sigismund Lucas, October 31st, 1660, were also performed by 
Dominie Selyns. The practice was to first publish the bans in the 
church at Fort Amsterdam ; and this being formally certified to 
the dominie, he tied the nuptial knot. These Harlem marriages 
still stand upon the church register at Brooklyn. A few of the 
Harlem members not enrolled by Dominie Selyns at the Bouwery 
retained a connection with the lower church in the Fort. At one 
or the other place their children's baptisms were performed and 
recorded ; save in only two cases, where the parties went to 
Brooklyn for that purpose. 

No mention of a church edifice, or any efifort to erect one 
here, occurs till four years later, and it but shows the general 
struggle with poverty, in the origin of the settlement. As in the 
older community at Brooklyn, where they still held public wor- 



i8o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

ship in a barn ; so the infant church at New Harlem during this 
time had no better sanctuary than a private house, or outbuilding ; 
as happened once again, for a like term of 5^ears, at the close 
of the Revolutionary War. 




CHAPTER XII. 

1661-1662. 

REARRANGEMENT 01? LANDS: NEW AEEOTMENTS. 

nPOBACCO, though still cultivated, had been supplanted as a 
leading crop by others needed for home consumption, 
mainly wheat, maize, rye, buckwheat, peas, flax, etc. But although 
full garners of corn, — which term then stood for all the grains, 
— were rewarding the toil of these husbandmen, as yet they had 
no mill to grind it. This was now the felt need. If, with their 
grist in the canoe, they rowed some miles to Burger Joris' mill 
at the Dutch Kills, being the nearest ; this at best could only 
grind three schepels per day, or two and a quarter bushels, on 
the word of Mark Disoswa}^, who had lately run it under a lease ! 
To the distance, the dangers of Hellgate added an objection. 
It had been contemplated to build a tide mill and dam upon Mon- 
tague's Kill, and many thought the time come to act upon it. 
But needing no demonstration, while backed by those convincing 
Dutch arguments, capacious stomachs and good appetites, yet 
the effort spent itself in fluent talk and foaming beakers ; and 
it was not undertaken till done by the energy and capital of a 
distinguished stranger. 

But out of the mill question while yet rife, and the demand 
for additional homes and bouweries to supply the newly-arriv- 
ing colonists, grew another plausible project. The farm Vreden- 
dal, stretching along the stream aforesaid, and still owned by 
Dr. Montague, had lain for some years unused, except as cattle 
and goats browsed in its deserted clearings and woodlands. The 
Montague family now proposed to occupy it, as is set forth in 
the following petition to the Director and Council, July 4th, 1661 : 

To the Noble, Great and Worshipful, the Director-General and High 
Council in New Netherland : Represent with due respect, John De La 
Montagne, Junior, Jacob Kip, who married the daughter of La Mon- 
tague, Senior, and William De La Montagne, for themselves and in behalf 
of the absent heirs, the true proprietors, pursuant to the letters patent, 
of the land lying back of New Harlem, called Vredendal, or commonly, 
Montague's Land, to your Honors well known ; how that they the pcti- 



i82 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

tioners are willing and inclined to take possession of their land, which is 
situated nearly a mile (een quartier vergaens) from New Harlem. And 
whereas from there it cannot be conveniently cultivated, lying beyond a 
kill, whereon in time a water-mill for the use of the said village can, 
and as they are now informed, is actually to be made ; and whereas they 
the petitioners, — for whose greater convenience it will not only serve, in 
the cultivation of their lands there, but will be for the better protection 
of the village of New Harlem, as for the benefit of the said mill, and 
also ajfiford a resting place for strangers, whether they have lost their 
way, or be looking for their cattle, or others, — are inclined to form 
there a concentration of six, eight or ten families, to remain under the 
jurisdiction of New Harlem, in a similar manner as this has been granted 
by your Honors to others ; they therefore with all respect petition that 
they may be allowed to establish such concentration there, either on the 
point of the flat land, opposite the place where the mill is to be built, 
on the heights near the spring (fonteyn)* or otherwise wherever your 
Honors may deem most proper, within the jurisdiction of New Harlem; 
which, if your Honors are pleased to permit, they promise to settle there 
before the next winter, six, eight or ten families. Praying your Honors' 
favorable consideration of this request, we remain your Honors' servants, 

La Mont.a.gnE, Junior. 
Jacob Kip, 
WiivivEM De La Montagne. 

To this came the following negative : "The request is dis- 
missed, because it is tending to the great prejudice and retarding 
of the village of Harlem; and is also contrary to the privileges 
granted said village some years ago." Though he does not 
expressly say it, we doubt not the Director, even then, had his 
own purpose in regard to the Montagne lands ; to be made mani- 
fest in due time, and that not far distant. 

The decision was highly satisfactory to the people of Harlem, 
for several reasons. A rival settlement so near them, indeed 
within their very limits, was not to be thought of! Not only 
would it tend to weaken them by drawing away some whom 
they could ill afford to spare, but would naturally 'attract persons 
who otherwise would come hither to settle. Thus it would 
greatly obstruct and hinder their present growth; and, looking 
to the future, the very lands proposed to be settled, would be 
required for the proper subsistence and development of their 
own village. For three years this had been steadily growing, 
and at the close of i66i contained over thirty adult male resi- 
dents, mostly heads of families and freeholders. The following 

* Montague's Spring. — Perennially flowing, as in the virgin days of the settle- 
ment, this spring is still to be found in Central Park. Its source is on a hillside, at a 
point (where the ways mentioned extended into the Park) on the line of losth Street, 
some 200 feet west of Sixth Avenue. But this natural basin is now covered over, the 
water being led by a subterranean conduit to the foot of the hill, where, in a secluded, 
romantic nook in the rocks, it again leaps forth as playfully as of old, when it was 
known among the Dutch inhabitants as the "fonteyn;" whence, in following its ancient 
outlet or run, it is soon lost in the modern Harlem lyake. Should it not be called 
Montagne's Spring? 



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183 



are the names of these pioneers, who first succeeded in planting 
the seeds of civiHzation and rehQion in this vicinity. 



Michel Zyperus, French. 

Jan La Montagne, Jr., " 

Daniel Tourneur, " 

Jean Le Roy, " 

Pierre Cresson, " 

Jaques Cresson, " 

Philippe Casier, " 
David Uzille, 

Jacques Cousseau, " 

Philippe Presto, " 

Francois Le Sueur, " 

Simon De Ruine, Walloon. 

David Du Four, " 

Jean Gervoe, " 

Jan De Pre, " 

Dirck Claessen, Hollander. 



Jan Sneden, Hollander. 

Michiel Janse Muyden, 

Lubbert Gerritsen, 

Meyndcrt Coerten, 

Aert Pietersen Buys, 

Sigismundus Lucas, " 

Jan Pietersen Slot, Dane. 

Nicolaes De Meyer, 

Jan Laurens Duyts, 

Jacob Elderts Brouvver, 

Nelis Matthyssen, Swede. 

Monis Peterson Staeck, " 

Jan Cogu, 

Adolph Meyer, German. 

Adam Dericksen, " 

Hendrick Karstens, " 



La Montagne, of all these, had been longest in the country, 
namely, twenty-five years ; and Duyts was the only one born here, 
being twenty years of age, and the son of Laurens Duyts, who 
came out with Bronck, the good Kuyter having stood as god- 
father for Jan at his baptism. Karstens, Gerritsen, and Claessen 
had had a dozen or more years' experience in the New World, 
Tourneur and Le Roy nearly ten, but the others less. Casier, 
Uzille, and Meyer, had come to Harlem only the last year. 
Casier and family arrived here from Alannheim in June, 1660, 
having in company Matthew Blanchan, and his son-in-law, An- 
toine Crepel ; these two going to Esopus, while Casier, at New 
Amsterdam, engaged, "with his three beside," in timber sawing. 
Here De Meyer and Cousseau were in trade, as had been Mon- 
tagne, and. Tourneur was a "sworn butcher." Slot and Matthys- 
sen were carpenters, Muyden a soap-boiler, De Pre a cooper, 
Claessen a pot-baker, Elderts a brewersman, Lucas a shoemaker, 
Gervoe and Coerten soldiers, Karstens, before a seaman, now 
worked as a mason, and Cogu had a lime-kiln, and soon took 
in Staeck as partner. Most of these also took up land. Pos- 
sibly one or more, who appear a little later, should be added. 
Several had already gone, after a short stay, as Matthys Boon 
and Simon Lane, of whom we know little but their names.* 

* Blanchan and Crepel (now written Crispell) were originally from Artois. as 
before stated; and the first of some note in his native town of Nouville le-Conte. 
Witli him came his wife, INfadeleine Goore, and (beside Maria, Mrs. Crepel), three 
other children, viz., Madeleine, aged 12 years; Klizabeth, 9, and ISratthew, 5, the 
last horn at Afannheim. Stuyvesant welcomed them and gave Rlanchan a letter to 
Sergt. Romp, at Esopus, directing him to provide them accommodation. .\rrivcd 
there, and TJominie Blom having also come, it was a solace to the pious Rlanchan, for 
all he had suflered, and the loss of property in his native place, and at Armentieres 
(Flanders), and elsewhere, to sit down with his wife and son and daughter Crepel, 
at the Lord's Supper, on December 25, ensuing. \IvOuis l")u Rois, married to 
Blanchan's daughter Catherine, probably came out with his brother-in-law, Pierre 



i84 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

From what has heretofore been said of these colonists, of 
their rough and checkered experiences before quitting the shores 
of Europe, we cannot but regard their future with special inter- 
est, while better facilities will be found to study their individual 
character. Little remains to be said of them in generalities. 
Though the Dutch and French elements were dominant in giving 
tone to the community, the Scandinavians and Germans, few 
in number as seen, were second to none for sterling common- 
sense, while foremost to breast danger and hardship, to wield 
the axe whose ring first startled the slumbering forest, or turn 
the first furrow in the virgin soil. Hardy sons of toil, bred to 
habits of untiring industry, none were more fitted for the task 
of converting the rude wilds into an abode for civilization. 
Frank and outspoken, but of honest aim and dealing, with es- 
sentially the same language, which was closely allied to that of 
the Dutch, toward whom, as Protestants, they were drawn in 
sympathy, they readily assimilated to the latter; and if less in- 
debted than these to the schoolmaster, being in great part unable 
to read or write, this was in a degree supplied by their native 
good sense and equanimity, which contributed not a little to har- 
monize the diverse elements composing the settlement, and to 
mold them into a well-ordered society. 

" Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, 

Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; 
How jocund did they drive their team afield, 

How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! 
" Let not ambition mock their useful toil, 
Their homely joys and destiny obscure; 
Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, 
The short and simple annals of the poor." 

By the large influx of settlers, who with scarcely an excep- 
tion gave their attention to farming, either as proprietors or 

Billiou, also from Artois, in the ship St. Jan Baptist, which arrived here August 6, 
1 66 1 — reasons, Du Bois and wife were not present at the communion season referred 
to, but with letters joined the church there not tmtil October i, 1661, having a child 
baptized nine days after. Blanchan, Du Bois and Crepel all got land in Hurley, near 
Kingston, and received groundbriefs April 25, 1663. TDu Bois died at Kingston in 
1696, and his widow married Jean Cottin, named page 7it\^On May 18, 1679, Blanchan, 
Jr., married Margaret Van Schoonhoven, and succeeded to his father's farm in 
Hurley, left beside four daughters, a son, Nicholas, whence all of the name in Ulster 
County descend. His sister, Madeleine, born in England, married Jan Matthysz, 
ancestor of the Jansen family, as before noticed. His other sister, Elizabeth Blan- 
chan, married Pieter Cornelisz L,ow, of Kingston, whose progeny have been numerous 
and widespread. Cornelius I,ow, of New Jersey, born 1670, was eldest son of Pieter, 
and father of Cornelius, father of Isaac and Nicholas Low, leading merchants of 
New York in their day. The first was President of tlie Chamber of Commerce, but 
when Independence was declared forsook the "lyiberty Boys" and adhered to the 
Royal cause; while his brother Nicholas continued an active patriot, and was a 
rnember of the Convention of New York for adopting the Constitution of the United 
States. See Steven's Chamber of Commerce. Honored names in variotts sections of 
our country have been and still are those of Blanchan, Du Bois, Crispell, Jansen 
and L,ow. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 185 

tenants, the original allotments of land had all been taken up, 
causing the demand, before noticed, for additional erven and 
bouwlots. It was a want now equally felt by other villages, and 
as a first step toward meeting it the government resolved to in- 
form itself as to what lands were available (tracts lying unim- 
proved, and not needed as pasturage or woodland), that these 
might be distributed to settlers and brought under tillage. With 
this in view the Director and Council issued a general order, of 
which the people of Harlem received a copy, as follows : 

All Inhabitants of New Netheiiand, and especially those of the Vil- 
lage of New Harlem, with all others who have or claim any Lands 
thereabouts, are ordered and commanded that within the space of three 
months from the date hereof, or at least before the first of January next, 
they shall have all the cultivated and uncultivated Lands which they 
claim, surveyed by the sworn Surveyor, and set ofif and designated by 
proper marks ; and on the exhibition of the Return of Survey thereof, 
apply for and obtain a regular Patent as proof of property, on pain of 
being deprived of their right; To the end that the Director-General and 
Council may dispose, as they deem proper, of the remaining Lands, which, 
after the survey, may happen to fall outside of the Patents, for the 
accommodation of others. All are hereby warned against loss and after 
complaints. Thus done, in Fort Amsterdam, in New Netherland, the 
15th of September, 1661. 

This order moved the community to give immediate attention 
to the whole subject of their lands, it being necessary for each 
inhabitant to consider and decide what quantity he further 
needed and could pay for. The idea largely prevailed, and very 
naturally, that the ordinance for planting the village secured to 
all able to purchase and improve that quantity, as high as 24 
morgen and bouwland. The magistrates and freeholders having 
canvassed the matter and laid it before Gov. Stuyvesant, he gave 
his assent to the following measures, looking to a further dis- 
tribution of land, and in connection therewith, to some conveni- 
ent changes in the old lots. Discarding the former ground- 
briefs. Van Keulen's Hook and Montague's Flat were to be laid 
off into lots and distributed among the freeholders. It was 
agreed that John La Montague should hold the Point, as having 
belonged to his father, and take his full allotment there, by 
throwing up his lot No. i, on Jochem Pieters ; and as a special 
immunity should enjoy the Point free from any future demands 
in the way of town tax. He was to conform to the town regula- 
tion against building upon the bouwlots, and was not to build or 
live upon the Point till the town saw fit to allow it. Jan Pieters 
Slot and Simon De Ruine, owning two lots apiece on Jochem 
Pieters, also consented to give up one each, lying toward the 



i86 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



further end ; instead of which Slot was to draw nine morgen to- 
gether on Van Keulen's Hook, and De Ruine to draw a lot, three 
morgen, on said tract, and enough more on Montagne's Flat to 
make good his quantity. Moreover, both were to retain their 
two erven. 

All this being arranged, the lots on Jochem Pieters,* now 
numbering but twenty-two, were staked out anew, and to each lot 
(before six morgen) was added 400 Dutch rods, or two-thirds of a 
morgen; a remnant of three and one-third, left of No. i, being 
taken to enlarge the gardens. The owner next adjoining to No. 
I, Daniel Tourneur, to whom fell part of that lot with part of 
No. 2, now became No. i ; a similar change occurring to the next 
owner, and so on. 

Van Keulen's Hook, the large plain directly south of the 
village, and lying mostly in woods, was laid off into lots, narrow 
and long, and these, for convenience of ingress and ultimate 
improvement, were, excepting the first three, butted on the 
main street, from which they ran south to the river and Mill 
Creek; being each twelve Dutch rods in breadth, and contain- 
ing three morgen, or about six acres. Twenty-two lots were laid 
out, as on Jochem Pieters, and numbered from the river west- 
ward. Nos. I to 3, instead of reaching up, as did the others, to 
the village street, ended at the marsh or meadows, some acres in 
extent, which lay intervening, and through which a creek, forked 
and winding, overflowed its banks or lapsed to its muddy 
channel with the tidal flood and ebb. The upland between 
streets and meadows was reserved for the common use of the 
village, and to allow free access to the creek-side and small cove 
at its outlet, which was the usual landing-place for the villagers 
and others, as it afforded a safe mooring for canoes and skiffs. 

The Van Keulen Hook lots were drawn in the beginning of 
1662, the original owners being as follows : 

No. 

2 

3 

4 
S' 
6 

7 
8. 

9 
10 
II 

* Jochem Pieter's Flat, with the history of the several lots, showing the origin 
of the titles in this section, is treated of in Appendix E. 

t See the subsequent history of the Van Keulen Hook lots in Appendix F. 



David Du Four. 


No. 12. 


Simon De Ruine. 


Jan Cogu. 


" 13- 


Adam Dericksen. 


Lubbert Gerritsen. 


" 14- 


Jaques Cresson. 


Michel Zyperus. 


" . 15- 


Nicolaes De Meyer 


Daniel Tourneur. 


" 16. 


David Uzille. 


Sigismund Lucas. 


" 17- 


Dirck Claessen. 


Jan Pietersen Slot. 


" 18. 


Jan Sneden. 


" " " 


" 19- 


Jan De Pre. 


" " " 


" 20. 


Pierre Cresson. 


Philippe Casier. 


" 21. 


Jacques Cousseau. 


Jean Gervoe. 


" 22. 


Jean Le Roy.t 



HISTORY OF HARLE.Al. 187 

• 

An episode of these land operations here claims a notice, — 
the first "Harlem Land Case," not reported, we believe, either 
in Wheaton or Wendell ! Sigismundus Lncas, as his autograph 
is, working long and lustily on his cobbler's bench, had gotten 
him "a house, barn and plantation at New Harlem." But 
early in January, 1662, he agreed to sell out to Nicholas De 
Meyer, then a Harlem freeholder, for 400 gl. in sewant. Going 
home from New Amsterdam, where the bargain had been made, 
Cobbler Lucas considered the many stitches that property had 
cost him. sorely repented his act, and tried to back out, on the 
ground that De Meyer had given him till morning to decide if 
he would sell. De Meyer began to smell leather, and forthwith 
took written statements from two witnesses to the bargain, and 
also that of Evert Duyckinck, whom Lucas had told of hav- 
ing sold his farm to De ]\Ieyer, but did not think "the costs 
would run so high." Coming in court at Harlem. January 
13th, De Meyer claimed the property, showing his papers, and 
offering also the testimony of Meyndert Coerten, who had heard 
defendant admit the sale. Lucas, who was present, demurred, 
pleading that the sale was not peremptory ; that Coerten. having 
hired land of De Aleyer, was an interested witness, and that the 
affidavits were not sworn to. The last objection was sustained, 
and the case was adjourned, to give plaintiff" time to remedy this 
defect. This was done the next day before the Heer Tonne- 
man, schout of New Amsterdam. On the i6th the town court 
again examined the papers and heard the pleas of both parties ; 
then ordered Lucas to give up the farm on receiving the price, 
and to pay the costs of suit. But in vain did De Meyer send 
once, twice, thrice, to tender the money and demand the de- 
livery of the premises ; the resolute cobbler, maintaining his 
ends, only wa>Jed firmer in his refusal, so that on a further com- 
plaint, February 2d, the court authorized De Meyer to take pos- 
session. Now Lucas, still showing his bristles, appealed to the 
Director and Council, praying "to be relieved of the sale to De 
]\Ieyer, and the sentence of the court at Harlem, in whose juris- 
diction said houses and lands are situated, as he loses by that 
sale more than half of their value." He was directed to give 
De Meyer a copy of the petition, and notify him when to appear 
and answer. On February i6th both parties presented them- 
selves, when the Director and Council, after reviewing the case, 
confirmed the action of the local court, and held Lucas to his 
bargain. The poor shoemaker had hekl on to the last, but must 



i88 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

now yield up his all (indeed his awl was now everything to 
him!), and in disgust he soon left the town.* 

It may be added that, two years later, or January 29th, 1664, 
De Meyer obtained a patent from Gov. Stuyvesant for his sev- 
eral lands in Harlem, then including twelve morgen upon Mon- 
tague's Flat ; which tract, as proposed, had been divided up 
among the people of Harlem, and to the particular history of 
which we now return. 

John La Alontagne, after the project to form a new settle- 
ment on the farm Vredendal had failed, continued at Harlem, 
one of the most useful and honored of its inhabitants. The 
Director and Council, November 3d, 1661, appointed him 
schepen, with Slot and Tourneur as associates ; and when Slot 
retired a year later, he succeeded as schout, which office he re- 
tained till the Dutch rule ended. He was the first Town Clerk, 
so far as appears from the earliest protocol or register, but 
which commences only with January 13, 1662, leaving the pre- 
ceding sixteen months a blank ; an unfortunate vacuum at the 
introduction of the town history, though partially filled by other 
records. But from this date Montague's minutes (save another 
hiatus of fifteen months) are quite complete for ten years, up to 
his death. 

However thwarted were the Montagues in their plans respect- 
ing A'^redendal, they yielded gracefully to the alternative which 
secured to John La Montague, the doctor's eldest son, that part 
of the property called the Point, of which his father was the 
original grantee, but surrendered the Flat to the government, 
to be parceled out to such of the people of Harlem as still 
wanted more land, and upon terms which, though not stated, 
probably did not differ from those of the previous allotments, 

* Sigismund L,ucas, on quitting Harlem, bought him a house in Pearl Street. He 
was sued in the Court of Burgomasters; January 15, 1664, for a pair of shoes left to 
be mended "during the Indian troubles" of the previous year. They were "stuffed 
into the straw bed," for safe keeping, as he had "neither kit nor chest in which to 
lock them." The case was dismissed upon Simon making oath "that he knew not 
what became of them." He now threw aside his cobbler tools to become a carman, 
and on the Dutch reocctipation, 1673, good loyal Dutchman, he worked gratis at the 
city defenses, only taking pay for horse and cart. But the English succeeding, the 
sheriff wished Simon to "cart down a cable," by order of Governor Andros; but now 
in other mood re refused, saying "he would not cart for the Governor, nor nobody 
else." Hereupon the Ma}'or's Court, December 22, 1674, "Ordered that he shall cart 
noe more until ye Court think meete to admit him thereto." He and wife made a 
joint will "Sunday evening about eight o'clock," September 17, 1673, which he sur- 
vived four years at least, but both were dead when the will was proved in court, 
April 26, 1 68 1. The Court, October 11 ensuing, authorized his effects to be "sold 
at an outcry for payment of debts. He left by his first wife, Engeltie Jans, a 
daughter, Maria, who married Andre Lauran, of the French Church, and by his 
second wife, Gertrude Bulderen, a son, who wrote his name Johannes Simensz, also 
a cordwainer, later a carman, in New York, and admitted a freeman July 19, 1726. 
He married, 1692, Phebe, daughter of Capt. Titus Syrachs de Vries, of Flatbush. 
Her brothers bore the name of Titus (see Annals of Newtown), one of whom, Syrach 
Titus removed to Bensalem, Bucks County, Pa., died 1761, and left descendants 
there. Hazard's Reg., 7: 30. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 189 

but without doubt looking to a liquidation of the large debt due 
from Dr. IMontagne to the company. While John La Montagne 
was to remain the possessor of the Point, which was rated at six- 
teen morgen. it was open to his brother William (we think then 
engaged to succeed Zyperus as schoolmaster, and hence usually 
styled by his brother "Meester \Mllem"), if he should become a 
freeholder, in same manner as others, by the purchase of the 
usual allotment, to draw with them his proportionate share of 
the Flat, enough to give him likewise sixteen morgen. It was 
clearly a compromise regarding \'redendal. arranged, as it could 
only be, with the sanction and by order of the Director and Coun- 
cil ; and the correspondence which at this time these were having 
with Dr. ]Montagne respecting his long-standing indebtedness to 
the company, and for which they strongly censured him, shows 
that their action as aforesaid was a stern necessity.* 

The question of the disposal of the Flat was intimately con- 
nected with another of vital interest to the community. The 
three years allowed them in which to pay for their lands had 
nearly expired, and with not a few it became a difificult prob- 
lem how they should provide the 8 gl. per morgen which 
the government must have. In this dilemma the schepens repre- 
sented to the Director and Council. ]\Iarch 9th, 1662, what 
embarrassment several of the inhabitants must experience if 
compelled at once to pay the purchase money for their lands, 
eight guilders per morgen, and praying to be relieved of this 
payment ; in lieu of which they proposed that the term of fifteen 
years" exemption from tithes should be shortened to ten years. 

To this the Director and Council would not assent, but in 
their answer "insist upon the conditions on which the village 
of Harlem has been laid out."' But they added: "Xo person is 
obliged to accept more land than it is convenient for him to pav 
for." 

It was plainly owing to the difficulty of raising this morgen- 
money, or morgen-gelt. as called (a term also denoting any tax 
assessed according to the morgen). that a number of persons quit 
the town during this year, to try their fortunes elsewhere ; as 
well landholders as others designing to become such. Of these 
were Coerten. De Pre, Du Four, Gervoe and Le Sueur.t Du 

* See a letter from Montagne upon this subject, with touching allusion to his 
needy circumstances and frugality of living, Appendix D. 

■r Meyndert Coerten, from Arnhem, came out as a soldier of the West Indian Com- 
pany. He married in 1660 a girl of Picard parentage, Maria, daughter of Pierre, 
Pia, and visited Holland, returning the next year in the ship with Muydeii, who prob- 
ably drew him to Harlem. Here he leased land of De Meyer, and kept stock. In his 
brief residence he won respect, and the court honored his abilities in naming him with 



190 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Four sold out his allotment to Jacob Eldertsen, a sturdy Dane 
from Lubeck, and late a brewersman, who resold it, June ist, 
1662, to Jean Le Roy, for 350 gl. But these few withdrawals 
only making place for others, it was soon apparent that all the 
land now to be distributed would be eagerly taken. The follow- 
ing list was made out by Montague, at a meeting of the resident 
proprietors, called to ascertain how much land they wanted : 

List of Lands at N. Harlem, according to each one's request, 14th 
March, 1662. 

Jan Pietersen Slot, 24 morgen. 

Daniel Tourneur, 24 " 

Michel Zyperus, 18 " 

Lubbert Gerritsen, 24 " 

Adam Dericksen, 6 " 

David Du Four, 10 " 

Simon De Ruine, 12 " 

Jan Cogu and ( 10 " 
Monis Peterson, \ 

Jean Gervoe, 10 " 

Hendrick Karstens, 6 " 

Widow of Jan Sneden, 4 " 

Philip Casier, 24 " 
Jan De Pre, absent. 

Jaques Cresson, 12 " 

Simon Lucas, 10 

Peter Cresson, 8 " 

These bids were made with obvious reference to the offers in 
the ordinance of 1658, as the quantities indicate. But to meet 
these demands, as was apparent, must exhaust the allotments 
proposed to be made on Montague's Flat, to the exclusion of 
some of the ablest proprietors, living in the city and not now 
present, as De Meyer, Cousseau, Claessen, and Muyden. In such 
case the government could only use its discretion in revising the 
list. It decided that sixteen morgen must at present be the 
maximum of a single allotment. Slot was therefore dropped ; 
others raised to said number of morgen, except asking for less. 
But of course we cannot know all the reasons which weighed in 
making up the list. 

Upon such circumstances was the Flat now laid out into 
parcels of from four to six morgen each, by an actual survey; 
running in narrow strips from the little creek due west to the 

Dominie Zyperus, February i6, 1662, to settle a financial dispute between Cogu and 
Tourneur. Coerten soon went to Flushing, and thence to New Utrecht, where he 
arose to position ans served as an elder. He was high sheriff under Leisler, and 
one of his council; but his devotion to that party cost him a long imprisonment. In 
i6g8 he represented Kings County in the General Assembly. He died on his farm, 
Bruynsburg, about 1706, in a good old age. For his children, see the Bergen Gen., 
ist edition; not in 2d edition, as later evidence changed the opinion that he was of 
the Van Voorhees family. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 191 

hills, originally some twelve lots, and numbered from south to 
north. As near as can be told, the first owners were Nicholas 
De Meyer, Lubbert Gerritsen, William De La Montague, Simon 
De Ruine, Derick Claessen, Do. Zyperus, Jean Le Roy, Jacques 
Cousseau, and Daniel Tourneur. De Meyer, as owning two 
allotments, obtained two lots on the Flat ; and so of Cousseau. 
Montague had lot No. 4, being six and a half morgen, he having 
met the required conditions by purchasing, April 7th, 1662, from 
Jan De Pre,* who had advertised to sell the same at auction, his 
''house, house-lot (erf), garden, and land,"- — the land being No. 
7 Jochem Pieters. Lot 19, Van Keulen's Hook, also made part 
of this allotment. But after a temporary residence, ]\Iontagne 
sold out to his brother, John, and returned to Albany, whence he 
removed to Esopus, married, and was long the parish clerk. Had 
we no other evidence of this alienation of Montagne's Flat, the 
bare fact that while Dr. Montague and his sons were yet living 
these lands are found divided up, and in the possession of several 
other of the Harlem people, nearly all holding under special 
patents from the Governors Stuyvesant, Nicolls and Lovelace, 
is evidence prima facie that the title had passed from the original 
owners ; a conclusion which none may now gainsay, without 
ignoring the official acts of the government in the issuing of these 
patents, t 

The spirit of land speculation, infecting few places as it has 
Harlem, is in no wise peculiar to our century. In the days under 
review, and mainly for the cause we have stated, many transfers 
of land took place, the buyers the more thrifty class, with usually 
a keen eye to a bargain. Very informal was the legal act of 
transfer. The earliest deeds, most simple and brief, seem es- 
pecially defective in describing the property. But this informa- 
tion was supplied by the original surveys and allotment lists on 
file with the town clerk, while no complex chain of title embar- 
rassed the question either of location or propriety. That of 

* Jan de Pre, born at Commines in 1635 — a Fleming, but of Walloon or French 
descent, judging from his surname — was a cooper, and before coming to Harlem lived 
several years as a "small burgher" in New Amsterdam, where he married, in 1655, 
a Scotch lassie, Margaret, daughter of John Cromartie. Ills present wife was 
Jannetie, daughter of Simon de Ruine, married in 1659. De Pre finally went to New 
Utrecht, and thence to Staten Island. By his first wife he had Andrics, born 1656 
(but one child, called a daughter, is referred to in his marriage settlement of Decem- 
ber 31, 1659), and hj' his second wife, Jannetie, born 1662. Francina, 1665, !Maria, 
1667, John, 15-:, Simon, 1676. Jannetie married Cornelius Ftanta. of Hackcnsack, 
where her uncles, the Dcmarests, resided. She died and Banta married her cousin, 
Magdalena Demarest. Banta was a son of Epke Jacobs Banta, farmer from Har- 
lingen, common anccstcr of the prolific family bearing that name, and who, with his 
wife and five rhildren, emigrated in the ship with Simon de Ruine. How often the 
acquaintance thus formed proved a link uniting the fortunes of the children! 

t See further remarks upon Montagne's Flat under the year 1673, and in .\pi)en- 
dix G. 



192 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

boundary came up occasionally. Payment was made, not by bank 
check, but either in sewant, in beaver skins, in cattle, grain, or 
tobacco; and property was often sold subject, because not prev- 
iously paid, to the morgen-gelt (before explained), the meet-gelt, 
or survey money, the cost of groundbrief, and, in sales by vendue, 
the stuyver-gelt, or auctioneer's fees. A curious sample is the 
deed to Montagne, before mentioned, the earliest save one to be 
found of date subsequent to the planting of the village. It was 
drawn up by Do. Zyperus, as the clerk was an interested party, 
being brother of the grantee, and otherwise involved in the trans- " 
action of which this purchase was a part. The morgen money 
being unpaid, the consideration named was only for the improve- 
ments and improved value of the land. As the scribe forgets to 
tell us where the contract was signed and sealed, and where on 
this mundane sphere the land was situated, we judge he was 
not an experienced clerk. In the Dominie's neat Dutch penman- 
ship it still stands in the protocol. 

On this date, the 7th of April A°. 1662, have agreed and bargained, 
Jan De Pre, on the one side, and Wilhelm Montagnie on the other, in 
relation to, and over the sale of his allotment bought of Simon Lane,* 
on the following conditions. Jan De Pre acknowledges to have sold his 
house and house lot, land and garden, all that is fast by earth and nail, 
to Wilhelm Montagnie, for one Cow and Fifteen Guilders in sewant, the 
which he acknowledges to have received. The purchaser shall be held 
to pay the morgen money and the survey money. This all so done, and 
have with our hands subscribed. Dated as above. 
Witness, Jan De PrE, 

M. Zyperus. Wileem De La Montagne. 

A°. 1662. 

In executing a deed, a bill of sale, lease, or other contract, cus- 
tom required the parties to appear with two witnesses before the 
town secretary, who, after hearing their statement, wrote out 
the instrument in his register, receiving for such service a fee of 
thirty stivers. When signed by all the parties, this remained 
as the original ; but if desired, an attested copy was furnished by 
the secretary for an additional fee of twenty stivers. Wills, in 
the making of which the wife commonly joined with her hus- 
band (thus it was mutually fair and mutually binding) were 
executed in a similar way. A will in the usual form gave to 
"the longest liver" the use of the property for life or till a re- 

* As first written it read "his lot No. 7," but Zyperus erased "No. 7," and 
inserted instead "gecoclit van Symen Leen," i. e., bought o£ Simon Lane. It was to 
save misapprehension, as Lane had held and was registered for No. 8, though chang- 
ing with the rest when Jan Montagne vacated No. i, he now held No. 7; and further 
the allotment carried with it No. 19, Van Keulen's Hook, just drawn by De Pre. Hence 
"No. 7" fell short of the proper description ; yet without this ntimber we could 
hardly identify the lot conveyed. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. i<j3 

marriage, after which it went eqnall\- to the children or other 
heirs. Sometimes in default of heirs it fell to the deacons for 
the benefit of the church or poor. 

The grant of the commons west of the village for grazing 
purposes, of which we soon find the inhabitants in the peaceable 
enjoyment, must have dated from the very origin of the settle- 
ment ; for while such grant unfortunately does not remain of 
record, it logically follows from the necessities of the case, the 
keeping and increase of cattle promising the facilities for doing 
it. and to which the settlers were directly encouraged in the 
ordinance of 1658, by the promise of "a cattle and horse fair." 
The extent of the first grant, for the range of their cattle was 
probably left indefinite, to be determined b}' the future needs of 
the place, but it seems at least to have embraced the entire flats 
to the westward. The kine of the village, now much increased, 
were liable, if not carefully looked after, and with no fences to 
hinder them, to stray off and become lost in the woods and 
swamps. So. to save the time of many, it was resolved to em- 
ploy a common herder, who should collect the cows after milk- 
ino-' in the morning, drive them with the oxen out to pasture, and 
watch over them till brought in again toward evening. Hence 
was made the following : 

Agreement with the Cow Herder. 
I, David Du Four do acknowledge to have taken the cows to herd, 
belonging to the Town of New Harlem, at my own expense, and also 
from each house one pair of oxen ; for the sum of three hundred guilders 
in sewant, and one-half pound of butter for every cow; provided 1 pay 
for the cattle that may be lost through my neglect. The time shall com- 
mence on the 23d of April, and end a fortnight after All-Samts' Day, at 
the option of the Inhabitants. It is also stipulated that the butter shall 
be paid in May, and the further payment as the Herder shall perform 
his work. Also the Herder grants power of parate cxccutic. The above 
obligation we on both sides engage to hold to and fulfil. In N. Hacricm, 

20th April, Anno 1662. 

Davit Du Four, . 

I P [mark of Jan P. Slot], 

D. TOURNEUR, 

Daniel Tourneur and Lubbert Ger- ^I. J. Muyden, 

ritsen promise to collect and J. La ]\IonT.\gnE, Junior, 

pay the Herder money at the ap- * mark of Lubbert Gerrits. 

po'inted time. Dated as above. IMeyndert Coerten, 

D. Tourneur. Philippe Casier, 

* H H. Karstens, 

Simon + De Ruine, 

■' E mark of Jacob Elderts, 
MoY Pier CrEsson. 

Du Four, the Amsterdam drayman, better at driving a team 
than stupid cows, was soon disgusted with his new occupation, 



194 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

and turned it over to Jean Gervoe, the soldier. But now the 
cattle were not well looked after, as was alleged ; in fact, some 
of the oxen, when needed for the yoke, were missing. As things 
went, it was necessary to engage another herder, and on April 
29th Jan Cogu and Monis Peterson, who were partners in a 
lime-kiln, etc., undertook the herding for 350 gl., being 50 gl. 
more than Du Four was to have. The collectors, Tourneur and 
Gerritsen, sued Du Four to recover the difference, and the town 
court decided he must pay it, the defendant only making the 
flimsy plea that he "was led by artful talk" to undertake the 
herding.* 

Meanwhile occurred the first case of mortality brought to 
our notice in the little community, and soon another. The per- 
sons were Jan Sneden and his wife, who died in quick suc- 
cession early in the year. Descended of an Amsterdam family, 
as before stated, Sneden came to Harlem in 1660, where he oc- 
cupied Monis Peterson's house and bouwery, but soon secured 
an allotment of his own, being No. 14 Jochem Pieters, with the 
erf and garden belonging to it. The Snedens were probably in- 
terred in the ground used later for the negroes, and lying at the 
rear of the Judah plot, as interments were made there many 
years before "the old graveyard," removed a dozen years since, 
was taken for that use. The magistrates proceeded to settle 
Sneden's estate, as he was indebted to Isaac De Forest and 
others. His property was sold at vendue on three separate 
days, beginning March 25th. First the house and lands, with 
the grain on the latter sown by Sneden the previous fall, were, 
pursuant to notice, set up, and struck off at 135 gl. to Jaques 
Cousseau, who bid 25 gl. over his highest competitor, Tourneur. 
Jan La Montague bid 100 gl., perhaps for his brother, who had 
not then purchased. At the two subsequent sales the household 
articles were disposed of, bringing 189 gl. But a mere pittance, 
42 gl., was left to the orphans, Carsten and Grietie, over whom, 
on April 28th, Philip Casier and Lubbert Gerritsen were ap- 
pointed guardians, with directions "to act according to law." 
Grietie soon chose another protector, being married, August 13th 

* Jena Gervoe, who apparently came out under an engagement as a soldier, had 
done such duty for several years at Harlem, but was free when not required to bear 
his musket, to till the land which he had taken up, or engage in other honest labor. 
But on leaving, in 1662, he sold his allotment, being, Nos. 13, Jochem Pieters, and 11, 
Van Keulen's Hook, with house and lot and meadows, to Philip Casier. He served 
as adelborst, cadet or corporal, under Lieut. Stilwell, in the Esopus war, for which, on 
his petition, January 10, 1664, he was allowed extra pay. He married in 1659, but 
his only child mentioned was .Hillegond, at whose baptism, March 5, 1664, Jaques 
Tuynier (Cresson) stood as godfather. When the English took the country, Gervoe 
probably left with the Dutch forces. 



HISTORY OF HARLEiM. 195 

following, to Jean Guenon, of Flushing, from which union have 
sprung the now widely scattered Gcnung family.* 

On November 16 new magistrates were appointed by the 
Director and Council, from a double number nominated by the 
old board. The new board consisted of Jan La Montague, 
Philip Casier and Derick Claessen. One of their first acts was 
to provide for the more careful placing of houses and fences ; 
which some seem to have disregarded, to the damage of particu- 
lar and general interests. It was to check this abuse, and also to 
prevent any houses being put up outside the proper limits, that 
the magistrates, November 25th, passed the following: 

"The Hon. Heere Schepens find it good to appoint and 
authorize Jan P. Slot, former schepen, as Rooy-meester (sur- 
veyor of buildings), for the improvement and sightliness of the 
village ; and the builders shall every one be charged, after this 
time, to set no fences nor houses in the absence of the Hon. Heer 
Rooy-meester." 

Upon November 30th. ]\Iontagne's term as deacon having ex- 
pired, Daniel Tourneur was chosen in his place, and also as 
brandt-meester, or fire-warden. Simon De Ruine and Monis 
Peterson were appointed keur-meesters van de heyningen, or in- 
spectors of fences, in place of Hendrick Karstens and Adam 
Dericksen; and a fine of three guilders was ordered against the 
owners every time their fences should be found defective. The 
court also directed "the fences at the north side of the village 
to be set within fourteen days, under a penalty of two pounds 
Flemish" for each failure, — equivalent to 12 gl. A placard to 
that effect was posted up. This was called for by the great 
damage done the past summer to the crops of peas and buck- 
wheat upon the land of Jochem Pieters, from the cattle 
getting in ; and which the schout. Slot, had taken no means to 
remedy, though the fence-masters and others had gone to him 
with loud complaints. The new ofiicers going to view the 
fences, December i8th, found that Alichiel ]\Iu3'den, Hendrick J. 
A'^ander Vin, Daniel Tourneur and Jean Te Roy had not complied 

* Carsten Jansen Sneden, still at Harlem, entered Daniel Tourneur's service 
January 15, 1668, for a year, and at its expiration was to have 300 guilders and "a 
pair of shoes and stockings." His uncle, Claes Sneden, lived in New York, where his 
children by liis wife Maria were baptized, between 1663 and 1667. He or Carsten was 
no dovibt the ancestor of the Snedens of Rockland County. 

Jean Guenon died at Flushing, L. I., in 1714. His will, made when he was in 
perfect health, date November 24, 1703; that of his widow, Margaret, February 21, 
1721-2. At the latter date their sons, John, born 1669, and Jeremiah, born 1671, 
were living; as also their daughters, Hannah, wife of Joseph Hcdger, and Susannah, 
wife of Louereer. John and Jeremiah Genung shared their father's farm in Flushing; 
their descendants are now to be found in many parts, especially of the State of New 
York. 



196 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



with the placard. They were all complained of December 27th, 
by the new schout, who demanded the fines, viz. : from Muy- 
den 24 gl. for his two lots, and 12 gl. each of the others. Tour- 
neur pleaded sickness and other excuses, but the court exacted 
the fine from him and from Le Roy, with costs of suit. Muyden 
and Vander Vin, after being thrice in default, were also sentenced, 
January 25th, 1663, with order to pay inside of eight days. 

It showed admirable pluck on the part of the magistracy to 
thus deal with persons of the first standing; for Vander Vin 
and Muyden were both great burghers of New Amsterdam, and 
the first an ex-schepen. On several occasions, by invitation, 
Muyden had occupied the bench at Harlem, as "an extraordi- 
nary schepen," his intelligence and fitness for the office leading 
to a regular appointment soon after to fill a vacancy. He had 
visited Holland in 1661, bringing out on his return a number 
of hardy Norwegian workmen, and was now prosecuting the 
business of soap-making. And thus closed 1662, with its vari- 
ous measures of public utility and impartial dispensing of jus- 
tice, alike necessary to protect and promote the common inter- 
ests of the villagers.* 

* Francois le Sueur, who left the town early in 1663, was the ancestor of the 
families of Leseur and IvOzier, now mostly seated in New York City and Bergen 
County, N. J. Francois first lived in Flatbush after coming to Manhattan, and in 
1659 m'arried Jannetie, daughter of Hillebrand Pietersen, of Amsterdam; in which 
year Jannetie's brother, Pieter Hillebrands, was captured by Indians at Fsopus, but 
this did not deter her from removing there with her husband. Before going from 
Plarlem he sold some of his effects, and his wife bought "a little bed," etc., at Sneden's 
sale. lyC Sueur's sister, Jeanne, went with them to Fsopus, and there married Cornells 
Viervant, with whom she returned to Harlem. Le Sueur was living in 1670, but on 
November 30, 1671, his widow bound out her son, Hillebrand, eight years old. He 
was engaged by the deacons, in 1673, to ring the bell at five guilders a year. Afterward 
the widow married Antoine Tilba, and by him had children also. Those by Le Sueur, 
all but the first, born at Esopus, were Jannetie, born 1660, who married Jan Postmael 
(or Post) and Thomas Innis; Hillebrand, born 1663, John and Jacob, born 1665, and 
Nicholas, born 1668. Hillebrand married, 1688, Elsie, daughter of Jurian Tappen, but 
soon died, leaving apparently but one child, Jannetie, born 1689, who married William 
Elting. Hillebrand's widow married Abrahain Delamater, previously of Harlem. 
Jolm, of Kingston, married Rachel Smedes, in 1686, was an elder of the church, and 
quite distinguished. He had Jannetie, born 1687, John, born 1689, Catherine, born 
1692, etc., of whom the first married Abraham Low. Nicholas, whose branch of the 
family wiite their name Lozier, married at New York, May 8, 169 1, Tryntie, daughter 
of Peter Slot. He afterward left Kingston and settled near Hackensack, where he 
married, in January, 1709, Antie, daughter of Derick Banta. His children were, Hille- 
brand, born 1695; Peter, born 1697; John, born 1699; _ Mai-y, born 1701; Antie, 
born 1703; Lucas, born 1705; Jacobus, born 1707; Benjamin, born 1708; Tryntie, 
born 1710; Hester, born 1711; Rachel, born 1714; Jacob, born 1719; Abraliam, born 
1721; Leah, born 1723, and Margaret, born 1726. These intermarried with the 
Demarests and others, but we must here leave them. In Ulster County the French 
pronunciation of this name was, for a time, tolerably preserved in the form Lashier, 
iDUt is now extinct there, though the blood runs in the Post family and others. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

I 663- I 665. 

STIRRING i;VENTS : ISND 01? TIIU DUTCH RUI.E. 

T T happened that Pieter Jansen Slot, son of the ex-schepen, was 
■*■ to wed a fair damsel of Ahasimns, by name INIarritie Van 
Winckel. The young roysters of the village hearing, on Friday, 
February 2d, 1663, that the bans had that day been registered, 
were jubilant over the news, and set to work, — :it was an ancient 
rustic custom of fatherland, — to honor the happy Pieter by 
planting a "May-tree" before his door. Now, some workmen 
in the employ of Mr. Muyden and others, in for ruder sport, 
not only raised "a horrible noise in the village by shouting, blow- 
ing horns, etc., while others were asleep," but proceeded to 
deck the May-tree with ragged stockings ; at which, when dis- 
covered by Pieter, he was very wroth, taking it as "a. mockery 
and insult." He at once cut the tree down, but the young 
men brought another to take its place ; when, as it lay before th^ 
house, along came ]\Iuyden's men and hewed it in pieces. Not 
to be baffled, the young folk the same night procured and raised 
a third tree, which, however, shared the same fate. 

On Sunday morning, February 4th, Jan Pietersen, at whose 
house Pieter was staying and all this happened, made his com- 
plaint to Alontagne, the sellout; the masters also informing him 
that their men Avere plotting other mischief, but they had no 
power to prevent it. The schout. now going thither, ordered 
the rioters to disperse ; but they only defied him. and even 
threatened him with their guns and axes. Only more enraged, 
they gave the Sabbath to cutting down and burning the palisades 
around Jaques Cresson's barn. Next morning Jacob Elderts, 
who had lately bought a lot on Van Keulen's Hook, was engaged 
bringing thatch from Bronck's meadow. Before he had spoken 
"a. single word," they caught and beat him, also wounding him 
on the head. In vain "Meester Willcm," who witnessed the as- 
sault, commanded them to desist. Perhaps it was to pa}- off El- 



198 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

derts for the death of their countryman, Bruyn Barents, a cooper, 
five years before ; perhaps not. The two were then working in 
a brewery at Brooklyn, and Bruyn made at Elderts with a knife, 
when the latter, in self-defense, knocked him down with a sledge. 
Bruyn lingered six months, and died February 12th, 1658. As 
the case stood, Jacob was arrested, but let off by the court with 
a fine of 100 gl. for the wounding. But be this the explanation 
or not, the schout seeing the rioters heeded not his authority, 
and apprehending further trouble, hastened, the same day, to 
inform the Director, who, with the Council, referred the matter 
to the Attorney-General, "to take further information about it." 

Here ended, or is lost sight of, this almost tragedy ; the pub- 
lic attention at Harlem being absorbed by the death, in quick 
succession, of two worthy inhabitants, Adam Dericksen and 
Philip Casier. Dericksen was from Cologne, owned an allot- 
ment of land and had served as inspector of fences with Hen- 
drick Karstens in 166 1-2. In the first of these years he married 
Magdalena, daughter of Lambert Van Telckhuys. Left with 
an infant Grietie, his widow, a few months later, became the 
wife of Monis Peterson. In the death of Casier the community 
lost one of its sterling men, a skilful farmer, and valued for his 
experience and judgment. His place in the magistracy was filled, 
April 23d, by the appointment of Michiel J. Muyden.* 

The old question touching the payment for their lands now 
came up in a somewhat different shape, and with better success. 
The following memorial, explaining it, was drawn up by Heer 

* Philippe Casier, had he lived, must have proven a most useful inhabitant. His 
adventurous voyage from France to the West Indies, back to Holland, thence up the 
Rhine, and finally to this country, with his eight in family, are events in his life 
already noticed. Another child, Sarah, was added in 1662, when Casier had become a 
resident and landholder at Harlem. He and wife, Marie Taine, united with the church 
October 2, of that year, and on November 16, he was made a magistrate. But near the 
close of the ensuing winter, 1663, death arrested his usefulness. He had but just 
sold, January 11, 1663, a lot on Van Keulen's Hook to Jacob Eldertsen, also called 
Brouwer (Brewer), from his former occupation. Selling her lands to Joost Van Obli- 
nus, the widow bought a house in the Markvelt-steegie, in New York, and lived there 
for some years, with her sons, Jean and Jaques, who were bakers. In 167 1 she married 
Jean le Roy, of Harlem, and afterward went with him to Staten Island. Her daughter, 
Hester, born at Sluis, in Flanders, married, in 1677, Jean Belleville, who was living 
in 1703. They had sons, Jean, born 1677; Philip, born 1679, etc. See Martino. 
The younger daughter, Sarah Casier, married, 1680, Jacques Guion, merchant, from 
St. Martin, France, she being much his junior. His will, made May 3, 1680, was 
proved December 1, 1604, and his widow admitted executrix. Guion visited ISurope 
in 1678. He owned 200 acres of land on Staten Island, granted him October 13, 1664, 
on which some of the descendants still reside. Philip Casier's two sons, in 1673, 
were members of Capt. Steenwyck's troop; but Jacques appears to have soon died 
unmarried. Jean accompanied his mother to Staten Island, in 1676, obtaining that 
year a grant of 80 acres of land on Long Neck. He married, in 1680, Elizabeth, 
daughter of John Damen, of Brooklyn. In 1701 he and his brother-in-law, Jean Belle- 
ville, owning an adjoining farm, with other neighbors like themselves, Ijorn French 
subjects (Casier had his birth in the French island of Martinique), sent their names 
to England, and were naturalized by act of Parliament. Casier made his will Decem- 
ber 26, 1709, which was proved the next month, January 24, 17 10. Susannah, a sec- 
ond wife, survived him. His children then living were Philip and Peter, who shared 
his farm, and daughters Sophia and Elizabeth. Has not this name become Casey? 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. i99 

\'ancler Vin; the clerk, Montague, having now no personal in- 
terest in this matter apparently : 

To the Noble, Great and Honorable, the Director-General and Council 

in New Netherland : 

The undersigned, owners and occupants of the lands within the 
village and jurisdiction of New Harlem, respectfully represent, that to 
their great surprise and solicitude, they have been informed that the eight 
guilders which your Honors required said proprietors to pay for each 
morgen of land taken by them, should be paid in beavers, or their value; 
whereas this was not the understanding of your petitioners who, in regard 
to the announcement made by your Honors, on the 4th of IMarch, 1658, 
as to the privilege with which this village was to be favored, did not 
otherwise conceive respecting the price set upon said land, but that pay- 
ment thereof was to be made in sewant currency, according to the 
customary usage. Had they understood differently, they would never 
have agreed, nor could have been persuaded, to burden themselves Avith 
so hard an undertaking as that of bringing those lands under cultivation, 
besides paying thus heavily for them; and even yet the petitioners, 
instead of finding themselves eased in their labors, have great difficulty 
in making these lands fit for tillage, so they are now wholly discouraged, 
as they did not apprehend that they should encounter the present diffi- 
culty. Wherefore, addressing themselves to your Honors, they pray that 
your Honors may be pleased to declare, by a favorable answer on the 
margin, that the petitioners may pay the eight guilders per morgen, in 
sewant, in the usual course between man and man.* 

Jan Pietersen, his mark IP Dirck Claessen. 

Hendr. J. Vandr. Vin D. Tourneur. 

Jean Le Roy, his mark + Moy Pier CrEsson. 

MoENis Peterson, his mark N. D'jNIeyer. 

Jan Lourens, his mark N Simon De Ruine, his mark + 

CoussEAU. M. jNIuyden. 

Hendrick Karstens, his mark H Jaoues CrEsson. 

As the effect of their former decision upon this subject had 
been to force some worthy persons to sell out their improve- 
ments and quit the town, the Director and Council now conceded 
more than the petition asked for. The answer was as follows : 

This 19th :\Iarch, 1663. The foregoing petition being presented and 
read, and besides this, the proposals of the schepens of the village of 
New Harlem, made in the name of the inhabitants of that village hav- 
ing been heard and considered; the Director-General and Council, after 
some debate pro and con, have resolved to relieve the inhabitants from 
the payment of the eight guilders per morgen, which they agreed to 
and were held to pay, by the terms upon which the lands were dis- 

* Beaver and other furs, with sewant (see note p. 153, together formed the corn- 
mon currency among the settlers. Beaver was convenient for large payments, especial- 
ly for remittances to Holland, as was sewant for small payments and for making 
change, and this was the cnrrencv mainly used in all ordinary trading. But beaver, 
which was as gold, alwavs commanding its fixed price, had become so scarce as often 
not to be had for the pavment of a debt, without gomg a long distance for it. even to 
Fort Orange or the Delaware River; while sewant was plenty, and its value fluctuating. 
Therefore this distinction; a guilder beaver, that is. a guilder payable in beaver, was 
counted 40 cents, at the standard value of the guilder, but a guilder sewant was worth 
only one-third of Ihe former, or 13 1-3 cents, and depreciated still more. Hence a wide 
difference how the bargain was, whether to pay the stipulated number of guilders in 
beaver or in sewant. 



200 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

tributed ; Provided, that the said inhabitants, in Heu of an exemption 
from tithes for fifteen years, shall enjoy the same but eight years; so 
that they shall be obliged to satisfy the tithes promptly in the year 1666, 
which said tithes, from 1666 to 1672, both years inclusive, shall, in place 
of the eight guilders per morgen, be for the benefit of the parties (or 
their creditors), who were formerly expelled from said lands. 

Thus was put to rest, to the great rehef of the inhabitants, a 
question which had been a long-standing source of anxiety with 
them; and the history of which is important, first, as showing 
on what terms the lands were finally held, and second, to what 
labor and trouble the settlers were put, in felling the forests and 
subduing the soil, to make themselves a home ; a struggle truly, 
with their scanty means. But they had come to a point when 
their courage, energy and faith in God were to be put to a more 
severe test.* 

Astounding news reached the villagers of an Indian onslaught 
and massacre at Esopus, on June 7th, in which some of their 
friends and kinsfolk were sufferers, and witnessed by Jacob El- 
derts, who had lately gone thither. The schout, Montagne, in 
the flush of nuptial greetings on his union with Maria Vermeille, 
a lady from his native place, was shocked to hear that his sister, 
Van Imbroch, and her little Lysbet were in captivity with the 
savages. Harlem was all alarm. The town people assembled 
June 1 2th, by orders from below, and with the advice of the magis- 
trates, Montagne, Claessen, Tourneur and Muyden, and clear- 
headed Slot, asked to sit with them as extraordinary schepen, 
proceeded to take the necessary steps for inclosing the village 
.with a line of stockades, and putting it in a complete state of 
defense. Ten persons were designated to cut palisades, and four 
others to draw them to the village ; while Tourneur and Jaques 

* David Uzille, the Huguenot, married to Maria, daughter of Philip Casier, had 
now left the town, and, as did the Casiers afterward, probably went to Staten Island, 
because his son, Peter Uzille, was living there April 6, 1686, when he married Cornelia 
Damen, of the Wallabout, a sister of Mrs. Jean Casier. Peter went thence to Bush- 
wick, near his brother-in-law, Michael Parmentier, but both ultimatelj' removed to 
Poughkeepsie, Duchess County, where Uzille was living in 1714. His sister, Maria- 
Magdalen Uzille, born at Harlem in 1662, married, I believe, Jonas Le Roy, of Esopus. 
Peter Uzille's children were, John, born 1688, of whom no family; Sophia, born 1691, 
married, 1712, Storm Bratt, of Albany; Cornelia, born 1693, married, 1714, John 
Becker; Helena, born 1696, married, 1716, William Hooghteeling; Elizabeth, born 1701; 
Peter, born 1703, and David, born 1708. David, living at Albany, had by wife, Engeltie 
Vrooman, the following children, viz.: Peter, born 1733; Cornelia, born 1734; Ger- 
trude, born 1736;, and Adam, born 1738. Peter Uzille, born 1703, " married Anna 
Ackerson, 1724, and settled at Schoharie. In his will, made on a sick-bed, February 9, 
1747, he provided that if his wife should have a son, he was to take half his farm; 
otherwise to go to his daughters, after his wife's death. To these, viz., Cornelia, 
Elizabeth, Engeltie, Maria, Annetie, Janneke, and Catherine, the pious father gives 
this touching counsed: "My loving children, this is the last I shall recommend to you; 
divide my estate peaceably amongst you all, according to the intent and meaning of 
™y last will and testament, and look upon the poor and help them, love your neighbor, 
and keep the peace amongst you and with all men, honor your mother and j-our king, 
and fear God and keep his commandments." Some of these daughters married Vroo- 
mans. Ihis name took the form of Zielle and Seely. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 201 

Cresson were deputed to procure a supply of arms and amniuni 
tioii promised from the Manhattans. At the same time the dozen 
or more soldiers stationed here, together with the settlers (exclu- 
sive of the presiding magistrates), forty persons in all, were 
formed into military companies, which, after some time spent 
in changing and rearranging the ranks, were duly organized. 
For officers the eldest and most capable persons were selected. 
In the first company, Pierre Cresson, in the ripe manhood of fifty- 
odd years, and still very active, was assigned the chief and respon- 
sible command of corporal ; with Isaac A^ermeille, aged sixty- 
two, as his lancepesade, and Glaude Le Maistre, turned of fifty 
years, and Lubbert Gerritsen, about forty, as adelborsts or cadets. 
Of the second company Willem Jensen was made lancepesade, 
and the cadets were Jan De Weever (the weaver) and Arent Sny- 
der (or the tailor), by the last probably meant Arent Harmans 
Bussing. Of the third company, Simon De Ruine, "the Wal- 
loon," was chosen corporal ; Nelis Matthyssen, lancepesade, and 
Pieter Jansen Slot and Barent Acker, cadets.* 

Two days after the munitions of war were received from Heer 
\'an Ruyven, the government officer, to wit: 3 steen stucken 
(cannon from which stones were fired) ; 5 snaphaanen, or fire- 
locks ; 3 musquets, or matchlocks ; 36 flints (called viersteenen 
or firestones) ; 50 pounds of cannon powder ; 10 pounds of fine 
powder and 15 bars of lead for running bullets. i\t once the 
small arms were distributed to such as needed them. On the 
i6th six more matchlocks Avere obtained, together with a bundle 
of match for touching off the matchlocks and cannon. The 
former were placed in the hands of those still unsupplied. The 
persons to whom the small arms were given, one to each, were 

* The privates were as follows : 

1st Compan}^ Ambrosias De Weerham, 

Abram Vermeille, Jacoli Droogscheerder, 

Jean Le Roy, Arent J. INIoesman, 

Joost Van Oblinns, Jai^ Noorman, 

Aert Pietersen Buys, Arie Noorman. 
Johannes Piet'n Buys, 3d Company. 

Jaques Cresson, -, r • t-, . 

T^ /T^ • ' Aionis Peterson, 

Jan ieunissen, y p. ' 

Hendrick Karstens, o^" ,S°^V' 

Jan Jansen Slot, Roelof Noorman, 

Thomas Ottosen. Jacob Noorman, 

Govert JNoorman, 

2d Company. Hans Deen, 

Jan Schoenmaker, Derick De Vries, 

Hans Littou, Adolph jNIeyer, 

A1)ram Littou, Cornells .\ertse Buys, 

IMichicl Littou, Jean Casier. 



202 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Daniel Toiirneur, Jan La Montagne, Michiel J. Muyden, Jaques 
Cresson and Jan P. Slot, supplied with firelocks ; and Isaac Ver- 
meille, Abram Vermeille, Pierre Cresson, Jean Le Roy, Glaude 
Le Maistre and Aert P. Buys, with musquets. Mr. Muyden 
also took musquets for two of his workmen. The "steen stucken" 
were properly mounted. Thus prepared to repel an attack, the 
villagers awaited the course of events, keeping up a strict watch. 

New Harlem now became, in fact, a garrisoned outpost to 
New Amsterdam, and a barrier against Indian raids ; with Stuy- 
vesant, a cherished object, as before seen, in his anxiety to 
protect the metropolis. In view of the danger the director and 
council invited delegates from all the villages to a conference at 
New Amsterdam on July 6th. Harlem found it safest to keep 
every man at his post, but answered by letter, promising to detail 
a force of eight soldiers "whenever the necessity might require 
it." Troops being needed soon after for an expedition to Esopus, 
to subdue the Indians and give relief to the settlers there, a 
part of the regular force at Harlem departed upon that service, 
accompanied by others who went in response to the urgent call 
for volunteers which was made through all the villages about 
New Amsterdam. 

The savages at Esopus were soon made to flee before the 
advance of the resolute Dutch soldiers ; but armed parties still 
kept the warpath, threatening vengeance on the whites and 
whoever should aid them. It happened during the month of 
July that the now friendly Wickquaskeeks, apprehending a hos- 
tile visit from such, left their usual haunts and removed for 
safety over into the woods near Harlem. The sudden appear- 
ance of so large a body of Indians, including some eighty war- 
riors, in the vicinity of the village, caused much excitement 
there, till the sachem Sauwenarack, with his 'brother, came 
to the magistrates and gave the reason of their visit. They 
brought the pleasing intelligence that the sister of Mr. Mon- 
tagne had been released from captivity through the interven- 
tion of the friendly Mohawks, and conveyed to her home ; but 
they also gave this piece of disagreeable news, that the Indians 
of the Wappinger tribe had warned them that the Esopus Indians 
were intending, within five or six days, to descend the river, forty 
of fifty strong, in order to surprise and murder them, the Wick- 
quaskeeks, and also destroy New Harlem and other settlements 
about Manhattan. Their message delivered, the chiefs hastened 
"of their own accord" to New Amsterdam, and repeated it to 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 203 

the director-g-eneral, with the offer of their services, in the com- 
mon peril to which all were exposed. 

No little anxiety was felt at Harlem for a time, but the 
talked-of visit was not made, and the movements of the Wick- 
quaskeeks came to excite no apprehension. The sachem and his 
people, — a thing they once would have scorned to ask of the 
white man, — sought permission to fish near the village, which was 
granted on condition that they should never approach that place 
with their weapons ; and for the purpose of ready identification, 
in their intercourse with the settlers, they were given copies of 
the official seal of the West India Company, "printed in wax 
upon small billets," to be shown upon occasion. Still the magis- 
trates relaxed none of their vigilance. Another thirty pounds 
of powder, obtained of the commissary, was distributed, Septem- 
ber 2d, to the following persons, a pound to each : 

]\Ionis Peterson, Jean Le Roy, 

Simon De Ruine, Jan Cogu, 

Hendrick Karstens, ]Michiel Littou, 

Jan Jansen Slot, Job. Pietersen Buys, 

Jan Teunissen, Glaude Le ]\Iaistre, 

Jan Schoenmaker, Lubbert Gerritsen, 

Arent Snyder, Jean Frenchman, 

Nelis Matthyssen, Jan La JMontagne, 

Adolph Meyer, Jan Pietersen Slot, 

Aert Pietersen Buys, Covert Xoorman, 

Cornells Aertsen Buys, Jacob Droogscheerder, 

Hans Deen, Jan Noorman, 

Barent Acker, Daniel Tourneur, 

Pierre Cresson, Pieter Jansen Slot, 

Jaques Cresson, ]Mr. ^^'illem.'■■' 

The public apprehensions were gradually removed by a 
series of victories over the Esopus Indians, which forced them to 
svibmit. But the people of the province were ill at ease. Dele- 
gates from the villages, met to consider their common dangers, 
signed, November 2d, an urgent appeal to the West India Com- 
pany, praying for protection both against the Indians and the 

* Jan Schoenmaker and Arent Snyder may have been Dyckman and Bussing; but 
we have no sufficient prcof. By "Mr. Willein." and "Willem Jansen," Jan La Mon- 
tagne, who makes the record, no doubt means his brother. Fourteen of those enrolled 
June 12 are not in the above list, viz., Isaac Yermeille, Jean \^ermeille, Jean Casier, 
Arent Moesman, Hans and Abram Littou, Ambrose de Weerham, Jan de Weever, 
Thomas Ottosen, Dirck de \''ries. Arie Noorman, Roelof Noorman, and Jacob Noorman. 
Gone, we presume, with the forces to Esopus; Moesman certainly had," and he, Casier, 
and Isaac \'ermeille are the only ones known to have returned to Harlem. 



204 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

neighboring New England colonies, which latter were now pre- 
paring to end a long diplomatic warfare with the Dutch author- 
ities touching their boundaries, by boldly asserting a claim to 
the whole of New Netherland. 

Notwithstanding the ruffled state of public affairs, there was 
a growing activity at Harlem, as may be judged from the valua- 
ble accession to the number of inhabitants which the current 
year (1663) l^^d brought. With most of these, already incident- 
ally mentioned in the transactions of the year, we have been made 
acquainted in former pages. Glaude Le Maistre (or Delamater) 
had removed here, after living about ten years at Flatbush, where 
he owned a farm and two village lots, which he sold July 31st, 
1662. He bought two allotments of land at Harlem from 
Daniel Tourneur, who had purchased them of Jacques Cousseau, 
and subsequently got a patent for them. Johannes Verveelen, 
previously for several years an innkeeper in New Amsterdam, 
had come to resume his old business, and to enter immediately 
upon public life. 

But the new arrivals were mostly direct from fatherland. 
The Vermeille or Vermilye family, six in number, had reached 
Manhattan early in 1663, via the Delaware River; the family of 
Oblinus arriving during the ensuing spring, after a quick pas- 
sage, and coming direct to Harlem ; as did Johannes Buys 
(though by another vessel, the Rosetree, which left Amsterdam 
March 15th, 1663), joining his brother, who had preceded him 
hither some two years.* The younger Oblinus at once entered 

* Isaac Vermilye had, as companions on the voj'age, Jacque Cossart, Nicholas du 
Puis, Gideon Merlett, Jean le Conseille, L,ouis Lacquema, Jacob Kolver, and Jan 
Bookhoolts, as also Arr.out du Toict, these now written Cashow, Depew, Marlett, 
Conselyea, lyakeman or Lockman, Culver, Buckhout, etc.), all having- lived at Ley den, 
we presume, as we know had Buckhout, Culver and Vermilye; and probably all Wal- 
loons except Buckhout. Vermilye, with his wife and daughter, Maria (later Mrs. 
Montanye), and all his fellow-passengers above named, save Culver and Buckhout. 
joined the church at New Amsterdam, April i, 1663, no doubt by letter. The wives 
of Cossart, Du Uuis, and Lacqueman also united. Vermilye came directly to Harlem. 
Buckhout became "koecherder van de gemente desen stede." The rest made an appli- 
cation, March 19, 166'', for land and seed grain, and victuals for six months, showing 
their necessities. Buckhout later owned a farm at Mespat, and left two sons, Capt. 
Matthias, who sailed a coaster, and Peter, a farmer; and whence come the family of 
this name. Du Toict was from Ivillie, and probably related to David du Toict, of 
Leyden, son-in-law of Gerard de Forest. By his wife, Madeleine Arnauds, he had a 
son, Abraham, born 1648, lessee of Pierre Cresson's meadows at Harlem, in 1668; who 
married Jannetie, daughter of Jerome Boquet (Bokee), and had a family. He went to 
New Utrecht and bought a farm, served during the second Dutch rule as a soldier, 
under Capt. Knyf, in New York, afterward lived at Bedford, but with his wife joined 
the Bergen church, July 21, 1681. Lakeman brought a wife, Anna du Sauchoy, and 
children by a second wife, Maria Walters. Two of the children that came over with 
him were Abraham and Peter, who afterward got grants upon Staten Island, but 
Peter Lakeman removed to New York in 1698, when he married widow Jannetie 
Stavast. Marlett brought his wife and sons, Joshua, born 1647; Paul, born 1654; 
John, born 1656, and Abraham, born 1658, and settled on Staten Island. The name 
has now left the Island, but is found in other sections of New York and New Jersey. 
Cossart brought his wife, Lydia Williams, and 2 children of 18 months and 5 years. 
They had also Jacob, born 1668; David, 1671 ; Anthony, 1673. Jacob married, 1695, 
Anna Maria, daughter of Job. Caspars Springsteen. He and Anthony, who married, 
1696, Elizabeth, daughter of Jan Tymensen Valentine, of Schenectady, were resi- 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 205 

the employ of Delaniater, but before the year closed his father 
became a proprietor by the purchase of the allotment of Philip 
Casier, deceased. Of Oblinus' companions on board the Spotted 
Cow, Demarest went to Staten Island, Journee and Bogert to 
Brooklyn, and the Bastiaensen brothers to Stuyvesant's Bouv/ery, 
though they all soon after came to Harlem. The Bastiaensens, 
it may be observed, were the ancestors of the entire Kortright 
or Courtright family, in the States of X"ew York and New Jersey, 
and also, through other branches, of the families of Ryer and 
Michiel (now Alekeel and McKeel, — a Dutch metamorphosed 
into a Hibernian name!) of Westchester and other counties of 
our State, and that of L,ow, in Somerset County, New Jersey, 
but distinct from the Lows of Ulster County, named in a pre- 
ceding" note. Arent Jansen Moesman, — first met with at Am- 
sterdam in 1662, acting as purveyor to the passengers about to 
leave, March nth, in the merchant ship Golden Eagle, for 
New Amstel on the Delaware, and in which he also took pas- 
way to Harlem, as before seen, now returned from the Esopus 
war, with the credit and profits of some special service rendered. 
He became the purchaser of a bouwery upon Jochem Pieters and 
Van Keulen's Hook, the history of which derives interest^ from 
its subsequent owners, Delavall, Carteret, and others. Indeed 
the village was fast filling up, and already showed a disposition 
to exceed the limits of the protecting palisades. At a court held 
on December 4th, Derick Claessen, who after quitting the town 
had again returned, applied for "the house lot lying without the 
gate" ; and Johannes Vermilye also made a similar application. 
Many, with the returning sense of security, were laying plans 
for the future. 

dents of Brooklyn ; their posterity bearing the name Casliow or Carshow. Jacob 
Cosart, born at Brooklyn, 1701, a son of Anthony, died at Bonnd Brook, N. J., 
April 19, 1772. David Cosart, married, 1696, Styntie, born 1677, daughter of Joris 
Jansen \"an Hoorn, and had, with other children born in New York City, sons George, 
Jacob, David, John, Francis. He died between 1736 and 1740, in Somerset County, 
N. J., leaving farms there to his sons George, David and Francis. Conselyea married 
Phebe Schut, and lived in Bushwick, where his old farm house till late remained. 
?Ie had sons, John, born 1679; Peter, 1688; and a daughter, Margaret, who married 
Joh. Van Tilburg and Claes Bogert. Culver, whose wife was Sarah, daughter of 
Peter Hasbrouck, died soon after the birth of his daughter Sarah, and the next year, 
1664, his widow married Jacob Jansen Blaeck, from iXmsterdam, by whom she had 
other children. The daughter, Sarah Culver, born 1663, married Peter Losee, of 
Bushwick; her sister, Gertie Culver, born 1657, married Cornelis Jansen Zeeuw, and 
their brother, Jacob Culver, (born 1659, at Leyden, died, 1694, in New York), married, 
1684, Jannetie, daughter of Joh. Caspars Springsteen, of Brooklyn. Their daughter, 
Sarah, born. 1686, married David L. Ackerman. of Hackensack; their daughter. 
Maria, married Joost Springstee, of Newtown, and their son, Johannes Culver, born 
16S9, married Sarah, daughter of James Way, and Mary, daughter of Tohn Cancel, 
served as elder at Newtown, and there died, June 12, 1760,' leaving several sons. 
Depew, who was from Artois, was sworn as "beer and weigh-house porter," at New 
\ ork, June 10, 1665. Here he died in 1691, leaving issue by his wife, Katalina 
Renard, Jean, born 1656; Moses, 1657; Aaron, 1664; Susannah, 1669, and Nicholas, 
1670. l-rom these spring the numerous Depew families of Ulster and Orange Counties 
and the Mmisink Flats. 



2o6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

By a recent choice of magistrates, confirmed November 17th, 
the new board consisted of Jan La Montagne, "who for certain 
reasons," say the Council, "shall yet be continued for one year" ; 
besides Daniel Tourneur, Johannes Verveelen, and Jan Pietersen 
Slot. The religious interests of the village were suffering, and 
called for their first care. Do. Zyperus had recently taken his 
leave, probably early in 1663, when his wife transferred her church 
connection from New Amsterdam to Brooklyn. Chosen at dif- 
ferent times as an arbiter between parties in litigation, Do. 
Zyperus had made himself useful outside of his office or special 
sphere of duty, and had acquired the respect of the community. 
Disposing of his lands to Sergeant Juriaen Hanel, of Bergen, he 
removed with his family to Virginia, where he afterward preached 
many years, in North River Precinct, now Kingston Parish, in 
Mathews County; having conformed to the Church of England.* 

The experiment had evidently proven the inability of the 
congregation to support a minister, and since the departure of 
Zyperus, not without much effort had the Sabbath services been 
sustained. Hence, at the meeting referred to, on December 4th, 
1663, one of the magistrates, Mr. Verveelen, was "chosen by a 
popular vote to inquire for a voorleser," or, in other words, a 
parish clerk. This office, though akin to that of precentor or chor- 
ister in the Romish cathedral service and in the Scotch kirk, was 
in its range of duties quite peculiar to the Reformed Dutch 
Church. Its incumbent, acting either in place of or as an assist- 
ant to the dominie, must needs be a person not only of suitable 
gifts and culture, but of exemplary life and approved piety. 
Standing before the pulpit, he read the Scriptures at the opening 
of public worship, whence came his title, voorleser, or forereader. 
He led the congregation in singing David's Psalms in metre, 
lining off the verses one by one, as they proceeded, with melodies 

* Do. Zyperus' wife was the daughter of Claes Duurkoop; her brother, Jan 
Duurkoop, and sister, Jannetie, wife of Hendrick Jansen Been, were living at Brook- 
lyn in 1662, whence, probably on their account, Mrs. Zyperus took her church letter, 
March 25, 1663. With the departure of herself and husband soon after disappeared 
also her kindred above named. While here Do. Z. had two children baptized, viz., 
Cornelius, December 21, 1659, and Hillegond, August 14, 1661; the last named for 
Mrs. Cornelis Van Ruyven. He is noticed as rector of Kingston Parish in a list of 
the Virginia clergy, dated June 30, 1680. But this is verified by his old vestry 
book, now in the custody of the Kpiscopal Theological Seminary near Alexandria, 
extracts from which were kindly furnished me by the late principal. Rev. William 
Sparrow, D.D., since deceased, and containing all additional that I know of Zyperus in 
Virginia. The record begins only with November 15, 1679, but the last mention of 
him, as follows, is suggestive: 

"The 27th of June, 1687. The day abovesaid Mr. Mychaell Zyperus, Minister, 
did promise to give fitt and convenient Glasses for ye Window at ye Gable IJnd of 
ye New Chappell to be built for ye North River precinct. In witness whereof he hath 
hereunto sett his hand. _ _ M. ZypErus." 

Interesting thus to take leave of him actively at work rearing the walls of Zion, 
in that field which he had chosen, and where he probably ended his labors. I strongly 
suspect that Do. Zyperus' descendants compose the respectable family of Sypher, of 
Pennsylvania, whose early Michaels — a fact, with others made known to me by Mr. 
J. R. Syplier, of Philadelphia — seem to favor it. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 207 

long drawn out, but stately and solemn.''' In the absence of a 
preacher his duties were augmented. He then read a sermon 
from the works of some orthodox Dutch divine, and in a word 
conducted the entire service so far as belonged to a layman to do. 
He visited and administered comfort to the sick, and those nigh 
to death, and, when desired, performed the burial service. He in- 
structed the children in the Heidelberg catechism, filled the office 
of schoolmaster, and in addition kept the records and accounts 
of the church and town. In fact, except the administration of 
holy ordinances, he performed all the functions of pastor, besides 
those of chorister, schoolmaster, and secretary. To these were 
usually added the duties of vendue-master, or public auctioneer. 
Jan La Montague, already acting as secretary, being conferred 
with and found willing to assume the full office of voorleser, the 
schepens, after advising with Governor Stuyvesant, prepared the 
following interesting petition, which was presented through Mr. 
Verveelen : 

To the Noble, Very Worshipful, their Honors and the Director-General 

and Council of New Netherland : 

Gentlemen : Your Noble Worships' petitioners, residents of New 
Harlem, show with due reverence and sulDmission, that by their saving 
faith, obtained through hearing the gospel preached and taught, they, too, 
find themselves for the sake of their salvation compelled, conscientiously, 
to promote, with increased diligence and zeal, whatever your Noble 
Worships' petitioner and Commissaries of this village have determined 
upon and undertaken for the maintaining of public worship and the 
outward means of grace, to the magnif^ang of God's Name, the obser- 
vance of his da}^ of holy rest, and the upbuilding of the body of Jesus 
Christ. But having seen from Sabbath day to Sabbath day the small 
and insignificant success of the public gatherings, and believing confi- 
dently that everything relating to public worship may be brought in 
better train and all be more properly ordered by the services of a sala- 
ried voorleser and schoolmaster, to read God's word and edifying ser- 
mons, keep school, catechise and visit the sick, your Noble Worships' 

* Imagine our devout fathers thus gravely singing, in the following words, their 
favorite 23d Psalm: 

1. Myn Godt voed my als myn Herder gepresen; 
Dies sal ik geenes dings behoeftik wesen. 

In't groene gras sceliestik hy my wej'det: 
En aen dat soet water hy my geleydet : 
* Hy verquickt myn ziel, die seer is verslegen; 

Om syns naems wil leyt hy my in syn wegen. 

2. Alwaer't schoon dat ick in't dal des doots ginge, 
Kn dat my des doots schaduwe omvinge, 

Ik vreese niet, gy zyt by my gestadig, 
En gy troost my met uwen staf genadigh. 
Gy maeckt ryk met goede seer velerhandcn 
Myn tafel voor d'oogen myner vyanden. 

3. Gy salst myn hooft met rickend'oly goedigh, 
En schenkt my den beker vol overloedigh. 

Gy suit doen dat uwe gunst, O Ileer krachtigh, 
Myn leven langh by my steedsvlyft cendrachtig: 
Soo dat ick hoop ceuwighlick vast tc woonen 
In Codes Huys, 't welk nict is om verschoonen. 



2o8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

petitioners, appointed to attend to the public welfare and advantage of 
the said village, thought it proper, very timely and only their duty, to 
speak to the community about this matter, that they persuade Jean De 
La Montague, a resident of the said place, to undertake such services 
provisionally for the least possible salary, and then present themselves 
before your Noble Worships as patrons of the church of Jesus Christ 
with this humble and Christian petition, that your Noble Worships may 
please to consent both to the office and person before named, for the 
benefit of God's church and not less necessary teaching of the children. 
But perceiving their present inability and incapacity to give in the afore- 
said case a full and proper salary, and not having been able to collect 
for his support more than 24 schepels of grain,* they respectfully request 
your Noble Worships, that in their usual noble discretion your Noble 
Worships contribute something toward a decent salary and the greater 
encouragement of your Noble Worships' very humble petitioners and 
God's subjects. 

Your Noble Worships' most dutiful petitioners and humble subjects. 
Done New Harlem, | 
Dec. 25, 1663. 3 

D. TournEur. 

Johannes VervEELEn. 

I P mark of Jan Pietersen. 

To this the following reply was given, January loth, 1664: 

Received and read the foregoing request of the Commissaries of New 
Harlem, and therewith heard the verbal statement of Sieur Johannes Ver- 
veelen, at present commissary there, that it is highly necessary that a 
person be appointed there as voorleser and schoolmaster ; therefore the 
Director-General and Council accept and appoint thereto the proposed 
person Johannes La Montague, Junior; and in order that he may attend 
to these offices with greater diligence, to him shall be paid annually on 
account of the Company the sum of fifty guilders, according to the state 
of the treasury. 

Thereafter the church had a regular succession of voorlesers, 
to perform the varied and responsible duties before specified ; 
except when partially relieved by the visits of the city ministers, 
who officiated here by occasional appointment, or under engage- 
ments made with them from time to time, as will further appear. 

New arrivals in the village were still occurring. One was 
that of a French refugee heretofore mentioned, and who is first 
alluded to in the minutes of January 23d, 1664, thus: "Robert 
Le Maire requested an" . . . the record left unfinished; 
but probably explained by the fact that he soon obtained an erf 
from the town. A few of the larger landholders, as Slot and 
De Meyer, now took occasion to obtain patents or groundbriefs 
for their lands, though the two named and that of Hanel, dated 
May 1 6th ensuing, are the only patents found, issued by Gov- 
ernor Stuyvesant, for the allotments under the ordinance of 
1658. This accords with what the inhabitants afterward told 

* The schepel, a Dutch measure, was commonly rated in this country at three 
E^nglish pecks. Wooley's Journal, p. 34. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 209 

Governor Nicolls, namely, that most of them "never had a 
groundbrief." An event of interest to the villagers was the 
surrender by the widow of Cornelis Claessen Swits, to the 
Director and Council (pursuant to an offer which she made to 
them February 7th, 1664, and by them accepted), of all her 
claim to the farm occupied by her late husband, but "purchased 
and cultivated by her," in lieu of the debt due from Swits to the 
West India Company. The title thus reverted to the govern- 
ment, and the lands on which was the village plot were thereby 
relieved of any mediate claim which could possibly be set up 
under the old patent of 1647.* 

* This petition and answer are of sufficient interest to be given entire. 
To the Noble, Right Honorable, the Director-General and Council in New Nether- 
land: Shows with all humility, Ariaentie Cornelis, late widow of Cornelis Claessen 
Swits, now married to Albert Leenderts; how that the supplicant with her now 
deceased husband, and their children, occupied for several years and actually built 
upon, a parcel of land whereon has since been laid out the village of Haerlem; upon 
which farm, after much labor there expended, she, with her said deceased husband, 
was, in September, 1655, miserably surprised by the cruel barbarous savages, who at 
once murdered her husband, plundered or burnt all their goods, and carried her off 
with her six children captives. From whose cruel hands, by the aid of her good 
friends, being delivered, with her six naked children, she remained bereft of all that 
she possessed, her husband and all means of subsistence, except only the aforesaid 
farm, on which she hoped, sooner or later, by the assistance of others, to be able to 
maintain herself in an honest manner; but in this she was disappointed, as well by 
the continued troubles, and the want of means, as by the orders issued against having 
any isolated habitations, and so was compelled for a time to abandon that farm. 
When, at last, it was resolved by the Director and Council to lay out the village of 
Haerlem, and the supplicant was inclined, with her present husband, Albert L,eenderts, 
to again occupy the said farm, this could not be done, because her cleared land had 
been distributed among others, and the only offer then made her, was, to draw lots 
with the rest; to which she could not agree, as it was to her great prejudice, and 
thus was her whole farm, bought and cultivated by her, given to others, and the sup- 
plicant deprived of the means by which, with God's help, she could have maintained 
herself, instead of which she is now, with her children, reduced to poverty. The land 
being so distributed by the Director-General and Council, it was provided that those 
interested, who had been driven off their land, should be paid by the actual possessors, 
ten guilders (sic) per morgen, but it was afterwards granted that in lieu of ten guild- 
ers per morgen the said occupants should, 5 years (sic") earlier than had been before 
determined, pay tithes of the produce, in behalf of those interested, but this cannot be 
collected but slowly. Our humble petition, therefore, is, that it may please your 
Honors either to return again the said parcel of land to the supplicant, or that its 
value, that for which it was before sold, may be reimbursed to her, — or otherwise 
(as the supplicant's deceased husband remained indebted to the Hon. Company about 
seven hundred guilders, for commodities, for whose liquidation with that of other 
debts, he left her nothing besides the said land), that your honors may be pleased to 
accept that farm, or what shall be paid for it by its actual possessors, in place of the 
aforesaid debt, and then to favor her with a receipt for it in full — which proposal the 
supplicant humbly requests your Honors may be pleased to seriously consider, with 
her present situation, and may through compassion let her enjoy a favorable answer, 
which doing she will remain 

Your Honors' obedient 

her 
Ariaentie X Cornelis. 
mark. 
This petieion being read, and the supplicant's poor condition considered, the fol- 
lowing order is thereupon made: 

Although the debt incurred by the supplicant's deceased husband, should long since 
since have been paid, and ought now to be paid without any further delay, yet, con- 
sidering the scanty means which were left to the supplicant by the barbarians, as is 
explained more at large in her petition, and furthermore, her present situation; there- 
fore resolved that we accept in payment of what her deceased husband, Cornelis Claes- 
sen Swits, remained indebted to the Company, whatever shall in time be collected from 
her land as mentioned in her petition, giving her by this a receipt in full, so that 
neither she nor her posterity shall ever be troubled about it in future, provided that 
she deliver to the Noble Company her deed, transfer, etc., which she may have for the 
aforesaid land. Done in Fort Amsterdam, in New Netherland, the 7 Feb., 1664. 



2IO HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

The opening spring brought its share of work for the farm- 
ers. A shelter was needed for the young calves turned out 
to feed on Barent's Island, and at a meeting held March 13th it 
was agreed to build on April ist. They also resolved to fence 
the gardens. Some of the inhabitants, in want of servants and 
laborers, seized the opportunity to buy a number of negro slaves, 
sold at auction in Fort Amsterdam, May 29th, by order of the 
Director and Council. They had arrived on the 24th instant, 
in the company's ship Sparrow, from Chicago. At that sale 
were eager bidders, Johannes Verveelen, Daniel Tourneur, 
Nicholas De Meyer, Jacques Cousseau, Isaac De Forest, and 
even Jacob Leisler, himself, in 1678, enslaved by the Turks, and 
years later the champion of liberty ! Verveelen bought a negro 
at 445 a., De Meyer one at 460 fl., and Tourneur another at 
465 fl. These were probably the first slaves owned at New 
Harlem, and, strange as it may seem, the recollections of the 
living run back to the time when negro slavery still existed here. 

Of much advantage to the whole neighborhood was the 
new saw mill constructed soon after by Jan Van Bommel, a 
thrifty citizen of New Amsterdam, on the run of water emptying 
into the East River near the foot of 74th Street, and known ever 
after as the Saw Kill, which stream the people of Harlem claimed 
as their southern limit. The right to run this mill, granted May 
26th, expired in three years, when it was discontinued; but its 
site became a noted landmark in connection with the Harlem 
Patent line. 

While the inhabitants were thus busied with their own 
domestic affairs, the general interests of the country were in 
greatest peril; the government, assailed by enemies within and 
without, was rapidly approaching its fall. The seizure of the 
Dutch possessions on the Connecticut River, the successful re- 
volt of the English towns upon Long Island, and in Westchester, 
and "their alliance with New England, too plainly told the in- 
potency of the powers at New Amsterdam to resist any further 
aggressions which enemies might choose to make. Added to 
these were the yet existing Indian troubles. Alarmed for the 
safety of the state, Stuyvesant, before slow to recognize the 
principle of popular representation, at last was constrained to 
yield, and call a general assembly of delegates from the several 
Dutch towns, chosen by the people, and which met at New Am- 
sterdam on April loth; Harlem sending two of her most active 
men, Daniel Tourneur and Johannes Verveelen. But with an 
humbling sense of their weakness or want of resources, they did 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 211 

little more than to send an urgent appeal to the States General 
of Holland for aid in defending their homes and firesides. How- 
ever, a new treaty being concluded on the i6th of May with the 
Indian tribes on the Hudson, the harrowing fears from that 
quarter were quieted; and the families at Harlem found relief 
in the fact that the neighboring chief, Sauwenarack, head sachem 
of the Wickquaskeeks, renewed his pledge of friendship by sign- 
ing the treaty. 

Some months of mingled hope and fear now lulled both 
government and people into a false security, when an English 
fleet, under Colonel Richard Nicolls, suddenly appeared before 
New Amsterdam, and made a short and easy conquest of the 
province. The fort was surrendered on September 8th to the 
invaders, who named the city, as also the province. New York. 
Surprised into a change of rulers, the staid old settlers at New 
Harlem accepted the condition with a mixed sentiment. Tired 
of the late administration, some welcomed a change which in 
any respect could hardly prove for the worse, btu a majority, 
with the attachments of native or adopted citizens, would have 
preferred the old government with all its faults. Nor could the 
wise and conciliatory course taken by the new governor, Nicolls, 
at once allay the feeling of indignation which found expression 
among the Harlem people, or repair the injury inflicted on the 
whole colony by a nation professedly at peace with the mother 
country. 

The withdrawal of the Dutch soldiers from Harlem, — most 
of these at the surrender returning to Holland, — and the abrupt 
departure of others, gave an air of desertion to the village. But 
new residents soon took their places, prominent among whom 
was Resolved Waldron, late deputy schout of New Amsterdam, 
an efficient officer, to whom Stuyvesant had been much attached. 
Now finding his vocation gone, he retired with his family to 
Harlem, to spend his remaining years, but not to be released 
from public service. 

Among the persons leaving was Juriaen Hanel, who ten 
years before first came to this country as a soldier of the com- 
pany, and, raised to be a sergeant, had been rewarded for faithful 
service by an increase of pay. He was a native of Poland, and a 
man of no little consequence at Harlem, to which place he had 
removed from Bergen only within a few months, having, as 
before said, purchased Do. Zyperus' lands, but which before 
leaving he sold to Johannes Verveelen. Jan La Montague was 
much disaffected by the change of government, and while his 



212 HISTORY OF HARLEM. ' 

father and brother, Wilham, both Hving at Albany, accepted the 
issue and took the oath of allegiance, he, with the tie of a native- 
born Hollander, which neither of the former could boast, made 
haste to dispose of his property, with a view no doubt to quitting 
the town or country, as many were doing. On October 22d, 
1664, he sold to the partners Jan Myndertsen and Johannes 
Smedes, his "piece of land, and meadow belonging thereunto, 
called by the name of Montague's Point, paled in betwixt two 
creeks, according as the bill of sale doth mention," for 800 gl., 
wampum, to be paid by instalments.* 

Another inhabitant, Arent Moesman, respected in the church 
and community, though he took the oath of fidelity to the English, 
prepared, with his brother Jacob, to visit fatherland. Conveying 
his property lying in this town to Captain Thomas De Lavall, an 
Englishman who had lately arrived here with Governor Nicolls, 
he bought instead a house and lot in Broadway, offered for sale 
by Meynderts before named, after contracting for Montague's 
Point. For this he gave a deed, or power of sale, to Dirck 
Vandercliff, taking from him a mortgage on the premises for 
700 gl. Thus secured, Moesman, December loth, 1664, ob- 
tained a pass for Holland in the ship Unity, Captain Jan Bergen. 
Michiel Muyden, the late proprietor, after holding a prominent 
standing in the town and contributing no little to its welfare, 
had sold his two erven, and indeed his whole allotment, to Jacques 
Cresson in 1663. He too returned to Holland, and, like a true 
Dutchman, warmly advocated the forcible recovery of New Neth- 
erland from the English. Subsequently his city residence in the 
Winckel Street, left in care of Jacob Kip, was confiscated. 

These removals, causing painful breaks in families, as in the 
case of Verveelen, whose eldest daughter, Anna, went to Hol- 
land with her husband, Derick Looten, late military commissary, 
were the least disastrous consequences, as afifecting New Harlem, 
of the political change which had happened the country. Months 
were required to restore order and check abuses which had sud- 
denly sprung up to disturb the peace of the community. Yet 
these disquieting circumstances were not allowed to hinder sev- 
eral genial gatherings at the hymenal altar during the winter 

* Meynderts and Smedes were in business together in New York. The former 
is noticed at pp. 93, 102; the latter at p. 99. _ Mynderts married, 1660, Belitie 
Plettenborg', by whom he had several daughters besides Mrs. Barent Waldron. 

Smedes is called Smith in the contract with Montagne, a render of his name 
into English, which never prevailed, at least with the earlier generations of his de- 
scendants. He married, January 3, 1665, Lysbeth, daughter of Michiel Verschuur, 
and on February 2, 1676, Machtelt, daughter of Jan Willems Van Isselsteyn. He had 
sons, born in New York, Johannes, Benjamin and Abraham, the last by his second 
wife. I believe he removed to Ulster County, but the name has spread to ma|iy 
localities. 



214 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

and spring of 1665. The old schepen, Jan Slot, ended his wid- 
owerhood by choosing another wife, and provident Pierre Cres- 
son, whose son, Jaques, had married since coming to Harlem, 
found a worthy companion for his daughter, Christina, in a 
young man from St. Lo, in Normandy, named Letelier, now a 
magistrate at Bush wick.* 

* Jean Letelier was one of the "fourteen Frenchmen" by whom Bushwick was 
settled, in 1660, and was one of its first schepens, March 2$, 1661. He always signed 
his name simply "L,etelier," the usual mode among the French gentry. In 1662 he 
gave three guilders toward the ransom of Teunis Cray's son Jacob, in captivity with the 
Turks. Removing to New_ Utrecht, he there died beptember 4, 1671. In his will (to 
which Abraham du Toict is a witness) he speaks of his children, but does not name 
them. His widow married Jacob Gerrits De Haes, by whom she had issue, Jacob, born 
1678; John, born 1680, etc. Letelier was usually called by the Dutch Tilje (Tilya), 
and whence perhaps the family of Tillou or Tilyou, whose ancestor, Pierre (see N. Y. 
Gen. and Biog. Rec, 1876, p. 144), if the son of Jean, took the name of his god- 
father Cresson. 



£><2, 



CHAPTER XIV. 

1 665- 1 666. 

RELUCTANT YIELDING TO ENGLISH RULE. 

TTPON the late surrender of the country by the Dutch it was 
conceded that "all inferior civil officers and magistrates 
shall continue as they now are, if they please, till the customary 
time of new elections.'' But "the customary times'' arriving, no 
new election took place at Harlem ; while the old officers, either 
from indifference, or from doubts as to their power to act with- 
out the schout, who positively declined, utterly failed in their 
duties. Sundry violations of law and order naturally followed 
upon this suspension of authority, and at the bottom of which 
-was that ever prolific cause of evil, — rum ! Who the offenders, 
or what the offenses, is not further specified than in the follow- 
ing missive, addressed "To the Schout and present Magistrates 
of Harlem :" 

A Warrant to the INIagistrates of Harlem for the Prohibition of the 
sale of strong liquors to Indians. 

Whereas, I am informed of several abuses that are done and com- 
mitted by the Indians, occasioned much through the liberty some persons 
take of selling Strong Liquors unto them ; These are to require j-ou that 
you take special care that none of your Town presume to sell an}' sort of 
Strong Liquors or Strong Beer unto any Indian, and if you shall find 
any person offending therein, that you seize upon such Liquor and bring 
such person before me, to make answers for the offense. Given under 
my hand, at Fort James, in New York, this i8th of INIarch, 1664 [1665 
N. S.]. Richard Nicolls. 

These infractions of law were largely due to the disaffection 
of Jan La jMontagne, to which reference has been made. For 
some cause failing in the sale of his Point, he remained here, 
but threw up his office as schout, refusing to arrest and prosecute 
offenders, by which means lawbreakers went unrebuked, and 
the course of justice was obstructed. A state of things so ab- 
horrent to the law-abiding Waldron and others could not long 



2i6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

be endured; and the result was another order, more explicit than 
the previous one, and in this form. 

To the Magistrates of Harlem : 

Whereas, complaint hath been made to me that the Schout of Harlem 
doth not execute his office, and that several disorders are committed and 
the Inhabitants hindered of their accustomed rights ; I do therefore order, 
that the Magistrates now in being do act, as formerly; and in case the 
Schout will not execute his office, that the Magistrates do Justice in his 
place, for the good of the Town, and to decide all matters that doth or 
shall happen there, not exceeding the value of One Hundred Guilders 
in Wampum ; and this to continue till further order. Given under my 
hand at Fort James, in New York, this 20th of April, 1665. 

Richard Nicotts. 

In the reconstruction of the city government after the Eng- 
lish form, which now took place, the want of a better adminis- 
tration of authority at Harlem operated as a reason for bringing 
that district within the jurisdiction and control of the city. 
Hence, Gov. Nicolls' proclamation of June 12th, 1665, consti- 
tuting the new municipal government, declared "that the inhab- 
itants of New York, New Harlem, with all other His Majesty's 
subjects, inhabitants upon this island, are, and shall be forever 
accounted nominated and established, as one body politic and 
corporate, under the government of a Mayor, Aldermen and 
Sheriff." In these was vested "full power and authority to rule 
and govern, as well all the Inhabitants of this corporation, as 
any Strangers, according to the general laws of this Government, 
and such peculiar laws as are or shall be thought convenient and 
necessary for the good and welfare of this. His Majesty's corpor- 
ation ; as also to appoint such under officers as they shall judge 
necessary for the orderly execution of justice." One of the 
aldermen therein appointed was Mr. Thomas De Lavall, whose 
relations to Harlem were to form an important chapter in its 
history. 

One of the first acts of the new Common Council was to 
adopt the following, June 15th. '.'Resolved, to send for the 
Court at Harlem, and the constable, Resolved Waldron, by 
letter, to come hither by Saturday next." What was brewing 
was hardly hinted at in the polite billet thereupon addressed: 
"To the Honorable, the Court of New Harlem." It ran in these 
words : 

Honorable and Affectionate Friends : 

Thse serve only that your Honors hold yourselves ready to appear 
here in this city, on Saturday next, being 17th June, old style, with 
Resolved Waldron, and to receive all such orders as shall be communi- 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 217 

cated. Whereunto confiding, we commend your Honors, after cordial 
salutation, unto God's protection, and remain 

Your affectionate friends, 
The Mayor, Aldermen and Sherief of the City op New York. 

By order of the same, Johannes Nevius, Secretarj'. 

Done, N. York, the isth June, 1665. 

Punctually those sent for appeared, and the record reads 
thus : "Resolved Waldron entering is notified that he is elected 
Constable of New Harlem, which accepting, he hath taken the 
proper oath ; and the Magistrates who accompanied him are 
informed that they are discharged from their office. The afore- 
said Constable is authorized to select three or four persons, who 
shall have power to decide any differences or dispute to the 
extent of Five Pounds Sterling, in Sewant, and no higher ; and 
the party who shall not be satisfied with the decision of those 
elected as aforesaid, shall be bound to pay him, the Constable, 
the sum of Six Stivers, and further to bear the costs of proceed- 
ing before this bench of Justice."* 

Waldron, clothed with these unusual powers, called Daniel 
Tourneur, and who else we know not, to the magistracy. Johan- 
nes Vermilye was given the place of gerechtsboode, or court mes- 

* Jan Pietersen Slot, the old magistrate, had just before left the town with his 
family. Himself from Holstein, as before noticed, his sons Pieter and Jan were 
born at Amsterdam. Pieter sold his property at Harlem, gotten from his father, to 
Resolved Waldron, and removed to Bergen, where he owned 25 morgen of land, 
bought May 14, 1657, and where, on April i, 1665, he joined the church with his 
wife, who was the daughter of Jacob Walings Van Winckel, of that place, deceased. 
His father sold his lands at Harlem, named in his patent of January 4, 1664, to 
Johannes Verveelen, and on April 20, 1665, bought other property at the Bouwery, 
from Governor Stuyvesant. But he again sold out here, February 12, 1669, having, 
on August 14 preceding, sold to Capt. Delavall for £10 a parcel of meadow on "the 
nnorth side of Barent's Island," which he held by ground-brief from Stuyvesant. In 
1686 he and wife resided in Wall street; in 1703, in the South Ward. His children 
were by his first wife, Aeltie Jans; his second, Claertie Dominicus, he married while 
at Harlem. 

Jan Jansen Slot married, 1672, Judith, daughter of Stoffel Elsworth, took a house 
in the Smith's Fly, and that year joined Capt. Steenwyck's new troop of horse. A 
warm partisan of Leisler, in 1689, he was made an ensign. He is named, October 7, 
1695, as selling his city property. His children, so far as known, were Heyltie, born 
1672, who married Capt. Zebulon Carter; Johannes, born 1674; Stoffel, born, 1677; 
Annetie, born 1681, married David Demarest 3d, and Jonathan Hart; Hendrick, born 
1684, and Judith, born 1687, who married John \'an I-Iorn. 

Pieter Jansen Slot sold out at Pemberbogh, on Bergen Neck, January 30, 1671, 
and on March 23 ensuing, bought a place in New York, to which he removed; but in 
1673 his house, with others, was taken down to enlarge the grounds about the fort, 
in 1677 Slot hired a farm at Esopus, to which place he had gone to follow his trade 
as builder. Returning in 1683, he and wife, to Bergen, with letters to the church 
there, they were soon back to New York, living for years on property which they 
owned "at Crommcsshe, near Stuyvesant's Bouwery." Selling this, April 10, 1688, 
Peter died soon after. In 1692 his widow, still of New York, married John Demarest, 
Esq., of Hackensack. Pieter's choldren were John, born 1665; Jacobus, born 1669, 
both at Bergen; Tryntie, born 1671, married /Vdam \'an Norden and Cornelius Banta; 
and Jonas, born 1681, at Esopus, and who married, 1713, Jannetie Ostrum, of 
Poughkeepsie, where he was living in 1738. John Slot, born i'56s, was residing in 
New York in 1703, with his wife, Jannetie Andries. and children. Tacobus Slot settled 
at Hackensack, married Mary, daughter of John Demarest, aforesaid, and was father 
of Petrus, born 1696; John, 1699; Eve, i7"oi; Leah, 1706; Jonathan, 17 12; Sarah, 
1 7 15; Tryntie, 17 18; Benjamin, 1721. These have manv descendants in Bergen. 
Rockland and Orange counties, including the Sloats. of the'Ramapo Vallev. 



2i8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

senger ; and Tourneur, the now deacon and magistrate, was soon 
after, by the appointment of the governor, made "under sheriff" 
at New Harlem, and "president of the court there." Thus was 
aboHshed the Court of Schout and Schepens. 

Entering zealously upon their duties, the very first act of 
the new magistrates had nearly gotten them into trouble. While 
Nicholas De Meyer was busied with his merchandise at New 
York, — having lately taken out, March 31st, "a certificate of 
denization, with liberty to traffic to Fort Albany," — his farm 
tenant at Harlem, Aert Pieterz Buys, took occasion to abscond, 
being in arrears for rent, and in debt to the town. By authority 
of the Mayor's Court, De Meyer, June 19th, proceeded to "at- 
tach all his goods." This the new magistrates opposed, assert- 
ing their own claim as paramount. De Meyer at once appealed 
to the Mayor's Court, which set the matter right by declaring the 
attachment valid, and citing Waldron and his colleagues "to show 
cause, on the next day, why they claim to be preferred, in the 
disposal of said property, before the prosecutor of the attach- 
ment." The silence of the record makes it evident that the 
magistrates declined to press their claim. 

But, abating none of his vigilance, the zealous Waldron soon 
found more work at hand. A quilt had been stolen from Jan 
Dircksen, usually called, from his former occupation, "Jan the 
Soldier." Waldron searched in all the houses without finding it. 
He then called the townsfolk together in the square, and remind- 
ing them that no stranger had been in the village, declared that 
some one of them must have taken the quilt. Hereupon it oc- 
curred to Pierre Cresson that Jan Teunissen, the brother-in-law 
of Dircksen, had told him, one day before the quilt was missed, 
that Jan the Soldier had only an empty chest in the house. Sus- 
picion at once fastened upon Teunissen ; and the more readily 
as during the previous winter Veryeelen's negro had been caught 
by his master taking a schepel of grain from his barn toward 
Teunissen's house, and had laid it upon Teunissen ; albeit, the 
integrity of the negro, as will be seen by and by, was not above 
suspicion. Waldron therefore asked Teunissen "how he knew 
that there was nothing in Jan the soldier's chest." Getting a 
curt answer, Waldron retorted, "You may as well be guilty of 
stealing the quilt, as of Sieur Verveelen's corn !" This roused 
Teunissen to defend his injured reputation, and forthwith he 
summoned Waldron before the Mayor's Court, to answer for 
having "accused him of being a thief." 

But when the case came up, August 22d, Waldron rehearsed 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 219 

with such effect all the suspicions circumstances, backed up by 
written testimony, as to completely turn the tables against Teu- 
nissen, wdio was not only made to pay for defendant's lost time, 
with the costs of suit, but was sharply reprimanded in these 
terms : *'And if further complaints of your improper conduct 
come before the court, you shall be punished as the merits of 
the case may require, for an example to others !" 

This case perhaps was clearer to the court than the record 
makes it, but it should be viewed in the light of certain collateral 
facts. The conflicting views and feelings which had divided 
society at Harlem into the English and anti-English parties, had 
brought various individuals and families into most unfriendly 
and even hostile relations. It plainly crops out both in the na- 
ture and increased amount of the business which occupied the 
two courts. This ill-will, added to the spirit of lawlessness before 
noticed, while it lent eagle eyes to suspicion, disposed the courts 
to be strict; their decisions, especially when based upon circum- 
stantial evidence, to which in those early times undue weight 
was often attached, were very liable to be partial, if not to wholly 
ignore such mitigating or rebutting circumstances as might even 
warrant an acquittal. Then Waldron, his official training akin 
to that of a modern detective, intent only on finding the evidence 
leading to conviction, and with ideas of the rigid Stuyvesant 
stripe, whose severity often met a rebuke from superiors in Hol- 
land, was prone as magistrate to administer justice sternly, and 
law to the letter. Add to this Teunissen's uniform good stand- 
ing, and there is room to question whether he was fairly treated. 
The same may apply to the case of another person, most respect- 
ably connected, who the same year was accused of theft, declared 
guilty, and forbidden a residence in the town.* 

* Jan Teunissen, better appreciated by a later court held December 14, 1666, was 
appointed, with Lublsert Gerritsen and Jeremias Jansen Hagenaer, to arbitrate in a 
difference between Nelis Matthyssen and Cornelis Jansen, concerning timber; and 
again at another court, Octobec 24, 1667, when the high sheriff Manning presided, was 
named, with V^alentine Claessen as referee in re Johannes Buys vs. Jan Duyts and 
Lubbert Gerritsen. He was rarely referred to while living at Harlem, otherwise than 
as Jan Teunissen, but from his birthplace, Tilburg, as before noticed, he ultimately 
took the name Van Tilburg. Jan Teunissen married at New Amsterdam, 1655, 
Tryntie Pieters Cronenberg, an orphan, though 23 years of age, who had been sent 
out that year at the charge of the city of Amsterdam. They settled at Fort Orange, 
Teunissen getting a house and lot; but for selling liquor to Indians he fell under 
severe penalties. He thence went to the Delaware to follow his trade as carpenter, 
found times hard, and applied to be a soldier. Returning, in 1659, he worked some 
time on Long Island, and then came to Harlem. Engaging in farming, he bought 
Dirck Claessen's Pjace, but was unable to keep it, though he took it up again in 1668, 
on a lease from Tourneur, then the owner. The next year he hired one of Archer's 
farms at Fordham, but finally removed to New York. Here his wife joined the 
church in 1674, and he the year after. In their will, made Januarv 24, 1686, they 
name their children, Peter, Barent, Johannes, Jacob, Isaac and Abraham, who are to 
share equally their real and personal estate. Teunissen outlived Tryntie, married again 
in 1691, and in 1703 had his third wife. 

Peter \'an Tilburg. born 1658, at Albany, became a bolter in New York, married, 



220 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

vSoon after this, Montagne, the Vermilyes, and some others, 
fell into a sore wrangle with Tourneur, and all because Tour- 
netir's dog had bitten one of Montagne's hogs. It went. so far 
that Tourneur cited Montagne and two others before Waldron's 
court, September 28th, when each of the three was fined a pound 
flemish, "for the benefit of the poor." They appealed, but the 
Mayor's Court sustained the sentence. The natural effect was 
to still more sour the parties. Montagne, cherishing the pur- 
pose to sell out and leave (arrangements for which he completed 
only just before his death), now disposed of his village property 
and bouw-land, recently his brother's, with the crop he had just 
sown thereon, to David Demarest, late of Staten Island, who 
became a resident of the town, where he at once took a promi- 
nent position. 

One of the three individuals fined as aforesaid was Monis 
Peterson, who was also complained of at the same session of the 
town court for an assault upon Jacques, "the herdsman of said 
village," with whom he had a dispute about his oxen. For this 
he was fined 100 gl. The burly Swede not only refused to pay 
the fine, but threatened the constable to serve him as he had 
Jacques ! This, even from the belligerent Monis, was insuffer- 
able; Waldron arraigned the offender before the Mayor's Court, 
which, approving the former sentence, directed Staeck to be 
kept in custody till he gave security for his good behavior. But 
enough. These cases, which illustrate the times, and possess 
interest as showing the then procedure, are but samples of the 
many which engaged the courts, and supplied topics for the 
village coteries, during the latter half of 1665. 

But the signal event of that year, in the town's history, 
awakens more agreeable reflections, and deserves a particular 
notice. Do. Selyns had received into his spiritual fold at the 
Bouwery, up to his leaving for Holland, July 23d, 1664, seven- 
teen of the Harlem residents of both sexes, whose names, after 

1685, Lysbeth, daughter of Frans Van Hooghten, and had children (with three named 
Frans who died in infancy), Johannes, born i685; Abraham, 1694; Frans, 1699; 
Catherine, 1700; Petrus, 1703. The Negro Plot of 1712 was begun by a slave of 
Mr. Van Tilburg's, who, at midnight, April 6, set his master's outbuildings on fire, 
when the citizens running thither, the negroes killed several. Peter died at Newark, 
N. J., in 1734, aged 76 years. Barent Van Tilburg, born at Flatbush, married, 1686, 
Marritie, davighter of Adam Brower, and widow of Jacob Pietersen. He had children, 
Geesie, born 1691, and Jan, 1697, and was a widower in 1793, living in New York. 
Johannes Van Tilburg was born at New Utrecht. He and his brother, Isaac, served 
Leisler as soldiers in 1690. He married, 1686, Anna Maria Van Giesen, and, 1690, 
Margaret, daughter of John Conselyea, who survived him, and married Claes Bogert, 
1703. Children, Teunis, born 1693; Peter, 1694; John, 1702, and Catherine, 1703, 
who married Cornelius Turk, Jr. Jacob Van Tilburg, born at Harlem, married, 1688, 
Grietie, daughter of Abraham Kermer, and widow of Hendrick de Boog; was a 
mariner, and had children, Metje, born 1692; Catherine, 1698; Abraham, 1700. His 
widow married Derick Benson, of New York. Isaac Van Tilburg, born 1670, at Ford- 
ham, married, 1693, Aeltie, daughter of Hendrick Barens Smith, of Bushwick. He 
survived but four years; his widow, in 1698, married Pierre Chaigneux, of New York. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 221 

he left, were transferred to the register of the church at Fort 
Amsterdam, to which several of them had previously belonged. 
Other communicants living at Harlem (Vermeille, Waldron and 
Slot, and their wives) still held their original connection with 
that church. This seems indicative of two facts, — the yet im- 
perfect organization of the church at Harlem, and its dependence, 
by mutual agreement, upon the city pastors and consistory.* 

The ensuing winter the congregation, though not strong in 
numbers, undertook to build a house of worship. A pleasant 
little episode growing out of it was "a feast' given to General 
Stuyvesant by the three magistrates Tourneur, Montague, and 
\'erveelen, but probably acting as well in their specialties of 
deacon, voorleser, and innkeeper. It came off January 23d, 
1665, costing the deacons' fund 21 gl. i st., and so was plainly 
identified with the building movement, as to which, and probably 
other matters affecting their interests, they naturally sought 
counsel of their honored guest before he should leave on his 
intended voyage to Holland, — he whose advice they had hitherto 
so greatly leaned upon and valued, both as their governor and 
an old elder and father in Israel. In order to provide the ways 
and means it was resolved to lay out additional tuynen, or gar- 
dens, suitable also for building lots, to be sold to actual free- 
holders, or residents, at 25 gl. each," for the benefit of the town.'' 
This was at once carried into effect. The gardens, twenty in 
number, and containing about half an acre each, lay at the west 
end of the village plot, and ran north and south from street to 
street. To distinguisrh them from the others they were called 
the Buyten Tuynen, or Out Gardens, as they lay outside the 
palisade. Dirck Claessen bought No. i, next to the town plot; 
Daniel Tourneur, No. 2 ; Claude Le Maistre, No. 3, and Nicholas 

* The church members referred to were the following: 
Jan La Montagne, Jr., and Maria \'ermeille, his wife. 
Daniel Tourneur and Jacquline Parisis, his wife. 
Johanes Verveelen and Anna Jaersvelt, his wife. 
Joost \'an Oblinus, Sr., and Martina Westin, his wife. 
Joost \'an Oblinus, Jr., and Maria Sammis, his wife. 
Glaude le Maistre and Hester du Bois, his wife. 
Pierre Cresson and Rachel Cloos, his wife. 
Jaques Cresson and Maria Renard, his wife. 
Jean le Roy. 

Isaac Vermeille and Jacomina Jacobs, his wife. 
Resolved Waldron and Tanneke Nagel, his wife. 
Pieter Jansen Slot and Marritie \'an Winckel, his wife. 

Of former residents or landholders here the following had been church members; 
De Meyer, though a non-resident, being still a proprietor: 
Nicholas de Meyer and I.ydia Van Dyck, his wife. 
Hendrick F. \'ander Vin and Wyntie, his wife. 
Jacques Cousseau and Madeline du Tiilliere, his wife. 
Philip Casier and Marie Taine, his wife. 
Willem de la Montagne. 
Anna N'erveelen. 
Arent Jansen Moesman. 
Juriaen Hanel. 



222 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

De Meyer, No. 4. Captain Delavall engaged the next four num- 
bers, but the rest went off slowly. For the history of the church 
erection, at best obscure, yet its every detail interesting, we are 
largely indebted to Montague's accounts as treasurer, showing 
what the deacons expended for materials, labor, etc.* Doubtless, 
as is usual in new settlements, the people undertook the incipient 
labor of preparing the timber, etc., as a voluntary offering. This 
work, of which no record remains, had evidently been completed 
and the building enclosed and ready for seats at the date of the 
'"feast" aforesaid, as the deacons' accounts indicate. 

The church was built on the north side of the Great Way 
(since the Church Lane), on a vacant lot between the east end 
of the old gardens and the river, seemingly reserved for this 
purpose. The work, suspended during the farming season, was 
resumed on the approach of winter by the mechanics Jan Gulick 
and Nelis Matthyssen, in order to make the house more comfort- 
able before cold weather should set in. And some special, genial 
occasion it must have been, most likely a dedicatory service, 

* The Deacon's accounts covering the time the church was building are sufficiently 
curious to be given entire. The charges are in florins and stivers. 
The Worthy Deaconry, Credit: 

1665, 23 Jan. By feast given Stuyvesant by D. Tourneur, J. Verveelen 

and J. Montagne f. 21 : 19 

" a book by J. Montagne 

" 26 " " 5 planks for benches at the Church 7:10 

" " " " labor making the benches 8 : o 

" % lb. nails for ditto 12 

" to Wessels for bringing the Dominie 7 : o 

" to the Sexton (Koster) 6 : o 

" ditto I : o 

6 : o 

" 20 Dec. " nails for the house on the Church lot 15 : o 

" nails for the Church 49 : 2 

" wages for labor at the Church 36 : 13 

" a piece of gold to the Preacher 50: o 

" nails for the church. 16 : 5 

" wages for labor at the Church to Jan Gulcke and Nelis. . 24 : o 

1666, zy Jan. " ditto to ditto 40 : o 

" 3 Feb. " to the Sexton 6 : o 

" 25 Mar. " ditto 6 : o 

" 25 Apl. " nails for the Church 17:18 

" planks for the Church 90 : o 

" Hendrick Karstens for raising up the Church and making 

the foundation (stander) 30 : o 

" ditto for plastering the same 6 : o 

" I Dec. " to the Sexton 18: o 

1667, 30 Jan. " at allotment of the seats 4 : o 

" Jan Teunissen for a plank for the Church 1:10 

" 7 Mar. " to the Sexton 6 : o 

" Nelis far making the table 3 : o 

" I lb. nails 3 : o 

" 3 planks for the table and benches 4 : 10 

" 27 " " Bart the mason 40 : o 

" Sept. " to the Sexton 6 : o 

" 2 schepels rye to sow upon the Church lot 9 : o 

1668, Jan. " to the Sexton 6 : o 

" a town book 4 : o 

" Matys for taking away the Dominie , . . . 19 

" to the masons and lime by Verveelen 19 : o 

/. 369 : 18 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 223 

which in midwinter brought the dominie, and drew forth the 
generous acknowledgment of twenty dollars in gold ! Do. Samuel 
Megapolensis had now taken Selyns' charge, his father being 
senior pastor at New York, and Samuel Drisius his colleague. 
To one of these, doubtless, Harlem was indebted then, as at 
stated times thereafter, for ministerial visits and services, — always 
notable occasions, and welcome interruptions to the ordinary 
routine of the voorleser. 

Better for the peace of the village had Madam Gossip never 
made her debut there; but, alas! the unfriendly prejudices which 
had crept into the community gave a tempting opportunity to 
employ her insinuating but venomed tongue to the injury of a 
worthy church member; for "slander loves a shining mark." To 
speak plainly, three Dutch matrons, Sarah Teunis, Tryntie Peiters, 
and Mayke Oblinus, with no fear of law or husbands before their 
eyes, had "falsely accused of theft" a French woman, and neigh- 
bor, none other than the wife of Jacques Cresson. The first two 
being the wives of Jan the soldier and Jan Teunissen ; may be it 
was a retort upon the Cressons, for the afifair of the stolen quilt. 
Upon the injured lady's complaint. Mayor Delavall, March 27th, 
1666, directed the under sheriff and constable at Harlem to inter- 
rogate the fair transgressors, "regarding the matter at issue,"' 
and advise him by the hand of Mrs. Cresson. So much for her 
advantage did the investigation prove, that the Mayor required 
the trio to make a public confession before the court at New 
Harlem, and also sign a writing to that effect, that they knew 
nothing of her whom they had defamed, "except what is honor- 
able and virtuous." But mark the inevitable costs of justice in 
these neat little bills which the clerk at Harlem presented to the 
amiable litigant. 



Marie Renard, Dr. 

To an extra court f • 25 

" seven citations 4 

" a copy of examination 2 

" a copy of the appeal (nullatie) 



a copy of the account 12 



f. 33 : 16 



To after signing i 

" signing the certificate i 

" copy of the certificate 2 

" notice of extra court 3 

'■ copy of the appeal 3 



224 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Marie, thus injured in her good fame and purse, was of 
Huguenot parentage and of unquestioned piety, her husband 
also being one of the "real Reformed of France." Once having 
"some remarkable experiences, of a light shining upon her, while 
she was reading in the New Testament about the sufferings of 
the Lord Jesus," it greatly startled her, yet "left such a joy and 
testimony in her heart as she could not describe." Constrained, 
as she was, to speak to others about "this glory," her brother-in- 
law, Nichols De La Plain, rashly told her, "You must not go 
to church any more ; you are wise enough." These words, the 
tempter's prompting to spiritual pride, impressed and grieved 
her, " for not to go to church, and to leave the Lord's Supper, 
she could not in her heart consent." So, seeking higher counsel, 
she remained steadfast in her religion, whose support she so much 
needed in the peculiar trials which fell to her lot.* 

* This lady died at Philadelphia, October i, 17 lo. (See N. Cresson's letters, p. 




CHAPTER XV. 

1 666- 1 667. 

THE NICOLLS PATENT; THE; COURT, MILL, CHURCH. 

T_JARLEM was now a well-ordered rural hamlet, owning some 
eighty head of neat cattle. These, from April till Novem- 
ber, were to be seen grazing on the commons west of the village, 
usuall}' in care of a herder, hired by those who kept stock, on 
terms such as were at first made with Du Four and Peterson.* 
For the same reason the young horses, cattle, and swine, after 
being branded or marked, with the initials of the owner's name, 
or otherwise, were turned out to feed in the common woods, free 
as the native deer, till necessary to look them up and install them 
from autumn rains and winter snows. The growing need of en- 
larged commonage, and of having the limits thereof fixed, natu- 
rally brought up the subject of applying for a general patent, 
which should confirm the communit}^ in these and their other 
rights and privileges, and also secure to them the large outlays 
made in building their houses, as well as what it had cost them 
to clear, fertilize, and fence their lands. Governor Nicolls, on 

* Mans Staeck was from Abo, in Finland, and was best known as Monis Peter- 
son, bearing a prenomen common among the Swedes. Being at New Amsterdam when 
the order issued for laying out the village of Harlem, he took part in that enterprise 
by securing a house and bouwery, but which he first rented and then disposed of, 
entering into a three years' partnership, January 17, 1662, with Jan Cogu, a fellow 
Swede, but better educated, from whom Peterson received the half of his allotment of 
land, with house, barn, etc., for 125 guilders, giving Cogu in exchange a half interest 
in a lime kiln, with a canoe valued at 15 guilders, and a balance in cash. With farm 
and lime kiln and the herding to attend to, they also engaged, August 22, 1662, to 
work Tourneur's land, "already under the plough;" but Cogu died near the time 
the partnership expired, which was on February i, 1665. Peterseon held minor 
offiffices in town, and here married, in 1663, as before noticed. Unlettered, but by 
nature gifted, much reliance was placed upon his judgment; yet strong drink often 
made him abusive and violent, and this failing marred his whole life. The heavy 
penalties put upon him in 1665 may have led him to quit Harlem, and he soon re- 
moved to Elizabethtown, N. J., taking his lumber thither in a canoe, aided by Gillis 
Boudewyns; and there Monis took the oath of allegiance, February 19, 1666. By a 
previous appointment by the court as a referee to fix the damages in a case of tres- 
pass, he reported at Harlem. July 3, ensuing. Within ten years he went to the 
Swedish colony at Upland, Penn., and got land at Calkoen Hook, where he was yet 
living in 1693. Too often mastered by his bad habit, once for scolding a magistrate, 
he was fined 1,000 guilders, but the fine was remitted at the request of the injured 
party, upon Monis asking pardon for his abuse, and pleading that he said it "in his 
drink." His native frankness and good sense disarmed resentment, and despite his 
weakness won respect. His sons. Peter, Matthew and Israel, are understood to have 
been the ancestors of the Stuck family. 



226 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

knowing their case, sent to Cortilleau, the surveyor, who had 
first laid out the village, "a warrant directing a line to be drawn 
for the range of cattle." It read : 

Whereas, you have formerly received order to draw a line from the 
River near the Town of Harlem, upon this Island, one mile into the 
woods, somewhat in relation as it stands from this place, some particu- 
lar point of the compass ; These are to authorize you to draw the said 
line from the River against the middle of the said Town, one mile directly 
into the woods, for the greatest conveniency of range of cattle belong- 
ing to the said Town, not considering so exactly how it lies from hence, 
whether southerly, or westerly, or otherwise. For so doing, this shall 
be your warrant. Given under my hand, at Fort James, in New York, 
the 20th day of March, 1665-6. 

Richard Nicou^s. 
To Mr. Jaques Cortii.i.eau. 

The lines being run out pursuant to this order, and a return 
of the survey made to the governor, he thereupon gave written 
directions for drafting a patent, in which he specified three things 
to be observed, namely : 

"There is one condition, which is, that that town is to be 
forever thereafter called by the name of Lancaster." 

"To build one or more boats fit for a ferry." 

"There is also liberty of going further west into the woods 
with their horses and cattle, for range, as they shall have occa- 
sion." 

In due time the patent was received, and read as follows :* 

RICHARD NICOLLS, Espr., Governor under His Royal Highness 
James, Duke of York, &c., of all his territories in America; To all to 
whom these Presents shall come, sendeth Greeting. Whereas there is a 
certain Town or Village, commonly called and known by the name of 
New Harlem, situate and being on the east part of this Island, now in 
the tenure or occupation of several freeholders and inhabitants, who 
have been at considerable charge in building, as well as manuring, plant- 
ing and fencing the Town and lands thereunto belonging; Now for 
a confirmation unto the said freeholders and inhabitants, in their en- 
joyment and possession of their particular lots and estates in the said 
Town, as also for an encouragement to them in the further improve- 
ment of the said lands. Know ye that, by virtue of the commission and 
authority unto me given by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, I 
have thought fit to ratify, confirm and grant, and by these Presents do 
ratify, confirm and grant unto the said freeholders and inhabitants, their 
heirs, successors and assigns, and to each and every of them, their par- 
ticular lots and estates in the said Town, or any part thereof. And I do 
likewise confirm and grant unto the freeholders and inhabitants in gen- 
eral, their heirs, successors and assigns, the privileges of a Town, but 

* "A patent granted unto the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Harlem, alias 
Lancaster, upon the Island of Manhattan." 

Such is the title or heading given to the patent as recorded in the Secretary of 
State's office, Albany, in the original book of patents, Iviber i, page 57, but 
stands disconnected from and forms no part of the instrument, although so appear- 
ing in the copies printed by Mr. Adriance. In the date the day is left blank. By a 
careful collation with the original records, we are enabled to present exact copies of 
the several Harlem patents; only conforming to modern orthography. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 227 

immediately depending on this City, as being within the liberties thereof; 
Moreover, for the better ascertaining of the limits of the lands to the 
said Town belonging, the extent of their bovmds shall be as followeth, 
viz., That from the west side of the fence of the said Town, a line be 
run due West four hundred English poles, without variation of the 
compass, At the end whereof another line being drawn to run North and 
South, with the variation, that is to say, North to the very end of a cer- 
tain piece of meadow ground commonly called the Round Meadow, near 
or adjoining to Hudson's River, and South to the Saw Mills over against 
Hog Island, commonly called Perkins Island;* It shall be the West 
bounds of their lands. And all the lands lying and being within the 
said line, so drawn North and South as aforesaid, eastward to the Town 
and Harlem River, as also to the North and East Rivers, shall belong to 
the Town ; Together with all the soils, creeks, quarries, woods, meadows, 
pastures, marshes, waters, fishings, hunting and fowling. And all other 
profits, commodities, emoluments and hereditaments to the said lands 
and premises within the said line belonging, or in anywise appertain- 
ing, with their and everj^ of their appurtenances ; To have and to hold 
all and singular the said lands, hereditaments and premises, with their 
and every of their appurtenances, and of every part and parcel thereof, 
to the said freeholders and inhabitants, their heirs, successors and assigns. 
to the proper use and behoof of the said freeholders and inhabitants, 
their heirs, successors and assigns forever. It is likewise further con- 
firmed and granted, that the inhabitants of said Town shall have liberty, 
for the con^eniency of more range of their horses and cattle, to go 
farther west into the woods, beyond the aforesaid bounds, as they shall 
have occasion, the lands lying within being intended for plowing, home 
pastures and meadow grounds onl}^ ; And no person shall be permitted 
to build any manner of house or houses within two miles of the afore- 
said limits or bounds of the said Town, without the consent of the in- 
habitants thereof. And the freeholders and inhabitants of the said Town 
are to observe and keep the terms and conditions hereafter expressed; 
that is to say : That from and after the date of these Presents the 
said Town shall no longer be called New Harlem, but shall be known 
and called by the name of Lancaster ; and in all deeds, bargains and 
sales, records or writings, shall be so deemed, observed and written. 
Moreover the said Town lying very commodious for a Ferry to and 
from the Main, which may redound to their particular benefit as well 
as to a general good, the freeholders and inhabitants shall be obliged, 
at their charge, to build or provide one or more boats for that pur- 
pose, fit for the transportation of men, horses and cattle, for which 
there will be such a certain allowance given as shall be adjudged reason- 
able. And the freeholders and inhabitants, their heirs, successors and 
assigns, are likewise to render and pay all such acknowledgments and 
duties as already are, or hereafter shall be, constituted and ordained by 
His Royal Highness the Duke of York, and his heirs, or such Governor 
and Governors as shall from time to time be appointed and set over 
them. Given under my hand and seal, at Fort James, in New York, on 
Manhatans Island, the day of May, in the eighteenth year of the 

reign of our sovereign lord Charles the Second, by the grace of God 
King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, 
&c., and in the year of our Lord God, 1666. 

RlCH.\RD NiCOLLS. 

It is putting it in mild terms to say that this patent was not 
approved by the Harlem people, whose wishes, as is obvious, 

* From verken, the Dutch word for hog, and so called because the neighboring 
settlers allowed their hogs to run there. Now Blackwell's Island. 



228 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

were little regarded in preparing it. The change in the name 
of the town, with the governor a pet idea, and tried elsewhere 
but not always successfully, was a most offensive feature, and 
was never adopted.* The bench of justice or local court, and, 
in general, such rights as they had enjoyed in common with thq 
other villages, were indeed comprehended under "the privileges 
of a town," but as it made all, without limitation, "depending 
on this city," — this condition might impose untold burdens. In 
the vital matter of taxation, it left them quite at the mercy of the 
Duke, his heirs and governors, and not to the safer operation of 
the laws. Nor did it fully cover their landed interests, as it 
omitted to name the meadows appertaining to their farms, but 
separated by the Harlem River. These were grave objections 
to the patent in its present form, and though it remained of 
record, and was not "recalled" as were some others, the inhabi- 
tants only abided the time when they could secure a better, ob- 
viating these defects. 

Two positve characters, such as Tourneur and Waldron, the 
one under sheriff and president of the court, the other constable, 
could hardly be expected always to work in harmony, and so 
it happened that the former took a grudge against the latter for 
something said or done. Now, Waldron, being requested by 
the inhabitants, went officially to see Tourneur, who was at his 
bouwery, "to speak to him about the fences," when the latter, 
losing temper, caught up a stick, and saying to Waldron, "Now, 
nobody is looking, I'll pay you !" fell to beating him. Waldron 
entered a complaint to the Mayor's Court, May ist, demanding 
to be sustained in his official acts, or relieved from his office. 
Tourneur being cited, appeared on the 8th, the next court day. 
On hearing his version of the story the case seemed to wear a 
different look, and was dismissed, with a charge "that both par- 
ties for the future live together in good friendship," he who 
should first offend to pay a penalty of 50 gl. Tourneur was bet- 
ter satisfied than Waldron, who immediately asked the Court to 
give him his discharge as constable, which they did. Of Wald- 
ron's official acts but one remains to be mentioned, — the contract 
with Nelis Matthyssen to cut and remove the timber from the 
town lot, and to keep the fences in repair. This work he com- 
pleted early in 1668. 

On May iSth, Johannes Verveelen was confirmed as Wald- 
ron's successor, from a nomination (of two persons) made by the 

* Lancaster, as a name applying to Harlem, is not once found on its. records; 
nor has it been met with as so used in any other record or document of that period, 
saving the instance above noticed. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 229 

inhabitants, per order; and in presence of the Court he took the 
oath of fideHty. This was followed, June 12th, by an appoint- 
ment of four persons as overseers, from a double nomination by 
the people; those elected being Joost Van Oblinus, Isaac Ver- 
milye, Glaude Delamater and Nelis Matthyssen; while Jan La 
Montague was again made secretary, in which office he had not 
acted since 1664. The letter communicating the result contained 
the following instructions: 

"The which persons are hereby authorized, together with the 
under sheriff and constable— or three of them, whereof the 
under sheriff or his deputy shall always make one,— in all 
questions and suits that between man and man in their village 
may happen and be brought before them, without respect of 
persons, to do justice and to determine absolutely, to the sum 
of Two Hundred Guilders in Sewant, following the laws here 
in this land estabHshed; and all the Inhabitants of the Village 
of New Harlem are by these ordered and charged to respect the 
before-named persons in all that belongs to them as their over- 
seers. Done at New York, the 12th of June, 1666." 

On June 19th the members elect presenting themselves m 
the Mayor's Court, were tendered and took the following oath: 

Whereas you, Daniel Tourneur, as Under Sheriff, and you, Joost 
Oblinus, Isaac Vermilye, Glaude Delamater and Nelis Mattliyssen, by 
the Honorable Mayor's Court are chosen as Overseers of the Village ot 
New Harlem, for the term of one succeeding year beginning upon this 
date ■ you Men swear in the presence of Almighty God, that you will, to 
your' best knowledge and with a good conscience, maintain the laws ot 
this government without respect of persons, m all suits that shall be 
brought before you, to the sum of Two Hundred Guilders; You Men, 
so far as able, will execute the laws for the benefit of your town and the 
inhabitants of the same. So truly help you Almighty God. 

Thus was constituted the first local court at Harlem, in which 
(save at the first choice of schepens, under the Dutch) the peo- 
ple enjoyed the right of nominating their magistrates.* 

* Nelis Matthyssen was from Stockholm. His name (the prenomen usually ab- 
breviated in the Dutch records, though sometimes ^vritten m full, Cornells) was m 
breviatea in uie ^"^'- , , .. ' u„. j^g j^ad a countryman and contemporary of this 

S"who lifed on the^ Delaware: for whom he is not%o be taken. He and Barentie 
Difcks were married at New Amsterdam in 1661. At Harlem he was well esteemed. 
hi<, Mod common-sense going far to supply a lack of early advantages. By occupa- 
^on^a carpenter and fmber-hewer, he was the first tenant of .the land since k-nown as 
the "Churcl Farm," from which he cut and cleared the primeval forest trees. On 
his lease expiring, in 1668, he left the town and bought a small place at He Igate 
N«k Newtown being also an applicant, in 1673. for Patrey's Hook "lying between 
Col MorrsTnci the Two Brothers." He sold out at Hellgate to Thomas Lawrence 
and obtained a grant of sixty acres at Turtle Bay m 1776. This he sold to Joh. 
Pietersen-date not given-and perhaps went to Hackensack (as did his family) after 
^681 when 1 e s lalt named iA New York. He had children Matthys Hendnck 
Anna Maria Catherine. Sarah and Rachel. Sarah married Jacob Matthews, and 
Maria married Samuel Hendricksen, botli of Hackensack. Matthys Cornel.ssen, born 
i66s at Harlem, married Tryntie Hendricks, 1692. and died at Hackensack 1743-8, 
his descendants retaining the name Cornelison, and of wlioni, we believe ^vas the 
late Rev. John Cornelison, born 1769, at Nyack, N. \., died, 1828, at Bergen, N. J. 



230 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

A first business of the new board was to provide for the 
completion of the Church. Work upon it had been continued 
by the two carpenters, off and on, during the past winter, but it 
was not finished, and money was wanted. Little had been paid 
in for the out-gardens sold, and some of these gardens were yet 
undisposed of.* At the motion of Tourneur, the magistrates, 
on June 27th, resolved that as it was necessary to finish the 
church, a tax for that purpose should be laid upon the lands, "by 
the morgen from each lot," but "for the present to borrow it 
from the poor money with the approval of the ministers and the 
deacons." Accordingly lumber was procured, and Hendrick 
Karstens was employed to raise up and underpin the building 
with a proper foundation, and also to plaster it, that the next 
winter should find it more comfortable for the worshipers than 
had the last. 

This object secured, the overseers found other business, — ^to 
stay the damage being done by cattle foddered on the cultivated 
lands, and hogs daily rooting in the vegetable gardens, causing 
"manifold complaints." As a remedy, they issued an order, July 
25th, prohibiting all persons letting their hogs run at large with- 
out being yoked ; and providing that for every hog without a 
yoke found within the fenced lands, the owner should pay, besides 
the damages sustained, "six guilders for each hog for the first 
offense; two pounds of powder for the second, and for the third 
offense forfeit the hog or hogs." A like penalty was declared 
against keeping cattle or calves within the general fencing. 

On September 2d, being Sunday, the quiet of the village was 
disturbed, by Jan Teunissen and Philip Presto bringing in a 
canoe load of hay from Daniel Tourneur's meadow. The next 
day they and Tourneur also were arraigned by the town court, 
for working on the Sabbath. Teunissen admitted the charge, 
but said that Tourneur had ordered it done. Tourneur refused 
to appear, but said that he had given them no orders to fetch it 
on Sunday. The Court thereupon directed the constable to take 
the hay and canoe in charge, till they were redeemed. Tourneur 

* The Buyten Tuynen, or Out-Gardens, were in some instances given by the first 
purchasers to their children, at their marriage, to build on, and begin wedded life. 
At a later date four of these small plots were occupied by Joost Van Oblinus as his 
homestead, then by his son, Peter, who added a fifth garden, and who owned a farm 
on Van Keulen's Hook to which these adjoined. His nephew and successor, Petrus 
Waldron, buying up the remaining ones (two excepted), the whole descended to his 
son, John P. Waldron, forming the north part of his farm where it came to the Church 
Lane. The two westerly gardens, Nos. 19, 20, were retained in the Bussing family, 
whose ancestors received them from his father-in-law, Glaude Delamater, the original 
purchaser. They finally came to a daughter of Aaron Bussing, Mrs. Catherine Storm, 
forming the small piece attached to the north end of her farm, on which was her resi- 
dence, the old family mansion, till late seen standing cornerwise to 119th street, at 
the north side, between Third and Fourth avenues. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 231 

gave bail for Presto, and proceeded to appeal from this action 
to the Mayor's Court. 

But once up for public criticism, Tourneur, whose late affair 
with Waldron, yet fresh in the people's mouths, was no help to 
him, had now to meet and contend with another damaging report. 
An act of his youth, long past and buried, suddenly sprang forth 
to assail his character. Elizabeth Rossignol,* the wife of Marc 
Du Cauchoy, under strong provocation as appears, abused Tour- 
neur roundly with her tongue, calling him "a villain of villains," 
and tauntingly added, that he durst not call her to account for 
it either! Tourneur complained to the magistrates September 
27th, Elizabeth being present, and prayed that she be put to 
the proof. The defendant said that she held the plaintiff for a 
villain, while he did not restrain his children from giving her 
a vile name in his presence ; and furthermore, that the plaintiff 
in France had intentionally taken the life of a man with a sword. 
Tourneur declaring that he knew not that his children had railed 
at her, prayed that the defendant should prove that he had killed 
a man, or taken his life. Thereupon, Glaude Delamater and 
Barentien Matthyssen testified, at the request of Elizabeth, that 
they heard Tourneur say, at the house of Nelis Matthyssen, that 
"his sword was the cause that he durst not go to France." Tour- 
neur explaining, said, that attending a funeral in the city of 
Amiens, the Papists fell upon the Reformed, and some of them 
being slain he was obliged to leave. He asked that the defendant 
be interrogated, whether she had known the plaintiff in France. 
The defendant said that she had not known him in France, but 
that the affair was well known to those who had known him 
there. The Court having heard both sides, referred the parties 
to the Honorable Mayor's Court. But Tourneur, at the next 
meeting of the magistrates, still pressed his suit, praying that 
the defendant be imprisoned till she prove her words, and held 
to bail for the costs. Elizabeth was equally urgent that Tour- 
neur should give bail for the costs, and reiterated that he had 
given the death to Tilie Meer. But the magistrates again referred 
the parties to the higher court, so there the persistent Tourneur 
went. 

His two suits came to trial October 9th. In the "hay case," 
the Court upheld the magistrates in seizing his hay, etc., on the 
ground that Tourneur was accountable for the acts of his ser- 
vants, and* disregarding his plea that his orders were to bring 

* In the record she is called Lysbeth Nachtegaal, a mere change of her Frencli 
name into Dutch; and Nachtegaal finding its English equivalent in Nightingale. 



232 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

the hay early on Monday morning. They fined him 25 gl., but 
put the costs on the magistrates ; instructing them, since Tour- 
neur was president of their board, to apply to the higher court, 
"in case plaintiff shall forget himself hereafter, while holding 
said position." In the matter of Elizabeth Rossignol, the de- 
fendant frankly admitted all she had said, and offered to prove 
it, "if the Hon. Court please to grant her a delay to obtain 
the proof thereof from France. But the court declining such 
an investigation, and keeping itself to the charge of slander, con- 
demned the defendant to acknowledge her fault in open court at 
Harlem, and pay the costs. This checked, but did not wholly 
stop, this malicious story, which even after Tourneur's death 
was circulated by Du Sauchoy, as the widow alleged, "to the 
great damage of herself and children." 

Capt. Thomas De Lavall was an English gentleman, his 
surname derived from Normandy, but the family of great an- 
tiquit}' at Eeaton-Delavall, in Northumberland, where it held 
large possessions. Members of it were active partisans of King 
Charles., by whom Sir Ralph Delavall was knighted in 1660, and 
made surveyor of the port of Seaton-Sluice ; while others in the 
collateral branches were as noted for their commercial spirit and 
wealth. Circumstances connect Capt. Delavall with this family, 
whose tastes, pursuits, and loyalty he so largely shared, but 
further it is quite well ascertained that he was son of Thomas, 
a son of Sir Ralph Delavall. The official favor he enjoyed was 
the fruit of meritorious service for his king and country, before 
his arrival here in the suite of Gov. Nicolls. During the late 
war in Flanders he was Deputy Treasurer of the port of Dun- 
kirk, and handling public funds exceeding an hundred thousand 
pounds, so well discharged his trust, that he was assigned to a 
similar one at New York, and had entered upon its duties directly 
after his arrival. 

Capt. Delavall, now owning lands at Harlem, including lot 
No. 22 on Van Keulen's Hook, which extended down to Mon- 
tague's Kill, designed to build a grist-mill upon this lot and 
stream, with a substantial stone dwelling-house near it, in case 
he could secure the co-operation of the Harlem people, and the 
patronage of the surrounding districts ; though the latter much 
depended upon the opening of a proper highway between the 
Bouwery and Harlem, to give the inhabitants easy access to the 
mill with their grain. It would further insure the' success of 
the undertaking, to draw travel as much as possible toward Har- 
lem, by establishing a ferry there, and to divert it from Spuyten 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 233 

Duyvel, by closing np the passageway then used as a fording- 
place for horses and cattle to and from the main. Mr. Delavall 
now having authority as mayor of the city, resolved to undertake 
these enterprises, which with his usual sagacity he judged would 
prove a good investment for him, while also conducing to the 
public convenience. He therefore made the following proposi- 
tions to the authorities of Harlem : 

On this date, 3d January, A°. 1667, the Honorable Heer Delavall* 
proposed and requested that the magistrates of this town do consider 
the following points ; 

1st. That they make one-half of the road from here to the ]\Ianhatans 
or New York ; and that Spuyten Duyvel be stopped up. 

2d. That like care be taken for a suitable Ordinary (;'. c. tavern), 
for the convenience of persons coming and going, as also of the village; 
and he promises the nails and the making of the scow, provided the ferry- 
man be holden to repay him for the same when required. 

3d. That it may be firmly settlea, that the inhabitants of the town 
will make the dam, because other towns promise to make a dam, if so 
be that he pleased to build the mill near them. 

4th. Requests leave to erect a stone house at the rear of his land 
near the mill, and to fortify it as a refuge for the village in time of need. 

5th. Requests leave to run a fence straight from the fence now stand- 
ing to the stone bridge, upon Van Keulen's Hook, and to use the land 
and meadow so mclosed. 

6th. Requests that the inhabitants of the town shall set off (fence) 
the meadow at Little Barent's Island, in case they wish to keep the 
same, as said Island belongs to him ; or otherwise, not to put the town 
to inconvenience, he will present them the Island, if they will free the 
meadows. 

7th. Whereas the Bronck's Land has been sold for two thousand 
guilders in beavers ; and as he thought that it should more properly fall 
to the town, — ofifers, for that price, to let the town have it. 

Upon all which, after consideration given, to notify and inform him. 

On this matter being talked over among the magistrates, 
Johannes Verveelen agreed to J:ake the ferry and ordinary for 
six years. He was then formally sworn to provide proper enter- 
tainment for travelers, as victuals and drink, lodgings, etc., and 
further, not to tap liquor to the Indians who should resort to 
the village. On his request for an addition of six feet to his 
house lot, next the street, "as he was crampel for room, and 
must make convenience for his ordinary," the Court granted 
him "six feet into the street, to extend right out at the south 
side ; that is, the line stretching as the street now runs, nearly 
east and west." 

The next day the inhabitants were called together to act 
upon Mr. Delavall's proposals, and with the following result : 

* The word Heer, though properly translated Lord, often, as in this instance, had 
simply the sense of Mr. as used at that early day; this latter term being then applied 
with discrimination, and only as denoting great respect. (See Annals of Newtown, 
p. 38, note). 



234 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

On the 4th of January; Advice of the Inhabitants of the town upon 
the propositions of the Honorable Heer Delavall : 

1st Point. Offer, together with their neighbors, to stop up Spuyten 
Duyvel, as it was formerly; are also resolved to make a road so far as 
practicable. 

2d. Have provided for this, and settled Johannes Verveelen as ferry- 
man and keeper of the Ordinary for six years. 

3d. Agree to make the dam for the mill, provided they may enjoy its 
benefits according to custom. 

4th. Agree that a house be built for the bouwery, to set near the mill, 
or where it is most convenient for him. 

5th. Agree that the mill use the land and meadow lying from the 
fence now standing to the stone bridge on Van Keulen's Hook. 

6th. Require further opportunity to consider how this point shall be 
settled. 

7th. They are parties : Hon. Heer Delavall, Nicholas De Meyer, 
Johannes Verveelen, Daniel Tourneur, Claude Delamater, Lubbert Ger- 
ritsen, Joost Van Oblinus, David Demarest, Valentine Claessen and 
Derick Claessen. 

Bronck's Land, referred to under the seventh point, and em- 
bracing some five hundred acres, opposite Harlem on the West- 
chester side, had passed from Bronck's heirs, through several 
hands, to Samuel Edsall. The answer to the seventh point 
appears to mean that the "parties" named were the ones most 
interested, as they were those whose salt meadows lay on that 
side of the river. With a view to buying the Bronck tract, some 
of these persons met the next day, and "constituted and author- 
ized Daniel Tourneur, Nicholas De Meyer, and Johannes Ver- 
veelen, in their name to agree respecting the payment and redemp- 
tion of the land called Bronck's Land ; to do and execute as 
would they themselves if present, promising to maintain firm 
and inviolate whatever these their attorneys may do in the 
premises."* 

As to Little Barent's Island, the case stood thus : Stuyvesant 

* Dirck Claessen, son of Claes Jacobsen and Pietertie Heertgers, was born at 
lyeeuwarden, in Friesland; emigrating, I believe, with his wife and widowed mother, 
in 1653. He was a potter, several of whom came out that year. In 1657, when he 
became a small burgher, he bought a house and lot in New Amsterdam, and set up a 
pottery, known afterward as "Pot-baker Corner, situated near the outlet of the Fresh 
Water into the East River, and next to Henry Braiser." Leasing this property, 
August 10, 1662, for three years, he came to Harlem to manage his bouwery here, 
and that fall was chosen magistrate. On November 5, 1663, he sold his bouwery to 
Jan Teunissen, but was obliged to take it back under a mortgage of that date, and 
finally sold it to Daniel Tourneur, February i, 1667. He now resumed his pottery 
in New York, where he died in 1686. He married Wyntie Roelofs, Annetie Dircks, 
widow, and Metje Elberts. By the first he had Claesie, born 1654, who married 
John Ray and Gustavus Adolphus Home; Jannetie, born 1656, married Cornelis 
Dyckman, and Geertie, born 1662, married Barent Christiaens. By his second wife 
he had a daughter, Gisberta, to whom, and his stepson, John Everts (son of said 
wife Annetie by Evert Jansen), he deeded his pottery property, September 10, 1680. 
Who Gisberta married, if at all, has not been observed. When a miss of sweet fifteen, 
one Wm. Phillips visited her, but on a Sunday morning, October 26, 1679, being 
caught acting rather free to suit the father, he indignantly drove Philips out of the 
house, nearly cutting his nose off with a knife. Ray was from Berkshire, England, 
had served here as a soldier in the English garrison, but became a pipemaker. His 
descendants have been of first respectability in this State. His daughter, Wyntie, 
married Hendrick Meyer, and daughter Catherine married Derick Potter. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 235 

had granted the meadows lying around it to some of the Harlem 
people, and had allowed all of them to use the island for pastur- 
ing their young stock. Later this and Great Barent's Island, 
as being the property of the West India Company (Van Twiller's 
title to the latter island under his Indian purchase having been 
disallowed by the company and annulled by the Director and 
Council, July ist, 1652), fell to the English by the general act 
of confiscation of October loth, 1665; and were soon after sold 
to Capt. Delavall, though his patent did not issue till February 
3d, 1668, when he was about to visit Europe. Upon Delavall's 
offer of the lesser island to the inhabitants of Harlem no imme- 
diate action was taken, and on May 3d, ensuing, Daniel Tour- 
neur, in Delavall's behalf, urged that Jacques Cresson, who had 
meadow on the south side of that island, might be removed there- 
from, by having other meadow given him instead ; and that the 
Heer Delavall's meadow should be fenced in by the town-folks 
who had calves pastured there. Delavall's meadow, gotten with 
the land of Simon De Ruine, lay in common with Cresson's, and 
Cresson was willing to give np his part, provided he could have 
"the meadow west of the hills, along Montague's Kill, at the 
north side of the Kill," and if "the persons using Barent's Island 
would help him a day in making fence." But this was not 
agreed to, and no step being taken to "free the meadows," Dela- 
vall afterward purchased them, excepting Cresson's, which he 
never owned. 

Nor was the attempt to buy Bronck's Land more successful ; 
even Delavall did not take it, and that valuable tract was con- 
veyed by Edsall, June 4th, 1668, to "Col. Lewis Morris, of the 
Island of Barbadoes, merchant," whose brother, Capt. Richard 
Morris, under a mutual contract of August loth, 1670, came to 
reside on the plantation. His death within two years led to a 
visit from Col. Morris in 1673. But being dispossessed that year 
by the Dutch, he did not make it his permanent residence till 
after he had secured a large addition to it by royal grant ; the 
whole of which estate, embracing 1920 acres, upon his death, 
February 14th, 1691, fell to his nephew, Lewis Morris, son of 
Richard, and in 1697 was erected into the Manor of Morrisania. 

After much labor the mill-dam was finished (crossing the 
creek a little west of the present Third Avenue), and near its 
northern end Delavall built his mill ; employing as his miller 
Hage Bruynsen, a Swede, but for twenty odd years a resident 
in this country.* The land adjoining his own, of which Delavall 

* Hage Bruynsen was born at Weish, in Smallant, and may have been the son 



236 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

had the use for mill purposes, took the name of the "Mill Camp." 
John La Montagne thought the time favorable for removing 
to his farm, or at least for asking permission of the town to do 
so ; and on his application the inhabitants, January 4th, 1667, 
voted him "authority to build and live upon his Point." But 
Delavall's plan to build a substantial house and fortify it was 
frustrated by an urgent call soon after to go to England, and 
whither he went the next year, leaving his property at Harlem 
in care of Daniel Tourneur, as his a"gent. 

But the village plot was expanding and undergoing material 
changes. On their petition several of the inhabitants were 
allowed to extend their erven or house-lots, by taking in portions 
of the streets. For this they were charged from 10 to 15 gl. 
Two new erven were also laid out on the north side of the "Great 
Way," and since forming the Judah place. The one adjoining 
the river was sold to Johannes Vermilye, and that lying next 
to it, to Robert Le Maire, each for 25 gl. The vacant land to 
the south of the village, north of lots i, 2, 3, Van Keulen's Hook, 
and reserved to the town uses, was also encroached upon; and a 
triangular piece in the northwest corner, opposite the erven of 
Karstens and Cresson (taking its form from the course of the 
creek), was sold at the above price to Jan Gerritsen De Vries, 
who built upon and fenced it.* 

The work upon the church having been prosecuted at inter- 
vals, as opportunity and the finances warranted, the building 
was so far completed by January 30th, 1667, that an allotment 
of the seats then took place. With the finishing of his work by 
"Bart the mason," and "the table" which Nelis Matthyssen had 
been employed to make in its place, the modest structure was 
now assigned to its double use as a church and school-house; 
having a convenient loft or second story, from which, — O primi- 

of Bruyn Barents, named on page 198. Hage entered the service of Burger Joris, a 
blacksmith at the Smith's Fly — he who owned a grist mill at Dutch Kills. Seven 
years later, 165.-', Hage bought a house and lot in Smith's Fly, was enrolled in the 
city burgher corps, and also married Annecke Jans, from Holstein, by whom he had 
a son, Bruyn, born 1654. In 1661 he married Egbertie Dircks, sister to Nelis Mat- 
thyssen's wife, and by her had a son, Hermanns, born 1662. His term as miller at 
Harlem was cut short by his death, in 1668. His city property was sold, in 1670, to 
Jacob Helliker. Hage's widow inarried Hendrick Bosch, sword cutler, the Bush an- 
cestor, who afterward owned land near Harlem. Bruyn Hage spent his youth with 
his uncle, Dirck Jansen, was taught his trade by his stepfather, and became a "master 
blacksmith." He married, in 168 1, Geesie, daughter of Frederick Schureman, moved 
to Esopus, bought land in 1683, but died the next year. Two years later, his widow 
returned with a church letter to New York, where her daughter, Annetie, born 1683, 
married, 1699, Robert Jacobsen, from Rotterdam. 

* This was he later known as Capt. Jan Gerritsen Van Dalsen, ancestor of the 
Dolsens, of Orange County. The family was from Dalfsen, or Dalsen, a villige near 
Zwolle, in Overyssel, but Jan, by chance born in Friesland, was distinguished as de 
Vries, the Friesan or Frieslander; the child's pet name having clung to him up to 
manhood. The Dutch were much addicted to this mode of disignation, and to the 
use of nicknames of all sorts. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 237 

tive economy ! — income was sometimes derived by renting ic. 
But, unpretentious as it was, it suited none the less for the 
acceptable worship of Him who "dwelleth not in temples made 
with hands." There was on the church lot (kerk lot) an older 
house belonging to the town (noticed in 1665), and probably 
was rented with the latter. 

The question had come up of some change in the burial-place, 
so as to have it extend out from the rear of the kerk-erf, across 
the back ends of the Le Maire and Vermilye lots to the river ; 
and the inhabitants being consulted, the following vote was 
passed on January Sth, when the action was taken for the enlarge- 
ment of the house-lots : "The worthy court, with the approval 
of most of the inhabitants, have ordered, that the grave-yard 
(kerkhof) now shall be behind the erven of Jean Le Roy and 
Johannes Vermilye." 

The only person to object was Le Roy, who, holding the lot 
here referred to, as agent for Le Maire, and on which was a small 
tenement that had belonged to the late Jan Cogu, but had 
been bought and placed there, — came in court, January 25th, 
and requested that the deacons, Daniel Tourneur and Johannes 
\"erveelen, would be pleased to move his house for him, or that 
the erf might remain his. But in place of this, Tourneur offered 
to give him timber sufficient for making a house as large as 
Cogu's, and Yerveelen promised to add 30 gl. ; with which Le 
Roy declared himself satisfied. On May ist, ensuing, Le Roy 
sold the lot, "as at present fenced in, excepting the street," to 
Jan Terbosch, whose wife w^as sister of Vermilye, the adjoining 
owner.* On June 14th, ensuing, the town, by agreement with 
Tourneur, resolved to further enlarge the church-yard (kerk-erf) 
at the rear, by extending it westerly into his erf or house-lot, 
"four rods in length, and five in breadth." This left a passage 
from Tourneur's erf to his lot No. i, Jochem Pieters. As a 
consideration they granted Tourneur "the meadows lying along 
Montague's Kill, west of the hills, from the rocky point till to 
the end of the creek on the north side of the said Kill." The 
hills were Mount Morris, etc. ; and the meadows, which lav op- 
posite Tourneur's land on Montague's Flat (since of David Wood, 

* Terbosch and Le Maire, as also the Ackerman and Storm ancestors, emigrated 
in the same ship in i66j. (See pp. 93, 96). Terbosch married Rachel, daughter of 
Isaac \'ermilye, June 10, 1663. They had issue, Johannes, born 1665; Catherine, 
born 1668; Isaac, born 1669; Maria, born 1672; Sarah, born 1674; Johanna, born 
1675, and Jacobus, born 1677. Terbosch died soon after, and his widow married 
Dirck Wessels, May 25, 1679. This family removed up the Hudson. Johannes married 
at Kingston in 1688. Among the descendants, in Duchess County and elsewhere, 
this name, like many others, has suffered some change in the mode of spelling it, as 
Terbos and Terbush. 



238 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

the Bussings, and others), were those known later as the Bussing 
Meadows, in part conveyed, as claimed, to Samson Benson, prior 
to 1800, and added to his farm. 

On the same date, June 14th, 1667, "J^n Montague was 
permitted to have, in case of exchange, the church-lot's meadows, 
lying in the bend of the Hellegat ; provided he leave instead a 
piece of meadow, lying south of the Great Meadow, belonging 
to Number i." The Great Meadow was that upon the north 
side of Sherman's Creek ; No. i referred to the lot on Jochem 
Pieters' Flat which Montague gave up to the town in 1661. With 
that nice economy before observed the deacons, the ensuing fall, 
sowed upon the church lot (kerk lot) "two schepels of rye."* 

* The land thus early designated the Kerck lot was that since known as the 
Church Farm, a part of which is occupied bj' the present Reformed Church. It lay 
at the west end of the old gardens, several of which came to be included in it. 
The Kerck erf, which was distinct from the former, lay at the east end of the old 
gardens, and was then occupied by the church edifice, being the easterly half of the 
plot afterward of the Myers, and which Samuel Myer sold to Alexander Phoenix, 
March 27, 1806, but later known as the Eliphalet Williams plot. The Kerck hof was 
the more ancient burying place, lying in the rear of the Judah plot, and still remem- 
bered as the "Negro Burying Ground." The last contained about a quarter of an acre, 
as convej'ed by John De Wit and Catherine, his wife, to John B. Coles, April 7, 1794. 




CHAPTER XVI. 

1 667- 1 669. 

NEW NICOLLS PATENT ; THE EERRY ; RUPTURE WITH ARCHER, ETC. 

^ I *HE chief event of 1667 was the solving of the knotty ques- 
tion of their patent. The subject was again thrust upon 
the freeholders, early in the year, by an order from the governor, 
directing them to take out confirmations of their Dutch ground- 
briefs, under his hand and seal. But how comply with this order, 
when very few of them had groundbriefs ? On the other hand, 
the general patent granted by Governor Nicolls the preceding 
year was so deficient, that it seemed to some of little more value 
than so much blank parchment. Out of this dilemma appeared 
no opening, but in the way of another application to the governor 
for a general patent which should include all their lands and 
meadows ; and this had the additional advantage, that it would 
give an opportunity to supply what else was wanting in the former 
patent. To this proposal the following persons gave their assent, 
at a meeting held on March 1 5th : 

Daniel Tourneur, Jean Le Roy, 

Nicholas De Meyer, Valentine Claessen, 

Resolved Waldron, Jaques Cresson, 

Lubbert Gerritsen, Pierre Cresson, 

Johannes Verveelen, Hendrick Karstens, 

Joost Van Oblinus, Jan La Montague, Jr. 
David Demarest, 

A suitable petition was also prepared, and Waldron and Ger- 
ritsen were chosen to present it, and manage the business It read : 

To His Excellency, Col. Richard Nicolls, Deputy Governor: 

The inhabitants of the Town of New Harlem, your Excellenc3''s 
petitioners, .would most respectfully represent, that they are informed 
that a placard has been issued, that each Inhabitant must get his ground- 
brief renewed within fourteen days, expiring x\pril ist of this year; and 
whereas the most of your Excellency's petitioners even till now have no 
groundbriefs, they therefore pray that your Excellency may please to 



240 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

grant them a general groundbrief or patent, in accordance with the last 
survey made by your Excellency's land surveyor, Mr. Hubbard,* or other- 
wise, as your Excellency and wise Council shall find good and proper; 
as also that therein may be included the meadows which are lying at 
the other side, and belonging to their land. 

Your Excellency; Whereas through ignorance of your Excellency's 
placards, some faults might be committed by your Excellency's petition- 
ers, they pray that his Honor, the Sheriff, may be charged to send a 
copy of every proclamation affecting your Excellency's petitioners, so 
that they may not transgress your Excellency's orders. Herein we await 
your favorable answer ; and meanwhile shall pray God for your Ex- 
cellency's welfare. Dated New Harlem, 15th March, 1667. 

That this matter which vitally affected their landed rights, 
should be determined and settled, was also demanded by the 
rapidly increasing value of the soil and the growing importance 
of the settlement. It now had some considerable dairies. Fifty- 
eight cows, besides other cattle, daily went forth from the village 
in care of the new herder, Knoet Mourisse Van Hoesem, who 
entered upon this service April 15th, and was to continue "till 
All-Saints' Day, either fourteen days earlier or later, as the winter 
might set in, or the pasture fail."t 

The establishment of the ferry gave a new spur and energy 
to the village, by the increase of travel this way. Verveelen 
having fitted up his "ordinary," and provided boats for trans- 
portation, of which his lusty negro Matthys was put in charge, 
found a congenial employment and plenty to do to wait upon 
sach as frequented his tavern for entertainment or wanted to 
be ferried across to or from the Bronckside, or bring over their 
droves of cattle. On his application, January 25th, the town 
court had previously fixed the following rates of ferriage, but 
subject to the approval of the Mayor's Court: 

For one person, 4 stivers, silver money; for two, three, or 
four, each 3 stivers, silver money ; for one beast, i shilling ; and 
for more than one, each 10 stivers, silver. 

At the corner of the lower street and third crossway, Ver- 

* Capt. James Hubbard, of Gravesend, who was a surveyor. We may infer 
that he had been employed to re-survey for the new patent. 

t List of the Cattle that went with the Herder, April 15, 1667: 

Mr. Delavall 2 oxen, 6 cows. 

Daniel Tourneur 2 ' 8 ^^ 

Nelis Matthyssen ^, 3 ^^ 

David Demarest 2 ^^ 4 ^^ 

Ivubbert Gerritsen 2 ^^ 5 ^^ 

Valentine Claessen 2 ^^ 3 ^^ 

Johannes Verveelen 2 ^^ s ^^ 

Joost Van Oblinus 2 ^^ 4 ^^ 

Johannes Pietersz Buys 2 ^^ 7 ^^ 

Resolved Waldron 2 ^^ 7 ^^ 

Jan Teunisz v: Tilburg 2 3 ^^ 

Isaac Vermilye ^, ^ ,, 

Jan La Montagne , 2 2 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 241 

veelen's tavern hung out its sign-board, its site now on the north 
line of 123d Street, 300 feet west of First Avenue. Well patron- 
ized, too, by the lovers of good cheer and goed bier, this is shown 
by the frequency with which he supplied his vault with goed 
bier and kleyn bier, Spanish wine and rum ; but it would occur 
sometimes that a cask found its way into the cellar, on which 
no excise had been paid or charged. This had happened before. 
On October 5th, 1666, Daniel Verveelen sent his father at Har- 
lem two half vats of good beer. Allard Anthony, sheriff, hearing 
of it, visited Harlem the next day, and found the beer at Ver- 
veelen's house, the excise neither paid nor entered with the col- 
lector. Verveelen told Anthony he did not known him. An- 
thony complaind to the IMayor's Court. \ erveclen plead ignor- 
ance, and was found not guilty in regard to the beer. He excused 
his remark made to Anthony, by saying that he did not know 
him as schout, but well as sheriff' ! For this quibble the court 
fined him 20 gl. sewant, and costs. In the present case the vigil- 
ant Tourneur discovered something wrong, and accused Ver- 
veelen of smuggling, \"ain were denials or explanations ; the 
sheriff''s deputy at once took proceedings as follows : 

]\Iost Honorable Heereii, Overseers of this Town : 

Whereas Johannes Verveelen, ordinary-keeper in this town, did on 
tne 6th February wickedly smuggle one-half vat of good beer ; on the 
i8th April, one vat of good beer and one anker of rum ; on the 27th 
of April, one-half vat of good beer ; on the 8th INIay, one-half vat of 
good beer; on the 27th May, one-half vat of good beer and one anker 
of rum; all which is contrary to the existing placards on the subject 
of smuggling, and by the high magistracy approved. Therefore the 
plaintiff, ex-officio the preserver of the peace, demands that the defendant 
be condemned in the penalty of twenty-one hundred guilders, according 
to the placards, together with the costs of prosecution. The 14th June, 
1667, in N. Harlem. Yours, Honorable Hecren, 

Danieiv Tourneur, 

Deputy Sheriff. 

The court ordered this placed in the hands of the defendant, 
who was given till the 17th to answer it. But two days after 
it was amicably arranged, Tourneur so far abating his demand 
as to accept Verveelen's note for 125 gl. in sewant, in settlement 
of "the beer transaction." 

Verveelen seems to have gotten the idea that the costs he had 
incurred as ferryman and innkeeper entitled him to some exemp- 
tion from the payment of excise ; because the following lease 
which he presently secured gave him such exemption for a year 
and silenced all cavil regarding his rights : 



242 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

At the request of Johannes Verveelen of Harlem, We the Mayor and 
Aldermen of New York, have sold the Ferry there as followeth : 

It is agreed he shall have the Ferry for five years, provided he keep 
a convenient house and lodging for passengers at Harlem, and he shall 
have a small piece of land on Bronck-side, about an acre, and a place to 
build a house on, which he must clear, and not spoil the meadow, which 
shall be laid out by the Town, which must be a morgen of land ; — and 
at the end of five years it is to be farmed out, and during the five years 
he shall pay nothing for it, and in case it shall be let to another, the 
house shall be valued as it stands, and he must be paid for it; provided 
he may have the preference of the hiring of it at the time expired. 
Here followeth what he shall ask for every man passenger or horse or 
cattle. For every passenger, two pence silver, or six pence wampum. 
For every ox or cow that shall be brought into his ferry boat, eight 
pence of twenty-four stivers ; and cattle under a year old, six pence or 
eighteen stivers wampum. AH cattle that are swum over pay but half 
price. He is to take for diet, every man for his meal, eight pence, or 
twenty- four stivers wampum ; every man for his lodging, two pence a 
man, or six stivers in wampum ; every man for his horse shall pay four 
pence or twenty-four stivers ; and cattle under a year old, six pence or 
the grass be in fence. All men going or coming with a packet from our 
Governor of New York or coming from the Governor of Connecticut, 
shall be ferried free. Also in regard the said Verveelen must be at the 
charge of building a house on each side of the Ferry, the Governor hath 
freed him from paying any excise for what wine or beer he shall retail 
in his house for one year after the date hereof. Dated at New York, 
this 3d day of July, 1667. 

Thos De Lavah, Mayor. 

Beer was the common beverage. At vendues, or in making 
contracts or settlements, its presence was deemed indispensable 
to the proper transaction of the business. The magistrates when 
occupying the bench always had beer brought in, running up 
a score with the tapster at the public charge. Nor did the ordin- 
ation of elders and deacons, or funeral solemnities, form an 
exception. At such times wine and other liquors, with pipes 
and tobacco, were also freely distributed. Families commonly 
laid in their beer by the quarter and half vat, or barrel. Such 
the social habits and customs prevailing among our ancestors, 
all dblivious as to the evils of the indulgence. Surely time has 
wrought a good departure from former usage. Much of the 
beer consumed here was brewed by Johannes Vermilye, while 
the breweries of Daniel Verveelen, Isaac De Forest, and Jacob 
Kip, at New York, were also patronized.* 

* The .IJxcise Accounts from January i6, to July 2.2, 1667, charge the following 
persons, the number of times here noted, with excise on beer, obtained usually by 
the half or quarter vat: Tourneur and Vermilye always for kleyn bier (small beer), 
the rest mostly for goed bier ((i. e., strong beer); Hans Lourens, once for one ton 
of strong beer. The farm hands were good consumers. We omit Verveelen's invoices. 

Daniel Tourneur, Isaac Vermilye, David Demarest, each 6 charges; Jan I^a 
Montague, Lubbert Gerritsen, Joh. Pietersen Buys, each 4; Nelis Matthysen, Jean 
Leroy, and "the Indian," each 3; Jan Teunisz Van Tilburg, Jan Lourens Duyts, 
Hans lyourens, Resolved Waldron, Claes Carstens Norman, each 2, and a single charge 
against John Archer, Glaude Delamater, Hendrick Karstens, Mark Disosway, Johannes 
Pelszer, Jaques Cresson, Arent Harmans Bussing, Valentine Claessen, Jan Van Gulck, 



HISTORY OF HARLEiAI. 243 

Events soon demonstrated the wisdom of the steps taken for 
securing a general patent. The heirs of the late Alatthys Jansen, 
of Esopus, had obtained from Governor Nicolls, May 23d, 1667, 
a confirmation of the Papparinamin grant at Spuyten Duyvel. 
And the summer brought bodings of trouble with John Archer, 
of Westchester, touching the meadows on that side of the river, 
opposite Papparinamin, belonging to several inhabitants of Har- 
lem ; and on their complaint the following order was issued : 

A Warrant to the Constable of Westchester, about some Meadow Ground 

claimed by Harlem: 

Whereas, I am informed that the Inhabitants of Harlem have, for 
divers years, mowed their hay in the Meadows on the other side of Harlem 
River, where John Archer of your town pretends an interest, by virtue of 
a patent granted for the Yonker's Land to Hugh O'Neale and Mary his 
wife; These are to require you to warn the said John Archer, that he 
forbear cutting hay in those INIeadows this present season, and likewise 
that he do not presume to molest those of Harlem, until I shall be fully 
satisfied of the Titles on both parts, and give my judgment thereupon, 
to whom of right these Meadows do belong. Given under my hand at 
Fort James, in New York, this i6th day of August, 1667. 

R. Nicolls. 

Shortly after this threatened encroachment by the avaricious 
Archer, which, however, did not end here, the Harlem freeholders 
received their town patent, drawn in the following ample terms :* 

Richard Nicolls, Esq., Governor-General under His Royal High- 
ness James Duke of York and Albany, &c., of all his Territories in 
America ; To all to whom these Presents shall come, sendeth Greet- 
ing. Whereas there is a certain Town or Village upon this Island Man- 
hatans, commonly called and known by the name of New Harlem, situ- 
ate, lying and being on the East part of the Island, now in the tenure 
or occupation of several of the freeholders and inhabitants, who, being- 
seated there by authority, have improved a considerable proportion of 
the lands thereunto belonging, and also settled a competent number of 
families thereupon, capable to make a Township ; Now, for a confirmation 
to the said freeholders and inhabitants in their possession and enjoyment 
of the premises, as also for an encouragement to them in their further 

and Michiel Bastiaensen. It is well that entries such as follows, which occur often 
in the public accounts, belong to the past: 

June 15, 1667, To 4V2 pints Rum, and 15 cans measured Beer, 

used at the agreement with Verveelen /. :;o. 

Feb. 18, 1678, To one anker Good Beer, dispensed when Do, 

Nieuwenhuysen was here to ordain the deacon./. 7 : 10 

Sept. 9, 1688, To Rum at his funeral f, 7 

The last one is among the charges "for the burial of a stranger who died at 
Cornells Jansen's." Jan Tibout (voorleser) is allowed f. 12, "for an address to his 
credit." 

* Recorded in original book of Patents, Sec. of State's Office, Albany, in Liber 
4, p. 60. The date is there given as 1666, but a palpable error; since October 11, in 
the 19th year of Charles II.. was 1667, and, moreover, the date is correctly recited in 
several later documents including Dongan's Patent. From a scrutiny of the record 
it would appear that the date was omitted when the patent was recorded, and care- 
lessly entered afterward. The names of the three patentees are also written Ver- 
veelen, Turner, Oblene; but we count these in with other clerical blunders, and cor- 
rect them from their own autographs. 



244 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

improvement of the said lands ; Know ye, That by virtue of the com- 
mission and authority unto me given by His Royal Highness, I have 
given, ratified, confirmed and granted, and by these Presents do give, 
ratify, confirm and grant unto Thomas Delavall, Esq., John Verveelen, 
Daniel Tourneur, Joost Oblinus and Resolved Waldron, as Patentees 
for and on the behalf of themselves and their associates the freeholders 
and inhabitants of the said Town, their heirs, successors and assigns, 
All that tract, together with the several parcels of land which already 
have or hereafter shall be purchased or procured for and on the behalf 
of the said Town within the bounds and limits hereafter set forth and 
expressed, viz. : That is to say, from the West side of the fence of the said 
Town line being run due West four hundred English poles, without 
variation of the compass, and at the end thereof another line being drawn 
across the Island North and South, with the variation. That is to say, 
North from the end of a certain piece of meadow ground commonly 
called the Round Meadow,* near or adjoining unto Hudson's or North 
River, and South to the place where formerly stood the Saw Mill, over 
against Verkens or Hog Island in the Sound or East River, shall be the 
Western bounds of their lands ; And all the lands lying and being within 
the said line to draw North and South as aforesaid Eastward to the end 
of the Town and Harlem River, or any part of the said River on which 
this Island doth abut, and likewise on the North and East Rivers within 
the limits aforementioned described, doth and shall belong to the said 
Town, As also four lots of meadow ground upon the Main, marked with 
Number i, 2, 3, 4, lying over against the Spring,!' where a passage hath 
been used to ford over from this Island to the Main, and from thence 
hither. With a small island, commonly called Stoney Island, lying to the 
East of the Town and Harlem River, going through Bronck's Kill by the 
Little and Great Barne's Islands, upon which there are also four other lots 
of meadow ground, marked with No. i, 2, 3, 4, Together with all the soils, 
creeks, quarries, woods, meadows, pastures, marshes, waters, lakes, fish- 
ing, hawking, hunting and fowling, and all other profits, commodities, 
emoluments and hereditaments to the said lands and premises within the 
said bounds and limits set forth belonging or in anywise appertaining. 
And also freedom of commerce for range and feed of cattle and horses 
further West into the woods upon this Island as well without as within 
their ' bounds and limits. To have and to hold all and singular the 
said lands, island, commonage, hereditaments and premises, with their 
and every of their appurtenances, and of every part or parcel thereof, 
unto the said Patentees and their associates, their heirs, successors and 
assigns, to the proper use and behoof of the said Patentees and their 
associates, their heirs, successors and assigns forever. And I do hereby 
likewise ratify, confirm and grant unto the said Patentees and their as- 
sociates, their heirs, successors and assigns, all the rights and privileges 

* Moertie Davids' Vly, or Mother Davids' Meadow, was the name by which this 
meadow was known ten years later; the word Vly (now usually written Fly, which 
gives its IJnglish sound) being a contraction of valley, the Dutch term for meadow. 
It was the identical meadow named in Kuyter's grant, and lay just within the bay or 
clove at Manhattanville; and it was to distinguish it from another Round Meadow 
(that at Sherman's Creek, called in the original allotments the Great Meadow) that it 
received the name Moertje Davids' Meadow. This name was singularly derived from 
the larger meadows so called lying upon the opposite side of the Hudson, in Bergen 
County, and annexed to "Moertje David's Plantation." Often referred to in the 
history of the town, our Moertje Davids' Fly has notoriety as a landmark, not only in 
connection with the Harlem patent line, but with the Battle of Harlem Plains. The 
perversion to Murdanies, Mordanis, etc., (see N. Y. Cal. of lyand Papers, i6,_ and 
Winfield's Land Titles, 129), has obviously come by clipping the first word, and mistak- 
ing the v (often formed as u, in old writings) for an n. 

t The Spring; that is, Spuyten Duyvel. (See page 115). Verken Island, before 
noticed, was soon after called Manning's Island, from its owner, Capt. John Manning, 
and later Blackwell's Island. Stony Island has hardly yet j'ielded to the modern 
name of Port Morris. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 245 

belonging to a Town within this Government; with this proviso or excep- 
tion, That in all matters of debt or trespass of or above the value of 
Five Pounds they shall have relation to and dependence upon the Courts 
of this City as the other Towns have upon the several Courts of Sessions 
to which they do belong ; Moreover the place of their present habita- 
tion shall continue and retain the name of New Harlem, by which 
name and style it shall be distinguished and known in all bargains and 
sales, deeds, writings and records, And no person whatsoever shall be 
suffered or permitted to erect any manner of house or building upon 
this Island, within two miles of the limits and bounds aforementioned, 
without the consent and approbation of the major part of the inhabi- 
tants of the said Town. And whereas the said town lies very commo- 
dious for a Ferry, to pass to and from the Main, which may redound 
to the particular benefit of the inhabitants as well as to a general good, 
the freeholders and inhabitants of the said Town shall, in considera- 
tion of the benefits and privileges herein granted, as also for what ad- 
vantage they may receive thereby, be enjoined and obliged at their 
own proper costs and charge to build or provide one or more boats, fit 
for the transportation of men, horses and cattle, for which there shall be 
a certain allowance given by each particular person as shall be ordered 
and adjudged fit and reasonable. They, the said Patentees, and their as- 
sociates, their heirs, successors and assigns, rendering and paying such 
duties and acknowledgments as now are or hereafter shall be constituted 
and established bj^ the laws of this Government, under the obedience of 
His Royal Plighness, his heirs and successors. Given under my hand 
and seal, at Fort James, in New York, on the Island Manhatans, the 
nth day October, in the 19th year of His Majesty's reign, Annoq. Domini, 
1667. 

Richard Nicolls. 

While the proceedings relating to the patent were pending, 
much ill-feeling had found vent at certain "orders of the new 
government." One of the most outspoken was Jan Nagel, late 
soldier in the Dutch service who, on being notified of the order 
by the constable, Verveelen, returned him the following answer, 
wherein his sentiments are not disguised : 

April ye 12, 1667. 

I take this opportunity to send you word that I will see you to-mor- 
row to comply with ye orders of ye new government, as such a course 
seems now necessary, and leaving no other alternative ; but not without 
very strongly protesting against ye injustice which has long been heaped 
upon us. Not finding satisfaction in ye confiscation of very valuable 
propert}', they are now compelling us to submit to an illegal and tyran- 
nical foreign government. If God has designed in his providence that ye 
Dutch people should become victims to ye treachery and rapacity of ye 
English, then all they can do is to submit. 

Jan Nacei.. 

But, on May 3d, Verveelen complains to the magistrates that 
Nagel "has not obeyed his order." Nagel replies, saying "he 
has conveyed the order, but they would not go." On motion of 
the under-sheriff, Tourneur, that the defendant "be bound over 
to the Mayor's Court as a rebel, on the charge of having refused 



246 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

to obey the order of the constable," the Overseers so referred 
the case. Others were also implicated, for on September 6th, 
Nelis Matthyssen, ex-magistrate, taking by invitation a seat on 
the bench, Tonrneur (not in love w^ith Nelis, whose wife had 
appeared against him in the manslaughter case) stoutly pro- 
tested, charging Nelis with being a rebel; but the court rejected 
the charge. So it rested till another sitting on October 24th, 
when affairs had become so grave that Capt. John Manning, the 
High Sheriff, presided, and before whom Jan Nagel and Hans 
Lourens, in the same category, were also cited to appear. Mat- 
thyssen had summoned Tourneur to prove "that he is a rebel." 
Tourneur now "proves it by the order of the Mayor's Court, that 
the plaintiff should not continue as one of the bench." Nelis 
being cast, and put to an amende of 6 gl. and costs of suit, with 
becoming nonchalance promised 25 gl. to the poor. The two 
other cases were then taken up, when Nagel was fined 60 gl., 
and Lourens 40 gl., each with costs. 

Captain Delavall had become by far the largest landed pro- 
prietor in the town, and hence was entitled to be named as first 
patentee. He now owned (not to specify further) several of the 
uppermost lots on Jochem Pieters' Flat, besides those of Simon 
De Ruine and the late Jan Cogu, in the same tract. On March 
14th, 1668, Tourneur, as agent for Delavall, who was arranging 
his business preparatory to going to England, leased these several 
lots, with the De Ruine house and garden in the village, for a 
term of four years, to a respectable settler named Wouter Ger- 
ritsen, whose emigration in 1659 has been already noticed.* 

* Simon de Ruine, otherwise called de Waal, i. e., the Walloon, was originally 
from Landrecy, in Hainault, as before noticed. Having- sold his lands in Harlem, in 
1666, he botight a few acres in Flushing, near Jean Genung, and is named on the 
rate list of 1675;, Doc. Hist. N. Y., ii. 461 On April 27, 1678, the Sieur Dubuisson 
drew up his will; a copy is here given. It was proved June 13, 1678. Simon was 
sick, and perhaps in extremis, as he did not put his hand to the will, and thusi its 
date may be that of his death. As he always made his mark, and his name takes 
many forms in cotemporary records, we follow Dubuisson as probably correct. The 
following forms prevail: Drune, Dreune, Druwen. John Montague varies it thus 
in a dozen times: Durwyn, Druween. Simon had, with other children, Jacomina, 
born near L,andrecy, who married John Demarest; Jannetie, born at Amsterdam, who 
married John De Pre; and Maria, born at Harlem, who married Samuel Demarest. 

A Jourd huy j27me avril 1678, faict en prensence de Jean Guenon et de Mar- 
guerite sa ferame, et Jean des Conseiller, et de Jean Baptiste de Poictier, Sieur 
Dubuisson, et du libre consentement de Simon de Ruine, le Oualon, se croiant malade, 
a recongnu pour le repos de sa consiense, par un libre et st. jugement, a tesmoigne 
ettre sa volonte ainsy quy seulmt qu apres les despt paiez desclare et a les clare 
Madlaine sa_ femme heritier des les bien et en disposer sa vie durante, sans toutes 
fois le pouvir vendre gra ny engager en quelque facon, que le soit tant meuble et 
inineuble demeurant au mesme point qu il sont. C etait et conduct a reste dans la 
maisonmaison du diet Simon de Ruine, dit le Oualon, en presence des tesmoin cy 
dessre nonme 1 on desclare ne savoir siner faute de quoy mestre on leur marque. 

de Jean nm Guenon 

marque nn Jean des Conseiller. 
fait par moy 

Jean Baptiste de Poictier, Sieur Dubuisson. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 247 

In the meantime other old groundbriefs of Governor Kieft's 
time were being himted up by heirs or successors of the grantees 
for ofificial confirmation. That to Pieter Jan sen and Huyck Aert- 
sen for land at Sherman's Creek was now claimed in partnership 
by Joost Kockuj't, of Bushwick, who had married Janscn's widow, 
and Thomas Lamberts, of Brooklyn, Aertsen's successor. These 
parties sold the groundbrief to Archer, of Westchester, for 600 
guilders. But when presented to Governor Nicolls he refused 
to confirm it, both because he considered it as forfeited by the 
neglect of the owners to improve the land, and "in regard it might 
be injurious to the Town of Harlem." 

The old Hoorn's Hook patent, granted to Sibout Claessen, 
was also offered for sale to Daniel Tourneur, who, consulting 
his own interests rather than those of the town, agreed to buy it. 
This being known, caused great dissatisfaction, and gave rise 
to the following petition : 

To His Excellency Gov. Richard Nicolls : 

The Magistrates of the Town of New Harlem, with all becoming 
respect and submission, do represent; That your Excellency's petitioners 
have been informed that some persons have bought the lands commonly 
called Hoorn's Hook; which conflicts with the privileges wherewith this 
Town was laid out, and is to the great prejudice of the town, the more 
so, as the said privileges have been confirmed by your Excellency', and 
the lands are situated within our jurisdiction. Your Excellency's peti- 
tioners do not desire the same for nothing", but offer to pay what they 
have been sold for.* Hoping your Excellency will give the preference 
to your petitioners of having the same, with the redemption thereof, by 
pajang what they have been sold for ; for they await your Excellency's 
favorable answer. In the meantime they will not cease to pray God to 
grant your Excellency enduring health and salvation. Amen. New Har- 
lem, 15th March, 1668. 

In the name of your Excellency's faithful subjects, 

J. La INIgntagne, Junior, 

Secretary. 

This paper had scarcely gone on its errand when another 
excitement arose in the village. The 226. of the same month, 
Jeaen Baignoux, a worthy French refugee, and subsequent owner 
of a farm on Hoorn's Hook, having occasion to cross the river 
to Morris', forty pounds of tobacco, with a nootast and other 

* In margin; "To wit, Seven or eight hundred sticks of firewood." 

t Nootas, a bag made of Indian hemp, in which the natives carried their sewant, 
tobacco, etc., and measured their corn. They came into common use with the settlers, 
and are often named in inventories and vendue lists. The court minutes of July 
12, 1663, contain the following: 

"Lubbert Gerritsen and Marie Taine declare, by request of Nelis Matthyssen, that 
they heard Madalena Lodewycks say, at said Madalena's house, that Barcntien Dircks 
had stolen the pork of Jacob Brouwer, which was in a nootas by the oven door. 
The court condemn defendant to pay, for the needs of the poor, 6 guilders and the 
cost of suit." She was wife of Simon de Ruine. 

(See Wooley's Journal, p. 52, and N. Y. Col. Doc. I, 281). 



248 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

articles, all valued at '](:> florins, were stolen out of his canoe 
while it lay at the landing-place. He charged the theft upon 
Matthys, the ferry negro, who was arrested, but released on his 
master, Verveelen, becoming his bail. The case, more serious 
for that Matthys was de facto a public servant, demanded, as 
thought, an extra court, which was held April 2d, when beside 
the usual magistrates, his honor. High Sheriff Manning, was 
present. Pierre Grandpre, another refugee, with Knoet Mourisse, 
had occasion to go over together just after Baignoux, and de- 
scribed the strange actions of the negro, who "with a sword in 
one hand and fire in the other," forbade their landing. They also 
saw that Matthys had a nootas, but could not say whose it was. 
The testimony left little doubt of his guilt, but the court though 
best to postpone the case for further evidence ; Verveelen promis- 
ing Capt. Manning to make good Baignoux' loss should the 
latter be able to clearly fix the theft upon the negro. No more 
appears. 

But new trouble awaited the ferryman. It was found no 
such easy matter to close up the passage at Spuyten Duyvel, long 
"used to ford over from this Island to the Main." Fences were 
rudely thrown down, and the grazing kine strayed across at will. 
Further, it became known that John Barker, of Westchester, had 
presumptuously, and to the great damage and loss of the ferry 
at Harlem, taken over a great number of horses and cattle, toll 
free. Verveelen and the magistrates hastened to make com- 
plaint. The Mayor's Court gave both sides a hearing on June 
2d, when some neglect on the part of the ferryman appearing, 
it was "Ordered that said Barker shall pay the ferry money for 
all horses and cattle conveyed by him over the Spuyten Duyvel 
whilst the ferry has been at Harlem, which money the petition- 
ers shall employ to repair the fences at Spuyten Duyvel ; and the 
ferryman is in like manner expressly ordered and charged to 
finish the house and pen, on the opposite side of the ferry at 
Harlem, at the earliest opportunity; imder such penalty as the 
Hon. Court shall impose." Verveelen made out a bill for £5 
sterling against Barker, but recovered it only by an attachment, 
issued September 5th, by the Town Court. 

A series of troubles now began between the inhabitants and 
John Archer, respecting their lands and meadows near Spuyten 
Duyvel. This noted person is first introduced to us as "Jan 
Arcer, alias Neuswys, from Amsterdam." His affix, literally 
rendered nosewise, when coupled with his more familiar nick- 
name, "koop-al," or "buy-all," suggested, — that Archer was a 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 249 

shrewd fellow and had an eye to business ! One alias, indeed, 
he got from his father, who, in 1658, is called "Jan Aarsen, from 
Nienwhoff, commonly called Jan Koopal," the son in 1662 
being styled "Jan Arcer, alias Koopal, the younger." He had 
been in Westchester a dozen years or more, and in its affairs 
borne an active part. It was an English community, and he, 
taking to wife in 1659 an English girl from Cambridge, his name 
thus came to take the English form of Archer, which has des- 
cended to a numerous posterity.* By his assiduity acquiring a 
large tract of land bteween the Harlem River and the Bronx, 
he had "at his own charge and with good success begun a town- 
ship ; in a convenient place for the relief of strangers, — it being 
the road for passengers to go to and fro from the main, — as 
well as for mutual intercourse with the neighboring colony." 
Archer began by leasing his land in parcels of 20 to 24 acres, 
to such persons as would undertake to clear and cultivate it (and 
with each a house and lot in the village), all upon easy terms; 
so that in the years 1668 and 1669 a good number of the Harlem 
people were led to go there. The "new plantation" was given 
the name of Fordham.t 

Alreadv, as we have seen, there was a dispute between Archer 
and the Harlem people about the line parting his lands from their 
meadows upon that side. It so happened that four of Archer's 
cattle trespassed on the meadows. They were seizeed by order 
of the Harlem magistrates, who entered a complaint against 
Archer to the new governor, Lovelace. Both parties appeared 
before his Excellency in Council, at a special session held Novem- 
ber 6th, and were heard at length; the Harlem people having 
deputed Tourneur, Verveelen, Waldron, and the constable, 
Aoelofsen, to answer for them. 

Two charges were preferred against Archer: 

* The Archers, we may hence conclude, are not of English, but of Holland de- 
scent, although the contrary is assumed in the History of Westchester County. The 
ancestor was born at Nienwhoff, his son at Amsterdam, and the latter has left us his 
autograph, invariably written Jan Arcer, as only a Hollander would write it. This 
seems pretty conclusive. 

t The annexed list of leases executed by Archer at Harlem shows who took up 
farms in Fordham. Nearly all subsequently left and got land of their own elsewhere. 
The leases with stars affixed are not signed in the record. 

Feb. 12, 1669, Kier Wolters and („ j: c *. „ ,</-q 

Pieter Roelofsen ('Term 7 years from Sept. 29. 1668. 

" " Marc du Sauchoy " 4 " " April i, 1669. 

May I, " Jan Pietersen Buys* " 5 " *' Aug. 31, 1668. 

" " Cornelis A. Viervant " 5 " " " " 

" " Jan Teunisz v. Tilburg " 5 " " " " 

" " Jan Ilendrick Boch* " 5 " " " 

" " Hendrick Kiersen " 5 " " " 

" " Louwerens ^Vckerman " 5 

" " Michiel Bastiaensen " 5 " " " " 

. Dec. 5, " Kier Wolters " 5 " " \\ \] 

" Marc du Sauchoy " 5 



250 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

"ist. That upon pretence of a certain purchase, he lays 
claim to a parcel of land upon this Island, near Spuyten Duyvel, 
which is within the limits and bounds of their patent, and of 
right belongeth to their Town." 

"2d. That having seated himself very near unto some lots 
of meadow ground upon the Main, belonging unto their Town, 
he is a daily trespasser upon them with his cattle, and that the 
said ground, lying in length alongst the Creek or Kill, cannot 
without very great charge^ be fenced in." 

Upon the first point Archer replied that he owned the land 
in question, on this Island, by virtue of a groundbrief granted 
by the Dutch governor Kieft, which he had purchased from 
Thomas Lamberts and Joost Kockuyt for 600 guilders. But the 
court decided, that owing to "the long time since the first ground- 
brief was given, and no settlement since," the title had "lapsed" ; 
or, in other words, was "of no validity, it beeing forfeited by 
several acts of the government." Further, because "it might be 
injurious to the Town of Harlem," Governor Nicolls had refused 
to confirm it. It was therefore "adjudged that the land in con- 
troversy doth belong to the Town of Harlem, by virtue of their 
patent." But it was recommended, "in regard the owners thereof 
have sustained loss upon the said land," to find means to pay 
them so much as the first agreement for the sale thereof." 

Upon the second count, Archer "denies any claim to the lots 
upon the Main, Nos. i, 2, 3, 4, with which he is charged; but 
hath purchased land near adjoining, that was the Yonker Vander 
Donck's." Thereupon, "it was ordered that the defendant do 
bring in the patent for the Yonker's land in fifteen days' time, 
with what right he hath to the land where he hath built ; at which 
time some persons shall be appointed to view the meadow belong- 
ing to Harlem, upon the Main, and to make report how it may 
be preserved from the defendant's trespassing on it. Which per- 
sons shall also be ordered to view the passage at Spuyten Duyvel, 
how it may be made convenient for travelers and drift of cattle ; 
the ferry at Harlem being found incommodious, and not answer- 
ing the ends formerly proposed." The latter announcement fore- 
shadowed a change which was to plant a lifelong thorn in Archer's 
side. 

On November 15th, Archer attempted "to make out his title." 
But the court remained of the opinion, that he had "not clearly 
made it out, he having no bill of sale, nor bonds setting forth 
his purchase." They gave him till February 14th to "clear his 
title," — and meanwhile he was to give "no disturbance to his 



i 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 251 



neighbors." An order wavS then issued for the release of his 
cattle. The receipt to the magistrates for the "four attached 
cattle," dated December 13th, and signed "Jan Arcer," shows 
compliance with the order. 

No answer has been found to the application respecting 
Hoorn's Hook; the decision upon the Jansen and Aertsen patent 
seems to have answered it. Certainly Harlem held the land, and 
the upshot of the matter was that Tourneur asked the freeholders 
to grant him this fifty morgen "as a recompense for his services 
to the town," or to indorse the purchase which he had made. 
But when it came up for action, November 20th, some Avere in 
favor, others opposed, or said they would have no more to do 
with it, and so it dropped. Howbeit, Tourneur had already 
secured, June 15th, a valuable grant from Governor Nicolls of 
eighty-one acres on the other side of Harlem River, between 
Archer's and Bronck's land, and watered by the gentle Man- 
nepies, now Cromwell's Creek; which property, by the marriage 
of his daughter Esther, became vested in the De Voe ancestor, 
afterward owner of the adjoining tract known as De Voe's Point, 

On September 17th, the magistrates Tourneur and the sen- 
ior Vermilye had been summoned to Delavall's mill to appraise 
the effects of the miller, Hage Bruynsen, just deceased; and ere 
the year closed, death claimed another settler, Hendrick Karstens, 
late a nominee for the office of overseer. The village had been 
the scene of unusual activity through the working season now 
closing. The first vessel of size put upon the stocks here, of 
which any notice is taken, was a sloop built this year, under a 
contract, by Jan Gerritsen De Vries, for Capt. Thomas Bradley, 
who before this had sailed a market yacht between New York 
and "Stafford." On November 27th, the parties discharged each 
other of their contract, Bradley giving De Vries a bond for the 
balance due him, 122 gl. in sewant, to which Verveelen and Wil- 
liam Sandford were witnesses. As indicative of growth in the 
village, the magistrates, on December 17th, 1668, granted Johan- 
nes Pelzer "a little house-lot, lying south of the house-lot of 
Glaude Le Maistre."* 

* Hendrick Karstens was born in 1610, in Oldenbourg-, Westphalia, but directly- 
after that event, his father, Karsten Hendricks, removed to Amsterdam. The family 
were Lutherans. Hendrick took to sea, but finally married, in 1644, Femmetie Coen- 
raets, from Groningen. Soon after the birth of a daughter, whom they called 
Wybrecht, they left Amsterdam for New Netherland. Karstens took up land at 
Harlerri, but also worked as a mason. Unschooled, but industrious and worthy, he 
bore his humble part in the building up of the town, holding, at times, several minor 
offices. In 1667 he visited the Delaware. The year after his death, his widow married 
Lubbert Gerritsen. Karsten's children were, Wybrecht, born 1646, at Amsterdam, who 
married Hermanus Van Borsum; Coenraet, born 1648, in this country; and Jan, 
born 1650. The name Boch, assumed by the two sons, was probably derived from 



252 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

The following year, 1669, witnessed several important meas- 
ures for the improvement of the town. On February 22d, Gov- 
ernor Lovelace and his Council, with "others of the bench at 
New York," held a court at Harlem to consider two or three 
matters affecting the town and neighborhood. First and princi- 
pal was that of laying out a wagon road btween New York and 
Harlem, "which hath heretofore been ordered and appointed, but 
never as yet was prosecuted to effect," though "very necessary 
for mutual commerce with one another." The following action 
was taken : 

"It is this day ordered that a convenient wagon way be made 
between the city of New York and this place, to which end four 
commissioners shall be appointed, who are to view and consider 
of the most convenient passage to be made. 

"That these four commissioners meet to view the said way 
on Thursday next, being the 25th of this instant month; and 
after having concluded upon it, that immediately they fall upon 
laying out the way, according to their former agreement there- 
upon ; that is to say, the neighbors of the Bowery and parts 
adjacent to clear the way to be fit for the passage of wagons, 
from New York to the Saw Kill ; and the Town of Harlem, from 
thence to their town. That this way be laid out and cleared, 
according to the intent of this order, by the first of May next. 

"That the appointed Commissioners, upon their conclusion 
of the best way, do immediately give the Governor an account 
of their agreement, who thereupon will give order for the putting 
the same in execution. 

"That the Commissioners of either party have hereby liberty 
to make inspection on the sufficiency or defect of each other, 
to the intent that there prove no failing in either of them."* 

The two commissioners appointed for the Harlem district 
were Daniel Tourneur and Resolved Waldron. 

This court "also ordered that all horses and cattle belonging 
to New York and New Harlem, which shall be turned into the 

Bourg, used familiarly for Oldenhourg, their father's birthplace. After some years 
they both removed from the town, but whither is not certain; possibly to Kinderhook. 
(Consult Munsell's Albany Hist. Coll., iv. io6). 

* Harlem L,ane, as we have reason to believe, was at first an Indian trail. Such 
forest paths, conveniently marked out by savage instinct, were often adopted by the 
white settlers as the best routes for highways. In traveling from New Amsterdam to 
Spuyten Duyvel, at McGowan's Pass was the natural descent to the plain, the path 
striking its northern end, where it would as naturally fork to the left and right, for 
the equal convenience of the pedestrian passing through the "Clove of the Kill" to 
the North River, or along the base of the height to and up Break Neck Hill. It is 
not possible to tell when this path over the Flats became a road, but the indications 
are that it was very early, many years before it was formally laid out as such, 
which was done pursuant to an Act of Assembly of June 19, 1709. (See Hoffman, ii, 
249). 



HISTORY OF HARLE^I. 253 

woods upon this island, shall have a mark of distinction upon 
them ; That is to say, those belonging to New York, the Bowery, 
and parts adjacent, are to have a brand mark with X. Y. upon 
them, and those of New Harlem with N. H. And that there 
be a person appointed and sworn in each place to mark such 
horses and cattle as really do belong to the inhabitants, and none 
others." 

The question of the transfer of the ferry from Harlem to 
Spuyten Du}vel had been for some time mooted. Proceedings 
in regard to it were opened by the following communication from 
Governor Lovelace to the Mayor and Aldermen of the city, dated 
February 27th, 1669. 

"Whereas Johannes Verveelen, of New Harlem, hath pre 
ferred a petition unto me, in regard the ferry at Harlem is to be 
removed, and that the passage at Spuyten Duyvel is to be fitted 
and kept for passengers going to and from this Island to the 
Main, as also for a drift for cattle and horses, that he may be 
admitted to keep the said passage; the Petitioner alleging, that 
having a promise from the late Governor, my predecessor, as 
also a confirmation from the Mayor and Aldermen of this city, 
that he should enjoy the benefit of the ferry at Harlem for five 
years, conditionally that he should provide boats and other neces- 
sary accommodation for strangers, which accordingly he hath per- 
formed, but there is not as yet above two years of the time ex- 
pired ; I have thought fit to refer the whole case of the Petitioner 
to the Mayor and Aldermen of this city, who are to return back 
to me their judgment and resolution therein. Whereupon I 
shall give order for the laying out of a piece of land near Spuyten 
Duyvel fit for the accommodation of the person that shall be 
appointed to keep the ferry and passage there, as also for the 
relief of passengers and strangers." 

The ^layor and Aldermen, by resolution, ^vlarch 2d, con- 
curred in a change of the ferry from Harlem "to the wading 
place," and recommended that Verveelen be settled there for 
the remaining three years, provided he "deliver up annually an 
account of the income of said ferry." Hereupon the Governor, 
Tune 2d, granted Verveelen a warrant which after informing "all 
officers or other persons whom it may concern," of the purpose 
to remove the ferry from New Harlem to Spuyten Duyvel, "a 
nearer and more convenient passage to and from this Island and 
the Main," and that Johannes Verveelen was found "the fittest 
person to be employed therein that will undertake it, both in 



254 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

regard to the change he hath been already at, and his experience 
that way" ; proceeds thus 

"These are to authorize and empower him, the said Johannes 
Verveelen, to repair to the said place at Spuyten Duyvel, and to 
cause a fence to be made for keeping all manner of cattle from 
going or coming to or from the said passage without leave or 
paying therefor, and at his best conveniency to lay out a place 
upon that piece of land called Papparinamin on the Main side, 
near unto the said passage, for habitation and accommoda- 
tion of travelers, for the which he shall have a patent and articles 
of confirmation. And for so doing this shall be his warrant." 

"Instructions for ye Ferryman at Spuyten Duyvel" were 
drawn up July 15th, and incorporated in the following curious 
lease : 

Articles of Agreement Indented, consented unto and concluded 
upon, the 15th day of July, in the 21st year of his Majesty's reign, 
Annoqe Domini, 1669, Between the Rt Hon^le Francis Lovelace, Esqi", 
Governor Genl under His Royal Highness, James Duke of York and Al- 
bany, &c., of all his Territories in America, on the one part; and Johannes 
Verveelen, of New Harlem, on the Island Manhatans, Ferryman, on the 
other part, for and concerning the settling of a Ferry at the place com- 
monly called Spuyten Duyvel, between this Island Manhatans and the new 
village called Fordham, as foUoweth, viz., that is to say : 

Imprimis, It is agreed, concluded upon and mutually consented unto, 
by and between the parties to these present. That the said Johannes 
Verveelen as Ferryman shall erect and provide a good and sufficient 
dwelling-house upon the Island or Neck of Land known by the name of 
Papparinamin, where he shall be furnished with three or four good beds 
for the entertainment of strangers, as also with provisions at all seasons, 
for them, their horses and cattle, together with stabling and stalling. 

That the Ferryman have a sufficient and able boat for the transporta- 
tion of passengers, horses and cattle, upon all occasions. 

That the said Ferryman cause the Pass upon the said Island near unto 
Spuyten Duyvil, to be sufficiently fenced in, with a gate to be kept locked, 
that no person may pass in or out without his permission. 

That the Ferryman do bear one-third part of the charge of making 
the bridge over the meadow ground to the Town of Fordham, who are 
to be at the remainder of the charge themselves. 

That the said Ferryman do give his due attendance at the said Ferry, 
either himself in person, or by one sufficiently deputed by him, so that 
nobody be interrupted in their passage to and fro, about their occasions, 
at seasonable hours. Except in case of emergency, where the public af- 
fairs are concerned, when the said Ferryman is to be ready at all seasons 
that he shall be called upon. 

And in case of neglect of the Ferryman's duty, upon complaint of the 
party wronged to the Court of Mayor and Aldermen of this City, the 
said Ferryman shall incur such a Penalty as the Court shall adjudge, 
according to the merits of the case. 

In consideration of what is herein required to be done and perfoi-med 
by the said Johannes Verveelen as Ferryman, he, the said Johannes Ver- 
veelen, shall, for the well execution of his office, have and receive as fol- 
loweth, viz.. 

That the whole Island or Neck of Land called Papparinamin, whether 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



255 



encompassed with water or meadow ground, shall be allotted to the said 
Ferryman, together with the piece of meadow ground adjoining to it, 
lately laid out'by Jacques Cortilyou, Surveyor, towards the accommodation 
of strangers, and the defraying of his charges. 

That the said Island or Neck of Land and meadow ground, together 
with the housing, or whatever else he shall erect or build thereupon, 
together with the Ferry, and the benefits, privileges and profits there- 
unto belonging, shall be and remain to the proper use and behoof of the 
said Johannes Verveelen and his assigns, for and during the term and 
space of eleven years, to commence from and after the ist day of Novem- 
ber, 1669. 

That for the first year, he, the said Johannes Yerveclen, be Constable 
of the new Town of Fordham, which said Town or Village is to have 
its dependence upon the Mayor's Court of this City, in like manner as 
the Town of New Harlem hath; They having liberty to try all small 
causes under five pounds amongst themselves, as is allowed in other Town 
Courts. 

That after the expiration of the said term and tnne of eleven_ years, 
he, the said Johannes Verveelen, if he so long shall live, and desire the 
same, shall have the first proffer to continue Ferryman; or in case of his 
decease, his nearest relation or assign shall have preference before an- 
other, in being admitted to take the said Ferry to farm. But if it shall 
happen that another person shall be invested in the employment, the 
person so invested shall pay unto him the said Johannes Verveelen or 
his assigns, and make such satisfaction for his buildings, boats and other 
accommodations remaining thereupon, as shall be adjudged by two in- 
different persons to be chosen between both parties. 

That at the expiration of the term of eleven years, the said Johannes 
Verveelen or his assignee who shall exercise the employment of Ferry- 
man, shall be obliged to have the house tenantable, with a sufficient 
boat! and the fences and gates kept in repair, as they ought to be con- 
tinued all the time, so that no discouragement be given to passengers, 
nor the Ferry through any neglect be discontinued. 

That the Ferryman shall take and receive of all passengers, whether 
alone or whether on horseback, drift of _ horses or cattle, for lodging, 
diet, feeding, passage, or ferrying, according to the rates in a Table to 
that end directed and set forth.* 



*Ye Ferryman His Rates. 

For Lodging any person, 8 pence per night, in case they 

have a bed with sheets, and wi'.hout sheets, 2 Pence in 

silver. 

For transportation of any person, I Penny silver. 

For transportation of a man and horse, 7 Pence in silver. 

For a single horse, 6 Pence. 

For a turn with his boat, for 2 horses, 10 Pence, and for 

any more, 4 Pence apiece ; and if they be driven over, 

half as much. 

For single cattle, as much as a horse. 

For a boat loading of cattle, as he hath for horses. 

For droves of cattle to be driven over, and opening ye 

gates, 2 Pence p. piece. 

For feeding cattle, 3 Pence in silver. 

For feeding a horse one day 01 night with hay or grasse, 

5 Pence. 



256 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Provided always that all persons employed by special warrant from 
the Governor, or any Magistrate upon the public account, shall be ex- 
empted from paying either ferriage or passage for themselves or horses, 
as also such person or persons as shall at any time be summoned to 
appear at Arms, upon any emergency or extraordinary occasion, who are 
likewise to be free. 

Moreover if the Governor shall at any time within the term aforesaid 
think it convenient that a Fair shall be kept either in the City or any 
other part of the Island, It is also agreed upon, that all droves of cattle 
and horses passing over the said Ferry shall be free from payment, either 
in going thither or returning back, which privilege shall continue dur- 
ing the time of keeping the Fair, as also a day before and a day after its 
expiration. 

And lastly, the said Johannes Verveelen, or whosoever on his behalf 
shall keep the Ferry aforesaid, shall pay yearly and every year as a Quit 
Rent to His Royal Highness, the sum of Ten Shillings. 

In Testimony hereof the Parties to these present Articles Indented 
have interchangeably put to their hands and Seals the day and year first 
above written. Francis Lovelace, 

Johannes iVerveeeEn. 

Verveelen was soon settled at Papparinamin, where, as 
ferrymaster, he kept the key of Manhattan Island. Being con- 
stable of Fordham, here he held court after William Betts, sen., 
and Kier Wolters, had been appointed by the governor, December 
24th, 1669, as "Overseers and Assistants." The next year he 
superintended the "making a bridge over the marsh between Pap- 
parinamin and Fordham." He was the ferryman here for many 
years, under renewals of his lease, and by the favor of succes- 
sive governors ; but he and Archer were ever at swords' points 
on the subject of Papparinamin, the latter claiming it to the day 
of his death as successor to Vander Donck, and "by virtue of his 
purchase and patent." 

Other events of 1669 remain to be noticed.* The mill-dam, 
"lately impaired by a breach of water," needed prompt atten- 
tion, but as Capt. Delavall was then abroad. Governor Lovelace 

* Jan lyaurens Duyts, who left the town this yeai", was the son of I,aurens Duyts, 
nicknamed great shoe, a Dane, born in Holstein, in 1610. (See pp. 13s, 183). The 
fatlier was banished by Stuyvesant — an easy thing for him to do, and seldom wisely 
done, but Duyts' case -^'ould se'em to have been an exception. He died at Bergen, 
January 14, 1668, leaving two sons, Jan and Hans. Kuyter stood as godfather for 
both at their baptism. Hans was born in 1644, and lived at Harlem in 1667. His 
daughter, Catherine, born 1674, married, 1688, Joost Pattlding, from Cassant, Hol- 
land, who went to Westchester, and was the ancestor of John Paulding, one of 
Andre's captors; also of Gen. William Paulding, formerly mayor of New York. 

Jan Duyts bore a good name at Harlem, and did not deserve the taunt uttered 
one day by Jeanne de Ruine, in presence of Monis Petersen. You schelm, loop by 
you vaar Deen. "You villain, run to your father Dane." ■ Monis testified that Jan 
said nothing to provoke it. He was then twenty years old, and the same year, Novem- 
ber 22, 1662, bought of Ivubbert Gerritsen the house and bouwery formerly of Mat- 
thys Boon, engaging to pay for it 300 guilders. He sold out the next year, and Re- 
solved Waldron soon after got this property. In 1667 Duyts was working for Ger- 
ritsen aforesaid, and inarried that year; but on January 8, 1669, he leased a farm 
at Dutch Kills from John Parcell, and lived there, when he married a second time, in 
1673. Plis wives were Jannetie Jeurians, from Bois le Due, and Neeltie Ahriaens, from 
Breda; the last married, 1679, Hendrick Van Dyck, of New Utrecht. Duyts left 
some property to his two children, lyaurens and Annetie. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 257 

was informed of the accident, June 8th,, and ordered John Askew 
and Peter A'an Nest, of Flatlands, to go to Harlem, forthwith, 
with their workmen, and "use the best skill and endeavor m^ 
repairing the dam," and "what else is requisite about the mill. 
Capt Delavall returned toward the close of the year, to his 
estates and his honors, and in full favor with the Duke of York ; 
having- been acquitted of certain charges on account of which 
he had gone to England. 

Tourneur's negro now absconded ; inevitable contingency of 
a state of bondage,— African slavery even then existing in all the 
colonies. So to Westchester went the following warrant, 
directing the constable to pursue the runaway with "hue and cry." 
Whereas, there is lately a Negro Servant run away from his Masters 
service, and supposed to be gone your way toward New England these 
are to require all persons within this government and to desire all others 
if the said Negro can be found within your liberties or precincts, that 
vou forthwith seize upon and secure him, and cause him to be safely 
conve3°ed to this place, or to his Master, Daniel Tourneur, at Harlem, 
upon this Island. The Negro is big and tall, about 25 or 26 years old 
and went away from his Master four or tive days since. Given under 
mv hand at Fort James, in New York, this 28th day of June 1669. 
iii\ Hcuiu J Francis Lovelace. 

The Indians still laid claim to portions of the Harlem lands,— 
perhaps reserved rights,— one of the tracts being their old and 
favorite haunt, Rechewanis, or Montague's Point. The chief 
claimant was Rechewack, the old sachem and proprietor of 
Wickquaskeek, who, as far back as 1639, had been a party to the 
sale of Ranachqua and Kaxkeek. Though he and his tribe had 
lately been "beaten off by the Maquas," or Mohawks, who were 
at war with them, and forced to retreat over the Hudson to the 
deep cloves and forests of Tappan, their enemies, as they affirmed, 
made war only on their persons and goods, but not on their lands, 
so that their title still held. Montague proceeded to satisfy the 
old Wickquaskeek and his chiefs, and thereby to secure the 
Indian title,— in those times a desideratum. Obtaining a release 
of the Point, he has left us the following record of it; 

Av 20 Augusty oude steyl hebben de onderges : Willden myn Jan La 
Montague verkocht de punt genaampt Rechewanis, bepaalt tussen twee 
killen en bergen, en achter een fonteyn die aen Montangen Vlachte 
scheyt; met de Valeyen van de bochte van't Hellegat tot Konaande 

Kongh. ^ ^ , , 

[ Rechkewackan | 

I Achwaaroewes | 

j Sacharoch | 

Verkoopers van de Punt. \ Pasachkeeginc j- Tappan. 

1 Niepenohau | 

1 Kouhamweu | 

[ Kottareu J 



258 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

[Translation.] 
On this date, 20th August, old style, the underwritten Indians have 
sold to me, Jan La Montagne, the Point named Rechwanis, bounded be- 
tween two creeks, and hills, and behind, a stream* which runs to Mon- 
tagne's Flat; with the meadows from the bend of the Hellegat to Ko- 
naande Kongh. 

Sellers of ( , ) ^ 

the Point. { "^^^^ ^^ above. - Tappan. 

Upon the heel of this came another claim. On April 9th, 
1670, when certain chiefs met Governor Lovelace to make sale 
of Staten Island, "some of the Indians present laid claim to the 
land by Harlem." But this was answered by producing the 
Indian deed of 1626, for the whole island, and they were told, 
"the record shows it was bought and paid for forty-four years 
ago." But in nowise satisfied, the sachems still held to their pre- 
tensions, which later were more successful. The deed to Mon- 
tagne is especially interesting, as tending to show the identity 
of the Wickquaskeeks with the Manhattans, so called, a name 
meaning simply the Islanders. 

A notable transaction was Nicholas De Meyer's sale, Sep- 
tember 25tli, 1669, of the two farms embraced in his patent, to 
the brothers Cornelis and Laurens Jansen; the first of whom 
was the ancestor of the Kortright family, -or that branch after- 
ward known for its large landed possessions, of which this pur- 
chase formed the nucleust The town now proceeded to inclose 
a portion of the commons lying about "the hills" (Mount Morris, 
etc.) as a calf pasture, probably on being interdicted the further 
use of Little Barent's Island for that purpose by Capt. Delavall, 
whose proposition respecting the Island they had declined. The 
following regulations were passed November 25th, 1669: 

Ordinance made concerning the Common Calf Pasture lying north of 
the village. 

It is first ordered that no one of the inhabitants shall be allowed to 
pasture therein any beasts except calves, upon the forfeit of three guild- 

* The Dutch word fonteyn, though usually rendered spring, here means as well 
the brook issuing from a spring, I believe that spoken of on page 182. This brook or 
run became a recognized boundary, and is several times referred to in connection with 
this and the adjoining property, and always, in the original, called the fonteyn. 

t Jan Bastiaensen, the father of Cornelis and Laurens Jansen, came to this 
country, as we have seen, in 1663, from the County of l,eerdam,"or the Prince's L,and, 
in South Holland, accompanied by his brother, Michael Bastiaensen, who afterward 
lived in Harlem, and whose family will be noticed elsewhere. Jan may have been tlie 
"Kortryck" who owned a bouwery on Staten Island, in 1674. (N. Y. Col. Mss., 
xxiii. 403). He seems to have spent part of his time at Harlem, but is last men- 
tioned here January 8, 1677, when he is witness to a power of attorney, given by his 
old Schoonrewoerd friend, with whom he came out, Jan Louwe Bogert, to Hendrick 
Jansen Baker, to collect money due Bogert on Brooklyn property sold to Thos. lyam- 
berts, etc. His children were Cornelis, born 1645, and noticed on a future page; 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 259 

ers for each beast, and for a flock of sheep three guilders. Moreover, 
every one leaving the gate open shall forfeit three guilders ; also for eyerj' 
beast found in said pasture shall three guilders be forfeited; provided 
that the owner of the beast or beasts may seek his remedy upon those 
who shall have opened, or left open, the gate or fence. It is also ordered 
that each one shall duly make his part of the bridges in both meadows 
within the common calf pasture between this and the last of March next 
ensuing, upon penalty of five and twenty guilders. 

Hendrick Jansen Van Beest, as he at first styled himself, but later in life, from 
his father's birthplace, called Hendrick Jansen Van Kortright, bought land near 
Stuyvesant's Bouwery, February 12, 1669, but did not long hold it. He and his 
brother, Laurens, going to Esopus, both married there; Hendrick, on December 14, 
1672, to Catherine Hansen, "born in New York," and Laurens on or about the same 
date to INIary, daughter of Albert Heymans Roosa. Probably Hendrick's wife was 
the daughter of Hans Weber, "master at arms," who died in 1649, and whose widow 
marritdiMatthys Capito, removed to Esopus, and was killed by the Indians in 1663. 
Hendrick's first child being "born at Harlem," in 1674, we presume he was then 
living here; but, as before said, he settled in Ulster County, buying land at Mom- 
backus, town of Rochester, where he raised a large family, who bore the name of 
Kortright, or Cortright, and whose descendants have become numerous and widely 
scattered. Hendrick lost his wife in 1740, and he died in 1741, aged 93. His 
children, so far as shown, were John, born 1674, who married Maria, daughter of 
Wm. Van \'redenburgh, of New York; Hendrick, born 1677, who married, 1700, Mary 
De Witt, and, in 1704, Catherine Crom, widow of Arie Van Etten; Cornelius, born 
16S0, who married, 1701, Christina Rosecrans; Geertie, born 1682; Arie, born 1684; 
Antie, born 1686, married Jacob Decker; Lawrence, born 1688. who married, 1715, 
Sarah Ten Eyck; Jacob, born 1692; Peter, born 1696, married Marritie Van Garden, 
and Catherine, born 1699. John, Cornelius, Lawrence and Peter Kortright subscribed, 
1717, for the minister at Rochester, and were leading men there. Peterdied in 
1 744. Cornelius removed to Marbletown. John and Maria had issue, Hendrick, Wil- 
liam, Adrian, etc., two at least of these straying down into Orange County, where 
William had a family, and, in 1740, was justice of the peace. His brother, Hendrick, 
born 1704, married, 1730, Grietie Van Bunschoten, left Rochester and settled in 
Minisink. Being very sick, he made his will, December 3, 1753, providing for his 
widow, but naming no children, and giving his homestead and Great and Little Mini- 
sink Islands to his "cousin" (nephew), Hendrick M'. Cortwright, son of William, de- 
ceased. His will was proved June 26, 1760. This Hendrick, 'tis said, has many de- 
scendants within the old town of Minisink. Friendly intercourse was kept up for 
man}' years between the Kortrights of Harlem and those of Ulster County. 

Jaqnes Cresson, who in a ten years' residence had proved 
himself a worthy inhabitant, made his will before the secretary, 
October ist, preceding, his wife joining with him, and Tourneur 
and Waldron being witnesses. The survivor was to use the 
property, and "bring up the children reputably, and in the fear 
of the Lord." Soon after this, Cresson was made constable, but 
subsequently resolving to remove in the spring to New York, 
where his brothers-in-law, Nicholas De La Plaine and Nicholas 
Du Puis (Depew) were living, he sold his house, bouwery, etc., 
December 4th, 1669, to Meynard Journee, of Bradford, Brook- 
lyn, for 1600 gl., sewant. Du Puis, whose wife was Mrs. Cres- 
son's sister, was present, with David Demarest. 

The day following Montague was sent for to the house and 
sick-bed of Jean Le Roy, who wished to make his will ; Oblinus, 
Isaac Vermilye, and Constable Roelofsen being desired to wit- 
ness it. He had been bereft of his wife, Louise De Lancaster, 
and his only child, Stephen, baptized at Brooklyn, on April 3d, 
1661. Bestowing 50 gl. upon the poor, he named Daniel Tour- 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 261 

nenr, senior, as his sole heir and testamcntcur. But Le Roy 
recovered, to marry again, and to sec his kinsman, Tourneur, 
buried. Jean was probably related to Marc Le Roy, who stood 
as godfather for young Daniel Tourneur, at his baptism at 
Ley den.* 

* Peter Roelofsen was from Utrecht, as was his first wife, Willcmtie Jans, married 
in this country in 1653. He, with others, started the town of New Utrecht, in 1657. 
put up a house, etc., but after three years sold out, and moved to Flanders. In 1664 
he married a second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Jan Pater, she having bcen_ born in 
Brazil. Pieter served two terms as constable at Harlem; tilled one of Archer's farms, 
and, in 1671, some of Delavall's land. In 1672 he went to Mespat Kills, and there 
bought a farm. He and wife sustained a good name here, as certified by the magis- 
trates after his death, which happened in 1679. They made their will in New York, 
March 20, 167S, Jochem Beeckmau and Dirck lansen, burghers, being present. .\ funny 
incident is related of the widow and Dr. John Greenleaf, of Newtown. The latter, 
by way of a joke, offered to waive his bill for services, for a kiss. The widow took 
him up, the kiss was duly given, and they shook hands over it. Afterward the doctor 
was so ungallant as to sue for payment. But the magistrate, holding the settlement 
binding, found for the amiable defendant. She subsequently married Peter Buckhout. 
(See p. 204). Roelfsen had issue by his first wife, Koelof and Maria, and by his 
second, Johannes, Jacobus, Hendrickje, Abraham and Susannah. The sons retained 
the patronymic Peterson for a time, but finally adopted the name of Bass. 




CHAPTER XVII. 

I 670- I 672. 

VILLAGE life;; i-iarlem two centuries ago. 

"DUSY yeoman, drawn into such intimacy at home and in 
■^ the field, — from the very proximity of their dwellings and 
narrow bouwlots, and their modes of tillage in common, — their 
was more than a monotonous round of dull rural life.* Hence 
the variety of transactions and incidents which crowd the years 
next ensuing, none remarkably signal or startling, but affording 
nevertheless a curious study touching the ways and customs pre- 
vailing among them. A new generation has grown up, taxing 
the energies of provident sires to give them land, homes, and 
outfits. The seniors admonished by advancing years that they 
must pass away, full oft the parish clerk is called in to draw up a 
last will and testament. Yet following the pioneer work of 
organization, these are years of maturing and progress. Multi- 
plying interests naturally bring new duties and burdens to both 
town officers and the communit}^, and to which they seldom prove 
unequal. It was to engross much of their united effort, wisdom, 
and vigilance to support the institutions and maintain the whole- 
some regulations they had introduced, as well as to guard and 
utilize the long stretch of territory comprehended in their patent. 
It greatly enhanced these responsibilities when Fordham was 
added to their jurisdicition. 
^' The stock, allowed to run at large in the woodlands, was 

very liable, especially if unmarked, to be embezzled by persons 
not over-scrupulous. The case of George Tippett, near Spuyten 

* Plan of the village in 1670, on page 260. Explanations: 

Plots a to V embrace the original erven or house lots, to which 5 erven, (w, x, y, 
aa, bb), and 3 half erven (z, cc, dd), had since been added. For some cause v was 
also rated as a half erf. On this stands the only remaining house of the old dorp 
or village proper, being that occupied by Mr. Cowperthwait. The old Ferry House, 
pulled down m 1867, stood on plot x. 

A. Site of Reformed Church and Harlem Library. 

B. " Chesterman House. 

C. " Congregational Church. 

D. " Judge Ingraham House. 

E. " Derick Benson's House, removed before 1766. 

F. " Lewis Morris Coach House, built about 1724. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 263 

Duyvel, had recently been reported to the Governor. By his 
Excellency's order of February loth, 1670, the constabk and 
overseers of Harlem met with the court at Fordham, on the last 
day of that month, to inquire whether certain unmarked hogs 
which Tippett had slaughtered, belonged to him ; the same being 
"claimed by John Archer, on the behalf of His Royal Highness," 
under the Governor's warrant. Tippett had once been reproved 
by the Governor for "the unlawful mark he hath, of cutting the 
ears of cattle so close that any other marks may be cut off by 
it" ; but the evidence now given at Fordham by Elizabeth Heddy, 
Benjamin Palmer, and Jan Hendricks, established the weighty 
fact that Tippett had owned a litter of pigs, "the which were 
gray red, spotted and white." Archer protested, and, coming 
to Harlem March 3d, took the testimony of the magistrates and 
Daniel Tourneur as to what Tippett and his witnesses had ad- 
mitted and said. Nothing seems to have come of it; but, 
two days after, the Mayor's Court issued new instructions, "that 
no horses or cattle be fed in the commons of this Island but 
those that are branded with the Town's mark." They ordered 
a record to be kept of the color and marks of the creatures, and 
of the owners' names ; and that two days in the week should be 
designated for branding, etc. The fees were to be 3 gl. sewant . 
for a horse, and 2 gl. for an ox, steer, or heifer. Resolved 
Waldron and Daniel Tourneur were appointed branders "foi 
the town of New Harlem and adjacent farms," to act from May 
1st ensuing, when the above rules were to go into effect. 

The removal of Kier Wolters to Fordham early in the win- 
ter caused a vacancy in the board of overseers, to fill which 
Joost Van Oblinus was appointed on January 25th. Wolters 
"was present with Archer at Harlem ]\Iarch 3d, aiding him in 
the Tippett affair ; but he died shortly after, having been much 
respected for character and abilities, notwithstanding Tippett 
had said "he acknowledged him for no magistrate."* Jan Ger- 

* Kier Wolters, the ancestor of the Kicrscn and Kicrs family, arrived here in 
1657, as before noticed, from the Dutch county of Drcnthe; cominp via Amsterdam, 
to New Anistel on the Delaware, where he was reputed to be one of tlicir ablest and 
best farmers. Two years later, flatterinp; offers being made him, he came to New 
Amsterdam, and had the charge of (Governor Stuyvcsant's boiiwery. He took De 
Meyer's farm at Harlem, in the fall of 1667, I believe, at 500 guilders rent per annum, 
and' half the increase of the stock; and worked it for two seasons. loosing liis wife, 
Jannetic Jans, he married, early in 1668, Lysbet, daughter of David .\ckerm_an, re- 
moving the next year to Fordham, and there died, in 1670, as above stated. While at 
Harlem he was twice chosen an overseer. His cliildrcn, so far as known, were Walter, 
Hendrick, Jan and Grietie, all born in Drcnthe; Jannetie, born in New York, and 
Tjerck, of whom we only know that he joined the church at New York in 1674. Jan- 
netie married, in 1672, Claes Jansen \'au He- ningen, and Grictic married, in 1680, 
Willem Peersen, of New York. Hendrick Kiersen was born in 1648, at Gicst, in 
Drcnthe, and, in 1673, married Metje Michiels, daughter of Michiel n,-isliacnsen. He 
finally settled in Fordham; liis children being Kier, born 1674; Micbiel, born 1676; 
Jannetie, born 1680; Sarah, born 1682; Peter, born 1684; Maria, born 1687; 



264 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

ritsen De Yries obtained from the overseers on March 2d a 
formal grant of the house lot set off to him some years before 
at the south side of the village, on condition of his "paying 
as other such small house lots (erfjes), and also the same servi- 
tudes." He is charged for it in the town book, under 1667, 
25 gl. De Vries had sold this lot, with its house and improve- 
ments, to Resolved Waldron, to whom he conveyed it the next 
day, March 3d. Here Waldron took up his residence. 

Glaude Delamater and Hester Du Bois, his wife, joined in 
making their will, April 15th, though he survived a dozen years, 
and she forty. It shows the then form of such instruments. 

In the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1670, the 15th 
April, appeared before me Jan La Montagne, Junior, admitted Secre- 
tary of this Town by the Honorable Mayor's Court, residing within the 
jurisdiction of New Haerlem, Glaude le Maistre and Hester du Bois, 
husband and wife, of sound memory and understanding as externally 
appears ; and of mind to make a disposition of their temporal estate. 
First, on resting in the Lord, they commit their souls into the hands of 
the Most High God, and their bodies to decent burial, and fifty guilders 
in sewant to the poor in this place. Secondly, they annul all testa- 
ments and codicils that before this were made, and declare this mutual 
testament to be their final will. One of them having deceased, the sur- 
vivor is to continue in full possession till again married, when the mar- 
rying party shall place into the hands of two guardians thereto ap- 
pointed by the Court, a full account of all ; remaining in possession until 
the children arrive at age, or are married with the consent of father or 
mother : on condition of placing in the hands of the guardians a mort- 
gage upon the real estate, so the same be not alienated. Excluding or 
renouncing herewith all Orphan Courts, or laws which may conflict with 
these provisions. In presence of David des Mareest, Joost van Oblinus and 
Marcus du Sauchoy, as witnesses hereto requested, and who besides the 
testators, have subscribed these presents. Dated as above. 

Gi^AUDE ht Maistre. 
David des Marest, D. B. 

J. van Oblinus, This is the mark of 

Marc du Sauchoy. Hester du Bois. 

With my knowledge, 

J. Lamontagne^ Junior, Sec'y. 

Resolved Waldron and Johannes Verveelen, on the same date 
as above, made a partition of their meadows at Sherman's Creek 
and Spuyten Duyvel which they had gotten with the lots bought 
of Jan Duyts and Juriaen Hanel. 

Jaques Cresson, the constable, in view of removing to New 
York after the first of May, appeared in court April 21st, and 
gave an account of the fines due from several parties for defec- 
tive fences. Those of Wouter Gerritsen, lessee of Delavall's 
land, amounted to 43 gl. 10 st. Much vexed at this heavy loss, 

Rachel, born 1693; Hendrick, born 1696. Descendants have been called Kiers 
and, we believe, Keese. Jan Kiersen, who remained at Harlem, will be named in 
treating of the Patentees. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 265 

Wouter's wife had scolded the magistrates, and called Waldron 
an i.iytsu}per, a drunkard. Arraigned for it by Waldron and 
Tourneur at the same court, the afflicted Mary still persisted 
that the magistrates were killing her, but owned she was hasty 
in abusing them. She was fined for her rashness 6 gl. for the 
poor, and costs of suit. 

The month of May brought a demand from Capt. Matthias 
Nicolls, colonial secretary, for the first payment on the town 
patent, his entire bill for which was 332 gl. To meet this call 
an assessment was authorized and made out, at the rate of 2 fl. 
7 St. for each erf. or house lot, and 12 st. for each morgen (i 
acres) of land, the assessed lands embracing only Jochem Pieter.N 
Flat and Van Keulen's Hook. The following is the list, and 
which is interesting as an exhibit of all the landholders within 
the town at that date, and the number of erven, farming lots, 
and morgen held by each. From reliable data we have added 
the numbers of the lots, and shown in which tract they lay. 
This, to those in any way interested in locating the original plots, 
will give the table greater value, as the title to these lots may 
in most cases be traced down to a modern date. 

On ^lay 4th Isaac \'"ermilye sold his house and house lot 
on Van Keulen's Hook (part of lot No. 5, and not reckoned 
among the erven), with the fruit thereon,— the buyer, Evert 
Dircksen, agreeing to pay 600 gl. ; but the bargain was not closed, 
and Vermilye remained in possesion till his death in 1676. 

On Mav 19th, the magistrates, pursuant to directions from 
the Mavor,' appointed David Demarest and Arent Evertsen 
Keteltas' curators over the estate of Kier Wolters, late of Ford- 
ham deceased. To these, on a subsequent recommendation of 
the Mavor, was added. May 23d, "Michiel Bastiaenscn, rcsidmg 
at Fordham," who was "reasonably conversant with the estate 
of the deceased."* 

* J^Iichiel Bastiaensen, of whose history up to his emigration ^'f^-'::^^'''^^^^^ 

curious proceedings, under 1674. married in 1686, J^*?""?'"^,:^;^? - church thi c in 
and settled in the town of Fordham. He took part m ''"' ;''"8 '''f^ '^!'"[^^'V!'\'.;^i "- 
1706, and a stone bearing his initials may now ^e .seen ui the carr age 1u-.u.nv all ot 
Mr. Moses De \'oe, who took it from the foundation of t'^<; °'f,^^^"'^'^ ' /''^ /''J,°i'^ 
upon Mr. De Voe's farm. Reyer died in 173.^ ^^^<^ 80 years, ''f;'"^ l'?«,^^^'^' ^! . 
dren, to wit: Michiel. Reyer, Hcndrick, Teun.s, Hannah who "V^Y'^-'^J,;^"' ?^ '^ 'S 
cent Marv. who married Benjamin Haviland; Sarah who '"«",7^'i, ^^T, V:"^\ieve; 
and Tane, 'who married Benjamin Corsa. The sons of Ins son Mich.el (''^'"P J^«^y^^ 
and Michael) retained the name of Michaels, but other of R-^y^/,,,"""! ' Cmmtv 
patronymic Reyers. Hence have descended the two families of Westchester Coimty. 
and other sections of this State, named Ryer, and Michael, or as also written. McKcel 
or Mekeel. The name Reyer is said to come from ridder a knight. ^I,„rrh 

Bastiaen Michiclsen, always so styled in the town books, though in 1'^ <:'nirch 
records usually called Bastiaen Kortright, remained in Harlem, where he married, in 



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On the same clate_ (the 19th) the court-room witnessed an 
unusual scene. Pierre Cresson three years before had leased his 
farm to Glaude Delamater, and things had not gone smoothly 
between them. In a sharp dispute aljout one of the oxen, which, 
as appeared, had died through Delamater's neglect, the latter 
called Cresson "a villain for driving away his wife." Mrs. Cres- 
son was spending a season at Esopus. Coming into court with 
his complaint, where Delamater was sitting as one of the magis- 
trates, the usually amiable and prudent Pierre, overcome by 
anger, told Glaude that "he ought to slap his face." Delamater 
pretended forgetfulness, but remembered that plaintifif had called 
him names too. The court regarding both parties at fault, fined 
each 12 gl. and costs. Unhappily this did not end the quarrel 
between the Walloon and Picard. 

The removal of \^erveelen to Papparinamin having left the 
village without an ordinary keeper, Cornelis Jansen Kortright, 
who was well liked in the town, and afterward enjoyed various 
public trusts, was admitted June 2d to keep the ordinary, on 
the usual conditions, — to make suitable provision for the enter- 
tainment of travelers, and not "to sell any liquor to the Indians." 
He thereupon accepted the oath. At the same meeting" a small 
erf lying opposite to Kortright and Delamater, on the south 
side of the street, was voted to Jean Demarest, who was already 
in possession, having two years previous married a daughter 
of Simon the Walloon. Also, on the same day (June 2d), 
Resolved Waldron made over to Jan Nagel, soon to become his 
son-in-law, part of the De Vries house lot, with No. 16 Jochem 
Pieters and its meadows, bought of Pieter Slot. If the object 

1689, Jolante, daughter of La Montague, deceased. On September 19, 1701, be 
bought, from Peter Van Oblienis, a tract of land at Sherman's Creek, laid out to 
Oblienis, in 1691, as lot No. 20. This became the well-known Kortright farm, 
which continued in the family till 1786. It was originally ten morgen. or twenty acres, 
and is so rated on the town" books for the next half century; but tliis was exclusive 
(for meadows were never taxed) of the adjoining marsh, or the morasse creupelbos, 
of the original description. And then, be it remembered, the allotments of 1691 
generally overran the estimate, and this lot lying isolated was not likely to be an ex- 
ception. This brought it up to 45 acres, zy perches. Here P.astiaen ^lichielscn built 
and lived till very aged; at least, his name in the tax list runs down to 1753. He 
also owned two pieces of meadow at Kingsbridge, bought of the town by Joh. \'er- 
milye, April i, 169.?, and on the same date transferred to Bastiaen, to whom the 
town gave a deed January 4, 1700. Bastiaen Michielsen Kortright had issue, as far 
as appears, Michael, born 1697; Johannes, born 1702; Aefie, who married John De- 
voor, and Rachel, who married Isaac Delamontagnc. Johannes Bastiaens, as he is 
properly styled in certain deeds, but calling himself (after his fatlier's patronymic) 
"Johannes Michelson Kortright," married Aeltie, daughter of John Vcrmilyc, jd. 
He was a weaver, but succeeded to the farm at Sherman's Creek, which, in a mortgage 
given January 9, 1768, he describes as No. 20, and 10 morgen, and by tlic original 
boundaries of 1691. Within a year after, lie removed to New York, and liaving lost 
his wife, appears to have died about 1775. His son, John Courtright, as lie wrote 
his name, married in 1774, his cousin, Aefie, or Effie, daughter of John Devoor, ot 
Hoorn's Hook, and was last of the family to own the ancestral farm, of which he made 
sale. May 24, 1786, to Cornelius Ilarscn, who conveyed it, January 3, 1804, to Jacobus 
Dyckman, whence it came to his son, the late Isaac Dyckman. It was included in the 
tract of 128 acres (being part of said Isaac's estate) called the Fort George Tract, 
which was parcelled into lots, and disposed of by public sale, October 14, i868. 



268 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

of this was not well known, it came out August 27th ensuing, 
when two happy pair, to wit, Nagel and Rebecca Waldron, her 
sister Aeltie and Johannes Vermilye, appeared at the Stadt Huys, 
in New York, and "entered their bans of matrimony before his 
Honor the Mayor of this city, to be proclaimed at the usual time 
and place." This was the more genteel way of doing it. The 
bans being entered on the same Wednesday in the register of 
the church in the Fort, was followed by the three publications 
which usage required. The registration before the Mayor was 
a new thing here, perhaps due to a vacancy in the pastorate. 
The elder Megapolensis had just died, his son gone to Holland, 
and Drisius apparently absent; so Do. Polhemus, of Flatbush, 
now supplying New York, probably married these parties. 

No settlement as recommended by the Governor had yet 
been made with the claimants of the Jansen and Aertsen Patent 
at Sherman's Creek, awarded to the people of Harlem as within 
their general patent, though steps thereto had been taken a year 
before (May 2d, 1669), when De Meyer, Waldron and Oblinus 
were empowered to arrange it. Archer of course declined to 
take the worthless groundbrief, and the holders were now Paulus 
Richard, of New York, and Thomas Lamberts, of Brooklyn; 
the first having bought the interest of Pieter Jansen from his 
successor Kockuyt. The subject was again brought up by the 
following from the Governor, an order which was held by the 
Harlem people as in effect wiping out the old groundbriefs. 

An Order for the Payment of the sum of Three Hundred Guilders 
Sewant, to Paulus Richard and Thomas Lamberts. 

Whereas there hath been a difference long depending between the 
Town of Harlem on the one part, and Paulus Richard and Thomas 
Lamberts on the other, concerning a parcel of Land upon this Island, 
near Spuyten Duyvel, the which was heretofore adjudged to belong to 
the Town of Harlem, yet with this reservation, that in regard the first 
owners had sustained loss thereupon, payment should be made for the 
same, of so much as the first purchase money was ; and it appearing 
that one hundred and fifty guilders sewant was paid for one-half of the 
first purchase : It is this day ordered, that the sum of three hundred 
guilders sewant shall be paid to Paulus Richard and Thomas Lamberts, 
or their assigns, in lieu of all claims or pretenses whotsoever, they or 
either of them have to the said Land; and the Inhabitants of the Town 
of Harlem are from henceforth to have and enjoy the same, they paying 
the said sum of three hundred guilders as aforesaid, on or before the 
29th day of September next. Always provided that this shall be no 
precedent for any other pretense to lands within the Patent of the said 
Town of Harlem, by virtue of such old claims or groundbriefs. Given 
under my hand at Fort James, in New York, this 22d day of June, 1670. 

Francis Lovelace. 

The matter was arranged thus : Richard bought out Lam- 



HISTORY OF HARLK^r. 269 

berts' share, and took a bond from tlic IJarlcni UAks for the 
full amount of 300 guilders. 

On August 4th ensuing, Lubbert Gerritsen, who the last 
year had married the widow of Hendrick Karstens, sold Kar- 
stens' erf and out-garden to Joost Van Oblinus for 400 gl., to 
be paid to Coenraet and Jan Hendricks, sons of Karstens, when 
of lawful age. These afterward took the name of Boch. 

A little later (October 23d) LublxTt Gerritsen executed a 
power of attorney to his brother-in-law, Philip Weckman (Wake- 
man), of Leyden, to enable him to collect from the orphan mas- 
ters or others in that city a legacy of 800 gl. left to his wife, 
Femmetie Coenraets, by her mother's sister, Tryntie Gerrits. who 
had died at Leyden, October 7th, 1669. It is probable that this 
was sent to Holland by Nicholas De Meyer, who went thither 
the next spring, having several such collections to make foi 
persons at Esopus. 

Jan La Montague, wdio had recently lost his father,-'' now- 
resigned the duties of voorleser and schoolmaster, but retained 
the secretaryship. To fill the vacant position, the town officers 
engaged Hendrick Jansen Vander Mn, the former freeholder, 
for the term of three years, "at f. 400 yearly in sewant, or in 
grain at sewant price," and also a dwelling house, with 60 loads 
of firew^ood, which latter the following persons agreed to cut 
and deliver, annually, viz. : Resolved Waldron, Glaude Dela- 
mater, and Joost Van Oblinus, each 12 loads; David Demarest, 
Pieter Roelofsen, Jan Nagel, and Lubbcrt Gerritsen, each 6 
loads. This contract was entered into October 23d. The change 
w^as amicably made as regarded Montague, who agreed to pa\ 
the new voorleser yearly 10 fiorins 7 stivers. To aid in making 
up the salar}^, the town lot, garden, and meadow were, on the 
same date, leased for a term of six years to Francois ^lartino, a 
newly-arrived French refugee, who was to pay an annual rent 
of 120 gl. in sewant, or grain at- sewant price. The land had 
just been cleared of timber by Nelis Matthyssen, and was new; 
so Waldron, Delamater, Tourneur, Roelofsen, L. Gerritsen, W. 
Gerritsen, Demarest, and Oblinus, together agreed to give the 
lessee 53 loads of manure, "once for all." For reasons best 
known to himself, Martino soon turned over his lease to Jean 
Le Roy, and settled on Staten Island, where many of his des- 
cendants may still be found. t 

* See Montanye Family; Appendix B. 

t Francois Martino and his friend, Tean nollcville, joined Uic clnirch at New 
York, July 28, 1670, being the first mention of them. The latter was from St. Martin, 
near La Roehelle — perhaps Martino was — this early association and their later in- 



270 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

The ill-feeling between Cresson and Delamater again showed 
itself when the term of three years, during which the latter had 
worked Cresson's farm, was closing. The court had ordered 
payment for the lost ox, but one of the farm tools was found 
broken. On September ist Pierre in open court demanded his 
tools of Delamater, who was seated on the bench with his brother 
magistrates. Glaude answered that the broken tool was at the 
smith's, being mended. The court, hearing what passed between 
th'-. parties, referred them to their agreement of September 5th, 
1667, but put the court charges upon Cresson. Shortly after 
Glaude sent Pierre word by the constable to come and examine 
his tools. Cresson would do no such thing but again went to 
the court room, October 6th, and repeated his demand for the 
tools. Delamater now promised to send them by his son; but 
the court, to vindicate its injured dignity, directed Pierre to 
fetch the tools himself from the defendant's house, and fined him 
12 gl. and costs of suit. 

Vexed at what he conceived to be a harsh judgment, 
Cresson, at the sitting of the court December ist, entered, and 
asked if he must satisfy the sentence given against him. He 
was answered "Yes." Now passion got the better of him, and 
he denounced the magistrates as "unjust judges," adding, with 
other abusive words, that "instead of judges they were devils!" 
On this the court ordered the constable to take Cresson into 
custody and convey him a prisoner to the High Sheriff at New 
York, to be duly proceeded against. 

Cresson was soon released, but, now bent upon leaving the 
town, had his wife at Esopus apply for a building lot in that 
village, and this she asked for and obtained April 15th, 1671. 

Marcus Du Sauchoy brought a charge against John Archer, 
December ist, 1670, of some very bad usage, and cited Dirck 

timacy seeming to favor it. Whether Belleville was he who was called le Chaudron- 
nier, or, by the English, the Tinker, as the tirst signifies, I am not able to determine, 
but Jan- Tincker was enrolled in the night watch at Harlem, November 7, 1673, and 
went to Staten Island, where he held property, as did Belleville. (See note on Casier). 
Martino had 96 acres of land on Staten Island, laid out to him April 24, 1676, near 
the "Iron Mountain." To this Governor Dongan added 35 acres, in 1685. He mar- 
ried Hester Dominees, widow of Walraven L,utin, or Lutine; isstie, Stephen, born 
1679, and a daughter, who married Vincent Fontaine. Martino, in 1683, was foremost 
among the French and Walloon residents in sustaining the French worship. His will, 
made October i, 1706, and proved August 5, 1707, gave his estate, on the death of his 
widow, to his two god sons, Stephen Martino (son of Stephen, deceased) and Vincent 
Fontaine, Jr. (See Clute's Annals of Staten Island). It is to be regretted that the 
new and interesting work last cited contains so little relating to the original settlers 
upon that beautiful island; materials for their history are not entirely wanting. For 
some of these pioneers, see our Index under Disosway, Journeay, See, Casier, Uzille, 
Cresson and Bush; also L,akeman, Marlett and Guion. Many facts might also be 
gleaned respecting Jacques Baudoine, William Britton, Jean Crosseron or Crocheron; 
his son-in-law, Jacques Poillon; Gerrit Crousen, or Cruser; Jacques L,a Resilier, 
now Larzelere; Arend Prall, and Francois du Puis, or Depuy, the ancestors of families 
still upon the Island. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 271 

Everts to tell what he knew about it. The latter testified that, 
about four weeks before, Archer threw Du Sauchoy's furniture 
out of the house, but deponent knew not for what cause. The 
matter here rested for future action. 

A case came up December 14th whicli involved a princi])le 
of town law concerning- the woodlands. Laurens Colevelt, mar- 
ried to a niece of Resolved VValdron was neither a landowner 
nor resident, yet had been burning coals upon Waldron's lands 
on Van Keulen's Hook, to supply his forge. In so doing-, by 
accident, as he said, he burnt some of Le Roy's palisades. The 
latter arrested his coals, when Colevelt called an extra court in 
order to recover them, pretending to nearly 400 gl. damages for 
the want of them. But the court (Delamater taking Waldron's 
place) held that no one, not an inhabitant or proprietor, had any 
right to cut wood within this jurisdiction, much less within the 
fencing. Colevelt was condemned to make good Le Roy's loss, 
and pay costs of court ; being let off on these easy terms, and his 
coals released. 

On January 5th, 1671, the Town Court ordered a pound 
built, at the common charge, to be seven rails high, and imposed 
for each hog impounded a fine of i gl. 10 st., and for every 
horned beast 3 gl., the damage, if any had been done by the 
creature, to be made good. 

The subject of the town debts also came up as follows: 

Exhibited by Resolved Waldroii, as payable by the Lands of the Town : 

To Mr. John Sharp .^ f. 92 : o 

" Abraham la Noy * 68 : o 

" Daniel Tourneur iz '■ 16 

" Johannes ,Vermilje 24 : o 

" Resolved Waldron 41 : 4 

" Joost van Oblinus 6 : 15 

" Meyndert Maljaart* 3 : o 

" Pierre Cresson 2 : 10 

" Glaude le Maistre 6 : 15 

" David des Mareset 2 : o 

" Jean le Roy 4 : 10 

" Nicolls, for Patent 137 : 

" Paulus Richard, for the land at Spuytcn Duyvel 300 : 

" Johannes Verveelen 87 : 13 

* Mcynard Journee, or, as now written, Journcay, is the person here intended. 
This metamorphose arose from the similar import of the Dutch word maaljcn, and tlie 
Freneh journee, as adopted by the Dutch. WiUi these, the latter word, wrested 
from its usual meaning (a day of battle, or simply, a battle), had conic to denote .a 
coat of mail, which, in Dutch, was maaljen. Tlie two terms being used synonymously 
by his Dutch neighbors, Journee was often called Malyar, as pronounced, but whidi 
Montagne wrote as in the text. The English rccortls sometimes have it Malliar 
Journee — a tautological blunder. His given name. Meynard, became, in Dutch, jNIeyn- 
dert. Incidental notices of Journee, both Ijcforc and after his emigration, will be 
found on other pages. On his arrival here, he settled with Bogert, in Brooklvn, where 
lie united with the church, April 9, 1664, on certificate from Mannheim, and on June 
2, ensuing, married Elizabeth du Mont, a young lady born at Middelburg. She was 
probably sister to Margaret du Mont, wife of Pierre Noue, who, as wc have seen, 



272 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

The last item involved a careful auditing of accounts for six 
years past, in which those of the town, with IVIontagne as their 
collector, those of Verveelen as tapster, — mainly his indebted- 
ness to the excise, and his scores for liquors furnished the mag- 
istrates, — as also the particular transactions between Montague 
and Verveelen, were much mixed up. Curious as these details 
are, we must exclude them. The balances being struck, the town 
found Montague its debtor for 208 gl., and itself indebted to 
Verveelen 87 gl. 13 st. Hereupon Montague drew up the fol- 
lowing, which Verveelen signed : 

On this date, iStli Feb'y, I, Johannes Verveelen, acknowledged to have 
settled with Montagne for his accounts, and for the accounts of the Town, 
so that there is due me from the Town, by balance of accounts, seven and 
eighty guilders, thirteen stivers. Dated as above. 

Johannes VbrveEi^En. 

To discharge these several debts an assessment was author- 
ized to be made upon the lands and erven : on each erf, f. 10 : 
18:12; and on each morgen, f. 2:16:14. 

O cruel Cupid ! ever seizing the favored opportunity to 
scatter his fatal darts where met the young and unwary to 
cheerily while the social hour, to crack walnuts and rustic jokes, 
or yet seeking a prouder conquest among those not strangers 
to his shafts ; his triumphs the past winter are thus summed up : 

Persons whose bans of matrimony are entered by consent of the 
Worshipful Mayor of this City, New York, and according to custom, 
published in the church. 

Feb. i8th, 1671, William Waldron, born at Amsterdam, with Engeltie 
Stoutenburgh, of New York. Present, Resolved Waldron and Peter 
Stoutenburgh. 

March 5th. Martin Hardewyn with Madeleine du Sauchoy, both living 
at Fordham. Present, the bride's mother, Elizabeth Nachtegaal, and 
Jacques Cousseau ; with a note from the bride's father. Marc du Sauchoy, 
that he beared consent to the same. 

April 7th. Jean le Roy, living at New Haerlem, widower of Louise 
de Lancaster, with Marie Taine, widow of Philip Casier, living at New 
York. 

came otit in the same vessel with Journee, and it is quite as apparent that Margaret 
was sister to Wallerand du Mont, of Esopus. She who became Mrs. Journiee was 
most likely the person that accompanied Noue and his wife in their voyage, and is 
called his "sister." Journee held honorable places in the town government at Harlem, 
resigning that of magistrate when he removed to Staten Island, toward the close of 
1676, having sold his house and bouwery, March 7, preceding, to Jan Nagel and Jan 
Delamater, for 2700 guilders. His meadow, on Sherman's Creek, has till late years 
borne the name of Meyndert's Fly. On March 26, 1677, he bought 80 acres of land 
on Staten Island, from Francis Chartier. Journee had lived there but a year when he 
died, January 30, 1678. Some months after his widow married "Boswell de Lisle, 
alias Francois;" the Court of Sessions held at Gravesend June ig, 1678, appointing 
Paulus Richard, with Obadiah Holmes, of Staten Island, as trustees for the children, 
to "take care that the estate of said children be not embezzled." There were several 
daughters, but the only son, apparently, was John Journeay, who married, in 1703, 
Elizabeth Deyo. But we have made no effort to trace his descendants, who have be- 
come numerous, while some have been prominent on the island, to which, however, 
the name is by no means restricted. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 273 

April 29th. Adolph Meyer, young man. born at Ulsen, in Westphalia, 
with Maria Verveelen, born at Amsterdam.* 

Johannes Pelszer sues Johannes Verveelen March 2(1. i')/!, 
for a claim of 24 g\., the balance of 90 gl. 12 st., his former 
indebtedness, of which Koopal (Archer) had paid him 66 gl. 
12 St. He also complained that Verveelen had accused him 
of being- "the cause that the defendant's house had come to be 
burnt." Verveelen answered that the plaintiff had said that he, 
defendant, kept two account books. He maintained that his 
arrest was unlawful, since he was a resident, and plaintiff could 
have levied on his goods ; he claimed 6 gl. for the ten days" arrest. 
The court having heard all they had to say, allowed Pelzer the 
24 gl., and Verveelen to pay the costs. On the same date the 
old Indian interpreter, Claes Carstensen, a Norwegian, who had 
lived some thirty years in the country and several in this town, 
was granted a small house lot, to use during his lifetime, but 
without the right of succession. Carstensen had seen better 
days. 

"Whereas the carriage road between this City and New Haerlem is 
impassable; and this Worshipful Court considering it necessary that a 
carriage road be maintained between this City and the above-named vil- 
lage : It is therefore ordered and directed by the W. Court that the 
magistrates of New Haerlem and the overseers of the highways beyond 
the Fresh Water shall lay out together the most suitable work, and that 
then, on the hrst day of the next coming montli of May, the said road 
shall be made fit for use, by the inhabitants of the village of Haerlem, 
and the householders, both on this and the other side of the Fresh Water, 
each for his limits, and that on such penalty as shall be fixed by said 
magistrates and overseers." 

The above order was passed by the AEayor's Court. April 
i8th, 1671, and Jan Jansen Langestraat, Dirck Sieckcn (alias 
Dey), and Jan Cornelisz De Ryck, were then appointed as cncr- 
seers "on this and the other side of the Fresh Water.'" 

Cornelius and Laurens Jansen, having for a year worked 
the farm bought in partnership of Mr. De Meyer, agreed to 
part. Laurens was about to lease the farm of Lubbcrt Gerritsen : 
the parties met for the purpose, October 24th, 1670. and the con- 

* Maria JVIeyer, mother of a large and worthy progeny, identified as she was 
with Harlem, from her early childhood for a period of eighty-five years, and. as 
daughter of the patentee, Johannes Verveelen, dirtctly concerned in the principal 
distribution of the common "land — she becomes a historic character, .\fter a married 
life of forty years and tliirty-seven of widowhood, and having survived all the Dongan 
patentees, except possiblv Bareiit Waldron, death overtook her at the advanced age of 
92 years, in 1748. It afforded the author an aKreeablc surprise, while engaged si>me 
thirty years ago in the preparation of a work kindred to the present one, to discover 
that he was a descendant of this locally noted woman, and also of the redoubt.iblc 
Spuyten Duvvel ferrvmaster; and subsequently to find that a lineal chain, of eight 
intervening links, allied him to good old H.ans \'erveclen and Catrina Olivier.s. of 
Cologne. (Sec Annals of Newtown, pp. 277, 305. ,117)- 



274 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

tract was partly drawn, when they failed to agree. Cornells 
having taken the De Meyer farm, Laurens on May 5th ensuing 
(1671) gave him a lease of his part for four years, to date from 
September 25th, 1670, at the yearly rent of 400 gl. in grain. 
Their father, Jan Bastiaense, and Bastiaen Elyessen, the father- 
in-law of Cornells, were present and subscribed this agreement. 
Laurens went to Esopus and married, and is not found at Harlem 
for several years. 

On May i8th, 1671, Jan Louwe Van Schoonrewoerd, of 
Bedford, L. L, later known as Jan Louwe Bogert, bargained 
with Jan La Montague for his "piece of land named in the 
Dutch language Montague's Punt, or by the Indians Rechco- 
wanis," for the sum of 3,000 gl. He reserved "the crop of grain, 
the hop plants, apple and pear trees, and twelve cherry trees." 
Full possession was to be given on receipt of the first payment, 
due May ist, 1672. Some account will be given of the numer- 
our and respectable family descendants of Bogert. 

On Septemebr 6th Meynard Journee sold to Dirck Storm 
his property at Bedford, Brooklyn, consisting of houses, land, 
meadow, etc., for 1,400 gl. in wheat, peas, or rye, at the price 
of sewant. Jan Louwe Van Schoonrewoerd witnesses this 
deed.* 

On the same day, said Jan Louwe and his wife, Cornelia 
Everts, residing at Bedford, aforesaid, made their will at Harlem, 
as they expected to remove here. They "give to the poor of 
New Harlem the sum of ten guilders as a memorial." Speak of 
children, but name none. Make Johannes Pietersen Verbrugge 
and Tenuis Gysberts Bogert executors. The witnesses are Cor- 
nells Jansen and Johan Daniels, late under sheriff at New Castle, 

■•■ Dirck Storm, as already noticed, arrived here in 1662, with his wife, Maria 
Pieters, and three young children. He had in all, at least, sons, Gregoris, Peter and 
David, and daughter, Maria, who married Caspar Springsteen. In 1669 he succeeded 
Carel de Beauvois, deceased, as secretary at Brooklyn ; afterward served some years 
as town clerk at Flatbush, was made Clerk of the Sessions for Orange County, in 
1691, and held that office till 1703. In 1697 he and family were living at Philips Manor, 
Westchester County, where his descendants became numerous and noted. His son, 
Gregoris Storm, married, at New Utrecht, Engeltie, daughter of Thomas Van Dyck, 
and had sons, Derick, born 1695; Thomas, born 1697, etc. After Gregoris, or Goris, 
as commonly called, died, his widow married Jacques Tourneur, of Harlem. Her son, 
Thomas Storm, becoming a widower, married the daughter of Adolph Meyer, of Har- 
lem, and widow of Johannes Sickels, ist. Thomas remained on Philips Manor, hold- 
ing a farm under Col. Frederick Philips, but he made three several purchases of land 
in Rombout Precinct, Dutchess County, on which he settled his sons Gerrit, Goris, 
Abraham and John. His son Isaac took his place at Philips Manor. Other sons, 
Thomas, his eldest, and Jacob, were dead when he made his will, June, 28, 1763. It 
was proved January 15, 1770. Abraham Storm married, October s, 1759, Catherine, 
daughter of Aaron Bussing, of Harlem. An active whig in the Revolution, he was 
"made prisoner by the British troops," and his family saw him no more. On March 
22, 1784, his widow released to Gerrit, Goris and Isaac Storm the lands of said 
Abraham, in Rombout Precinct, and, returning to Harlem, obtained, by deed of August 
18, 1784, from her_ father's executor, John Sickels, the farm of 31 acres on Van 
Keulen's Hook, which she sold, eleven years later, to James Roosevelt. She died 
August 16, 1803, leaving no children. The descendants of Dirck Storm take prominence 
for numbers and worth. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 275 

Delaware, under Beeckman, and who had before '"held this posi- 
tion under Mr. Montague." The testator signs Jan Lu Van 
Sooderwoer. 

]\Iayor Delavall held this court at Harlem on September 8th, 
1671, at which were considered: 

1. Complaint of David Demarest against John Archer, for 
mawing grass in his meadow at Spuyten Duyvel, being Xo. i 
on the Westchester side. 

2. Complaint of Alartin Hardewyn, of Fordham, against 
Archer, for breaking down his fences. 

3. Complaint of ^larcus Du Sauchoy, of Fordham, against 
Archer, for throwing his furniture out of doors. 

4. Complaint of Johannes A^rveelen against Archer. 

The first case was referred to the magistrates of Harlem 
and Fordham. the others to the arbitration of Daniel Tourneur 
and Jan La Alontagne. 

The "Tuhabitants of the Town of Fordham" also preferred 
a charge against Archer, "that the defendant, several times, hath 
been the occasion of great troubles betwixt the inhabitants of 
the said Town, he taking upon himself to rule and govern over 
them by rigor and force; and do humbly desire relief and the 
protection of this Court." 

"Upon the hearing of both parties, the court ordered the 
defendant, John Archer, to behave himself, for the future, civilly 
and quietly against the inhabitants of the said Town, as he will 
answer to the contrary at his peril." 

"And it is further ordered, that all small difterences. which 
for the future shall happen to fall out at Fordham aforesaid, 
shall be decided at Harlem by the magistrates of Fordham, with 
the assistance of two of the magistrates of Harlem aforesaid, 
except those of Fordham will be at the charge to satisfy the magis- 
trates of Harlem for coming up to their Town of Fordham." 

On October nth, 1671. John Archer executed at Harlem 
sundry new leases for farms at Fordham, viz. : to Hendrick Kier- 
sen, Aert Pietersen Buys, and Cornells Viervant ; making the 
rent payable to Cornells Stcenwyck, of New York, to whom 
Archer, on September loth, 1669, had given a mortgage on his 
lands for 1,100 gl. in wampum. Another mortgage to Steen- 
wyck in 1676, for 2,400 gl. sewant, ultimately gave him the full 
title and possession of the Manor of Fordham, which passed 
under his will and by certain deeds to the Dutch Church at 
New York.* 

* In getting possession, the cluirch met with great opposition from the town of 



276 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

On October 23d the voorleser's salary, 400 gl., became due, 
and to pay it a tax was authorized, "calculated 2-3 on the lands, 
and 1-3 on the Erven; amounting for each morgen to f. i :i2:6, 
and for each erf, f. 6:7." But, notes Montague in the margin, 
"It came to nothing." The reason is found in the strong aver- 
sion of the people to being taxed for religious purposes, especially 
the French and Walloons, who, cruelly tithed and amerced in 
their native lands to support the old church, had a mortal dread 
of this compulsory giving. Then, again, the present tax for 
exceeded any former call for this object. Montague's allowance 
as voorleser was not over 150 gl. per annum, one third of which, 
derived from the Company, failed after the first year. But what- 
ever he got from the people was by voluntary gift. Hence the 
present opposition to an assessment, and this proving effectual, 
led to a return to the former method of free-will offerings, — a 
plan continued for several years, though, unfortunately, the 
earlier lists of contributors are missing. 

Two days later, a meeting was held at Cornelis Jansen's to 
adjust certain fines which had also caused no little excitement. 
It happened, July 7th preceding, that two of Jansen's horses 
were found upon the bouwland without a herder and driven to 
the pound, with one owned by "Mr. Aldrich," one of Waldon's, 
and one of Adolph Meyer's. The next day another of Waldron's 
horses, and one of Meyer's, and the next day still, being Sunday, 
a pair of oxen of David Demarest's, one of Delavall's hogs, and 
two of Pieter Roelofsen's. Again on the 24th were put in pound 
three hogs belonging to Waldron and Nagel, besides a yoke of 
oxen owned by Jean Le Roy, and found cropping the herbag.^ 
"in the garden." 

This enforcement of the law made some squirming, as the 
fines were put at 6 gl. for each horse, ox, etc., amounting in all 
to f. 74:8. But the matter was finally ararnged, over sundry 
pots of Tapster Jansen's beer, for which his bill against the town 
was as follows : 

Westchester. _ This led, in 1688, to a forcible entry by the officers and friends of the 
former. Elijah Barton, dwelling "near Harlem River, within the bounds of West- 
chester, at the house that formerly Aert Pietersen lived in," was, with his father 
Roger Barton, engaged "to keep possession for and in behalf of the town of West- 
chester," when, on July 16, in the afternoon, "there came a great company of men with 
Nicholas Bayard of New York," demanding admittance. This being refvised, Reyer 
Michiels and Tennis De Key, at Bayard's word, broke open the dooi-, and the Bartons 
were ousted and roughly handled. With Bayard were also Nicholas Stuyvesant, Johan- 
nes Kipp, Isaac Van Vleeck, Michiel Bastiaens, his wife, and sons Bastiaen and Reyer 
Michiels, Hendrick Kiersen and Jacques Tourneur. Also "in the exploit" was Hannah 
(or Anna) Odell, wife of John Odell. Hendrick Verveelen and Jacob Valentine were 
there, too. The Westchester authorities issued a warrant July 20, to "take the bodies 
of the said Reyer Michiels, with the said complycetors." But the church maintained its 
hold, and the lands were ultimately sold off in parcels between the years 17SS and 
1760. 



HISTORY OF HARLE.M. 2^-7 

CoRXELis Jansex,, Credit. 
Drank at the settlement of the fines, the 25th Oct. 1671 at two 

bouts ' f^^ . Q 

Also for ]\Ir. Arent, engaged at writing, 2 vans beer* i ■ \-> 

Further, after the settlement was conducted, also drank 5 vans 

beer and i muts runr . . jq 

f. 40 : 2 
John Archer, to escape the interference of the Harlem niai^is- 
trates, obtained from Governor Lovelace, November 13th, 1671. 
an ample patent for his domain, upon which "the new dorp or 
village is erected known by the name of Fordham." It was to 
enjoy "equal privileges and immunities with any town, enfran- 
chised township, or manor within this government." Released 
from all dependence upon, or subjection to the rule, order, or 
direction of an}- other riding, towaiship, place, or jurisdiction; 
thereafter it was to "be ruled, ordered, and directed, in all matters 
as to government, by the Governor and his Council, and the 
General Court of Assizes only." It now took the style of the 
"jNIanor of Fordham." But not long after, "upon complaint of 
some disorders which were made at the town of Fordham, in 
the Corporation of this City, by reason they lie too far distant 
from any constable or overseers," his Honor the Alayor, on 
February 13th, 1672. appointed Johannes \"erveelen as constable 
and clerk, and Jan Pieters Buys and John Heddy as overseers 
of the said town, to serve during his mayoraltv. 

A'alentine Claessen, founder of the ^'alentine famil\- at 
Valentine's Hall, having sold his property in Harlem to ^\x. 
Delavall, resolved upon a sea-voyage, and on December nth. 
1671, procured the governor's pass "to transport himself hence 
in the ketch Zebulon, whereof John Follett is commander, for 
the Isle of Providence, Curacao, and Jamaica, in the West Indies ; 
and to return again as his occasions should present, etc."** 

* Arent Evertsen Ketcltas, here referred to, was, like his father. "Mr. Evert 
Pietersen Keteltas." a voorleser and schoolmaster. (See note on page 96). In 1664 
Arent is called molenaar. that is miller. He was here before \'ander Vin was engaged 
as voorleser, maybe serving temporarily in that office. But he soon left, and on Octo- 
ber 6. 16-0. Tourneur took his place as curator of Kier Wolters' estate. .Vrent's wife. 
Susannah de Boog. was sister to Mr.s. Wilhelmus Beeckman. They were daughters of 
Hendrick de Boog, of Amsterdam, whose wife was a sister of Mrs. Jonas Pironck. 
The Keteltas family descend from Evert Pietersen Keteltas. 

t A vaan was two quarts, and a mutsje one gill. 

**^The Valentine famib-, of Westchester, from which most of this name in New 
York City have sprung, has been quite misapprehended, as regards its common ancestor, 
who was not "Benjamin \'alentine, a dragoon in the French military service, Canada," 
as per Bolton, i_i, 544: but \*alentine Claessen aforesaid, who, as a soldier, gained his 
laurels under Stuyvesant, not in Canada, but in .nn expedition to ICsopus. in 1660. 
His sons took and retained the patronymic \'alcntine. He was from Saxcnlant, in 
Transylvania; married, in 1662, Marritie Jacobs, from Beest, and before settling in 
Westchester coimty. lived sonic years in llarlcni, wlicre his vrouw found people from 
her native place, the Kortrights and Buys brothers. N'alcnfinc Claessen is named as 
late as 1688. His children, Jacob, born 1663, living 1690; Matthys, born 1665; John, 



278 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

On December i8th, certain Indians, some of them appar- 
ently the same that signed Montagne's deed for Rechawanes, 
conveyed to Daniel Tourneur, of New Harlem, all their lands 
"lying upon the Main, next to the land of John Archer, beginning 
at the Bay on the south side of Crab Island, and so running 
alongst the Creek parting the Main and Manhattan Island, to 
Bronxland, and thence extending east and west so far as the 
land of the said John Archer." This was the same land as that 
granted Tourneur June 15th, 1668, but which the Indians after- 
ward claimed, and therefore this purchase was authoried by the 
Governor, who added "a small tract behind it towards Broncks 
his river, the which doth properly belong to no person," and 
confirmed the whole to Tourneur, March 8th, 1672. Governor 
Dongan, as we shall see, afterward entrenched this grant, other- 
wise disposing of that part since known as De Voe's Point. 

On December 29th, 1671, Daniel Tourneur, ruling magis- 
trate, and his wife, Jacqueline Parisis, both in health, made their 
will, and give 10 gl. each for the poor of New Harlem. The sur- 
vivor to manage and use the estate till death or remarriage ; then 
the children to share it equally. Witnesses, David Demarest and 
Glaude Delamater. 

On January 7th, 1672, Pieter Van Oblinus, a boy of 9 or 
10 years, driving through the village with his fathers' horse and 
sleigh, ran over David Demarest's child, Daniel, 5 or 6 years old, 
who was playing with other children, about the door of Cornells 
Jansen's tavern. He died the next morning, and the magistrates 
then assembled to inquire into the circumstances. It was shown, 
by the statements of Cornells Jansen, Arent Harmans Bussing, 
and Conrad Hendricks Boch, to have been accidental. Joost 
Van Oblinus declared "that he did not know of the accident till 
informed of it by others, and that he was heartily sorry." 

On February ist, David Demarest, ruling magistrate, and his 
wife, Marie Sohier, in health, but "reflecting on the frailty of 
human life," made their will, giving, "each of them, 25 gl. to 
the poor of New Harlem, as a remembrance." The survivor to 
enjoy the estate until remarriage, and then "even though the 
laws of the land provide that one child shall inherit more than 
the other," their will is that "all their lawful children, mutually 

born 1671; Mary, born 1674, are all of which we find notice. Matthys, living 1710, 
probably died before May 3, 1724, when a division of land was made by John and Mat- 
thias yalentine, of Lower Yonkers, his sons, if we are not much mistaken. John was 
born in 1691. Matthias was born in 1693 — not '98, as his children's ages show — and 
died in 1781, being the "first proprietor of Valentine's Hill, Yonkers," as says Mr. 
Bolton; in whose work upon Westchester County, but more fully in the later History 
of the Valentine Family, may be found the several branches of the family tree, of 
which we have given the trunk. 



HISTORY OF HARLE^I. 279 

begotten, shall inherit equal legatary portions.'' Witnesses, Dan- 
iel Tourneur and Glaude Delamater. 

On February 8th, the Town leased two parcels of meadow ; 
the first, not located, being taken by Lubbert Gerritsen, Jan Nagel, 
and Johannes Vermelje, for six years from May ist, 167 1, at 31 
gl. a year. The other, "a piece of meadow at the North River" 
(called a little later Moertje Davids' Fly), was taken for the 
same term by David Demarest, at the yearly rent of 24 gl. 

The same day, Jan La Montague secured the signatures of 
the magistrates to the following deed for his Point, written in 
October preceding, but its execution for some cause delayed. It 
included also the meadows granted him some years before, in 
exchange for some others at Sherman's Creek. The efifect of 
this deed was to release whatever claim the town might have 
acquired from Governor Nicolls' Patent, and to place the property 
on a common footing with the other improved lands, so that 
from this date it became taxable for town charges, and at the 
same time invested with the right to a share of the common lands 
held by the freeholders in joint tenancy, whenever a division of 
said lands should be made. Hence the value of this deed to 
Montague, and to Bogert, who was to succeed him in that estate. 

We, Hon. Magistrates, with the vote and resolution of the Inhabitants 
of this 'Town, have granted forever and as hereditary, to Jan de La 
Montagne, a piece of land, with the meadows thereto annexed, named 
Montagne's Point, formerly possessed by his late father, lymg within 
our Town's jurisdiction, bounded on the north side by a creek called 
Montagne's Kill; extending from the East River unto a little fresh water 
creek running between ^lontagne's Flat and aforesaid Point : on the 
south side bounded by a creek and a meadow and by hills, to the atore- 
said little fresh water creek where the King's ^lajesty his highway goes 
over : with the Meadows lying in the Bend of Hellgate, which Mon- 
tague beforenamed has had in exchange for the Town Lots meadows; 
with such rights and privileges as are granted us by patent and still re- 
main to grant; provided he submit to such laws and servitudes as with 
us are common and may be imposed, without that we or our Inhabitants, 
now or in future days, shall have any claim thereupon, but as his other 
patrimonial property may enter upon and use or sell, as he may resolve 
and shall choose, saving the lord's right. For further security and that 
our deed shall have greater force and legal authority, we the^Iagistrates 
and constables the same subscribe, this 8th February, Anno 1672, in x\ew 
Haerlem. ^ _. 

D. TOVRNEUR. 

Resalvert Waldron. 

Johannes Vermelje. 

David des Marest. 

PiETER Roelefsen, Cotstahlc* 

* The freauent use already made of this deed, has led us to give an amended 
transla?ion of 'it from the original Dutch text of Montagne; and we also annex a 
verbatim copy of said original. 

Wy, E. Magistraten, met toestemminge en goctvindcn van de inwoondercn deser 



28o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

To all familiar with our modern Manhattan, with its fine 
avenues, its railways, and ample means of through transit, the 
following action of the Mayor's Court of February 13th, 1672, 
must at least prove amusing. It was in the Mayoralty of Mr. 
Delavall. 

The Court do empower Mr. Cornelis van Ruyven and Mr. Isaac Bedlo, 
aldermen, to cause the former orders for making a good wagon path be- 
twixt this city and the Town of Ilaerlem to be put into strict execution. 

The record proceeds to say that "it is still found unfinished," 
although recommended by the Governor, "at divers times," and 
enjoined by the Court upon the Overseers both of Harlem and 
the Suburbs. "For which reason many complaints have been 
lodged, yea, that people wishing lately to travel over that road 
on horseback have been in danger of losing their lives, by the 
negligent keeping of the said road." This had moved the Gov- 
ernor again not only to earnestly recommend but to require its 
immediate completion, "forthwith, without any delay." The 
two aldermen commissioned to take charge of it were instructed, 
as often as they saw fit, to summon "the Overseers, as well of 
Harlem as of the outside people dwelling hereabouts," to tell 
them "how very ill it has been taken that the previous orders 
regarding the aforesaid road have not been better observed," and 
"to devise means, not only to finish said road, but to keep it 
constantly in good repair." 

durpe, hebben vergunt, eeuwich en erffelyck, aen Jan de La Montogne, een stuck landt, 
met de valeyen daar anex, genaamt Montangis punt, eertyt door syn vader si. 
gepossedeert, gelegen binnen onse onser durps jurisdictie, bepaalt aen de noort syde 
het een yil genaamt Montam Kil, streckende van de cost revier tot aen een verse 
killekken streckende tussen Montangis Vlackte en voornm punt. Aen de zuyt zyde 
bepaalt met een kil en een valey en met bergen, tot aen de voornm verse killeken daar 
zyn Konm Majism zyn hooge wech overgaat, met de valej^en gelegen in de bocht vant 
Hellegat die Montagne voornm gereuylt heeft heest tegens durps lodts valeven; met 
soodanige gerechticheeden en privilegen als ons by patent is vergunt, en noch staat te 
yergunnen, mits hem onderwerpende sodanige wetten en servituten als ons int gemeen 
is en sal opgeleyt worden, sonder dat wy ofte ons ingesetenen, nu oft ten eeuwigen 
dagen, daar iets op sullen te pretenderen hebben, maar gelyck syne andere patrimoniale 
goederen sal aenvaarden en gebrucken, of verkoopen, so als hy sal goetvinden en wille 
kueren, behoudens den herr zyn recht. Tot meerder verseekeringe en op onser gront- 
brief meerder kracht en echt sal resorteren hebben, wy magistraten en konstapel de 
selve onderteeckent, Ay 8 Feb'y Anno 1672, in Nieu Haarlem. 

D. TournEur. 

Resalvert VermELJE. 

Johannes Desmarest. 

Pieter Roelefsen, Constaple. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

1672-1673. 

THE DORP, OR VILLAGE; INCIDENTS AND INSIGHTS. 

npHE Town Court was busied April 23, 1672, with an investi- 
gation sought by David Demarest as to an assauU made 
upon him the day before by Claude Delamater. The townsfolk 
being at work, "making tight the fences of the Calf Pasture," 
Demarest fell into conversation with Ralph Doxey, J\Ir. Dela- 
vall's man ; after which, going to Delamater, he charged him as 
the cause of Heer Delavall being at variance with the town ; add- 
ing, that before he, Delamater, became intimate with him, Delavall 
let his cows go with the herdsman. Delamater retorted that "he 
lied like a bufifoon and a bugger," and seizing Demarest by the 
coat kicked him. Instinctively the latter caught up a stone and 
threw it, hitting Delamater on the breast ! Here further violence 
was sta}-ed. As Demarest was a magistrate, the board had to 
refer the case to the Mayor's Court, and with that view took the 
evidence of Jean le Roy, Adolpli Meyer, Glilis Boudewynsen, 
and Lubbert Gerritsen. Joost Van Oblinus became bail for 
Demarest's appearance. 

Jean De La Montague's last official act as secretary was to 
record this affair of the Calf Pasture, and beneath the entry liis 
successor, Vander \\n. writes: "Here ends the register and 
protocol of the deceased J. De La Montague, kept at the village 
of N. Harlem." And years after, when growing infirmities fore- 
shadow^ed his own departure, he added in a tremulous hand, 
"since the said Jan De La Montague died in the year 1672." 
Stuyvesant, the old friend of his father and family, had but just 
preceded him to the grave. He made his will May 13. 1672, 
of which we have only the date, but which must have given his 
consort the full control of the estate. Two years later the 
widow closed the sale of the farm to I'Jogert, by a warrant) 
deed, dated March 30th, 1674, acknowledging the receipt of the 
3,000 gl., and conveving for herself and heirs ; liav'ng ptnver to 



282 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

do so, as is evident, either under the will, or by the recognized 
rules of law, since she acted with the knowledge and ofificial 
sanction of the public secretary, and one of the magistrates. 
Later still — that is, on November 14, 1679 — she conveyed for 
300 gl to Mrs. Bogert, "authorized by her husband," to take 
the deed, the parcel called the Hop Garden at the rear of the 
farm, or "lying behind the land of John Louwe, over against 
the hill." Montague left no other real estate here; that owned 
subsequently by his son, Abraham Montague (the only son that 
remained at Harlem), being derived through his mother, who 
bought a village residence, which fell to Abraham at her death 
in 1689. True the latter afterward indulged the idea that he 
was entitled to a share of the common land, in virtue of his 
father's freehold, but the town held that such right had passed 
to Bogert. 

The church at Harlem lost in Montague a good and useful 
servant. It applied soon after for an elder to represent it in 
the Consistory at New York, under whose charge it had been 
up to this time. This was acceded to, and by an agreement made 
Wednesday, June 19, 1672, the Harlem church were to nomi- 
nate to the Consistory a double number of suitable persons as 
elders and deacons (the first institution of the former office here), 
out of which that body would choose one to serve with them. 
Then after each annual election made in this indirect mode — 
an exception to that usual in the Dutch churches — the pastor 
at New York was to preach at Harlem, and install the new offi- 
cres. The deacon was to serve two years, so that there should 
always be two in office; but in regard to the eldership the usage 
of the church was not followed, as but one elder appears, for 
many years later. The communicants would still partake of the 
Lord's Supper at the Fort, and all seeking membership were to 
be received there as before. It was also agreed to pay "three 
hundred guilders to the preachers of New York," namely, Do. 
Drisius and his newly inducted colleague. Do. Nieuwenhuysen, 
"for services at this village." 

In this manner the church obtained its representative elder 
and deacon, the latter being Joost Van Oblinus, with whom 
Daniel Tourneur, acting deacon, was to serve the first year. 
The elder's name is not given. For the installation services, 
"the preacher" received f. 24, and f. 6 were paid Tenuis Cray 
for "fare," bringing and returning the dominie, we presume. 
On July 26th Resolved Waldron paid over to Deacon Oblinus, 
as treasurer, the balance of sewant in the deacon's chest, f. 2:15. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 283 

The new cash-book is thus prefaced : "Daniel Tourneur, Johan- 
nes Verveelen, and John de La ^lontagne, in their accounts, are 
remaining indebted to the deaconry, f. 21 -.ig." So it seems that 
on revising- IMontagne's accounts, this sum expended in 1665 
for the dinner to Stuyvesant, and charged to the deacon's fund, 
was disallowed. The collections from this time average about 
two florins, or eighty cents, per Sabbath, as shown by the record 
kept by Vander Yin, under whose lead, as voorleser, the Sunday 
services were continued with much regularity. Also, as appears, 
they religiously observed the Yoorbereyding, — that is, the Pre- 
paration for the Lord's Supper,— on the Friday before its quar- 
terly celebration, in March, June, etc.; as also Kersdag, or 
Christmas ; Palm Sunday ; Paasche, Passover or Easter ; Hemel- 
vaarts-dag. Ascension Day, and Pinxter. or Whitsuntide. Aller- 
heyligen, or All Saints' Day, November ist, was excluded from 
the church days, but was often named as the date when a con- 
tract or term of service should begin or end. 

With the farmers, Allerheyligen usually closed the grazing 
season. Then they began to prepare for winter. The cattle 
were taken from pasture, and the stock running in the commons 
hunted up and housed. The young swine often ran out all 
winter, but were liable to be missing when sought for. Indeed 
certain persons about Spuyten Duyvel did not scruple to em- 
bezzle them. It was an old trick with Tippett, who, with others, 
had been at it again the last winter. Arraigned and convicted 
at the Assizes, October 3. 1672, "Jan Hendricks, called Captain" 
(otherwise Boch), for his "ingenuous confession," was excused; 
but fines and stripes were imposed on Thomas Hunt, Jr.. and 
George Tippett, and fines only on John Heddy and William 
Smith. 

An event which cast a gloom over the communit>- at Har- 
lem was the death of Capt. Richard Morris and his wife, leaving 
a tender babe to the care and sympathy of strangers. Full of 
hope thev came hither from Barbadoes, wh&re the>- had been 
married '(she as Sarah Pool) on August 17, 1669. Captain 
Matthias Nicolls thus condoles with the brother. Colonel Lewis 
Morris, of Barbadoes, in a letter written him from New York, 
October 29. 1672: "I cannot but reflect upon the transitory 
condition of poor mortals, when I frequently call to mind in 
how little time God hath been pleased to break a family, in taking 
away the heads thereof; first a virtuous young woman in the 
prime of life, and then a man full of strength and vigor, inured 
to hardships; while there is remaining onl>- one poor blossom, 



284 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

of whom yet there may be great hope, with your kind friendship, 
for it is a lovely healthy child, and was well at Harlem, where 
it is at nurse, and I went to see it yesterday. I was also at the 
plantation on the other side,'' etc. The "poor blossom," an 
infant of a year old, afterward became the distinguished judge, 
Lewis Morris, proprietor of the manor of Alorrisania, and ances- 
tor of the Morris family. 

An effort was now made to put a stop to the controversies 
"about some meadow in difference, beneath the Town of Ford- 
ham," being lots Nos. i, 2, 3, 4, held by the people of Harlem. 
Though nothing appears to have come of it, the following order 
upon the subject is interesting: 

Whereas the Meadow Ground or Valley by the Creek beneath the 
town of Fordham at Spuyten Duyvel is claimed by some of the inhabit- 
ants of New Harlem, but is at so great distance from them and lying 
un fenced, and so near the Town of Fordham that those of Harlem can 
receive little or no benefit thereby, as the inhabitants of Fordham cannot 
avoid being daily trespassers there, if the propriety there shall still 
continue to Harlem ; To prevent all further cavils and contests upon 
that subject, as also for an encouragement to that ney Plantation, as 
well as in compensation to those of Harlem for their interest which they 
shall quit at Spuyten Duyvel ; I do hereby promise and engage that some 
convenient piece of meadow being found out at or near Bronx Land, in my 
disposal, I shall grant and confirm the same unto the persons concerned ; 
provided the said grant do not greatly prejudice the rest of Bronx Land 
when it shall be settled; and I do refer this matter to Daniel Tourneur 
and David des Marest, with John Archer, to make inquiry hereunto, and 
make report thereof unto me with all convenient expedition. Given, etc., 
this Qth day of November, 1672. 

Francis Love;lace. 

A nomination for town officers having been made November 
2d, and the position of secretary, vacant since the death of 
Montague, given to Vander Vin, he was confirmed December 3d 
in that office for which he was peculiarly fitted, as a scholar and 
good penman. On December 6th, Pierre Cresson and Meyndert 
Journee were chosen fence-masters. Another quarrel between 
Daniel Tourneur and Resolved VValdron, now retiring magis- 
trates, was brought to a friendly issue December 12th. As in a 
similar rupture between them six years before, it ran so high 
that Tourneur struck Waldron. The latter made complaint to 
the Mayor's Court, on the day Vander Vin and the new magis- 
trates were sworn in. The defendant being absent, the case was 
referred to the new board, with a request to use their best en- 
deavors to reconcile the belligerents. In this they succeeded ; 
the parites, binding themselves to drop all their differences of 
whatever kind as "from henceforth dead and of naught," agreed 
"to live hereafter in all charity, friendship, and peace," while the 



HISTORY OF HARLKM. 285 

first one to raise a question should forfeit 50 gl. for the poor. 

The 1 6th of the same December the deacons, Tourneur and 
ObHnus, with consent of magistrates and community, let out at 
pubic auction "the loft over the church or school-house." Mrs. 
Maria Vermilye (Montague's widow), as highest bidder, took 
it for a year at 20 gl., to be paid the deacons. On giving up 
the farm to Bogert, she removed to the village and soon bought 
a house and lot, undoubtedly that adjoining the river, and before 
owned by her brother, Johannes AVrmilye. 

The road to Harlem was at length finished, or made usable ; 
and a monthly mail between New York and l>oston was officiallx' 
announced, to set out for the first on Januar\- I, 1673. Xow 
the novelty of the mounted postman reining up at the tavern, 
Avith his dangling "portmantles," crammed with "letters and 
small portable goods," but tarrying only so long as necessary 
to deliver his mail and refresh himself and horse, added another 
to the sights and incidents which filled up the unwritten columns 
of village news. 

A^ander Yin being installed in his duties as secretary. Re- 
solve Waldron, on January 16, 1673. "with the advice of the 
constable and magistrates," delivered to him the valuable title 
papers of the town ; and on March 6th he obtained from Sieur 
Jacob Kip, brother-in-law of IMontagne. the old protocol and 
other records kept by the latter. The papers handed over by 
Waldron were as follows : 

No. I. Patent of the town N. Haerlem, in the English. 

2. Patent of the said town, in Dutch. 

" 3. Two confirmations of the same, in English. 

" 4. Patent in Dutch. 

" 5. Ordinance of the Mayor's Court. 

" 6. Extract from the Mayor's Court. 

"' 7. Prociiratie ad litcs. 

" 8. Groundhrief of Spuyten Duyvel. 

The mention of "pateiits in Dutch," in the above list, is 
likely to mislead. In questions affecting their landed rights and 
jurisdiction, the ordinance of 1658. under which Harlem was 
settled, is so often appealed to as to make it quite apjiarent that 
the inhabitants during the Dutch ruk' knew no other oftieial 
grant or enactment upon which these rights and privileges were 
made to depend. The profound silence of the records as to any 
other general grant or patent to Harlem from Governor Stuy- 
vesant, and the omission to recite it. as was usual, in the English 
confirmatory patents, must be taken as proof that none was ever 
issued. -And the references in the above list are plainly not to 



286 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

such, but only to the translations of the two English patents, into 
Dutch, which were made for the use of the inhabitants who did 
not read English. Thus a bill of Nicholas Bayard for services, 
in "the differences of the town with Fordham and Tourneur," 
contains a charge "for the translation of a groundbrief" (from 
Dutch into English, probably No. 8 in the foregoing list, being 
the Jansen and Aertsen Patent which Harlem now owned), and 
then comes the item, "For the translation of the town's patent, 
f. 20." 

The new and old magistrates in joint meeting, January 16, 
1673, enacted: 

It is, with the common consent, resolved and established, that from 
now forward the house lots (erven) which the several residents of this 
village possess, shall pay the charges, such as are already imposed, or 
may still be imposed, for the reduction of the debts and expenditures of 
this town ; unless some alteration therein shall happen, owing to the 
various hindrances to it that are liable to come : being owned as follows : 

Resolved Waldron 2 erven. 

Daniel Tourneur 2 " 

Glaude le Maistre 2 " 

Joost van Oblinus 3 " 

Cornelis Jansen 2 " 

Pierre Cresson i " 

Lubbert Gerritsen i ". 

Adolph Meyer i " 

Robert Hollis i " 

Jan le Roy i " 

Mr. Delavall 4 " 

Johannes jVerveelen i " 

Meyndert Journee i " 

David Demarest i " 

Widow Montague i " 

Jan Nagel % " 



Together 24% 



erven. 



This list is believed to embrace (see Map, page 292), the 
erven proper, marked a to .r {v excepted) ; the small house lots 
granted Jean Demarest and Pelszer not appearing as yet among 
the erven. 

By the death of Montague the town accounts were left in 
some disorder. These needed careful revision, as there were 
various town debts which must be paid. It was concluded, in 
this connection, to write to Pieter Roelofsen, at Mespat Kills, — 
and which was accordingly done, — asking him to be present on 
the 20th, or, at farthest, the 21st instant, to give an account of ihs 
receipts and disbursements while serving here as constable. The 
business of January i6th ended with making up the rate list 
for 300 gl, to paid the ministers, as had been agreed upon. Mey- 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 287 

nard Journee being sick, January 25th, made his will, naming 
his wife Elizabeth Du Mont; alludes to "children." Appoints 
Sieur Demarest and Oblinus overseers of his estate. 

After a second summons Pieter Roelofsen attended on Feb- 
ruary 4th, and gave a statement of his accounts while constable 
in 1 67 1 and 1672, and by which it appeared that he had col- 
lected from sundry persons named the sum of 76 fl. 10 st. in 
wheat, sewant, and firewood, and paid the same to Mr. John 
Sharp toward the liquidation of his claim of 92 fl., the balance 
being more than cancelled by a load of wood, 20 fl., delivered to 
Sharp by Resolved Waldron.''' The subject being resumed the 
following day, the 5th, it was resolved, with the advice of Mr. 
Delavall, to revise all the town accounts from the year 1664, and 
all creditors and debtors were notified to make up and hand in 
their statements on the 6tli of March, to be examined by the old 
and present magistrates. The next day, at the request of the 
voorleser (Vander Vin), the constable was directed to collect 
his salary as per list of "free-will contributors." 

Upon the investigation which took place, March 6th, it "was 
found that the accounts of J. de La Alontagnc and J. Yerveelen, 
upon their books concerning the town, were balanced on the 
15th of February, 1671, and that there is due Verveelen from 
the town 87 gl. 10 st., and that Montague is charged with 208 
gl. for his particular, or as having been collector; so that the 
town have no further interest in their transactions but to let 
them rest, and from now forward to make up new accounts of 
the town's debts, and to find the means to discharge and pay the 
same." Then the debts follow : 

A°. 1673, the 6th March. List of the Creditors of the town of N. 

Haerlem, as a part were given in the 5th January, 1671, and now are 

found, to wit : 

John Sliarp according to account f. 92 : o 

Abraham La Noy or Fredr. Gysbertsen 68 : o 

Daniel Tourneur 7i '■ 16 

Johannes Vermilj e 24 : o 

Resolved Waldron 41 • 4 

Joost van Oblinus 6 : 15 

Meyndert Journee 3 ■ o 

Peter Cresson 4 '■ o 

Cornelis Jansen 2 : 10 

Glaude le Maistre. 6 : 10 

David des Marest -2 : o 

Jean le Roy 4 : 10 

Capt. Nicoils for the patent 2^2 : o 

Johannes Verveelen 87 : 10 

* John Sharp was a "Public Notary," at New York; his appointment dating De- 
cember I, 1665. This charge was probably for legal services. 



288 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



Paulus Richard for the land at Spuyten Duyvel f- 300 

For two years' interest @ 6 pr. ct 36 

Metje Wessels 26 

For the preacher when the confirming of elder and 

deacons happened 24 

For fare to Theunis Crey 6 

To victuals and drink 35 



o 
o 
o 

o 

o 

10 



Total 1 175 

Also due Warner Wessels 8 

and Cornells Jansen 36 



The above exhibits the original amounts in full, upon which 
partial payments had been made by some of the inhabitants who 
were to have credit for the same in the town rate now to be 
levied. Sharp's bill had been paid, as before seen, and a con- 
siderable sum on the patent.* Jaques Cresson, formerly con- 
stable, reported the receipt of 66 fl. 10 st. in wheat and sewant, 
from the following persons (upon the assessment ordered May 
I, 1670), and to have paid it on the patent, viz.: 



Johannes Verveelen f . 9 

Joost van Oblinus 12 

Jaques Cresson 7 

Resolved Waldron 13 

David Demarest 6 

Peter Cresson 7 

Jean le Roy 7 

Isaac Vermeille 2 



o 

o 

15 

14 

o 

15 
15 
II 



A°. 1673, the 6th March ; List of the Lands and Erven of the Town 
N. Haerlem, to contribute to and discharge the aforesaid debts, whereof 
1-3 must come from the Erven, and 2-2 parts from the Lands ; and amount 
for each erf to 16 gl. 6 st. and for each morgen of land to 3 gl. 14 st. 

Thomas Delavall 4 erven; 48 morgen; 242 gl. 16 st. 

Nos. 3, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22 Jochem Pieters. 

Nos. 12, 13, 16, 22 Van Keulen's Hook. 
Claude le A'laistre 2 erven ; 15 morgen ; 88 gl. 2 st. 

Nos. 14, 15 J. P- No. 21 V. K. H. 
Cornells Jansen 2 erven ; 18 morgen ; 99 gl. 4 st. 

Nos. 2, 18 J. P. Nos. 6, IS V. K. H. 
Jean le Roy i erf ; 9 morgen ; 49 gl. 12 st. 

No. II J. P. No. I V. K. H. 
Daniel Tourneur 2 erven ; 21 morgen ; no gl. 6 st. 

Nos. I, 17 J. P. Nos. 17, 18, 19 iV. K. H. 
Lubbert Gerritsen i erf; 12 morgen ; 60 gl. 14 st. 

Nos. 4, 9 J. P. 

* Capt. Nichols transferred his bill for writing the patent to Reynier Willemsen, 
baker, to whom the town officers, April 5, 1676, gave a note in these terms: 

"We Constable and Magistrates of the town of New Haerlem, acknowledge to be 
truly and honestly indebted, in the name of the common inhabitants of this town, to 
and for the behoof of Reynier Willemsen, in the sum of 332 guilders, upon the 
Patent, on account of Capt. Matthias Nicholls, deducting what may be found to have 
been_ paid thereon; which afpresaid sum of 332 guilders we promise to pay in the first 
ensuing January, 1677, without default, under bond pursuant to the laws." 

The amount yet due on the above February 19, 1677, was 253 guilders, on which 
sums were paid from time to time till 1683, when Constable Vermilye made tlie final 
payment of 15 guilders. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 289 

Johannes Verveelen 2 erven ; 15 morgen ; 88 gl. 2 st. 

No. 10 J. P. Nos. 7, 8, ^4, V29 V. K. H. 
David des Marest i erf ; 8 morgen ; 45 gl- 18 st. 

No. 7 J. P. 2-3 of No. 5, V. K. H. 
Toost van Oblinus 3 erven ; 12 morgen ; 93 gl. 6 st. 

No. 13 J. P. Nos. 10, II V. K. H. 
Pierre Cresson i erf ; 9 morgen ; 49 gl. 12 st. 

No. 5 J. P. No. 20 V. K. H. 
Resolved Waldron 2 erven ; 15 morgen ; 88 gl. 2 st. 

No. 8 J. P. Nos. 2, 3, 1/44. V29 V. K. H. 
Tan Nagel 14 erf ; 6 morgen ; 30 gl. 7 st. 

No. 16 J. P. 
Isaac Vermeille i morgen ; 3 gl. 14 st. 

1-3 of No. S V. K. H. 
]\Ievnard Tournee i erf ; 9 morgen ; 49 gl. 12 st. 

No. 6 J. P. No. 14 V. K. H. 
Jean La Montagne 18 morgen ; 66 gl. 12 st. 

The Point* 

Johannes Vermelje i erf ; 16 gl. 6 st. 

Robert HolHs i erf ; 16 gl. 6 st. 

'potal 241^ erven ; 216 morgen ; 1196 gl. n st. 

The following- important document throws light upon the 
history of Montague's Flat: 

Upon this dav, 8th March, 1673, appeared before me, He"drick J. 
Vandervin, Secretary, admitted by the Hon. Mayor s Court at New \ork, 
residing at the village N. Haerlem ; the undersigned ;"l}^l^Vtants ^ of N. 
Haerlem, as also owners and possessors of the land called Montagne _s Hat, 
lying under this Town's jurisdiction; who together promised to inclose 
the aforesaid piece of land in a common fence, and to use until the 
building, planting, or dwelling on, or as every of them shall think 
proper to do with his part; and if it happen that they in common or 
either separately should be troubled by any one who would bring the 
ownership and possession in question, and would offer them jointly or 
either singly, any molestation concerning it, on account ot the owner- 
ship of the aforesaid land; therefore the undersigned covenant jointly 
or each separately, to defend them there-agahist, and to maintain one 
another in their rights (which they have in the same;) protesting 
against such as to all costs, damages, or losses which, by any interference 
they jointly, or either in particular, may be put to. In witness of the 
sincerity of these above standing conditions, this has been ^'""e" and 
subscribed with our own hands. Thus done and passed at N. Haerlem, 
on the date as above. ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ 

Claude le Maistre, 
Daniel Tourneur, 
CoRNELis Jansen, 
Resolved Waldron, 
This mark made 
LouRENS + Jansen, 

by himself. 
Jan Dyckman. 

In presence of me 

Hendr. J. Vandr. Vin, Secretary. 

* Montagne was to deliver this property to Bogert free and unincumbered, hence 
this was properly charged to him. 



290 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Though not so much as hinted from what quarter trouble 
was apprehended, circumstances plainly point to the old Mon- 
tague patent or groundbrief. Montague's Point, as we have 
seen, had just received a new owner, Jan Louwe Bogert. On 
January i6, 1673, the constable and magistrates, with a view 
of fixing a limit to Bogert's lands, held under the bill of sale 
from Montague, had passed a resolution to estimate said lands 
at 18 morgen, which allowed 2 morgen for the Hop Garden. 
The deed, which only awaited the final payment, was soon to 
be given by Mrs. Montagne, and Bogert was already "in pos- 
session." It was, doubtless, in anticpation of some intereference 
on the part of their new neighbor, or the Montague's, or both, 
which now led the owners to fence in the Flat, and to join in a 
covenant to protect themselves against any rival claimants.* 

Indeed it appears that, in common with others who had 
built up claims upon the old defunct groundbriefs, some of the 
Montagne family indulged a hope of getting their groundbrief 
confirmed, with the view of claiming portions of the Flat. In 
this, as is apparent, neither of the sons of Dr. La Montagne took 
any part. The compromise with John La Montagne, in 1661, 
which secured him the Point (for which the town gave him a 
deed in 1672), was to him and his children an estoppel to any 
further claim, upon the Vredendal lands, and there is no intima- 
tion that he or they ever made any such claim. With his brother, 
William, the same was no doubt true, since his assent to the dis- 
posal of the Flat appears in that he not only drew and sold some 
of that land, but subsequently withheld his name from a petition 
to Governor Fletcher for a confirmation of the old groundbrief. 
Without question, the Flat came within the agreement of 1663, 

* Op huyden 8 Marty 1673: Compareerde voor my Hendr. J: Vandr. Vin, 
Secrets: by de i;. gr. achtbr. Mayor Court tot N: Yorcke geadmitteert: Ten Durpe 
N. Durpe N. Haerlem resideren: de ondergesn. ingesetenen van N: Haerlem, alsmede 
eygenaers enr. possesseuren van het lont genaemt Montagues Vlackte gelegen onder 
deses durps jurisdictie, de welcke verclaerden gesametlk. het voorsn. stuck lant, in 
gemeene heyningh te besluyten enr. te gebrucken, tot den bouw, planten, of wooning; 
of SCO ider van haer voor syn gedeelt sal geraden dvmcken, enr. oft gebeurde, dat sy 
int gemeen of ider int bysonder, moghten warden getroubleert, door imant, die den 
eygendom enr. possessie wilde in twyffel trecken, enr. haerln. gesamentlk. of ider int 
bysonder, eenigh molest (dien aengaende), wilde doen, wegens den eygendom vant 
voorsn. lant : Soo verbinden sy ondergesn. gesamentlk., of ider int bysonder, haer daer 
tegen te beschermen ende malcanderen in hare gerechtigheyt (die sylidn. op het selve 
syn hebbende), te mainteneren: protesterenn. tegene soodanige van alle costen, schaden 
enr. interessen, die haerln. gesamentlk. or ider int bysonder, door eenigh molest moghte 
werden aengedaen: Oirconde der wareheydt vant beene voorsn. staet, hebben die doen 
schryven ende met eygen handen onderts: Aldus gedaen enr. gepasseert tot N: Haer- 
lem, dato ut supra. 

David des Marest, Resalvert Waldron, 

Glaude le Maistre, dit merke by 

Daniel Tourneur, Ivourens X Jansen, 

Cornelies Yansen, selffs gestelt. 

Jan Dyckman, 
In kennisse van my 

Hendr. J: Vandr. Vin, Secrets: 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 291 

between Stuyvesant and Council and the inhabitants of Harlem, 
that the tithes, or tenths of the produce of their cultivated lands 
for the years 1666 to 1672, both inclusive, should be applied for 
the benefit of the original grantees who held the groundbriefs, 
their heirs or creditors. This agreement, by which the tenths 
were substituted for the 8 gl. per morgen, was alike binding on 
the government and the landholders, and was limited in its effects 
to the term of years named. If carried out in good faith, there 
must terminate the demands both of the said original grantees 
and their creditors. It seemed to favor the then owners, for 
the amount of tithes to be paid must depend upon what the land 
should be made to yield ; but had the Dutch rule continued no 
doubt the government would have held these owners strictly to 
this condition, and the proceeds from IMontagne's Flat would 
have been applied toward cancelling the debt due from Dr. Alon- 
tagne to. the West India Company. It might be argued that these 
payments being limited to seven years, had the Flat for that time 
been under tillage it would have taken a husbandr}- then and 
there unknown, to have made the tenths pay Dr. ]\Iontagne"s debt, 
which as early as 1662 amounted, by his own figuring, to 1130 gl., 
but by that of the public bookkeeper to not less than 1,936 gl. ; and 
that the tithes being insufficient to satisfy this claim, the balance 
would still be against ]\Iontagne! 

But the change of government, in 1664, was alike fatal to 
this provision for the payment of the tenths, and to the old 
groundbriefs on which it was predicated ; the English, as we have 
seen, refusing to confirm the latter within the Harlem patent, 
and holding them to be null and void, while it also ignored the 
system of tithes which had worked badly for the country, and 
"did much hinder the populating of it." Montague's Flat having 
lain as commons, unfenced and untilled, had indeed yielded 
nothing but pasturage, nothing for the payment of tithes. There- 
fore the owners (with whom must be named Captain Delavall, 
who had a small lot there, of 4 morgen 320 rods, bought of 
Simon de Ruine), being released from their obligation to render 
the tithes, while the jMontagne heirs were still liable to some 
demand from the government, which assumed to collect all other 
debts due the West India Company (even to small charges on 
their books for unpaid passage money), these heirs were easily 
led to look upon the agreement under which they had given up 
the Flat as thereby vitiated, and to fall back upon their old 
groundbrief as entitled to confirmation. Could they have suc- 
ceeded it would have been a nice operation for them, as the lands 



292 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

had risen in value, and lots on the Flat now brought 44 guilders 
per morgen. But to the credit of the English rulers, they did 
not attempt so unfair a proceeding as to enforce the claim against 
the Montague heirs, while at the same time relieving the land- 
holders of their obligation to pay the tithes. A majority, and 
no doubt all, of the eight proprietors of the Flat had documentary 
titles, five at least, as heretofore noticed, holding particular patents 
from the government, and Demarest deriving through the Mon- 
tagues themselves. The aggregate of their lands, contained in 
nine lots, amounted to 54 morgen, as afterward rated and taxed ; 
to which being added another lot which lay there vacated or 
untaxed till 1725, made 60 morgen, as reckoned, in the entire 
Flat. This came by a generous allowance to the morgen, the 
Flat being correctly estimated, in the Montague groundbrief, at 
100 morgen. Here was the real bone of contention. The Mon- 
tagues regarded as of right theirs the excess over the quantity 
the eight owners were entitled to. But the inhabitants took 
another view, and in which the government concurred, namely, 
that so much of the Flat as was undisposed of belonged to the 
common lands of the town, as granted and confirmed to them 
by Nicolls and Lovelace. The government adhering to the policy 
laid down by Stuyvesant regarding the old groundbriefs, saw no 
reason to make the Montagne groundbrief an exception. It 
respected the act of the Dutch government, which allowed the 
tenths to offset the Montagne debt, but also held the heirs to 
their act in the surrender of the Flat. Hence it could never be 
prevailed upon to confirm the old groundbrief.* 

Pierre Cresson and Rachel Cloos, his wife, "both being sound 
of body," made their joint will, March 15, 1673; Cornells Jansen 
and Jan Nagel witnesses. How sensible and wise thus, in 
health, to calmly weigh the fact of their mortality, and deliberately 
set their house in order. Leaving fifty guilders to ''the church 
at New York," they say, ''whereas their daughter Susannah has 
enjoyed as a marriage portion the value of two hundred guilders, 
so the testators will that at the decease of the longest liver each 
of their other children then living shall draw the like 200 guilders, 

'* A petition was addressed to Governor Fletcher, in 1695, in the name of John 
Louwe Bogert, William Montagne, his sister Mrs. Jacob Kip, and nephew Johannes 
Van Inborgh, who claimed to be seized, and by descent as well as mean assurance in 
the law, owners of the patent granted by Governor Kieft to Dr. Montagne; and prayed 
for a confirmation of said patent, as they were now willing to divide the same. But 
William Montagne, then of Ulster county, did not sign this petition; neither did 
Abraham Montagne, of Harlem (son of John), which is remarkable, considering the 
claim to be the Montagne lands set up in our day, under a title purporting to he de- 
rived from him. The petition being referred to the Attorney General for his opinion 
received no further notice. _ A better knowledge of this old exploded claim than that 
afforded by the family traditions, might, in the case above alluded to, have saved a 
protracted and fruitless litigation. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 293 

and our youngest son Elie, if he is under the age of sixteen years, 
also a new suit of clothes becoming to his person, from head to 
foot." 

Gabriel Carbosie, the miller, and his wife Brieta Wolferts, 
"both sound of body," also made their will, on April i8th ensu- 
ing, and which was witnessed by Jan Louwe Van Schoonrewoerd 
and Cornelis Jansen. They gave six guilders "to the poor of 
the Lutheran congregation at New York." Each by former 
marriages had had children, but none had come from their own 
as yet. 

On March 30th, "being Sunday and Pass," the quiet and 
good order of the village was broken by a most shameful affray, 
the more scandalous considering the standing of some of the 
parties. About four o'clock in the afternoon, young Samuel 
Demarest falling in with Daniel Tourneur, Jr., began to tease 
him bv asking why he had prated so much in Coenraet Ten Eyck's 
shop in New York, that Glaude Delamater's son should fight 
(plockhairen) with him, and added that he, Tourneur, was a 
blaffert, a bully. Tourneur answered angrily, "Youngster, hold 
your mouth, or I'll give you some knocks." The other said he 
would not; on which Daniel made good his therat, with a blow 
or two. Now ran up Samuel's elder brother Jean, and then 
David, to take his part, and there was a free use of fists, stones, 
and sticks, which Mr. Gipsen (Gibbs), who saw the melee, tried 
in vain to stop, telling the Demarests, "Three against one is not 
fair." The fathers of the combatants now reached the scene of 
action, and with Tourneur came his prospective son-in-law, Dyck- 
man, "with his drawn knife in his hand," and who clinched and 
got "the young David Demarest under," exclaiming, "This shall 
cost you your life." At the same time Joris Jansen Van Hoorn 
caught hold of Jean Demarest, and struck him several times in 
the "face with his fist; while the elder Tourneur, who had turned 
upon the father, drew his knife and tried to stab him, but David, 
using only a stick, gave his assailant a stunning blow on the 
head, "so that he fell down." Gillis Boudewyns saw the whole 
aflfray form the beginning, and with Pierre Cresson testified to 
this stabbing ; for by this time many of the villagers beside those 
named were drawn to the spot by the uproar, as Isaac \'ermille, 
Jean Delamater, Le Roy,^'= A'ander Mn, and Nagel, with Pieter 

* Simeon Cornier had bought Le Roy's house and lands, February 24, 1672, but 
if was not till Mav 2, J 674, that Le Rov. acknowledgmg payment, gave a deed and 
possession. Cornier and wife. Nicole Petit (also called Petitmangin and Piomainte), 
joined the church at New Amsterdam, October 2. 1662, having just .-irrived from 
Mannheim, via Holland, as has been noticed. Kntcrmg the military service, and pro- 
moted to a corporaley, he was given his choice, at the English conquest, cither to re- 



294 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Claessen, Thomas Etheriiigton, and Elias Bailey, who happened 
to be at the village. A stop was now put to the fight, but young 
Tourneur, still excited, said, "Wait, wait! this is not the last 
time." The elder Tourneur has the benefit of a doubt, as Jean 
Delamater, the innocent cause of the tumult, declared "that he 
had not seen that Daniel Tourneur stabbed David Demarest." 

High Sheriff Allard Anthony, on being notified of this flag- 
rant breach of the peace, held a court at Harlem, the next day, 
and took the testimony of several witnesses ; but a hiatus in the 
minutes of the Mayor's Court probably deprives us of the sequel 
of this affair, in which, however, no lives were lost, and but 
slight personal injury sustained. Tourneur was about as usual, 
April 5th, when he leased to Jan Dircksen, or "Jan the Soldier," 
as before called, "a certain piece of woodland, lying at Menepas 
Kill," with meadow on "the kill of boor Aert and Jan de Paep," 
for the term of three years, the lessee to build his own dwelling- 
house, and leave three morgen of land cleared and fenced ; to all 
which Jan Dyckman and Ralph Doxey are witnesses. 

Society was not very polished in those days, and was still 
wedded to the old ideas about personal prowess, — pluck and 
muscle, never mind what called them forth, were things to boast 
of and applaud. The younger combatants might glory in this 
general knock-down, and little fear the approbrium; but for the 
two elderly ones holding high positions, Demarest a magistrate, 
and Tourneur a deacon, sober retrospection no doubt brought 
shame and regret. But we must discriminate between Tourneur, 
rash, even dastardly, and Demarest, more temperate in his Picard 
impulses, and probably acting in self-defence only. The latter, 
a few weeks later (August 23d) was re-elected to the magistracy; 
but then Tourneur, a man, mauger his faults, of generous instincts 
and of great energy, and to whose tact and abilities the town ov/ed 
much of its success, had just closed an active life and been laid 
to rest. He is last noticed May 12th, when he subscribed as 
witness to an engagement of Thomas Selligh, late in his eniloy, 

turn to Europe with the Dutch forces or to remain here. As he chose the latter, the 
government remitted his passage money, which was yet unpaid. He went to Staten 
Island and engaged in farming, his old calling in France. He received, at Harlem, 
the marks of respect due to his character and abilities. On the Dutch reoccupation, 
in 1673, trouble being feared from the English, Cornier was fitly chosen as a corporal 
in the Night Watch, and two years later, during the Indian troubles, held the like 
command. He also served as deacon; but selling his lands, July 26, 1675, to Paul 
Richard, he removed to New York, a few months later. In 1686 he married, as a 
second wife, Tryntie Walings Van Winckel, widow of Cornells Jacobsen Stille, who 
had lived at Harlem, ancestor of the Somerindyke and Woertendyke families. (See 
p. 151, and N. Y. G. & B. Record, 1876, p. 49). The day he bought it Richard sold 
Cornier's property to David Demarest, Jr. We know not when Cornier died, nor that 
he left children, but take for his descendants Capt. Peter Corne, of New York, mer- 
chant, and commander of a privateer in the old French war, who still lived in the 
city during the Revolution. (See Dyckman family). 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 295 

to work a year for Wallerand du IMoiit, of Esopns. Tonrneur's 
death made the first break in the company of Nicolls Patentees. 
It probably folloy^ed close upon Dyckman's espousal (June 15th) 
to his daughter Madeleine. We notice that Dyckman's old 
friend, Arena Harmans Bussing, with whom he had left his 
native Bentheim, had just before married Susanna le Maistre, 
Claude's daughter, both brides having been born at Flatbush, 
soon after their parents emigrated.* 

This chapter of incidents may fitly close with a glance at the 
village of New Harlem as it was in the autumn of 1673. t How 
quaint an aspect has the Dutch settlement as e'en now its plain 
wooden tenements, embowered in foliage whose variegated hues 
already tell the declining year, rise modestly to view. Their 
humble eaves, keeping line with the street, lift themselves but 
one low story, yet the extraordinary slope of the thatched roof 
gives space to the loft above, so useful for many domestic pur- 
poses. Aside the house, quite too near for entire safety, stands 
the ample and well-stored "schuer" or barn, in its squatty eaves 
and lofty ridge the very counterpart of the dwelling, but by a 
noticeable contrast turning its gable with huge gaping doors to 
the highway. In the spaces between buildings and homesteads 
flourish rows of choice imported fruit trees, apple, pear, peach, 
cherry, and quince, and the no less prized garden and ornamental 
shrubs, the Dutch currant, gooseberry, and evergreen box, dwarf 
and arborescent. Tidiness reigns, at least about the dwelling, 
and within reach of the busy housewife's mop and broom ; but 
all betoken's a plainness and frugality, in wide contrast with the 

* Wallarand du Mont (Dumont), whose descandants are still found in Ulster 
County, came to this country in 1657, from Coomen, in Flanders; served as "cadet in 
the honorable Company of the Heer Director General," and married at Esopus, January 
13. 1664, :Margaret Hendricks, widow of Tan Aertsen, who had been slain by the 
Indians. (See \'an Putten). Du Mont's sister Marsraret was wife of Pierre None, a 
Walloon, who emigrated with Demarest and company in 1673. (See Journee'). How 
will our revered friend and early pastor make Pierre the son of Elias Neau. the 
catechist, of New York, who was born at Soubiz in Saintonge, in 1662? (History of 
Elizabeth, p. 267). Du Mont died at Esopus, in 17S3, having had sons, Wallarand. John 
Baptist and Peter; and daughters, Margaret, wife of William Loveridge; Jannetie, 
wife of Michael Van Vechten, and Francina, wife of Frederick Clute. Clute went to 
Schenectady. (See Pearson's Schenectadv Settlers"). Peter Dumont, with his brctliren, 
Loveridge and Van \'echten, settled on the Raritan N. J. Dumont and Van Vcchten 
became justices of the peace. The latter was born in 1664, being son of Derick 
Teunissen, who was born in 1634, at Vechtcn. in the diocese of Utrecht, and when 
four years of age came with his father, Teunis Dericksen, to Alban^. William Love- 
ridge was from the parish of Wool, in Dorsetshire, England, and died at Perth .Vmboy, 
in 1703, le.iving sons William, Wallerand and John. He was brother to Samuel 
Loveridge, of New York, shi|iwright, who was born in Albermarlc County, \ a., and 
married at Esopus, in 1688, Hannah, daughter of George Meals. Their father, William 
Loveridge, a hatter, came out to Connecticut as early as 1659, removed to \'irKinia, 
thence to Albanv, and died at Catskill. about 1683. He had daughters. Temperance, 
who married Capt. Isaac IMelvn, of New York, and Sarah, mho married John Ward. 
of Ulster county. Hence the 'belief expressed in the Hisotry of Elizabeth that Samuel 
Loveridge was a son of Rev. William Leverich, though with seeming reason, is plainly 
not warranted. 

t Consult the plan of the village at page 292. 



296 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

elegance of modern living. The daily life of the villagers, — but 
let us first note the occupants of the principal dwellings ere we 
cross the threshold, to explore the humble sphere of their domes- 
tic economy. 

Here at the river end, where, about the tavern, smith-shop, 
church, and ferry, gather the stir and business activity of the 
village, is the comfortable home of the French refugee and newly- 
appointed schepen, David Demarest. His house and barn occupy 
a lot "abutting on three streets from which it is fenced," and 
extended "toward the strand, as far as he can," by virtue of a 
town grant of January 5, 1667. It contains a double-erf, or 
two erven, the upper, facing the Great Way, being that gotten 
from Montagne (and where now the oldest house and relic of the 
village stands), the other once Dominie Zyperus'. This last 
looks out to the south upon the square or green about the land- 
ing-place. Demarest's neighbor, over the cross-street, is Glaude 
Delamater, recent magistrate, testy but kind-hearted; his double- 
erf joining that of Cornelius Jansen, late constable, a young but 
rising man in the town, and at whose friendly inn, — where swing- 
ing signboard and feeding-troughs mark it merely as the village 
hostel, but to Kortright, Bogert, and others, the veritable coun- 
terpart of Mynheer's inn at Schoonrewoer, — the passing traveler 
stops for refreshment, or the wiseacres of the dorp resort to 
swallow the latest bit of news or scandal in a bumper of Kort- 
right's beer. Opposite the tavern, past the second crossway, lives 
the Picard, good Pierre Cresson, from his occupation called by 
his Dutch neighbors, de tuynier, or the gardener , whose erf 
joins at its rear or north side to that of Daniel Tourneur, but 
just deceased, and westerly to that late of Hendrick Karstens, 
but now of the worthy Joost Van Oblinus, schepen. Over the 
third cross-street are the two erven of Johan Verveelen, where 
his son-in-law, Adolph Meyer, now lives, and next him the 
"garden" and erf (strictly a double-erf), which had passed from 
Mr. Muyden to Jaques Cresson, and from him to Meynard 
. Journee, present occupant, also called Maaljer, his surname 
Belgicized. Being sickly, Journee had just resigned his office 
of fence-master, which was given, February 6th, to Laurens 
Jansen, the Low ancestor. Journee's grounds extend to those 
of Captain Delavall, a small strip between them, "laid out for a 
street" (the fourth crossway), having been added to Cresson's 
lot while his, by a grant of May 3,1667. In one of Delavall's 
houses, once the home of Simon the Walloon, had recently lived, 
till he removed to the city, Wouter Gerritsen, Delavall's princi- 



HISTORY OF HARLE.AI. 297 

pal farmer, and the old neighbor of Gillis Mandcvillc, in the 
Veleuwe, — the other of Dclavall's houses had been occupied by 
Pieter Roelofsen, twice constable here. Beyond this point we 
soon reach the Buyten Tuynen, or Out-Gardens, the two farther 
ones soon to be the home of Arent Harmens Bussing, lately 
married and just appointed one of the schepens. 

But from the quiet west end, retracing our steps, on the south 
side of the street, we come to the dwelling of the venerable Isaac 
Vermeille. Seated upon the end of lot 5, Van Keulen's Hook, 
"over against the garden of Jaques Cresson," as it was till of late ; 
his erf, which extends back to a strip of flag marsh stretching across 
the lot, is well stocked with fruit trees, the pride of the Huguenot 
settlers, and in which culture they excelled. On either side of 
Vermeille lie vacant lots, but that on the west. No. 6, soon to be 
built upon and occupied by its owner, Laurens Jansen, aforesaid. 
Lot No. 4, on the east side of V^ermeille, and which Adolph Meyer 
had gotten with his wife from her father, \''erveelen, was at this 
end fit only for pasturage, being marshy ; but a plot here was 
bought from Meyer November 2, 1673, by his friend Jan Dyck- 
man, who for the many years before he moved to Spuyten Duyvel 
occupied a house built upon two of Tourneur's out-gardens, 
received by his wife Madeleine. Adjoining lot No. 4, and 
opposite to Oblinus, lives the most influential man in the town, 
Resolved Waldron, at present the shout, or sheriff, and next to 
him, easterly, his son-in-law Jan Nagel. Going still toward the 
river, to the two small erven opposite Cornells Jansen and Dela- 
mater (granted Jean Demarest and Johannes Pelszer. but seem- 
ingly never improved by them), on the corner of the Pelszer lot, 
where the road runs down b}' the green to the creek, stands, or 
later stood, the village smithy, where\\'illiamHaldron. an English- 
man, plied his hammer and bellows, waking the neighbors at 
early dawn with the music of his anvil, as did, within the same 
century, his successor in the smithshop, Zacharias Sickels, whose 
descendants are yet among us." 

* Zacharias Sickels, the common ancestor and fatlier of Zacharias aforesaid, was 
from Vienne, in Austria. Finding his way to Holland, he went out to Curacao, and 
served in the military rank of adelborst or cadet. When Stuyvesant returned from a 
visit to that island, in 1655, Sickels came with him, beinj; soon after attached to the 
garrison at Fort Orange. In 1658 he was a tapster. He remained at Albany after the 
surrender, in 1664, and worked as a carpenter, having married .Anna, daughter of 
Lambert \'an Valkenburgh, by whom he Iiad sons, Robert, Lambert, Zacharias and 
Thomas, and daughters, .\nna, Elizahctli, Maria, Margaret and Leaii. .\nna married 
Abraham Isaacs, and Klizabeth married William Peelcn. In 1670 to '7-. •'>»J '681 to 
'83, Sickels was town herder, and had 18 guilders a head for the -season. He next 
held the responsible place of rattle watch, so called from tlie rattle, used to give 
warning, in making his nightly rounds. He was also town crycr, to call the people 
togetner on needed occasions; and porter, or keeper of tlie city gates, to close and lock 
them at night and to open tlicm in tlie morning. His sons Robert and Lajnbert removing 
to New York, he, with his other sons, etc., followed them in 1693. his vacated office 
being given to his son-in-law Isaacs. In 1698 he was admitted a freeman of New 



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But for an inside view of the domestic life and home com- 
forts of these villagers, let us visit the worthy and well-to-do 
Lubbert Gerritsen, late one of the magistrates, living near the 
west end. We enter. No carpet hides the well-scrubbed floor, 
and in vain we glance around the room for many articles which 
in our day imperious fashion, and even comfort, demand. The 
furniture goes but little beyond the practical and useful. A 
gilded mirror indeed adorns the whitewashed wall. The two 
beds have pillows and striped curtains. Two chests very con- 
venient contain the clothing, one of the wife, the other of the 
daughter, fair Eva, who' five years later married the Bussing 
ancestor. On one side is a small octagon table; and here a 
brass candlestick and a warming-pan. Upon hooks on the wall 
hang a musket and firelock. No stove is there ; but in the ample 
fireplace the wood crackles and blazes cheerfully above the huge 
backlog and around the two iron dinner pots hung to the trammel 
by hooks and chain. On the table or shelves, and in the pantry, 
we notice exactly i pewter bowl, 2 small pewter platters, 4 pew- 
York, and in 1702 was living in the East Ward. Robert, his son, married, 1686, 
Geertie, daughter of Abel Reddenhaus, and moved to Bergen County, N. J., where he 
died in 1729; Lambert, born 1666, married, 1690, Maria Jansen, from Albany, settled 
at Bedford, Brooklyn, and died 1722; and Thomas married, 1702, Jannetie, daughter 
of Jan Hendricks Brevoort, and remained in New York. All these left descendants. 
(See Winfield's Land Titles, the Bergen Gen., and N. Y. G. & B. Rec, 1876, 60). 

Zacharias Sickels, blacksmith, and referred to in the text, was born in 1670, at 
Albany, and after coming to Harlem, married, August 22, 1693, Mary, daughter of the 
aforesaid Brevoort. On February 20, 1705, he bought of his father-in-law, who had 
then left Harlem, the lands he still held there. (See Brevoort). Of these, Sickels 
sold, April 9, 1705, a meadow, once Pierre Cres=on's, and lying at the head of Sher- 
nian's Creek, and northerly of the Kortright farm, to Jan Kiersen (with whose lands 
it was sold to James Carroll, in 1763), and on January 23, 1706, he sold to Samson 
Benson, No. i New Lots, with "a garden" (originally two erven of Cresson and 
Tourneur), lying next west of the churchyard. He drew land in 1712, in ist and 2nd 
Divisions, having sold his 3rd and 4th to Jan Kiersen, but obtaining in exchange 
Kiersen's lot in ist Division. (See Appendix J). For these drawn lands he received 
a patentee deed, December 24, 1712. Later, he sold his ist Division to Joh. Meyer. 
He married, July ig, 1717, a second wife, Wyntie Dyckman, widow of Joh. Kortright. 
Being sick, he sold his property, January 15, 1729, to his step-son, Nicholas Kort- 
right. This consisted of lot No. 5, Jochem Pieters, a lot on Montagne's Flat, rated 
at 6 morgen or 12 acres (but in reality 20 acres), and No. 12, in 2d Division, 18' 
acres; in all, as rated, 43 acres. Zacharias Sickels died January 20, 1729, aged 59 
years. _ He had issue, Johannes, Jacobus, Zacharias, Hendrick, Gerardus, William, 
Cornelius and Robert. Johannes, the eldest, was born in 1694, married. May 2, 1718, 
Annecke, daughter of _ Adolph Meyer, and settled in Westchester County, on a farm 
of 100 acres, bought in 1720 and 1722. He died' in June, 1729; his widow married 
Thomas Storm. His children, as far as known, were Zacharias, Johannes and Maria, 
who married Gerrit Storm, of Philipsburgh. Of these, Zacharias became a merchant 
in New York, married, 1744, Catherine Heyer, and was the father of John Sickels, 
grocer, who had five children, viz: John, lawyer; Alletta, who married John Ten- 
brook; Catherine, married Com. Isaac Chauncey; Maria, married James Heard, and 
Ann, who married Nathaniel Griswold. 

Johannes Sickels, born 1720, son of Joh. and Anneke, married his cousin Margaret, 
daughter of Adolph Meyer, 2d, of Harlem, where Sickels settled, inheriting, in 1748, 
84 acres from the Meyer estate. This embraced Nos. 2, 3, Jochem Pieters, No. 10, 2d 
Division, and No. 14, 4th Division. To this was attached the north garden (sold tefi 
years later to John Livingston), derived originally by his great-grandfather Verveelen 
from Jan Slot. (See App. E). He died in 1784, leaving one son, John S. Sickels, and 
a daughter, Mary, wife of Samson Benson. John S. Sickels m^arried, September 29, 
1763, Maria, daughter of Aaron Bussing, and died June 4, 1804; his only child sur- 
viving infancy' being Mary, born April 9, 1764. who "married John Adriance, father of 
John S. and Isaac Adriance, Latitia, wife of Wm. B. Kenyon, and Margaret, wife of 
James Kenyon. Many write this name Sickles. 



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HISTORY OF HARLEM. 299 

ter trenchers, 6 pewter spoons, a pewter cup with a lid, and an- 
other without, 2 white earthen jars, a copper cake pan, a small 
copper pot, a small brass kettle, 2 water pails, and 2 churns for 
butter-making. There is still place for 2 siths,* 2 sikles, and 2 
augurs. 

We ascend to the "loft." Here are 4 milk pans, 2 iron 
hand-basins, 2 tubs, a lye-barrel, a cask filled with buckwheat, 
2 ploughshares, a plough-chain and rope, a coulter, a yoke with 
a hook, 2 old sickles, an adze, and a sail mast, perhaps belonging 
to the "canoe at the strand." 

Invited out to the barn : here is the garnered' harvest, stores 
of rye, peas, and buckwheat in the sheaf, and 10 or 12 bundles 
of unswingled flax; also a fan, harrow, and 2 iron forks. On 
the premises, fat and sleek in their sheds and stalls, are the live- 
stock : 2 yoke of oxen, 2 cows, one black, the other red ; i steer, 
and 2 calves. Four young hogs are running upon Little Barent's 
Island. Other farming implements are at hand: 2 ox-yokes, 
2 iron plough-rings, a wood-axe, 3 iron wedges, 2 hand-saws, 
and a draw-saw, 2 iron-bound buckets, and an iron lamp. Ah! 
here stands the ox-cart, and here are 2 new cart-wheels. The 
plough is missing; left where Lubbert's last ploughing was done, 
out on one of the bouwlots, of which he has the Nos. 4 and 9 
on Jochem Pieters, with salt meadow, and out-garden No. ii 
beside. Busy bees still hum about, sucking sweets from the fall 
flowers, with which to store the seven hives in the garden, and 
hens as busily scratch and cluck about the barnyard. Not an 
item of Lubbert's effects has escaped our notice; all as enjoyed 
by him at the time of his decease soon after, — affording us a 
reliable index to the average style of living observed here at that 
period. 

And a grand political event had but just transpired in the 
highest degree pleasing to the Harlem community, because 
promising to its simple Belgian character and customs a happy 
perpetuity, while it restored, fresh and intact, the waning memor- 
ies of dear Fatherland. This was the recapture of New York 
by the Dutch. 

t See a description of the Sith and its use, under the year 1687. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

1 673- 1 674. 

REOCCUPATION BY THE: DUTCH. 

"HpHIS day, loth August, 1673, New Style, have the Hol- 
land and Zealand fleets captured the Fort at N. York, 
in the name of their High Mightinesses, the Lords States General 
of the United Netherlands and his Highness the Lord Prince of 
Orange ; and the Fort is re-named Willem Hendrick, and the 
City obtained the name New Orange." 

In these words did the secretary Vander Vin record in his 
protocol an event which, suddenly reducing the colony again to 
the obedience of Holland, at once startled and overjoyed the 
Dutch community at Harlem. The mother countries were at 
war, and this one of the fruits. They were therefore prepared 
for the following official letter : 

To the Inhabitants of the Town of N : Haerlem. 

_ You will, by authority of the High Commanders and Council of War 
residing in the fort Willem Hendrick, appoint two persons from your 
village as deputies, and with the same send your constable's staff and 
town ensign, on the day after to-morrow, being Monday, in order then 
to talk with us ; whereon depending, we remain, after greetings, your 
friends, 

The ScHouT, Burgomasters and Schepens 
of the City of N. Orange. 

By order of the same 

N. Bayard, Secretary. 
N. Orange, 19th August, 
1673, New Style. 

To this the following reply was sent by the hands of the 
delegates : 

To the Noble, Honorable Lords, the Sellout, Burgomasters and Schepens, 

at the City of New Orange. 

We, Inhabitants at the village N. Haerlem, pursuant to your Honors' 
writing of the 19th instant, by authority of the High Commanders and 
the Council of War, residing in fort Willem Hendrick, send by these 
the constable's staff (having no ensign), besides two deputies from us, to 
receive such orders as your Honors shall find to pertain to the welfare 
and benefit of this town; whereupon we shall rely, praying God to pre- 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 301 

serve your Honors in a prosperous, just, and enduring government; in 
the meanwhile remaining j'our Honors' dutiful, willing subjects, the In- 
habitants of the town N. Haerlem, August 21st, 1673, New Style. 
By order of the same, 

H. J. Vander Vin, Secretary. 

The delegates returned bearing the followmg letter: 

To the Inhabitants of the town of New Haerlem. 

You are by these, by authority of the Noble Burgomasters and Schepens 
of this City of New Orange, ordered, for your town's folks and the de- 
pendent neighborhood, on the morrow to assemble, and by a general vote 
to nominate eight from the same as magistrates (all such being also of 
the Reformed Christian Religion), out of which said nomination we then 
shall elect four as magistrates for your town; whereon we relying, remain 
your friends. 

The Burgomasters and Schepens 

of the City of New Orange, 226. August, 1673. 
By order of the same, 

N. Bayard, Secretary. 

The town folks met pursuant to this order and nominated 
David Des Marest, Joost Van Oblinus, Lubbert Gerritsen, Cor- 
nelis Jansen, Resolved Waldron, Adolph Meyer, Arent Har- 
mans (Bussing), and Jan Nagel, all good friends of fatherland, 
as magistrates, and Hendrick J. Vander Vin as secretary, from 
whom were appointed to the former oliice, Waldron, Des Alarest, 
Oblinus, and Bussing, Waldron being named as schout; and as 
secretary, Vander Vin. These took an oath of fidelity ''to their 
High Mightinesses the Lords States General of the United 
Netherlands and his Highness the Lord Prince of Orange." 

By order of the Burgomasters and Schepens, the new board 
called the other inhabitants together on August 25th, and ad- 
ministered to them the following oath of allegiance : 

"We promise and swear, in presence of Almighty God, unto 
their High Mightinesses the Lords States General of the United 
Netherlands, and his Highnesg the Lord Prince of Orange, and 
their Governor already placed here, or hereafter to be appointed, 
to be beholden and faithful, and in all circumstances to behave us 
as trusty and obedient subjects are bound to do. So truly help us, 
God Almighty." 

The roll of names is as follows, being classified l\v A'ander 

Vin, thus : 

1st. Over 16 and under 60 years. 

Lubbert Gerritsen, 

Cornelis Jansen, 

Meyndert Journee, 

Adolph Meyer, 

Simeon Cornier, 

Jan Laurens v : Schoonrcwoert, 



302 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Jean des Marest, 
Jan Dyckman, 
Daniel Tourneur, 
- Jan Nagel, 

Samuel Pell, ~| 

Robert HoUis,* [■ Englishmen. 

John Smith, J 

Jan le Maistre, 1 

David des Marest, Jr., } 

Samuel des Marest, I 

^EZt^MrTIk \ Young Men (. .. unmarried). 

Jochem Engelbert, [ 

Coenraet Hendricks, I 
Cornells Theunisz, J 

Gabriel Carbosie, Miller. 

2d. Impotent, above 60 years. 

Glaude le Maistre, 
Pierre Cresson, 
Jean le Roj^, 
Claes Carstensen, 
Isaac Vermeille. 

The Dutch rule was now re-estabHshed ; after tv/o days came 
the Sabbath, when the people at worship expressed their grati- 
tude in a practical way, by an extra large contribution of 4 florins. 
To this, the next Sunday, Vander Vin added, as a special gift, 
a schepel of wheat, equal to 6 gl. 

The ready response to every demand of the new rulers also 
told the general satisfaction. Called upon to furnish "800 pieces 
of great palisades, 14 feet long, i foot thick and under," for the 
city defences, the inhabitants met August 28th, and apportioned 
this heavy work pro rata, 10 posts to an erf, and 1^2 io each 
morgen. An admirable spirit was also shown by the young men 
who owned no bouwland, four of whom, — to wit, Coenraet Hen- 
dricks, Engelbert, Bussing, and Dyckman, — volunteered 20 sticks 
each, and the loyal Jan Nagel and Jean Demarest each 25. Le 
Roy, Hollis, Pell, and Smith, severally pledged 20 each, and 
Widow Montague the same, to be cut by her hired man, Evert 
Alrichs. Carbosie would spare time from the mill to furnish 16. 
The younger sons of Demarest, with his servant Jaco el Roey, 
ofifered together to cut 26, Jan le Maistre 12, and Oblinus' man, 

* Robert Hollis, says Governor Nicholls, "came over with me into these parts, 
in his Majesty's service, a soldier under my command." He got a license August 15, 
1665, to marrv widow Mary Page. On July 18, 1667, he secured a patent for 26 
acres of land in Brooklyn, having Jan Martyn on the north and Jan Damen on the 
south, "with his housing and accommodation thereupon," which he had bought early 
that year from Jean Mesurolle. He obtained at that time the sole right to tap strong 
drink in that town. In 1672 he bought an erf at Harlem, where he was made a cor- 
poral in the Night Watch, December 6, 1675, but must have left soon after, being 
last named at the settlement, January 17, 1676, between the town and William Palmer, 
for whom Hollis had stood security. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 303 

Cornells Thennlsz, 7. They agreed to draw all these to a suit- 
able place at the strand.* 

A new life and vigor seemed infused into the village; the 
overseers being especially occupied. Pursuant to orders from 
the Council of War, they had, on the 23d inst., visited the planta- 
tion of Captain Richard Morris, and appointed Jean Dcmarest 
and Arent Harmans to take charge of it till further orders. The 
affairs of Captain Delavall now demanded their care. His 
estates, which were scattered in different parts of the province, 
and valued by him at about £5,000, had been attached by the 
Dutch commanders. A ketch building at Harlem, by Samuel 
Pell, ship carpenter, and of which Delavall was half owner, was 
to that extent included. John Smith, late in employ of Delavall, 
was instructed to take good care of his other property at Plarlem 
till further notice. 

Sundry claims against Delavall now came up ; one by Pierre 
Cresson for what Delavall, in 1670, had agreed to pay to rebuild 
and keep up the fence between their gardens ; another for repairs 
the last year at the mill on "the flume and door to the race," Car- 
bosie still having charge. Mea,nwhile Smith, Delavall's man, 
intrusted with his cattle and goods, having suddenly absconded, 
the High Commanders on September 9th directed Resolved 
vVaidron to take the property in keeping, and wdiich trust he 
accepted. This was officiall}' made known to the people of 
Harlem on the nth, and accompanied by directions that the ferry 
folks should set no strangers, "that is Christians, or negroes, or 
cattle," over the river, either at Harlem or Spuyten Duyvel, unless 
they could show a pass. These directions were afterward re- 
peated. 

On September 25th the magistrates appointed Barent ^^''ald- 
ron, the Court Messenger, who, on being sworn into office, was 
furnished with a commission, setting forth in general liis duties, 
and warning all persons not to interfere with him in the proper 
discharge thereof. At the Court held next day, Carbosie, the 
miller, complained of Jan Louwe Van Schoonrewoerd, for threat- 
ening to shoot his hogs, which had troubled him by running 

* Jochem Engelbert Van Namen, from Ilcusdcii, came out in tlic sliip Hope, 
which sailed from Amsterdam, April 8, 1662. lie lived four and a half years with 
Burger Toris, and then entered the service of \'erveelen, at Marlcm, March 5, 1668, 
but complaining of ill-usuage, was released Uy the Court, September 10 ensuing. He 
bore a good name while with Burger, and seems to have sustained it afterward at 
Esopus, where he married, November 3, 1676, Elizabeth, daughter of Evert Pels, 
by whom he had a family of children, viz.: Deliantie, Evert, Engelbert, Johannes. 
Anna. Deliantie married Barent Marteling, in 1702. Anna married Isaac Marteling. 
(See Clute's Staten Island). 

Evert Alrichs, five years later, is found at Upland, on the Delaware, having mar- 
ried Elizabeth, widow of Hans Walter. 



304 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

over the mill-dam. Louwe was told to repair his fences if he 
would not suffer from others' hogs or cattle, and Carbosie was 
ordered to make good his railing about the mill-dam, so that no 
cattle could run over. 

The following day Joost Van Oblinus made complaint that 
having sent Adrian Sammis, his wife's brother, living with him, 
to pasture the cattle "upon the point over against Simeon's land," 
he had been beaten off by Glaude le Maistre with a stick.* Le 
Maistre said that he chased the cattle from his own fence, and 
not from that of the point, and admitted to have struck Adrian, 
but not with a stick. Poor Adrian, who could not speak for 
himself, being "deaf, dumb, and paralytic," had two good wit- 
nesses, Esther Tourneur and Cornelia Waldron. Esther being 
called in, said that Adrian coming along the fencing with the 
cattle, she saw that Glaude had beaten him with a stick. Cor- 
nelia testified the same, and that Glaude ran after them. The 
Court condemned Le Maistre "in an amend of 6 gl., to the be- 
hoof of the church here, with the costs hereby accruing." He 
was also directed to "draw in his fence by the point of his 
meadow forthwith, within the time of two months, without longer 
delay." 

On the same date (September 27th) the magistrates, with the 
advice of CorneHs Jansen and Jan Dyckman, passed the follow- 
ing curious regulation, respecting the lands in common fence: 

"Is resolved and found good to establish that in the coming 
year, 1674, the tilled land on Jochem Pieters shall be exempt 
from any afterplanting of buckwheat, pumpkins, turnips, or any 
summer fruits, that the cattle of this village (after the crop is 
off the field) may pasture thereon; and the land Van Keulen's 
Hook shall in the same year, 1674, be sown and planted with 
summer fruits; and in the year 1675, on the contrary, Van Keu- 
len's Hook from summer fruits shall remain unplanted and un- 
sown, and Jochem Pieters again be sown as above; running so 
from year to year, alternately, the one to be sown by summer 
fruits and the other left unsown, for reasons as above." 

The Dutch Commanders had now sailed for Holland leaving 

* The point here referred to was undoubtedly that since known as Bussings 
Point. Simeon Cornier had agreed to buy lot No. ii, Jochem Pieters, but the reference 
is plainly not to him, nor to this land. We conclude it was the lot on Jochem Pieters, 
given up in 1661 by Simon (also called Simeon) de Ruine, and was No. 25 (after- 
ward No. 22, one of Delavall's, whose title was just now uncertain), and that "Simeon's 
land," best known by its original owner's name, thus formed the north line of 
Jochem Pieters; and "over against" (that is, opposite to it, some space intervening) 
was said point early called Gloudie's Point, from Delamater, whose meadows lay 
there. Later, No. 22 formed the northerniost of the so-called "Six I,ots," embraced 
in the large Myer tract. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 305 

the administration of affairs in the hands of Governor Anthony 
Colve, who on October ist issued the following: 

Provisional Instructions to the Schout and Magistrates of the Town of 
New Haerlem. 

1. The Schout and Magistrates each in their sphere shall have a care 
that the Reformed Christian Religion shall be maintained conformably 
to the Synod of Dordrecht held in the years 1618 and 1619, without 
suffering it, through any other persuasion thereto opposed, to be in any 
wise altered. 

2. The Schout, so far as possible, shall be present and preside at all 
meetings. But when he acts for himself as a party, or respecting the 
right of his Lords Patroons, or in behalf of justice, on such an occasion, 
he shall stand up and vacate the bench, and at that time neither advise 
nor vote; but the oldest Schepen shall preside in his place. 

3. All cases of government, of the security and peace of the inhabi- 
tants, also of justice betwixt man and man, shall be determined by the 
Magistrates of the aforesaid Town by definitive sentences to the amount of 
sixty guilders in beavers, or less. But in all cases exceeding this sum, 
every one shall be free to appeal to the Hon. Governor General and Council 
here. 

4. In case of diversity of voices, the minority must yield to the major- 
ity, yet permitting those of the contrary opinion to record and sign their 
protest ; but in no wise to publish such outside the meeting, on pain of 
arbitrary correction. 

5. Whenever in the Court any cases shall occur, in which any Magis- 
trate shall be concerned as a party, in such case the IMagistrate shall rise 
up and leave his seat, as before is directed in the case of the Schout. 

6. All the inhabitants of the aforesaid Town shall be citable before the 
said Schout and Schepens, who shall hold their sessions and courts as often 
as the same shall be necessary. 

7. All criminal offences may be referred to the Governor General and 
Council, saving that the Schout shall be obligated the criminal offenders 
to apprehend, to arrest and to detain, and as prisoners, under proper 
security, to deliver over to the High Magistracy, together with good and 
true information of the offences committed; at the expense of the of- 
fenders or the prosecutor. 

8. Minor offences, such as quarrels, injuries, slanders, threats, fist 
blows, and such like, are left to the adjudication and decision of the iNIagis- 
trates of each particular town. 

9. The Schout and Schepens shall be authorized, for the peace and 
tranquillity of the inhabitants in their district, to make any orders for 
the regulating of highways, setting off lands and gardens, and whatever 
like things as relate to farm lands ; also for the observance of the Sab- 
bath, respecting the building of churches, of schools, and similar public 
works ; also against fighting and striking and such like minor offences ; 
provided the same do not conflict with, but are conformable unto the 
laws of our Fatherland and the statutes of the province ; and to this end 
all orders of importance, before they are promulgated, shall be presented 
to the High Magistracy for their approval. 

ID. Said Schout and Schepens shall be held closely to observe and 
execute all the placards and ordinances which shall be enacted and pub- 
lished by the High Magistracy, and not to permit anything to be done 
contrary thereto ; further to proceed against the transgressors according 
to the tenor of the same ; and to execute promptly such orders as the 
Governor General from time to time shall send to them. 

II. The Schout and Schepens shall also be bound to acknowledge 
their High Alightinesses the Lords States General of the United Nether- 



3o6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

lands, and his Serene Highness, the Lord Prince of Orange, as their Sov- 
ereign Rulers, and to maintain their high jurisdiction, right, and dominion 
in this land. 

12. The choice of all minor officers and assistants to the said Schout 
and Schepens (alone excepting the Secretary's office) shall be made and 
confirmed by themselves. 

13. The Schout shall personally, or by his substitutes, put in execution 
all the sentences of the Schepens, without releasing anybody, except with 
the advice of the Court; also take good care that the places under his 
control shall be purged from all rascality, gambling, baudy-houses, and 
such like immoralities. 

14. The Sellout shall enjoy the half of all civil fines accruing during 
his term of office, together with a third part of the allowance coming to 
the respective towns from criminal cases ; wherefore he shall receive no 
presents, directly or indirectly, forbidden by the laws. 

15. At the time of election, the Schout and Schepens shall nominate a 
double number of the best qualified, honest, intelligent, and most wealthy 
inhabitants, and only those who are of the Reformed Christian Religion, 
or at least well disposed thereto, as Schepens, and to be presented to 
his Honor the Governor, from whom by him the election shall be made, 
with the continuation of some of the old, in case his Honor shall deem 
it necessary. Done at the fort Willem Hendrick the First of October 
A°. 1673. 

By order of the Honbl. Governor General 

and Council of New Netherland, 

N. Bayard, Secretary. 

On Wednesday, October 4th, Governor Colve visited Harlem 
and held a council there. Some of the people of Fordham, pre- 
senting themselves, complained "of the ill-government of their 
landlord, John Archer," and asked the privilege of nominating 
their own magistrates. Archer being summoned, also appeared; 
and on hearing the complaint, he voluntarily yielded up the gov- 
ernment there, retaining only the right to his houses and lands ; 
whereupon the Court granted the people their request, and on 
the following day, pursuant to previous notice, all the inhabi- 
tants of that place appeared at Harlem, and took the oath of 
allegiance at the hand of Governor Colve, and before the Heer 
Cornells Steenwyck, Burgomaster Egidius Luyck, and Secretary 
Bayard ; Resolved Waldron and David Demarest being also pres- 
ent. Within a few days Johannes Verveelen, Michiel Bastiaen- 
sen, and Valentine Claessen, were elected magistrates at Fordham, 
the first being also made secretary. 

The Harlem town court met October 6th with reference to 
the affairs of Captain Delavall, who had departed with~Governor 
Lovelace for England in the ship of the Dutch commander 
Benckes. A statement being drawn up, he was found indebted 
to the town as follows : 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 307 

For his part of Preacher's salary, as per list of Jan. i6th 

preceding f. (£ ■_ jg 

his share of the general expenses of the town, as per 

list of Mar. 6th 242 : 16 

" the 4 gardens sold him off the Clover Pasture 100 : 

wages for labor in making his fences 84 : 



493 : 12 

The cutting- and cartage of 140 palisades, for the city, was 
also to be added. His assets, in real estate, were foimd to be, 
"On Jochem Pieters, in 9 lots, 54 moro-en ; on Keulen's Hook, in 
2 lots, 6 morgen; together, 11 lots, 60 morgen. In the village, 
two houses and erven. And meadows for ha\- in proportion." 

The following petition, having reference to Delavall. was 
drawn up on the 19th of October: 

To the Noble, Right Honorable Lord, the Governor of New Netherland. 

Respectfully make known the Schout and Rulers of the Town New 
Haerlem, in the name and on behalf of their common Inhabitants, your 
Excellency's subjects, how that they the petitioners are entitled to a 
considerable sum of money from Capt. Thomas Delavall, on account of 
burdens and charges which by this town some years hither are borne upon 
the lands, houses, and house lots (erven), of the Inhabitants, being 
shown by the assessments and accounts thereof kept from time to time ; 
and the aforesaid Thomas Delavall having possessed extraordinary par- 
cels of land, as also houses and house lots, for his quota has done, 
contributed, or paid not one stiver to the discharging of the town's 
debts, to the great grievance of the community. 'Tis now such, that at 
this village lies a small strip of land, between the two common streets, 
reaching west to common land named the Clover Pasture, having apper- 
tained to the above-mentioned Delavall, who upon some of the same 
ground (^die op dc grout dcssclffs), is now remaining indebted to this 
town one hundred guilders; So it is that they the petitioners, in quality 
as above, humbly request your Excellency to be pleased to grant and 
confer upon them, the petitioners, as property, in recompense for the said 
arrears, the said small strip of land, so that the inhabitants aforesaid may 
use it for a Calf Pasture (as the calves have little driving out), the w'hich 
to nobody's prejudice in particular is tending, but which may serve for the 
common convenience and the inheritance (oirbor) of this town and its 
Inhabitants : hereupon awaiting your Excellency's favorable answer, re- 
main meanwhile and at all times your Excellency's right willing servants, 
etc. N. Haerlem, 19th Octobr., A°. 1673. 

Resai.vert Waldron, 
David des Marest, 

JOOST VAN ObLINUS, 

Arent Hermensen. 

Answer. The Petitioners are allowed to use the small Clover Pasture 
requested, provisionally, till such time as order shall be taken about the 
affairs of Capt. Delavall. In the mean time the Petitioners to bring in 
their proper claim to the curators to be chosen thereto. Done in Fort 
Willcm Hendrick, on the date 23d October, A". 1673. 

By order of the Governor General of N. Netherland 
and the Hon. Council, 

N. Bayard, Srortary. 



3o8 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



On the 1st of November, Vander Vin's three years' service 
having ended, he was engaged for another year as clerk and 
voorleser, on the same conditions as of the 23d of October, 1670, 
to wit : 400 guilders, dwelling house, and fuel. It was also stipu- 
lated that the people should keep the house and the garden fence 
in repair. The salary was to be paid half-yearly in grain at 
market value, and "according to the old list of the free-will con- 
tributors," namely : 

The Free-will Contributors to the Voorleser's office for this ensuing 
year: 

Resolved Waldron f . 30 : 

Glaude le Maistre 

Jean le Maistre 4 : o 

Joost van Oblinus 25 : o 

Daniel Tourneur 30 : o 

Adolph Meyer 30 : o 

David des Marest 15 : o 

Arent Hermens 8 : o 

Pierre Cresson 4 : o 

Lubbert Gerritsen 20 : o 

Cornelis Jansen 20 : 

Jan Nagel 15 : o 

Jean le Roy 6 : o 

Jan Dyckman 8 : o 

Meynard Journee 16 : 

The Widow of Jan La Montague 

Jan Louwerens van Schoonrewoert 

Simeon Cornier 

Jean le Roy, rent of the Town's allotment 120 : 

Rent of the meadows, beginning ist May, 1671, of 
which are to pay each year : 

David des Mareset f . 24 : o 

Jan Nagel 10 : 7 

Lubbert Gerritsen 10 : 7 

Johannes Vermel] e 10 : 7 55 : i 

Glaude le Maistre's annual contribution had been 25 guilders, 
but, for reasons which will hereafter appear, he declined to renew 
his subscription. The three others wanting the amount were 
new subscribers of the previous year. The items of rent for the 
town lands being added brought the figures up to 406 gl. i st. 

Some of the neighboring English, exasperated at the recap- 
ture of the country by the Dutch, now began to make trouble; 
as will appear from the following minutes of proceedings at 
Harlem : 

A°. 1673, the 7th November, Tuesday. 

Present, Schout, Magistrates and all the Inhabitants of this village col- 
lected. 

Whereas by daily reports we are informed that some wicked and 
insolent persons, of the English nation, their riotings make about these 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 309 

countries, threatening to give one and anotlier some molestation and 
trouble by robbing and burning ; before which threats those of us who 
live outside will not prove secure. But as much that is feasible to be 
done rests upon our care, through heed and keeping watch upon such as 
maj^ be disposed to do the same some hurt and damage, owing to their 
ability to escape away to a great distance ; So it is that we, Schout, 
Magistrates, and the whole community, being assembled, have found 
good and deemed necessary to watch by turns during the nights ; and 
that it may take place more orderly, we have thought it necessary to 
appoint a suitable person as Captain, to command as many as go on watch, 
to whom we promise obedience and submission in all that which he 
shall therein command, upon forfeiture of the fmes also hereby ordered; 
and by a majority of votes is thereunto chosen and confirmed the person 
Cornelis Jansen, as Captain. And moreover the community are divided 
into four companies or corporalships, in order, by turns with their fellow 
soldiers, to keep the night watch, and to go the rounds as needful, and 
each his arms to keep ready, provided with powder and lead as required. 
Whoever neglects the watch without lawful reason, or those whose arms 
are not ready, wanting necessary powder and lead, or the command of 
the Captain, or his Corporal oppose, shall forfeit each time three guilders, 
for the use of the whole company. Thus done at N. Haerlem, the 7th 
November, 1673. 

List of the Corporalships. 

1. Jan Nagel, Corporal, 
Joost van Oblinus, 
Jan Helmont, 

Jean le INIaistre, 
Jean le Roy, 
Robert Hollis. 

2. Simeon Cornier, Corporal, 
Lubbert Gerritsen, 
Samuel Pell, 

Jacque el Roe, 
Barent Waldron, 
Samuel des Marest. 

3. Jan Dyckman, Corporal, 
Arent Hermens, 

David des jNIarest, Jr., 
Jan Tincker, 
Conradus Hendricksen, 
Cornelis Theunissen. 

4. Adolph Meyer, Corporal, 
Laurens Matthyssen 
David des jMarest, 
Daniel Tourneur. 
Jochem Engclbert, 
Meyndert Journee. 

The gratitude of the Dutch inhabitants at the restoration of 
the country to Holland, now found expression throughout the 
colony in the observance, not of a day merely, but of a series of 
public thanksgivings. The following letter and proclamation 
from the new governor explains it : 



3IO HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Honest, Beloved, Faithful, the Schout and Magistrates of the village 

Haerlem. 
Honest, Beloved, Faithful, 

These serve to accompany the inclosed proclamation of a general day 
of thanksgiving, fasting, and prayer, v\^hich you are required to publish 
at the usual time and place, and to take care that it be observed after the 
tenor thereof; let also the inclosed be seasonably sent on to the village of 
Fordham. Whereon relying, I remain, after greetings, your friend, 

A. CoivVE. 
Fort Willem Hendrick, 
20th November, 1673. 

Proclamation.* 
Honest, Beloved, Faithful, 

Considering the manifold blessings and benefits wherewith the only 
good and merciful God has favored this province and its inhabitants, of 
which by no means the least is their fortunate restoration under their 
former lawful and natural rulers, and that which is above all to be prized, 
the continuance of the reformed worship, which also, like all other blessings 
and benefits to us, not only imposes a debt of gratitude, but also, in 
truth, humility and repentance for our manifold and weighty sins, so 
that the Almighty God may continue His blessings, and this land and 
people be freed from His righteous judgments and well-deserved punish- 
ment; Therefore it is that we have judged it highly necessary by these 
to ordain and proclaim a general day for thanks, fasting, and prayer, 
which everywhere within this province shall be observed every first Wed- 
nesday in each month, beginning on Wednesday, the 6th December next 
coming, and so following on each first Wednesday in the month. And 
that all may be the better practised and observed, so by these interdicted 
and forbidden, on the aforesaid thank, fast, and prayer day, all labor, and 
play of tennis-court, ball-tossing, fishing, hunting, gaming, sailing, dice- 
playing, excessive drinking, and all tapping of liquors by innkeepers ; the 
whole upon penalty of arbitrary correction. For the observance of the 
same, the Magistrates, Officers, and Justices of this province to whom these 
shall be sent, are required and charged strictly to provide that the trans- 
gressors be proceeded against as they should be ; and to make known this 
our proclamation by timely publication where such is necessary. Herewith 
committing you to the protection of the Most High ; Honest, Beloved, 
Faithful, 

Your affectionate friend, A. Coi<vE. 

Fort Willem Hendrick, 
iSth November, 1673. 

In fitting mood was the community at Harlem to receive 
this message, for on that self-same day, November 21st, one 
much esteemed in the town, Lubbert Gerritsen, late an overseer, 
departed this life.* The town was also full of the alarms which 

* This interesting document is newly translanted from the Dutch, the old transla- 
tion printed in N. Y. Col. Doc. ii., 658, being faulty . 

* Ivubbert Gerritsen, having lived at Gravesend, L. I-, till after his youngest child 
was born, appears at Harlem in 1661, when he bought the house and land of Matthys 
Boon, who then left the town. He was chosen adelborst in 1663, and held several 
town offices afterward, serving as overseer the year before he died. His property has 
been shown, as in his inventory taken November 27, 1673. His children, all born in 
this county, and by his first wife, Grietien Dircks, were, I,ysbeth, born 1651, who 
married Dirck Evertson Fluyt and Joris Burger, both of New York; Gerrit and Dirck, 
twins, born 1653; Gerrit, born 1655, and Eva, born 1657, who married Arent Har- 
mans Bussing. Lubbert's second marriage with the widow Femmetie Coenraets has 
been noticed. Their contracts, respectively providing for their former children, are 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 31 1 

had dictated the institution of the night watch, and excited over 
the arrest at Spuyten Duyvcl of one Francois Beado, aged about 
27 years, a native of London, for being concerned, as was be- 
lieved, in a conspiracy against the Dutch. From Verveelen's, 
where during his detention he had tried to induce one James 
Pinnet, of Fordham, "to assist him to kill the ferryman and other 
people, saying they were but Dutch," he was taken and lodged 
in the fort at New Orange. At his examination before the 
Governor and Council, November 28th, Pinnet and George Tip- 
pett gave evidence against him. The following deposition was 
also taken : 

"William Smith, aged about 46 years, inhabitant of Ford- 
ham, declareth upon oath that Francois Beado, now in prison, 
about six weeks ago came to the deponent at Fordham and 
inquired what neighbors he had; then saying further that he 
had a commission from the - * * on this side, Canada, to burn, 
take, kill and ruin all the Dutch ; because he and his father, and 
cousin, had lost by them about 800 pounds, which he was resolved 
to get again ; and when this deponent questioned his commission, 
the copy of which he did read to the deponent, he, the said Beado, 
replied that if he had no other, his sword and his half-pike 
(which he had in his hand) was his commission, the Dutch being 
his enemies.— and the second day after the said Beado came again 
to the deponent, and said he was beset by three rogues, but that 
he had two friends in the woods with whom he was resolved to 
meet them; inquiring further what woman Michiel Bastiaensen, 
his wife was, saying that he would burn ^Ir. \'erveelen's and the 
said Michiel's house, but he was afraid that the said woman 
would betrav him, she having seen his half-pike: and desired 
further that this deponent would warn ^Ir. Gibbs. who quartered 
at jMichiel's house, of his intention." 

Beado also confessed "without torture." and being found 
guiltv of disturbing and breaking the peace, was sentenced to 
be publiclv bound to a stake and branded on the back with a 
red-hot iron, and then banished from the province, for a term 
of twenty-five years, which sentence was put in execution on 
December 20th. 

The intense excitement which these things created in the 
community at Harlem was heightened by the fears generally 

dated Tune 28. and their marriage bans July ;.. i66q. L"bbert chose as guardians of 
his children's inheritance. Tan Gerritsen de Wics, from Workum, and Adrian Dirck- 
sen Cocn from Maasen.- in Utrecht Judging fron, the,r ^^^^^-^y^^\^^\- ^'^}^\'^- "If^^ 
have been one his brother, the other his first wife sbro her Dirck and l.errit Uub- 
hertsen are not again named here; the last no doubt the "Gernt Lubhertsen from 
New York," who married Alida Everts, at Albany, in 1684. Pearson s Alb. Settlers. 



312 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

entertained that an attempt would be made by the Enghsh gov- 
ernment to recover possession of the province. The following 
letter received from Governor Colve has reference to this : 

To the Schout, Magistrates, and Inhabitants of the Towns of New Haerlem 

and Fordham. 
Good Friends, 

On last Tuesday week I had some conference in the town of Midwout 
with the Magistrates and chief officers of all the Dutch towns situated 
on Long Island, concerning the present condition of the country, and 
had wished indeed that time and the season of the year had permitted 
me to visit you the same as the rest; but time not allowing this, I have 
therefore deemed it necessary hereby to incite you to your duty, and 
with many of the other good inhabitants to fulfil your oath and honor, 
whereof I entertain not the least doubt, being herein partly assured by 
the Schouts of your respective towns. Therefore nothing remains but 
to recommend you to keep a wakeful eye on all designs which may be 
concocted against this province or yourselves in particular, and always to 
be ready to transport your families and movables hither, on certain informa- 
tion of the enemy's approach, or on special command from me ; and that 
such may be executed in good order, Schout Resolved Waldron is hereby 
appointed chief officer of the militia of the towns of Haerlem and Ford- 
ham, with order to communicate these presents to the inhabitants of 
said towns, who, for the preservation of better order in each town, are 
hereby required to choose a Sergeant, and not to fail to give me informa- 
tion of all that occurs. Whereupon relying, I remain. 

Your friend, A. CoLVE. 

Fort Willem Hendrick, 
27th Xber, 1673. 

This coupling of Harlem and the adjacent parts of West- 
chester in one jurisdiction, seen thus early to be expedient, was 
fully consummated just two centuries later, in 1873. 

The panic at Harlem was almost as great as if the enemy 
were already at their doors. Influenced by rumors of their 
approach, many left for the city or other places, and the Sabbath 
congregations were reduced to a mere handful. The Secretary, 
Vander Vin, on January 21, 1674, makes this entry in the dea- 
con's accounts : "Owing to the daily reports of the coming of 
the English, the inhabitants being fled with their families and 
movable goods, little was collected and found at the date of 
January 21st." But this excitement soon spent itself and sub- 
sided, things became more settled, the fast-days were regularly 
observed, and the Sunday services better sustained. 

About this time complaint was made against Hendrick 
Kiersen and Reyer Michielsen, of Fordham, for shooting a hog 
belonging to Jean le Maistre. These two, according to their 
statement, came over to this Island, on Monday, January 29th, 
to look for a hog which had strayed. In their hunt they shot a 
deer, and soon after that Kiersen, espying, as he thought, the 



HISTORY OF HARLE^I. 313 

missing hog, told Reyer to shoot it, which he did. As they could 
carry but one with them, they took the dear, and left the hog 
for another time. Reyer went for it two days after, when some- 
one seeing it was curious enough to examine the head, and found 
upon the ear the mark of young Lodewyck Ackerman, from whom 
Le Maistre had gotten the hog. Reyer passed an examination 
before the magistrates at Harlem on February ist, and the case 
was referred to the Burgomasters, — Cornells Jansen, who was 
cousin to the accused, becoming his bail. The Burgomasters, 
February 3d, sent the case back to the magistrates for further 
inquiry. This was made on the 5th, the testimony being sent 
to the Burgomasters, and from them to the Governor and Coun- 
cil, by whom the case was again referred back to the local court 
at Harlem, to be there decided, "unless they find it to be crim- 
inal." As a curiosity, we give the minute of the examination on 
February 5th: 

On 5th February, Monday. 

Present, the Heeren, ResoIvVEd Waldron, Schout. 

David des Marest, 1 
JoosT van Oblinus, [ Magistrates. 
Arent Hermensen, J 
Interrogatories to be put to Reyer Michielsen and Hendrick 
Kiersen, both living at Fordham, about the shooting of a hog 
upon this Island, belonging to Jean L,e Maistre, &c. 
Question. ^ Answer. 

1. What is your name? ist. Reyer Michielsen. 

2d. Hendrick Kiersen. 

2. Where were you born? ist. In the Prince's Land, about 

Schoonrewoert. 
2d. At Giest, in the Land of Drent. 

3. How old are you? ist. About 20 years. 

2d. About 25 years. 

4. Who has given you orders to ist. No one has given orders, 
shoot hogs upon this Island? 2d. Thought not that he was doing 

wrong to fetch his own hog. 

5. You knew well that you might ist. Well knew that such was the 
hunt no hogs upon this Island order under the English rule, but 
without the knowledge of the knew not that it continued under 
magistrates of N. Haerlem? the Dutch. 

2d. As above. 

6. Why do you shoot other people's ist. Knew not that it was another 
hogs ? person's hog, but his brother-in- 
law, Hendrick Kiersen, said that 
it was his. 

2d. Thought that it was his own 
hog. 

7. When you had shot the hog, did ist. Knew well that it was not my 
you not well know that it was not hog. but my brother-in-law still 
yo"''S; knew not better than 'twas his 

own. 
2d. Knew not better than 'twas his 
own hog. 



314 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

8. Why did you not take it away at ist. Because that he, having shot a 
the first? deer, thereupon for that time had 

enough to carry. 
2d. That they had to carry a deer. 
-9. Why did you skin the hog? ist. Because I saw that in the night 

it would freeze, and then the hair 
would not come off. 
2d. Because that he thought it to be 
his, and therewith might do as he 
saw fit. 

10. Why did you carry it in sacks? ist. Because he thought that they 

could carry it better in sacks. 
2d. Because it was to be better car- 
ried in sacks ; but has not been 
near there. 

11. Why sought you to conceal it ist. Denied that; and said he had 
when you perceived our folks? had no thought to hide the sacks. 

12. Why did you not fetch the hog ist. Because the kill was frozen, 
the next day? and the canoe could not get off. 

2d. That he was busy with thresh- 
ing, and also gave it no thought, 
as it was a lean hog. 

The result was that proceedmgs were dropped, the evidence 
not clearly showing a criminal intent; but at the desire of the 
magistrates, the Governor and Council, on April i8th, issued a 
stringent order in regard to the offence of shooting hogs in the 
common woods of this Island, without consent of the Harlem 
or City authorities. 

The attention of the government was also drawn to the 
matter of securing the horses of the late governor, Lovelace, and 
of Captain Delavall and others, "now running in the woods upon 
Manhattan Island," and the magistrates of Harlem were notified 
to employ the whole community on the second day of the com- 
ing Whitsuntide, "to collect and drive into their village all the 
horses" belonging to the aforesaid persons, and other of the late 
English officials. This order was given by the Governor April 
27th. 

Little more of interest transpired in the "dorp" for some 
months succeeding, except a few transfers of property, from 
which may be had an idea of the value of Harlem lands at that 
period. On May 2d Jean le Roy executed a deed to Simeon 
Cornier for his farm, consisting of a house, barn, and erf, a lot 
on Jochem Pieters, and one on Van Keulen's Hook, with 
meadows; for which Cornier had a bill of sale, dated February 
24, 1672, the price paid being 1,400 gl. At a public sale, July 
5th, of the estate of the late Lubbert Gerritsen, a lot of tillable 
land. No. 9, Jochem Pieters, with the crops thereon, and the 
meadows thereto belonging, and the erf with house and barn, 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 315 

were struck off to his stepson, Conrad Hendricksen, for 875 fl. 
His lot No. 4, Jochem Pieters, with its meadows, and a garden 
(No. 11), for a buikUng plot, "west of the village and north 
of the street," and "between Cornells Jansen and Joost Van 
Oblinns," was sold to David Demarest, Sr., for 925 fl. 

But now came news of a peace in Europe, welcome enough 
in itself, but which cost the Dutch inhabitants a tearful regret 
when they learned that, by stipulation, the colony was to be again 
given up to the English. The news was officially communicated 
in a letter of July 3d, from Secretary Bayard, inclosing the Gov- 
ernor's proclamation of peace, dated June 30th, and postponing 
the fast-day for eight days, and changing it into a day of thanks- 
giving. It directed that on July nth, in the forenoon, religious 
service should be held, and the proclamation of peace published. 

Several months passed before an English government suc- 
ceeded to the Dutch, and the interval was marked by a little 
shrewd preparation for it. This caused considerable litigation 
in the town court ; several parties sued the Tourneurs, to recover 
for work done for Delavall, by direction of the elder Tourneur, 
while acting as his agent, and in connection with which suits 
the old story of Tourneur's having killed a man in France was 
again revived by the Disosways, and as the widow said, "to the 
great damage of herself and children." These demands for 
payment were generally sustained, though it appeared that the 
late Tourneur had declared to Martin Hardewyn, "T will no 
more pay the debts of Delavall, but I will give you an order 
upon him to pa}' you." 

It is pleasing to note the regularity with which both civil 
and church affairs proceeded, amid all these disturbing causes. 
The new nomination for magistrates was made on September 
24th, and the choice and confirmation by the Burgomaster's 
court, October 4th. Waldron was continued as shout, and 
Oblinus as schepen, the new schepens being Adolph Meyer and 
Jan Dyckman. On October 29th, Dominie Nieuwenhuysen came 
up and installed as new deacon Simeon Cornier, to serve with 
Joost Van Oblinus, then holding the ofiice. He was attended by 
the Heer Van Cortlandt, one of the city elders, and the accounts 
of the church from July 26, 1672, were taken up, audited, and 
pronounced correct.* During that period there had been col- 

* Olof Stevens Van Cburtlandt, the common ancestor of the \'an Cortlandt family 
m this country, was a wealthy brewer, ocupying a residence in Stone street, adjoining 
his "malthouse;" and here he died April 4, 1684. His son Jacobus, a prominent mer- 
chant, bought of Jacques Tourneur, September 28, 1705, about two acres of salt 
meadow on the Harlem side of the Spuyten Duyvcl, which remaining in the family 
168 years before it was sold, became very valuable. In a communication to Mr. 



3i6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

lected on the Sabbath, fast-days, and Fridays, for preparation 
for the communion (as also on Christmas, when services were 
held and the largest collection realized), the sum of 184 florins, 
9 stivers, and 8 pennings, from which 71 florins had been ex- 
pended in alms, etc., leaving a balance of 113 fl. 9 st. 8 p. in the 
deacon's chest. Thereupon Secretary Vander Vin closes the 
account with the following formal entry: 

"On the date, 29th October, 1674, these accounts collected, 
and agreeing with the above donations, are found to be correct, 
with the assistance of the Heer Olof Stevens Van Cortlandt, 
Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ in the city of New Orange, 
and the same are also closed." 

Dominie Nieuwenhuysen had already had a useful ministry: 
since he came, about twenty of the Harlem people had been 
received to church membership, mostly young men and women. 
The last accessions were Adolpli Meyer, Cornells Jansen, Conrad 
Hendricksen, and Jean le Maistre, on March ist preceding; and 
the next were received December 13th following, namely, Barent 
Waldron, his sister Ruth, afterward Mrs. Jean le Maistre, and 
Eva Lubberts, afterward married to Arent Harmans Bussing. 

Impatient to see the English rule re-established, a few rest- 
less spirits in Westchester, who had already given the Dutch 
much annoyance, now began to bluster about the country venting 
their spleen on the Hollanders, and vaunting their loyalty to the 
king. Of these was Thomas Hunt, Jr., who having at first 
refused to take the oath of allegiance, and been ordered to leave 
the province, was, at his father's request, allowed to remain on 
accepting the oath and giving security for its observance. On 
Monday, November 5th, Hunt and five or six others came riding 
toward the village. Accosting Pierre Cresson, who was engaged 
fixing his fence, with a "Howd'ye do," to which he replied, "So 
and so," they passed on, falling in with a flock of geese, which 
they began to chase, heeding not Pierre's remonstrance to "let 
the geese alone." At several houses in the village they stopped, 
demanding in an insolent manner feed for their horses, and bread 
and beer for themselves. Mrs. Tourneur told them she had 
nothing to give, but said, "There is water; if you are thirsty, 
drink it." Her daughter, Madeleine (Mrs. Dyckman), pertly 
added, "If we had them we should not give them to you." 
Finding Jan Nagel at his house, they called out, "Here, give us 
oats for our horses ; or else peas or wheat." Nagel, not the one 

Samuel EI. Lyon, of New York, May 2, 1873, just previous to said sale, we had the 
pleasure of restoring the knowledge of the old title, which had become lost, to the 
owners. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 317 

to be intimidated, answered, "I have no oats; but peas and wheat 
are strange food for horses !" Said Hunt, "I must and will have 
some, nevertheless." Nagel repeated that he had none for him; 
whereupon Hunt asked "Does not Waldron live here?" Nagel 
signified that he did. "He does not," replied Hunt, "you know 
very well where he lives." And, so saying, they rode on. 
Waldron was not at home; but his wife, Tanneke Nagel, like 
her namesake, showed a proper courage. "Give us oats for our 
horses," demanded Hunt; to which Mrs. Waldron replied, "I 
have none." "Then give us peas or wheat," said he. "There 
are none threshed, and I cannot get any," was the answer. With 
his usual oath. Hunt said, "I will have some, threshed or un- 
threshed" ; then adding, "Or give us wine or rum ; have you 
nothing for the king's soldier's?" "I know no king's soldiers," 
said the matron. "I am a soldier of the king, by the blood of 
God," said Hunt, striking his breast, "and I shall and will have 
it! Is not your husband the Constable?" he further demanded. 
"No," said the spirited Tanneke, "but my husband is the Schout 
of this town." Venting curses upon Waldron, Hunt turned and 
left with his companions. 

Waldron entered a complaint to Governor Colve, and by 
his order the magistrates on the 7th held a court of inquiry upon 
the matter. But Hunt just escaped merited punishment, owing 
to an important event which happened only three days after, and 
of which the careful Vander Vin makes the following minute : 

"1674, the loth November, New, or 31st October, Old Style, 
was the fort Willem Hendrick again to the English governor 
yielded up, and the governor, A. Colve, with his people, there- 
from departed ; the fort again named Fort Tames, and the citv. 
New York." 






CHAPTER XX. 

1 674- 1 677. 

ENGLISH RULE RESTORED; REFUGEES; CAPTAIN CARTERET; INDIAN 
WAR ; LAND GRANTS ; SPUYTEN DUYVEL OCCUPIED. 

CIR EDMUND ANDROS, the new governor referred to, 
was accompanied, besides his own retinue of officers and 
soldiers, by several families of French refugees who had fled to 
England from the Palatinate, lately invaded and laid waste by 
the ruthless armies of Louis XIV. under Marshal Turenne. 
Among these refugees were Nicholas de Vaux (whence our De 
Vouw, and De Voe), Isaac See, Isaac See, Junior, and Jean le 
Comte, all of whom were related. These, with Gerard Magister, 
evidently of the same band, came directly to Harlem on account, 
as it would seem, of old Mannheim acquaintances, Demarest and 
others. Some brought their household goods, but as choicer 
treasures, the Holy Scriptures in French, the French Psalm Book, 
and the then highly prized Book of Martyrs. De Vaux, Le 
Comte, and their wives, united with the church on the first oppor- 
tunity, the 13th of December. 

Andros restored the English form of government. The 
Mayor's Court again resumed its jurisdiction, and by its order 
the town, on December 7th, nominated a double number of per- 
sons from which to fill the places of constable and overseers. 
The next day the Court acted upon the nominations. Schout 
Waldron gave place to David des Marest as constable; Cornells 
Jansen took his seat as an overseer, and with him, the old 
schepens, Oblinus, Meyer, and Dyckman. They were not sworn 
in till January 19th. 

Several of the Dutch settlers about Spuyten Duyvel, proba- 
bly distrusting the English and feeling unsafe, removed down 
into the village. Michiel Bastiaesen and his son-in-law, Hen- 
drick Kiersen, hired from the widow Tourneur and her son 
Daniel, January i, 1675, their farm upon Jochem Pieters and 
Van Keulen's Hook, with house, barn, orchard, and meadows, 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 319 

stock and farming tools, for three years from May ist ensuing. 
The Tourneurs apparently intended an early removal to their 
farm on ]\lontagne's Flat, which was to be Daniel's inheritance. 
They were still annoyed by that injurious report, the more 
keenly felt, now that the object of it lived only in their affffec- 
tions. But the widow, bent on putting a stop to it, had on 
December 22d made a complaint to the Mayor's Court, that 
Elizabeth Nightingale "had greatly defamed her husband de- 
ceased." Thereupon "the Court ordered that, it being formerly 
determined, the defendant shall, either at Harlem or in this 
court, make an acknowledgment and pay all costs." Lysbet had 
to comply, but preferred a journey to the city to facing exultant 
adversaries whom she would meet at the town court. Her ap- 
pearance, January 19th, the day the magistrates were sworn in, 
is thus noticed : "The Def^ brought into y^ Court her suplicatory 
peticon, in w'^'^ was her acknowledgm* for her wrong and injury 
to ye Plt^ husband; w'='^ y^ Court accepted off, conditionall\- she 
behaved her selfe well, and pay all costs."'' 

* Marc du Sauchoy, ancestor of the Disosway family, has place in our introductory 
sketches of the French refugees, etc. As we follow these homeless refugees from ex- 
citing scenes m the Old World, when, no longer the suffering victims of despotism, 
we can only contemplate them amid peaceful walks and engaged in commonplace pur- 
suits, we cannot but mark with interest the happy effects of the change in their am- 
bitious and laborious efforts to provide a home and living for themselves and families — 
txie admirable versatility, especially in the choice of new callings, with which thev 
adapted themselves to circumstances every way extraordinary. Our Disoswav, late 
wool-carder, on his first visit to this country, found employment in cleaning up some 
land at Flatbush for Cornells Van Ruyven. Well pleased with the island, and being 
present, June 17, 1655, when his countryman, Pierre Terracon. bought a farm at 
Mespat, Disosway went there on his return in 1657, and leasing Burger Toris' mill, at 
Dutch Kills, the former wood-cutter now became a miller. This proving a failure, but 
by no fault of his, gave it up for a plantation, and turned to fanning 'in the town of 
Brooklyn, to which place he and wife, April 10, 166 1, transferred theiV church connec- 
tion from New Amsterdam. Selling his farm a year later to Pierre Prae. from Dieppe, 
who had refuged at Leyden when Disoswav was there, IVIarc appears at Harlem, 
January 3, 1664, as prosecutor of a claim aga"inst Claude le Maistre for 95V. guilders, 
and soon after removed here and hired lands of Jean le Rov. How long was the lease 
we know not, but it had expired March 15, 1667, date of their settlement. Archer 
now induced him to take a farm in Fordham, where he continued to live a numljer 
ot years. 

The quarrel with the Tourneurs, grown bitter as many in feudal story, was shown 
in the mutual disposition to vex one another. The charge of liomicide, "reiterated so 
persistently, was met by recriminations even worse, till the local magistrates became 
weary of it. Wisely, the Mayor's Court cooled Dame Disoswav's itching to push 
her adversary to the wall by making good her charge; and but for 'the rejection of her 
offer to send to France for proof, we might know more of the affair in question. The 
settlement of some old accounts between the parties, March 4, 1674, in presence of 
the magistrates, was another step toward cessation of hostilities. Still Lvsbet, but 
four days after, made another charge in the Mayor's Court against the widow 'Tour- 
neur, but it was dismissed as "a vexatious suit, with costs to the plaintiff; and no 
more is heard of this quarrel. 

Disosway must have had means, to pay 80 guilders for "a Book of Martyrs and 
others," from the estate of Jean le Comte, as he did July 2, 1675. He bought lots 
Nos. 8, 9, on Hoorn's Hook, from Jan Delamater, November 29, 1679, but presently 
sold them. On June 7, 1683, he and wife took letters from the Dutch to the French 
church, newly formed under Rev. Pierre Daille. He soon moved to Staten Island, 
where 225 acres of land near Daniel's Neck were laid out to liim April 5, 1684, and 
for which he got a patent July 16,1685. In 1689 Staten Island partook of the Lcisler 
excitement. Disosway informed the government that many of his neighbors had left 
their houses and taken to the woods, "for fear of the Papists." He was still living, 
October i, 1706. His children, as far as known, were Madeleine, horn 1657, who 
married Martin tiardewyn (as the Dutch wrote it, but perhaps Ardcnne) ; Marcus, 



320 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

On January ii, 1675, the community renewed their engage- 
ment with Vander Vin, for two years' service as parish clerk 
and schoohiiaster, running from October 23d preceding. The 
terms were as before, to wit, 400 gl. per mannum, with fuel, etc. 
The following persons promised, of their free-will, to give the 
sums set opposite to their names: 

Resolved Waldron f- 30 

Joost van Oblinus " 38 

Cornelis Jansen " 25 

Jan Dyckman " 10 

Adolph Meyer " 14 

Jan Louwe van Schoonrewoert " 30 

Daniel Tourneur " 30 

Meynard Journee " 16 

Jan Nagel " 18 

Maria Montagne " 10 

Jean le Maistre " 10 

Arent Hermens " 8 

Conradus Hendricks " 8 

Lourens Jansen " 8 

Barent Waldron " 6 

Pierre Cresson " 4 

David des Marest, Jr " 4 

Isaac iVermeille. " 3 

Total f. 272 

Glaude le Maistre and David des Marest, Sen., declined to 
subscribe ; but the remaining deficiency was to be made up by 
rent from Jean le Roy for the use of the town lot, being 120 gl. 

Few events worth naming marked the close of the winter, 
1675. The town court was much occupied with petty cases. 
On February 4th it was resolved to remind Jan Bos (Terbosch) 
to pay 25 gl., due "since the year 1667," for an erf charged to 
him (that bought of Robert le Maire), or to enforce payment 
in the Mayor's Court. On February 6th, the Jansens, Cornelis 
and Lourens, completed a division of the lands bought of De 
Meyer;* Cornelis taking the farm (two lots) on Montagne's 

born 1659; Jeanne, born 1662, married Conrad Hendricks Boch, of Harlem; Jean, 
born 1665, and Maria, born 1669. Marcus joined the Dutch church. New York, No- 
vember 30, 1676, but later took a letter to the French church. Succeeding to his 
father's lands, he petitioned, November 27, 1708, for two vacant tracts next to him, 
stating that he "hath been an inhabitant of Staten Island, and hath followed husbandry 
upwards of thirty years past, and hath nine children, four whereof are sons, brought 
up to husbandry along with him." This was no doubt granted, as by his will, made 
December 23, 1713, and proved January 27, 1714, he gives each child a farm, ranging 
from 88 to 95 acres. But three sons were then living, viz.: Job, who married Sarah 
Deny; Israel, who married Gertrude Van Deventer, and Gabriel. His daughters 
were, Elizabeth, wife of Peter Barberie; Susannah, wife of Daniel Hendricks; Mary, 
wife of Thomas Eyres; Dianah, wife of Hendrick Brees, and Sarah, unmarried. 
Part of the original Disosway farm, with the old stone house upon it, is still owned 
and occupied by some of the descendants. 

* Nicholas de Meyer, originally from the city of Hamburgh, was one of the most 
enterprising and successful merchants of his day, often visiting Europe in the prose- 
cution of his business. Few men enjoyed so much of the public confidence. He was 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 321 

Flat, lots No. 18 Jochem Pieters and 15 \'an Keulen's Hook, 
and the outgardens ; and Lourens, No. 2 Jochem Pieters and 
No. 6 Van Keulen's Hook, with the two erven, and also the 
orchard occupying two north gardens, later forming the John P. 
Waldron homestead. Lourens' part being of most value, as it 
included the buildings, he agrees to give his brother 600 gl. 
This property, as thus divided, composed the beginnings, respec- 
tively, of the Kortright and Low estates. 

Among the newly-arrived French refugees before noticed 
was Jean le Comte, with his wife Mary Laurens and one child. 
For want of a dwelling, they were allowed by the constable, 
Demarest, to put their household effects in his barn. The father 
was now prostrated by a sickness which no efforts of the "chirur- 
geons" employed could help, and he died May 24th. His per- 
sonal estate, per inventory taken July 2d, amounted, less ex- 
penses, to 606 gl., of which the widow set apart 300 for her little 
son Moses, who afterward married Glaude le Maistre's daughter, 
and settled at Esopus, leaving descendants called De Graaf, 
which was the Dutch for Le Comte or Lecount. 

There had recently arrived at Harlem "a person of quality," 
as he is styled. Captain James Carteret, descended remotely from 
the famous Lords de Carteret of the Cotentin in Normandy, and 
directly allied to the De Carterets, Lords of St. Ouen, in the 
island of Jersey, noticed in our opening chapter, and at which 
place various members of the family were now enjoying prom- 
inent civic positions.* The captain's father, Sir George De 

several times an Alderman of New York, and once Mayor. He was chosen a member 
of Governor Sloughter's Council, but when the Gocernor arrived, March 19, 1691, 
Mr. De Meyer had just died. He left a fine estate, partly in Europe, as we conclude 
from his son William's estate. He married, in 1655, Lydia, daughter of the Fiskael. 
Hendrick Van Dyck, and, in 1689, Sarah Kellenaer, widow of Rev. John 
Weekstein, of Esopus. His children were, Johannes, born 1656; Wilhelmus, born 
1657; Anna Catrina, born 1661; Deborah, "born 1664; Elizabeth, born 1666, and 
Henricus, born 1668. Johannes died before 1689, without issue. (Johannes De 
Meyer, so called, of New York, who left a will dated September 13. 17J5. was a 
Meyer, not a De Meyer). Anna Catrina De Meyer married. 1680, Jan Willems 
Neering, from Bordeaux, and went to New Castle, Del.; Deborah married, in 1684, 
Thomas Crundall, in 1691, Capt. Thomas Ivyndon, and, in 1697, William Anderson — 
all Englishmen; Elizabeth married, in 1687, Philip Schuyler, of New York, merchant, 
afterward of Kingston. Henricus De Meyer, of New York, merchant, married, 1689, 
Agnes, daughter of Jacob De Key. He bought his late father's mansion, near the 
Stadt Huys, July 20, 1691, but died in 1692; in 1696 his widow married William Jane- 
way, Esq. Henricus De Meyer left issue, Ludia, born 1691, and Hericus, born 1692. 
The latter died in 1739, leaving a daughter, Agnes, wife of Edward Nicoll, and of 
whom my friend, Mr. Joseph O. Brown, is a descendant. Wilhelmus De Meyer, called 
in the will of Nicholas the eldest son, married. 1678, Catherine Bayard, sister of 
Col. Nicholas Ba\ard. He settled in Kingston, Ulster Couunty, \yhere he inherited 
property from his father; was made deacon in 1681, and elder in 1692. He was 
much in public life, became lieutenant-colonel of militia, and died in 1710, his wife 
surviving. His will, dated January 10, 1705, proved January 8, 171 1, divides his 
property "as well in this province as in Europe," among his children therein named 
being Eydia, born 1681; Nicholas, born 1683; Annecke, born 1685; Catrina, born 
1689, and Deborah, born 1693. Lydia married Andries Douw. Nicholas De Meyer 
married Elsie Schoonmaker, and died on his farm, near Esopus Creek, in 1766, having 
sons, William, Jeremiah and Benjamin, and a daughter, Catherine, who married 
Christopher Kiersted. 

* Amice de Carteret and Charles de Carteret, Esquires, were Jurats of the 



322 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Carteret, Baronet, had been governor of that island as early as 
1626, was knighted twenty years later, and now held a seat in 
the Honorable Privy Council of England, being also "Vice- 
Chamberlain of His Majesty's household"; which eminence he 
had gained by marked devotion to Kings Charles I. and H. 
Capt. James Carteret, being the second son, was bred to the sea. 
took command of a merchantman in the India trade prior to the 
Restoration, and subsequently of a British man-of-war. He was 
captain-general of the forces which in 1666 attempted the recov- 
ery of St. Kitts from the French, and later had command of 
marines in the Duke of York's ship. In 1671, on being made 
a landgrave of Carolina, of which colony Sir George was part 
owner, he embarked directly for America to visit his new domains, 
but bearing also certain instructions and powers from the Lords 
Proprietors of New Jersey, advisory, if not supervisory (as more 
than his own words plainly show), touching the affairs of that 
province, over which his younger kinsman. Governor Philip Car- 
teret, had for several years presided. On coming to New Jersey 
Captain Carteret found the people full of complaints against their 
governor for alleged violations of their rights, and matters grow- 
ing worse soon led to an open revolt, and a pressing call upon 
the senior Carteret to interfere, — which the latter felt himself jus- 
tified in doing. For the details of this short but manly struggle 
of the people to rid themselves of a supercilious and incompetent 
ruler, with the sympathy and under the lead of the generous- 
hearted captain, reference may be had to the annals of that State.* 
Meanwhile our Carteret, in 1673,, married Frances, daughter of 

island; Mr. Nicholas de Carteret, Sergeant of Justice, in Greuville Parish, and Edward 
de Carteret, Knight (uncle of Capt. James), was first Gentlemen Usher in Ordinary 
to the King, and Usher of the "Verge Noire Bailly;" as per an old parchment of July 
29, 1678, in my possession. 

Capt. Carteret, in a letter dated Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, June 14, 167.2, 
and addressed to Governor lyovelace and Council, in reply to one of theirs, charges 
Capt. Philip Carteret with having "for several years past threatened and forbidden 



himself and said Philip Carteret, he has no doubt "but they will in time be healed or 
cured by the Honorable Lords Proprietors, unto whom they are already presented and 
referred." But he deems "a true understanding," to still quote his words, "unnecessary 
to be declared to unconcerned persons, seeing that I am not under obligation to render 
the same to any but to his Majesty, and my superiors, the Lords Proprietors, by whose 
orders and instructions I act. I shall, in an orderly, meek, and peaceful way, en- 
deavor to suppress such as do most falsely, without either show or color, repute me 
a disturber of the country. These have very lately published me, by their writs, a 
rebel and mutineer ,who am proprietor of my father's interest in this Province. And 
if God spare life, I will give his Royal Highness an account of them by the firgt 
occasion, and after, second it myself by a verbal declaration, how I am used in his 
territories, as also who they be that have appeared like enemies to king and country." 
This frank and spirited letter, which does the writer no discredit, may be found, with 
the one which called it forth, in vol. 4, General Entries, Secretary of State's Office, 
Albany. But advices from England put an end to Capt. Carteret's authority; the 
king, by letter, dated December 9, 1672, directing Capt. John Berry, Dep. Gov. of 
N. J., to enforce obedience to the laws and government established in that colony by 
authority of Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 323 

Captain Thomas Delavall ; soon after which, submitting^ to a 
decision of the king and the Lords Proprietors in favor of Gov- 
ernor PhiHp, and to the wishes of his father, he left New Jersey, 
and in July following, attended by his wife, sailed for Carolina. 
Unluckily the vessel was taken by the Dutch fleet on its way to 
the capture of New York, but the Carterets wishing to gain their 
destination, were set ashore in Virginia. Captain Delavall mean- 
while, his estates confiscated by the victorious enemy, had returned 
to England and engaged in merchandise in London. But on 
the eve of the new governor Andros' departure for New York, 
to reclaim it from the Dutch, Delavall procured the Duke of 
York's order for the restitution of all his estate in this colony, 
with the evident purpose of sending it by Andros. The order, 
however, was not placed on record here till January 23, 1675, 
which was near the date of Carteret's reappearance, empowered 
to take charge of his father-in-law's property at Harlem ; w'hence 
we infer that it was recorded and promulgated onlv when Carteret 
arrived from Carolina. 

Taking part in the public affairs of the town. Captain Car- 
teret found himself courted for his abilities, and his influence with 
the ruling powers. Governor Andros being his kinsman. Con- 
sequently, when the inhabitants resolved to ask that governor to 
confirm their patent, Carteret was deputed with others as the 
bearer of their petition, which was couched in the following 
words, and for the governor's information w^as accompanied by 
"the Great Patent in English," and "the Confirmation in English," 
both being referred to in the petition. 

To his Excellency the Governor General, at New York. 

We the Constable, Overseers and common Inhabitants at the village 
of New Haerlem, declare to have constituted and empowered, as by 
these we do constitute and empower, the Hon. Capt. James Cartaret, 
David des Marest, constable, Joost van Oblinus, overseer, and Resolved 
Waldron, for and in behalf of this town's jurisdiction and privileges, to 
request and obtain from his Excellency, the Governor of this province, 
the maintenance and confirmation of their Patent granted by the late 
Governor Richard Nicolls, dated the nth October A°." 1667, and con- 
firmed by his Excellency, Governor Francis Lovelace, on the date 22d 
June A°. 1670; promising for good, durable and of value, to hold and to 
ratify whatever by the aforesaid, our committee, in the premises, shall 
be done and executed concerning it, whether the case require greater 
or special burden, whereupon we shall fully rely and hold our peace ; 
therefore humbly pray your Excellency to be pleased to maintain and 
protect our liberties and privileges, according to the agoresaid Patents, 
against every one who may design or think to trouble the same ; Where- 
for we shall remain your Excellency's good and obedient subjects, etc., 
the Constable, Overseers, and common Inhabitants at the village of N. 
Haerlem. Done N. Haerlem, i6th June, 1675. By order of the same, 

PIkndr. J. Vandr. Vin, Secretary. 



324 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

William Palmer, ship carpenter, was now engaged building 
a "ketch" at Harlem, and with his family occupied a house as 
tenant of Captain Carteret. Etienne Rochelle,* employed by 
Carteret, went thither on Sunday, July 4th, to pick cherries. He 
was in one of the trees which stood beside Palmer's house, with 
Nicholas de Vaux, whom he had asked to assist him in picking, 
when Palmer came out and roughly bade them get down. 
Stephen refused, "saying that he had orders from his master to 
pick cherries." Then Palmer jerked Stephen by the foot, plied 
him with oyster-shells, and finally took a stick to him, when the 
latter was forced to leave the tree. Running to tell the constable, 
and then Waldron, neither of whom were found at home, he was 
overtaken by Palmer, who had followed him, crying "Papist, 
Papist !" and who first struck him with his stick, then seized him 
by the throat and tried to choke him ; but Stephen breaking away 
fled into the house of Meynard Journee. Palmer then turned 
upon William Noird, Carteret's bookkeeper, who had come to 
Stephen's aid, and giving him a blow with his stick he also thought 
best to retreat. Palmer now spit out his spleen before the house 
of Journee, shaking his stick and uttering threats against the 
persons within, while Noird, finding Demarest the constable, got 
an order from him to restrain Palmer from picking the cherries, 
and delivered it to Palmer's wife. Many of the villagers, brought 
out of their houses by the uproar, as Cornells Jansen, Jan Hen- 
dricks Kyckuyt (or Brevoort), Jean le Maistre, Jan Nagel and 
his wife, and Mrs. Cornier, saw the affray, and the assaults made 
on Carteret's people. Palmer returning to his house and finding 
himself served with an injunction from the constable, boiled with 
rage, and going over to Noird's toward evening, found Daniel 
Tourneur there engaged in slaughtering a sheep, for which pur- 
pose Noird had sent for him. Palmer asked William by whose 
directions he had procured the constable's order forbidding him 
to pick cherries. "By my master's," said Noird, "and if I had 
no orders I should have done it, knowing well how to answer for 
it." On which Palmer retorted, "Had I been at home as well 

* 9^"^3U, or Gano. (See Notes pp. 107, 120.) He bought property in New 
Amsterdam, April 29, 1662; again July 15, 1670, a house and lot in Broadway; and 
his wife, I.ydia Metereu, another, on the Bever Graft, April 22, 1672. In 1676, he 
was granted 80 acres of land on Staten Island, "near the commons." Geneau was a 
Huguenot. "Flight or the relinguishment of the Protestant religion was the. only 
means of preserving his life. One of his neighbors had been martyred; he was de- 
termined on as the victim for the next day, information of which he received in 
the dead of the night. He therefore chartered a vessel, removed his family on 
board, and in the morning was out of sight of the harbor." From his son, ITrancis, 
whom_ he brought with him, come all of the name, so far as known. The above ex- 
tract is from the Memoirs written by his descendant. Rev. John Gano, chaplain in the 
American army in the Revolution, and afterward a pastor "in New York, who died at 
Frankfort, Ky., in his 78th year, August 10, 1804. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 325 

as my wife, I would have quickly paid you off, and made you 
find your legs, and possibly the constable the same, though it 
was Sunday; yes, even though your master had been present." 
This breach of the peace was duly reported to the Governor, 
and an investigation ordered, which took place two days after, 
Noird taking a copy of the testimony; but we hear no more of 
it, for news of graver import now filled the minds of the com- 
munity. 

On that self-same Sunday, about three o'clock in the morn- 
ing. Governor Andros was aroused from his slumbers to hear 
the startling intelligence that the Indians had taken up arms at 
Narragansett, in New England, and murdered some of the set- 
tlers ; at the head of this rising being the shrewd and powerful 
chief of the Wampanoags, from whom the bloody conflict which 
ensued took the name of "King Philip's War." The same eve- 
ning the Governor sailed with a military force for Connecticut 
River, but soon returned on finding he was not needed there. 

The possibility that the Indians in this province, from s)^m- 
pathy for their brethren at the east, might be induced either to 
join them or take up the hatchet against our own inhabitants 
here, led the Governor and Council to the precaution of inviting 
some of the chiefs to an interview to renew the bond of friend- 
ship ; seeing no reason for breaking with these tribes "upon 
account of the war between our neighbors and their Indians."' 
But it was enjoined upon the several towns to maintain a strict 
watch. And to allay or prevent excitement at Harlem, a mes- 
sage from the Mayor was published in the village, August 9th, 
charging all there at their peril not to beat the drum nor to hold 
any meetings, neither to ferry any stranger across the river, 
without the knowledge and sanction of the constable. This had 
reference to the practice long in vogue in the town before thev 
had a bell, of beating the drum to call the people together, upon 
all occasions.* 

Verveelen at Spuyten Duyvel was required to exercise all his 
vigilance. It happened that Jan Hendricksen, alias Kyckuvt. 
"inhabitant here," having been sent by the constable of Harlem 

* The venerable bell still in use at the Reformed Church, 3d avenue and 121st 
street, is the first within the bounds of Harlem of which we have knowledge. "It 
was cast in Holland expressly for this church. Anions other metals, it contains twenty 
dollars worth of gold and twenty dollars' worth of silver;" at least, so says a com- 
munication made by "Knickerbocker" to the Ilarlcm Traveler, in Tanuarv, 186?. The 
writer i)robahly knew whereof he affirmed, but it would be gratifving could we trace 
this statement to its source. The bell, only relic of the old stone church erected in 
1686, has the following inscription: 

AMSTERD.VM, .\nno 1734, MIC FICCIT. 



326 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

to Fordham, with a warrant that came from New York, arrived 
at Verveelen's door just after sunset. Presently there was a 
knock at the door, and a messenger from Fordham came in, who 
said, "Verveelen, I am sent to warn you to come to the watch." 
Verveelen repHed that he could attend to no watch other than 
to pass people over the ferry, and that there was a person then 
in the house with a warrant, and who must be ferried over again. 
But as the other insisted, and argued the risk of refusing, "Let 
them call me before his Honor the Governor," said the resolute 
ferryman, " and I will answer them there." The messenger left, 
but at midnight there came three or four persons before the 
ferry-house making a great clamor, and trying to force the door,' 
calling upon Verveelen to come to the watch. No heed being 
paid to them, they finally went away in great rage. It was then 
suspected, as it afterward turned out, that no such order had been 
sent; and this ruse to decoy the ferryman from his post of duty 
while they executed some mischief which they were brewing, had 
succeeded but for Verveelen's firmness. At this time a most 
unfriendly feeling existed between Verveelen and Archer. The 
latter had cut the hay on Verveelen's meadows ; the Mayor's 
Court, to which Verveelen complained August 17th, appointed 
arbitraters, who decided "that the meadow in controversy be- 
longed to the plaintiff." Nevertheless Archer carried off about 
four loads of hay, to recover which Verveelen petitioned the 
Governor and Court of Assize. And during the next winter, 
"about the month of January," Archer and his confederates went 
to Verveelen's, and "by force and arms" took out of his house 
"a quantity of wheat, and divers merchandises and household 
goods," to the value, as Verveelen alleged, of 980 gl., and to 
recover which he afterward sued Archer in the Mayor's Court. 
But we will not anticipate. 

Mid-autumn, 1675, brought new alarms. In vain had the 
Governor a few weeks before issued a proclamation to assure 
the people of "the falsity of the late reports of Indians' ill in- 
tents." King Philip's Indians were said to be advancing west- 
ward in order to destroy Hartford and other places this way as 
far as Greenwich. This done, what could stay their onward 
march to New York? The Governor, to prevent any co-opera- 
tion on the part of our Indians, immediately directed that their 
canoes on the shores of the Sound should be laid up where they 
could not be used, and ordered the Wickquaskeeks at Ann's 
Hook, now Pelham Neck, — then one of their summer haunts, 
and where to our day are many Indian graves, — "to remove 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 327 

within a fortnight to their usual winter quarters within Hellgatc 
upon this island." 

This winter retreat was either the woodlands between Har- 
lem Plains and Kingsbridge, at that date still claimed by these 
Indians as hunting grounds, or Rechawanes and adjoining lands 
on the Bay of Hellgate, as the words "within Hellgate" would 
strictly mean, and which, by the immense shell-beds found there 
formerly, is proved to have been a favorite Indian resort. That 
this was the locality referred to, seems indeed to follow from the 
fact that the Indians, removing in obedience to the above order, 
attempted to pass up the Harlem River, but were stopped at the 
village by Constable Demarest. They said they were "going to 
Wickquaskeek," but could show no pass. Demarest thereupon 
detained them, and dispatched a letter to the Governor, to which 
came the following answer : 

Mr. Constable, 

I have just now seen, by yours of this day sent express by Wm. 
Palmer, of your having stopt 10 or 12 Indian canoes, with women, chil- 
dren, corn and baggage, coming as they say from Westchester, and 
going to Wickers-creek, but not any Pass mentioned : So that you have 
done very well in stopping the said Indians and giving notice thereof. 
These are now to order all the said Indians to stay in your Town, and 
that you send some of the chiefest of them to me early to-morrow, and 
one of your Overseers for further orders; and that it may be better 
effected, you are to order them some convenient house or barn to be in, 
and draw up their canoes until the return of them you shall send: and 
that you double your watch 

Your loving friend, 

E. Andros. 
N. York, Octobr. the 2isL, 1675. 

A long and restless night, we dare say, was that to some 
timid souls, with these Indians, friendly but always distrusted, 
perhaps prowling about their streets and their very doors, despite 
the utmost vigilance of the watchman; but the morning came 
without harm to any, and the unwelcome visitors soon departed. 

All the settlements, indeed, were in astate of feverish anxiety, 
and taking measures for defence. The people of Fordham 
erected fortifications, and "Archer, proprietor of the Town." 
called upon all the neighbors round to come "into his town" 
and assist. But four families seated on the Yonker's Land near 
Spuyten Duyvel, including those of John Heddy, William Beets, 
and his son-in-law, George Tippett, "being removed from Mr. 
Archer, his town above a mile, and Ixnng strong enough, or 
thought so, to resist this heathenish war, having a good and 
strong blockhouse," objected "to leave their houses and goods, 
to please the humors of said Mr. Archer," and therefore at their 



328 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



request were excused by the Governor from going to Fordham. 
On October i6th, Andros had ordered all the towns to keep 
"double and strict watches/' and to the Harlem people on the 
2ist, as seen, had reiterated the caution, "Double your watch." 
This was complied with, so far as was practicable at that busy 
season, when much of the fall work was yet to be done, but with 
the setting in of winter the Night Watch was formally organized 
as follows ; the Governor, at the town's charge, furnishing pow- 
der, "for the Indian war" : 

On the 6th December, A°. 1675, Monday. 

Present: Their Honors, Jan Dyckman, Constable. 
Joost van Oblinus. 
Resolved Waldron. 
Meynard Journee. 

The following are, according as they rank, appointed upon the Night 
AVatch, organized by order of his Excellency the Governor-General, and 
divided into four Corporalships, each consisting of seven persons, to wit: 
I. III. 



Adolph Meyer, Corporal. 
Meynard Journee. 
David des Marest. 
Daniel Tourneur. 
Nicholas de Vaux. 
Isaac Kip. 
Jan Hendricks Boch. 

II. 

Jan Nagel, Corporal. 
Joost van Oblinus. 
Jan Hendricks Kyckuyt. 
Jan le Maistre. 
Johannes Vermel je. 
Jean le Roy. 
Isaac le Maistre. 



Simeon Cornier, Corporal 
Cornells Jansen. 
Samuel des Marest. 
Laurens Jansen. 
William Palmer. 
Jaco el Roe.* 
Gerard Magister. 

IV. 

Robert Hollis, Corporal. 
Resolved Waldron. 
Arent Hermensen. 
Coenrad Hendricks Boch. 
David des Marest, Jun. 
Cornells Theunisz. 
Isaac See, Jun. 



1st. The whole or half corporalships, whose turn it is to watch, shall, 
in the evening, at the hour of eight, upon beat of the drum, be in full 
number at the watch-house, shall place their sentinels, and take the neces- 
sary rounds; and shall not retire before the beating of the morning reveille; 
upon a forfeiture, fixed or to be fixed, of 3 guilders. 

2d. Whoever neglects the watch without a lawful cause, or making 
the same known to his corporal beforehand, shall each time forfeit 6 
guilders. 

Jacques lyaroe was born in 1657. From his name, and affiliation with the French 
refugees, we conclude he was himself French, though Vander Vin, usually careful, 
writes his surname, the first two or three times, el Roey or el Roevl, and finally 
adopts the form of el Roe. As he must have had warrant for this, probably Jacques 
was of mixed blood, Spanish and Walloon. He is always called by Vander Vin, Joco, 
a juvenile form of his name used by the Walloons. In 1677 Jacques joined the 
church in New York, but the next year accompanied the Demarests to Hackensaclc. 
Here he married Wybrecht, daughter of Hendrick Teunisz Helling. She was five years 
younger than he, and bore him sons, Peter, Hendrick, Samuel, Abraham, Johannes 
and as many daughters. On the decline of the French Church of Kinkachemeck, which 
he must have helped to form, he took a letter to the Dutch Church of Hackensack, April 
5, 1696. We think this family, under the name L,aroe, has become widely extended, at 
least in the States of New York and New Jersey. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 329 

3d. Each watchman coming to the watch shall he provided with suit- 
ahle side and hand arms ; also with sufficient powder and lead, upon forfeit 
of 3 guilders. 

4th. The watch shall be kept quietly, without much calling or noise, 
upon penalty of 3 guilders. 

The Indian excitement continued through the winter and 
spring, 1676. Suspicions were entertained that the Wickquas- 
keeks (or Wickers-creeks, as now commonly called) intended to 
join "the North Indians." Ikit some eighteen of these, with 
their sachems and "Claes ye Indian," visited the Governor, Jan- 
uary 7th, bringing a present of venison and deer-skins, and re- 
newed their pledge of friendship. The Governor assured them 
of his continued good-will and desire to protect them, but said 
that as they had now gone out of his reach he could not "mind 
them as before." Then, to quote the record of the interview, 
"the Governor in return would give them coates, btit they desired 
drink, which is ordered for them.'' 

Upon this hint the Indians asked leave to return to their 
old maize lands on Manhattan Island ; whereupon the Governor 
and Council, on February 6th, passed the following: 

"Resolved, That the Wickers-creek Indians, if they desire it, 
be admitted with their wives and children, to plant upon this 
Island, but nowhere else, if the}^ remove ; and that it be tipon 
the north point of the Island near Spuyten Dttyvel." 

Still the settlers at Harlem were on the alert. On ?\Iarch 2d 
the Night Watch was reorganized, each corporal's squad being 
composed of five instead of six. The corporals were now: ist, 
Lourens Jansen ; 2d, Arent Hermansen Bussing ; 3d, Adolph 
Meyer, and 4th, Jan Nagel. For various reasons the following 
names disappear from the roll, to wit: Journee, Tourneur, Kip, 
Le Roy, Cornier, C. Jansen, Palmer, Hollis, and See ; and the 
following new ones appear : Rarent Waldron, Alichiel Bastiaen- 
sen, Reyer IMichielsen, Hendrick Kierson,' Frederick de \'aux. 

The last of these persons, born in the Walloon country, 
had lately left the Lower Palatinate, with many other French, 
on account of the troubles there ; De Vaux coming via England 
to join his brother Nicholas in this country. He was now a 
widower, but a little later married a daughter of Daniel Tour- 
neur deceased, from which union s])rang the respectable De Yoc 
family in the lower sections of Westchester County, first seated at 
De Aloe's Point, near which. Frederick (obtained by his wife a 
fine property.''' 

* Frederick de \'aiix's passport, brought with him from Mannheim, is still pre- 
served. We are indebted for a copy in German to one of bis descendants, Col. Thomas 
F. De Voe, of New York. Here follows a translation. 



330 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

On April 8th the Council "ordered that all boats and ves- 
sels that pass through Hellgate do take a permit from the Cus- 
tom House, by reason of the Indian troubles, which permit (unless 
for merchandise) to be given gratis and with all dispatch." 

But now fear of the Indians gradually subsided ; the Wick- 
quaskeeks proving their friendship sincere, had their canoes 
restored to them. The close of the war at the eastward conse- 
quent upon the death of King Philip, who with many of his 
warriors Avas slain, August 12th, in the great swamp fight near 
Mount Hope, was a principal means of allaying apprehension. 

The ordinary domestic interests were not neglected amid 
all this public disquietude, and the extra drafts upon the time 
and energies of the inhabitants. Planting and harvesting allowed 
of no interruption. A common fence inclosed their cultivated 
lands on Pochem Pieters Flat, and on Van Keulen's Hook, and 
no partition fences were yet set up ; the lots being merely staked 
off that everyone could know and make use of his own. Strict 
rules were required to maintain these common fences ; so import- 
ant since the entire planting of the community was at the mercy 
of any one member through whose neglect to keep up his part 
cattle might get in and destroy; and none so offending but had 
to meet the public frown, it not a lawsuit to recover losses. 
When new fence-masters were appointed, April 24, 1675, — Cor- 
nells Jansen and Conrad Hendricks, to succeed Arent Hermens 
and David Demarest, Jr., — it was resolved that each inhabitant 
should forthwith repair his part of the common fencing, and that 
by the spring of 1676 these fences should be generally renewed 
and made at least five and one-half feet high, English measure ; 
and anyone failing it should be done by the town at his expense. 
Again, November 22d, because of daily and manifold complaints 
of damage done by horses and cattle running upon the sewed 
lands, an ordinance was passed and posted up requiring the 
fences still unrepaired to be attended to within fourteen days 
punctually, under penalty of 25 guilders for every case of neglect ; 

"We, Director, Sheriff, Burgomaster and Council of the Electoral Paltz City 
Mannheim, hereby make known and publish, that the bearer of this, Frederick de 
\'aux, late a Burgher of this city, for his own Isusiness is intending to travel in Holland, 
and from thence further to England; in which behalf every one is requested to let 
the said Frederick de Vaux pass free, safe, and unmolested, at all places, and also to 
show him all good will and consideration; we engaging to do the same for every city, 
accoraing to inerit. In witness hereof, we have atta'ched our usual Seal. Done at 
Mannheim, this 23d February, old style, Anno one thousand six hundred and seventy- 
five," 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 33 ^ 

and also repeating tlic former order, that by the first of March 
ensuing all the common fences should be built anew, with posts 
and six rails, five and one-half feet high, English measure, upon 
the same penalty; and further, no one should let his calves, or 
other beasts, run within the sowed land without a herder, as 
any such being found trespassing upon another man's grain 
would subject its owner to a fine of 12 gl. 

The yeomen were already much straitened in the breadth of 
their acres. In other words, the need of more arable land to 
meet the growing wants of the old residents and the ne\yh-- 
arrived families was becoming urgent. The town had reached 
a point in its history when the limited amount of improved land 
was mostly absorbed by the older and well-to-do settlers, who, 
aiming to enlarge rather than to reduce their area, held their 
lands at a high price. It was not easy to purchase any, except 
perchance an estate was to be closed up, or it happened that 
parties were leaving town, as was the case this year with Journee 
and Le Roy, who removed to Staten Island ; whither also went 
the Sees, father and son, unable to suit themselves with land here.* 

With the immability of Dutchmen, and moreover as a matter 
of policy, the present freeholders had been slow to move in a 
further division of the common lands, which hight tend to lessen 
the value of the improved farms. Their aim was, if possible, 
to retain the control of these lands, and hence the anxiet}' to 
secure new confirmations of their patent from the successive gov- 
ernors. But the late petition to Andros for his confirmation, 
interfered with doubtless by the Indian troubles, had effected 
nothing; while, on the other hand, the governor was beset with 
applications for land upon Manhattan Island, and which he 
resolved to satisfy by dividing up various tracts of woodland 
among such applicants as were most worthy, and would under- 
take to clear and improve their grants. At this the Harlem 
freeholders took alarm, especially as they understood that these 
grants were to extend to the unappropriated lands within their 
own patent. No time was lost, therefore, in pre]:)aring a second 
•memorial to Governor Andros in these terms: 

* The Sec family, whose name in early records takes the several forms of Cie. 
du Cie, Sieck, Zy, and Sie, consisted, so far as appears, of the heads, Isaac See and 
wife Esther, their son, Isaac, Jr., and daughter, >Iaria_, wife of Nicholas de Vaux, 
The wife of Isaac, Jr., was also named Maria. ■ The Sees obtained two farms, 194 
acres, on Karle's Neck, Staten Island, by patent of September 29, 1677. But after 
living there some years, they removed to Philips Manor. Westchester County, the 
father and son appearing as church members at Sleepy Hollow, or Tarrytown, in 1697. 
Then the name was usually written Sie. Isaac and Maria had sons, Peter, born in 
Europe; Jacob, born 1675; Simon, born 1670, etc. The family is still numbered among 
the most respectable residents there, and from its branches have come several well- 
known clergymen. 



332 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

To his Excellency the Governor General at New York. 

The Constable, Magistrates and Inhabitants of the Town of New 
Haerlem respectfully represent that your petitioners have understood 
and been informed by their Constable and Joost van Oblinus that your 
Excellency's purpose is to distribute the lands lying within their town's 
jurisdiction, for bouweries and plantations; wherefore they the petition- 
ers and undersigned request that each may be allowed a part of the 
same to build upon and plant, etc. Remaining meanwhile your Excel- 
lency's most willing subjects. New Haerlem, Wednesday, 30tli August, 
1676. 

CoNRADus Hendricks, Gerard Magister, 

Jan Hendricks, David des Marest, Jun., 

Jan Nagee, Jaco ee Roe, 

Arent Hermensen, Samuee des Marest, 

Jan le Maistre, Adoeph Meyer, 

CoRNEEis Jansen, Frederick de Vaux, 

Laurens Jansen, Isaac ee Maistre. 

Pierre Cresson, Glaude ee Maistre, 

NiCHOEAS DE ;VauX, ABRAHAM EE MaISTRE, 

Hendrick J. Vander Vin, Barent Waedron, 

David des Marest, Francois Breteau. 

Andros favored this application, but as none of the magis- 
trates had signed it, he referred it to them to make out and pre- 
sent him a Hst of those to whom such grants might properly be 
made. This they prepared, omitting the petitioners Cresson, 
Vander Vin, David des Marest, Jr., El Roe, the Le Maistres, and 
Breteau ; and designating instead Jan Dyckman, Resolved Wald- 
ron, Joost and Pieter Van Oblinus, Jan Louwe Bogert, and Jean 
Baignoux, — ^but the last-named, who was a tenant of Mr. Ver- 
veelen, was erased from the Hst, Andros making him a special 
grant upon Hoorn'sHook. The list was headed : "Persons for 
knd in Harlem bounds, given in by y^ Constable and overseers 
as fitt persons, y« 4th of 'f'^'', 1676."* 

Pending the new grants, the town employed Robert Ryder, 
government surveyor, to run out the lot lines on Van Keulen's 
Hook, in order to assign each owner his proper quantity, or at 
least to equalize them, as these lots had never been accurately 
surve3'ed, and nearly all were known to much exceed the pre- 
scribed three morgen or six acres. The survey, finished before 
the close of 1676, put most of the owners who had inclosed and, 

* Francois Breteau, as he signs his name, was sometimes styled "Frenchman." 
Vander Vin wrote his name Bartou, showing how pronounced. If he, as we suspect, 
was the same with Francois Beado, mentioned on page 348, he was born in London 
in 1646. About the date of this petition for land, Breteau was in the employ of 
Glaude le Maistre; but no land being granted him, he procured soon after 12 acres 
at Flushing. He petitioned, September 28, 1680, for more land, giving as a reason 
that he had nine children to support. He was still living there, with his wife Mary, 
in i6g8, having sons John and Francis. These two married and had families; John 
had sons, John, born 1709, who removed to Vermont, and Francis, born 171 1, who 
settled at Hempstead, Long Island, in which localities, respectively, their descendants 
are still found. (See N. Y. G. & B. Rec, and Bartow Genealogy, by Rev. Fvelyn 
Bartow). 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 333 

built upon the north ends of these lots to the necessity of shift- 
ing their fences.** 

William Waldron, eldest son of Resolved, had learned the 
cooper's trade,. and established himself in New York, where he 
married the daughter of the wealthy Stoutenburgh, city treas- 
urer, and now enjoyed the position of inspector of pipe-staves. 
He and his partner, Jan Pietersen, undertaking to cut timber 
for use in their business, in the common woods upon Hoorn's 
Hook, the town officers stopped them, upon the ground that 
they were non-residents. The coopers made their plaint to the 
Mayor's Court, November 14th, against the "Constable of Har- 
lem and several other Inhabitants, for discharging them from 
cutting of wood upon this Island, just against Hellgate, not 
being within fence." To the surprise of the defendants the case 
went against them ; this decision being rendered : 

It is Ordered, That the said William Waldron and John Petersen may 
cut tiniber upon this Island, within one mile of any plantation fence; and 
the timber already cut they to carry away; and the town to pay the 
charges. 

The approaching winter promised but little leisure. The 
inhabitants had been called upon to cut and draw to the water 
side 5,000 stockades twelve feet long and four inches thick, to 
be used in making "a harbor before the City of New York." 
They met October 3d, formed themselves into four corporalships, 
and apportioned the work ; choosing as corporals Laurens Jansen, 
Arent Bussing, Adolph Meyer, and Jan Nagel. Another call 
was from Vander Vin, the clerk, whose house had become unfit 
to live in. At his request it was resolved at a meeting in October 
to remove him for the winter into the school-house (or church), 
after it should be repaired and adapted to the purposes of a 
dwelling by putting in a bedroom (bedstede), chimney, and 
mantel, and making the door and windows tight. It was further 
decided "to repair (vermaeken) the old house the following 
spring." In repairing the school-house, the elder Demarest was 
employed upon the work in ''the loft," and also put a lock upon 
the door, and glazed the windows, while Floris Gerritsen, mason, 

The Out-Gaidens, "lying at the west side of the village" (see pp. 246, 256, 
292), were also ''laid out by numbers," February 5, 1677. On January 5, 1667, record 
was made that Tourneur had gotten No. i from Claesscn in exchange for No. 11. 
and 3 ^from Delamater for 19, and 4 from De Meyer for 10, "called jan Cogu's 
garden. Later he got 5, 6, from Dclavall, who let Verveelen have 7. 8. Lubbert 
Gerritsen exchanged No. 16 for 11; but Demarest buying 11, gave it back to the 
town, being allowed to "survey" 16 instead. Tlie present owners were: Daniel 
Tourneur, Nos. i to 6; Johannes Verveelen, 7. R; Cornells Tansen, 9, 10; The Dorp, 
11; Joost Van Oblinus, 12, 13, 14; Thomas Delavall, 15; "David Demarest, 16, ir! 
18; Glaude Delamater, 19, 20. 



334 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

did the plastering. Gerard Magister at the same time made three 
new "sitting benches, in the church." 

But David Demarest, Jr., offended, maybe, because he haa 
been dropped from the Hst of those recommended to have land 
given them, declared to Daniel Tourneur that he would not con- 
tribute toward the repairs upon the town-house. Tourneur bade 
him consider that in such case he could have no privilege in the 
town. Demarest angrily replied, "What have you to say, since 
you have been magistrate a day or two? Hold your peace; I 
will not give to it; you do your best." The town court took 
the matter up December 7th. Tourneur demanded that it should 
maintain its right and authority, in which view agreeing, it or- 
dered the defendant to pay 12 gl. to the deacons and the court 
charges. 

The elder Demarest and Glaude Delamater, giving reasons 
which will appear, had for some time ceased to contribute to 
Vander Vin's support, the first being two years in arrears and 
the latter three. The matter was referred to the Mayor's Court, 
which, on November 7th, pasesd an order that "the Clerk of the 
Parish be continued in his place, and have his pay what is behind, 
and for the future as formerly." 

The two refractory persons paying no heed to this order, 
were now waited upon, December 19th, by the constable. Re- 
solved Waldron, and Adolph Meyer, magistrate, to demand from 
them the payment of their dues. Demarest refused, but added, 
"If the Heer Governor order that I pay it, I shall do it." Said 
Delamater, "If you will have it, you must fetch it out of my 
house, for I will not give it." Again, after ten days, the same 
persons, taking another magistrate (Tourneur) with them, re- 
peated the demand. Demarest, still stout in his refusal, answered, 
"I will not pay before the Court of Sessions decide that I must." 
Delamater's answer now was, "I must first see the town accounts 
for six years ; would you otherwise have it, you must take it out 
of my house." On February 5th the same officers, with another 
magistrate, Jan Louwe Bogert, went to Demarest's house, but 
he was not at home. They then called upon Delamater, but 
with no success. "I shall not pay," said Glaude, at this third 
interview ; "you must take it out of my house, and then I will 
appeal to the High Council." 

The baffled officers hesitated to distrain upon their goods for 
the debt ; but after another month's delay again applied for 
power to do so to the Mayor's Court, which on March 6th, 
1677, issued the following ample order : 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 335 

From the City of New York to the Town of liarlem. 

The Court order, that Hendrick Jansen Vander ,Vin, the Clerk of the 
said Town, be continued in his place according to former order, and 
have his pay, what is behind and for the future as formerly by the In- 
habitants ; and if they or any of them refuse to pay what is due from 
them for the time past, and for the time to come, then the Constable is 
hereby ordered to levy the same by distress and sale of the goods, for 
satisfaction of what is or shall hereafter become due to the said Clerk. 

On April 3d citations were issued to Demarcst and Dela- 
mater to appear before the town court on the 5th instant. Glaude 
appeared. The constable as plaintiff, demanded that the order 
of March 6th should be enforced. The defendant stated that 
they of the French congregation, in the time of Governor Francis 
Lovelace, having received a preacher, the aforesaid governor had 
said that "the French of the Town of New Harlem should be 
free as to contributing to the Dutch voorleser."* He demanded 

* Rev. Pierre Daille is said to have been the first "pastor" of the French Church 
in New York. But according to the reference in the text, a "preacher" had preceded 
him by ten years of more, whose name, however, is unknown to us. The statement is 
of interest as showing that the refugees at New York and liarlem joined to introduce 
and sustain the French service as early as 1674. A better organization followed on 
the arrival of Mr. Daille, of whom Domine Selyns, in a letter of October 21, 1683, 
thus speaks: Dominie Peter Daille, late professor at Saunnir, has become my co- 
laborer, and conducts the French worship. He is full of fire, godliness, and learning. 
Banished on account of his religion, he maintains the cause of Jesus Christ with uii- 
tiring zeal." With others of his family, Mr. Daille first took refuge in Holland; but 
must have been some months in this colony at the date of Selvns' letter, as he organ- 
ized a church at New Paltz, January 22, 1683. (Du Bois Reunion, p. 8; and compare 
Doc. Hist, of N. Y., iii. 472, 1167.) The date of the organization at New York may be 
nearly indicated by letters taken from the Dutch church in order to unite with the 
French, the earliest of these noticed being those of our Marc Disosway and wife, 
which are dated June 7, 1683. Mr. Daille extended his labors to neighboring French 
communities, and probably aided in organizing the church of Kinkachemeck, near Hack- 
ensack, of which the Demarests were chief promoters. He evidendtly revived that upon 
Staten Island, where the church established as early as 1664, by Demarest and others, 
had declined, till there was "neither church nor minister," as the French residents told 
the Labadist travellers in 1679. The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes added to his 
flock many French families, who came by way of London, South Carolina and St. 
Kitts. Though disapproving L,eisler's course, Mr. Daille's sympathies were so stirred 
at his impending fate, that he circulated for signatures, at Harlem and elsewhere, a 
petition for his pardon, but for this humane act was called to account by the General 
Assembly. Rev. Pierre Peiret, before a minister in France, but expelled for the cause 
of religion, arriving, with other refugees, at New \'ork from London, November 19. 
1687, soon after formed a second church, and became its pastor. He was deemed very 
learned, in 1692 the two French churches united, agreeing to give an equal support 
to both pastors; Mr. Peiret to perform service in the city, and Mr. Daille in the 
country, as he had loved to do. The latter, in i6g6, accepted a call to Boston, return- 
ing the next year to marry a second wife, and occassionally thereafter coming to New 
York, as in 1703, when he sold a house and lot in Broadway, and again three years be- 
fore his death, which was probably his last visit to his old flock. This devoted "minister, 
long remembered by the Harlem French for his eloquence and excellence, closed his 
earthly labors May 21, 1715, in his 67th year. Mr. Peiret continued to serve tlie 
church in New York with general approbation, to the time of his death, September i. 
1704, having attained his 6oth year. He was buried the next day "in the common 
cemetery of this city." The consistory and people agreed to pay his widow an extra 
year's salary. He was succeeded by Rev. James T.aborie, late Indian missionary at 
Oxford, Mass. For some years the church had worshipped in a plain structure near 
the Fort; that is, on the south side of Marketficld street, also called Petticoat lane, 
which had become in a sense the French quarter. Only the year before Mr. Peiret's 
death they bought a lot in Pine street, and were engaged in building the unique stone 
church which stood till 1834, and witnessed the labors of Peiret's successors down to 
thelate Dr. Verren. Trinity churchyard contains Mr. Pieret's tombstone, with an in- 
scription in both Latin and French, the first, as follows, copied some years ago witli 
diflSculty, it being almost illegible: 

Hie jacet Reverd, Dom. Pctrus Perretrus, V. p. Mr. qui ex Gallia religionis causa 
expulsus, verbum Dei in hujus civitatis Ecclesia GalHcana per annis 17 cum general] 
appropatione praedicavit quique. Cum vitam prxdicationibus suis conformcm du.xcri 



336 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

that this might be deemed sufficient, and that the court should 
carry out the order they had from the Mayor's Court so as they 
were advised to. But the court would not allow this plea, and 
directed execution for the amount of the debt and costs. Forth- 
with the magistrates (except Arent Hermensen, Delamater's son- 
in-law) proceeded in a body to the defendant's house to levy upon 
his goods. Finding nothing suitable at hand, the constable told 
him that on Wednesday evening (April nth) he would take one 
of his cows out of his stable and sell her at public vendue, to 
satisfy the debt. Delamater replied scornfully, "You may as 
well take her now; why have you to wait so long?" 

On April nth the court ordered another citation to be 
served on Demarest, who had not appeared, and meanwhile to 
delay the execution against Delamater. Demarest, in no very 
amiable mood, appeared before the court on the 14th. The con- 
stable inquired why he had neglected to obey the order of the 
Mayor's Court after being so many times notified. Demarest 
said that he was not cited to answer before the Mayor's Court, 
and that the Heer Governor had told him that he was not bound 
to pay. He said further, that the Mayor's Court was wrongly 
informed of the case; adding that the constable, Jan Louwe, 
and Daniel Tourneur, were parties in this prosecution, and the 
secretary the instigator. Yet, as he intends to remove out of 
this town, he will pay, or cause it to be paid, but not if he should 
not leave. "You people," said he, meaning all the magistrates, 
"are my enemies, and seek but to drive me into costs." The court 
seems to have let this ebullition of feeling pass unnoticed. The 
contest was ended as to Demarest, who having promised, kept his 
word. Delamater, however, held out, and the magistrates hesitating 
to use extreme measures, the case thus rested for several years. 

Demarest was now engrossed with a scheme of some magni- 
tude, — the purchase from the Indians of a large tract of land on 
the Hackensack River, with the "declared purpose of making a 
settlement of 30 or 40 families, to be transported from Europe." 
He and his son, David, contracted with Paulus Richard, of New 
York, merchant, apparently on the same date, March 12th, 1677, 
to sell him their property in Harlem, but only the deed from 
David, Jr., has been found, given April 12th, pursuant to the 
articles of sale previously executed. On June 8th ensuing, 
Demarest affected his Indian purchase of 2,000 acres, to which 
he prepared to remove with his entire family, including Jacque 

usque, ad 6omuni astatis suk annum tandem in manus Domini spiritum humiliter 
deposuit I mens. Sept. Ann. Dom. 1704. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 337 

el Roe, on the ist of May, 1678, until which date the two Davids 
had reserved the use of their respective dwelhngs, the father then 
occupying his "new house."* 

The 19th of February, this year, was given to making pro- 
vision for the town debts and the discharge of other pubHc busi- 
ness. Quoting from the record : 

At a meeting held Monday, 19th February, 1676-7. Present: Their 
Honors, Resolved Waldron, constable; Jan Louwe van Schoonrewoerdt, 
Adolph Meyer, Arent Hermens, Daniel Tourneur ; with the advice of Joost 
van Oblinus, old magistrate, and Jan Dyckman, late constable. 

It is resolved and found good to reckon up the debts, for which the 
town is now in arrears, and must pay; and to make an assessment upon 
the lands and house-lots (erven) lying within this town, to discharge the 
said debts ; and there is found to be due to — 



Reynier Willems, balance f. 253 

Paulus Richard, balance 21 

Jan Louwe 5 

Joost van Oblinus 26 

Hendr. J. Vandr. \*in 31 

Glaude le ]\Iaistre, 2 schepels wheat 12 

Resolved Waldron, ^2 vat of beer 15 

Jan Dyckman, board money to Surveyor 8 

Frederick Gj-sberts 57 

Nicolaes Bayard 24 

For extraordinarj' expenses 46 



o 

15 
o 
o 
o 
o 



o 

10 

o 

It 



Total f. 500 : o 

An assessment made on the lands and house-lots, to pay and discharge 
the foregoing 500 guilders; whereof one-third was put upon the house- 
Richard had an old claim of 1600 guilders against Demarest, senior, and the 
lats Tourneur. How it originated we know not, unless from what follows. Demarest 
having bought Montagne's farm, failed to meet the second payment (but had paid Jacob 
\ is, on Montague's order, 180 guilders sewant) : when iMontagne sued him. Oct. 6, 
1666, and citing the articles of sale, demanded back the farm. Demarest said his de- 
fault was caused by Allard Anthony having stopped the pavment — that yesterday, 
Daniel Tourneur, acting for said Anthony's brother-in-law, had arrested 300 guilders 
for claims against ilontagne. The court ordered the land to be given up, but on an 
appeal to the ;Mayor's Court, October 9, it reversed the decision, holding "that the 
sale of the land in question shall stand fast." But Demarest must pay his second in- 
stalment (less the 180 guilders) within fourteen days. The amount due could hardly 
have exceeded 800 guilders, but Richard (we only presume that this was the occasion) 
advanced Demarest and Tourneur together 1600, and the town officers became their 
surety. This appears from the following letter (suggesting that Tourneur's loan was 
for the town's use), indorsed by Richard, "Obligation to pay from Daniel Tourneur 
and David Demarest." 

Ao. 167% the 23d Feb., N. Harlem. 
Honored friend Celitie Richard: 

Whereas we have duly received yours of the loth. so these serve for answer; As 
your husband has agreed, with Daniel Tourneur and David Demarest, that he will 
wait yet one year, by their paying interest upon the sixteen hundred guilders, so it is 
that we by these accept it, and shall take measures the next year for the payment, as 
this year we have some other burdens. Farewell. 

D. Tourneur, 

David des Marest, 

Pieter Roelefsen, Constable, 

Rcsalvert Waldron. 

This was cancelled March 12, 1677, upon the elder Demarest selling out to Richard, 
and the letter returned, with the following on the back: 

"Acknowledged paid, etc., being from date for standing obligation. Done, New 
York, the 12th March, 167 6-7. Paulus Richard." 



338 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



lots and two-thirds on the lands, and upon each house-lot comes 8 guilders 
and on each morgen 2 guilders, to wit : 

Glaude le Maistre* 2 erven. 15 morgen. f. 46 

Laurens Jansen 2 " 9 " 34 

Cornells Jansen 9 " 18 

" on the Flat 2 " 4 

David des Marest, Jr i " 9 " 26 

Daniel Tourneur i ^ " 18 " 48 

Jan Dyckman J^ " 4 

Conrad Hendricks i " 6 " 20 

Johannes Verveelen 2 " 9 " 34 

Adolph Meyer i " 6 " 20 

David des Marest i " 14 ." 36 

Joost van Oblinus 3 " 12 " 48 

Nicholas de Vaux i " 9 " 26 

Resolved Waldron 2 " 15 " 46 

Jan Nagel J^ " 12 " 28 

Johannes Vermelje I " 2 

Jan le Maistre i " 3 " I4 

Jan Louwe 16 " 32 

Isaac Kip i " 8 

Arent Hermens ^ " 4 

Pieter Cresson J4 " 2 



f. 500 

The foregoing sums must be paid, at furthest, by the last of March 
next ensuing, punctually, without any delay, or exception, in good mer- 
chantable grain, upon penalty, etc. 

Most of the inhabitants were present at this meeting of Feb- 
ruary 19, 1677. Some action was expected in regard to the 
shifting of the fences on Van Keulen's Hook," but nothing was 
resolved upon. Weightier matters claimed attention. No little 
concern was felt at the silence of Governor Andros in regard to 
his promise to distribute more land among them, and at reports 
of the large grants he was intending to make in their immediate 
vicinity, and even within their limits. It was therefore resolved to 
send another committee to his Excellency, requesting him to 

Richard took this property, obviously, in payment of this claim; or at least the 
claim was part of the consideration paid by Richard for said property. He got his 
deed from David, junior, April 12, 1677, and the same day reconveyed what it covered 
(house and lot, barn, lot 11, Jochem Pieters; lot i, Van Keulen's Hook and meadows) 
to Joost Van Oblinus, for 2400 guilders in sewant. He disposed of the property late 
of David, senior, in the course of the year, as follows: On July i, the houses and 
lots, barn, and 7 Jochem Pieters, to Oblinus, for 4000 guilders, in grain, and 3 Out- 
gardens, Nos. 16, 17, 18, to Arent Harmans, for 700 guilders; on November 17, the 
half of No. 5, v. K. Hook, to Laurens Jansen, for 400 guilders, and lot No. 4, Mon- 
tagne's Flat _(since_ in the Nutter farm) to Cornells Jansen, for 400 guilders. All 
these to pay in grain or tobacco. Two north gardens, described in the senior Demar- 
est's patent, 1671, as "betwixt Glaude le Maitre and the Poor's Garden," meaning the 
Church Farm, were added to the latter. On November 27, 1691, Paul Richard gives a 
receipt, having "settled in full with Joost Obline's wife, for two farms (twee bowry) 
lying in the town of New Harlem." Richard (see p. 53) was twice alderman. He mar- 
ried, 1664, widow Celitie Vanderwal, from Christianstadt. A daughter, Hester (Mrs. 
Le Fort), was mysteriously murdered October 19, 1699. Their son Stephen, born 
1670, had ten children, one being Paul Richard, mayor of New York from 1735 to 
1739- 

* "N._B. Glaudele Maistre has not more than 9 morgen of land, so that in the 
foregoing is put by mistake 6 morgen too much." Note in the original. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 339 

grant the lands lying within their puriscliction only to the actual 
residents, according to their petition of August 30th preceding, 
"and further to be maintained in the rights of their patent." 

Captain James Carteret was named first on this committee. 
Apparently he had just returned from a voyage to England. 
He had taken from Vander Yin, April 5, 1676, a statement of 
Captain Delavall's indebtedness to the town, being 242 gl i6st. 
Between the dates of I\lay 9th and December 5tli ensuing, no 
mention of him here has been found, and he now held deeds of 
lease and release, dated London, August 7th and 8th, 1676, from 
his father-in-law, for the mill property, the Moesman farm, and 
Little Barent's Island; in which instruments Delavall is described 
as "late of New York in America, and now of London, mer- 
chant," and Carteret also as "of London." Delavall had been 
prompted to this gift, as he says, "in consideration of the natural 
love and affection which the said Thomas Delavall beareth to the 
said James Carteret and Francis his wife, the daughter of the 
said Thomas Delavall, and for divers other good causes." With 
his usual caution, Delavall signed the lease only, reserving his 
signature to the deed till he should return himself to America. 
Perhaps Delavall was afraid the captain's creditors might get it. 
A little episode may suffice here. 

On his first coming to Harlem, about the ist of April, 1675, 
"having occasion for a horse to employ," Carteret sent his man 
Wilier to borrow one of William Sturt. But it happened that 
the horse took sick and died "within three or four days after his 
return." Sturt declared that the animal "was overridden and 
much misused,"' and when more than a year had passed sued 
the captain for damages. But Wilier having left, the captain 
was placed at a disadvantage in the matter of witnesses when 
the trial came on, December 5, 1676. "Daniel Tourneur, sworn, 
saith that he saw the horse in question at Harlem, and that the 
man told him that the horse failed him at Freshwater, and that 
he was forced to lead him forewards and backwards between 
York and Harlem." Sturt demanded £12 for the horse, and £5 
"for want of said horse and expenses in his sickness." The jury 
and court found for the plaintiff. But Carteret objected to the 
price put upon the steed ; and this point was referred to arbitra- 
tors, who reduced the valuation to £8 : whereupon the court, 
March 20. 1677, "order a horse of that value to be delivered 
before next court day, or judgment to be entered against Carteret 
to that amount and costs of suit." Carteret was delinquent, and 
on April 3d execution issued ; but the next year came round and 



340 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

it was not yet satisfied, when Sturt, getting the court to reaffirm 
its former judgment, left soon after to become town clerk at 
Pemaquid. But to return. 

Besides Carteret, the committee to wait upon the governor 
consisted of Adolph Meyer and Daniel Tourneur from the magis- 
tracy, and Jan Dyckman and Laurens Jansen from the commun- 
ity. The committee reported on February 24th that at their 
interview with Andros, he said he had understood from David 
Demarest that the people of New Harlem had not needed nor 
desired any land. But that now he would send the surveyor, 
within eight days or thereabouts, and "they of New Harlem might 
themselves lay out the land as was convenient, because he had 
no knowledge of this place." 

It is hard to say what designs Andros may have had. regard- 
ing the Harlem lands, or whether he ever seriously intended to 
override the Harlem patent. There is some reason to believe 
that he did. But if so, he came to think better of it; and while 
he did not formally confirm their patent, he recognized it by 
allowing the Harlem people to dispose of their common lands in 
their own way. Nothing could have suited them better, and 
the concession was important as tending to settle their rights. 
They had to congratulate themselves on their own vigilance and 
efforts, and especially to thank Captain Carteret, whose name 
with six others was now added to those who were to draw land. 

Ryder finally came, and spent fourteen days in making the 
surveys. He had been occupied during the intervening time in 
laying out several farms along the East River, in a range 
extending from Kip's Bay to Hoorn's Hook; forming, within 
the recollection of many, the charming rural seats of Winthrop, 
Hoffman, Buchanan, Pearsall, the Beekmans, Jones, Riker, and 
Lawrence, the Delafields, and Schermerhorn. Beginning at Kip's 
Bay, the grants were 30 acres to Gabriel Carbosie, 60 to David 
du Four and son, 60 to Rev. Jacobus Fabricius, 30 to Cornelis 
Matthyssen, 60 to John Bassett, t,8% to George Elphinstone, 32^4 
to Jacob Young, and 30 to Jean Baignoux. The last three fell 
partly within the Harlem patent.* That to Elphinstone, which 
lapped upon the southern end of this patent (at 74th Street, 
including within its limits the Saw Kill) ; and that next, granted 
to Young, and "bounded to the northeast by the commons or a 
certain run of water," — were surveyed on April 25th. Baig- 
noux's farm was run out adjoining to Young, on July 20th. The 

* See Notes on these Titles from Carbosie to Bassett, in the N. Y. Corp. Mamiual 
for 1869, pp. 881-887; also Abstracts of Farm Titles, by H. Croswell Tuttle. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 341 

grants were "to be confirmed by patent when begun to be im- 
proved." The first patent was issued to Young, May i, 1677, 
the other two not till September 29th following, and they were 
subject severally to a quit-rent or annual render to the govern- 
ment of "half a bushel of good winter wheat." In the interim, 
30 acres on the North River side, upon the hills next below 
Moertje Davids' Fly, and running into "the Commons of Har- 
lem," were granted and set off July 9th to Hendrick Bosch, a 
sword-cutler, and originally from Leyden. Elphinstone had 
erected a leather mill and other buildings upon his tract, with 
the assistance of a copartner, Abraham Shotwell, late of New 
Jersey, to whom (probably in view of what followed) the patent 
was made out. On October 30th Elphinstone sold all his inter- 
est in the farm, houses, and mill, to Shotwell, who in payment 
gave his obligation, in the form of a mortgage, for £52:108."'' 
With genuine sagacity, the people of Harlem resolved to 
secure the two extremities of their patent from further encroach- 
ment. Under their direction, Ryder first laid out five lots at 
Spuyten Duyvel, upon the old Matthys Jansen patent, — "begin- 
ning by Johannes Verveelen," who, as ferryman, occupied the 
upper end of that patent; and ranging down the Harlem River 
to "the hills and the meadows," or the northern line of the Jan- 
sen and Aertsen patent, which touched the river at what is now 
2iith Street. These lots were "given out by lot." We annex 
the numbers, owners, and acres of those — 

At Spuyten Dnyi'cl. 

No. I. Johannes Vermel je i8 acres. 

" 2. Jan Nagel 14 " 

3. Conrad Hendricks Boch 14 " 

4. Jan Dyckman 14 

" 5- " " 14 " 

The unappropriated meadows behind these lots on the 
Spuyten Duyvel Creek (with the exception hereafter noticed) 
were given to Dyckman and Nagel, who at once purchased Ver- 
milye and Boch's lots. 

Upon Hoorn's Hook ten lots were laid off, these running 
in from the East River northwest, and ranging from Jean 
Baignoux's line upward to the bend since called Gracie's Point; 
the last lot in the range containing 12 acres, but all the others 
8 acres each. These were allotted as follows : 

* For more relating to this and the adjacent farms, sec .\pp. IT. 



342 



HISTORY OF HARLE^I. 



No. I 

" 3 

" 4 

" 5 

" 6, 

" 7 

" 8 

" 9 

" 10, 



U pon Hooni's Hook. 

Adalph Meyer, 

Laurens Jansen, 

Johannes Verveelen, 

Jan le Maistre, 

Maria Vermel je, 

Jan Louw v. Schroonrewoert, 

Daniel Tourneur, 

Barent Waldron, 

Jan Hendricks Boch, 

Pieter van Oblinus.* 



Another ten lots, each eight acres, were laid off upon Jochem 
Pieters' Flat, in continuation of "the old lots." Running east 
and west, they began "at the land of Captain Carteret," ranging 
northward to what has since been called Bussing's, but then 
Gloudie's Point, so named from Le Maistre, who owned meadow 
there. These, often distinguished as the "New Lots," were 
drawn by the following persons : 

On Jochem Pieters' Flat. 

No. I. Jan Hendricks Brevoort, 

" 2. Glaude le Maistre, 

" 3. Frederick de Vaux, 

" 4. Resolved Waldron, 

" 5. Arent Hermens, 

" 6. Cornelis Jansen, 

" 7. Gerard Magister, 

" 8. Joose van Oblinus, 

" 9. Capt. James Carteret, 

10. Pieter Jansen Bogert. 

We observe in these allotments a preconcerted design to 
occupy what remained of the three old groundbriefs given to 
Matthys Jansen, Claessen, and Kuyter : a shrewd stroke of policy, 
truly, but which we are not to interpret into a distrust of the 
equity of their claim to those lands, of which they had been 
legally put in possession by the deliberate action of the constituted 
authorities. 

Ryder dates his certificates of the above surveys on August 
6th. They were recorded August 17th. While here surveying, 
he boarded with Resolved Waldron, the town paying for it, and 
also for six gallons of rum drank during the progress of the work. 
The surveyor's bill, including the survey of Van Keulen's Hook, 
amounted to 429 gl. 

A parcel of meadow land lying on the Spuyten Duyvel, to 
the westward of the first lot there granted, had been the object 

* For the after history of these lots, which were mainly included in the Waldron 
larm, see App. H. 



HISTORY OF HARLE^I. 343 

of some contention, but was finally disposed of, by a vote of the 
magistrates, August loth, as follows : 

"Whereas, a dispute has arisen among the inhabitants of this 
town respecting a certain parcel of meadow lying on the Spuy- 
ten Du}vel, which each of them claims to have, and the said 
meadow is too small to be divided amongst them all ; and because 
some have no meadow annexed to their land, to wit, Arent Her- 
mens, Johannes \>rmelje, and Gerard ]\Iagister, We the Court, 
pursuant to the order of his Honor the Governor-General given 
to the Land Surveyor, also give directions to said Surveyor to 
measure out and give the said meadow to the aforesaid persons." 

It was then further resolved, that "a piece of meadow lying 
at the north point of this Island, and Aloertje Davids' My, shall 
remain to the town's lot." 

]\Iore wrath seems to have been stirred up at this action of 
the magistrates in giving away the meadows, than at the larger 
grants made by Andros impinging on their patent, though this 
caused, from first to last, a deal of excitement. Adolph Aleyer, 
noAv a magistrate, but opposed to the grant, had the temerit}' to 
take an active part with the dissatisfied people in getting up a 
remonstrance. Andros took this as a grave offence, and issued 
his warrant, August 14th, for jMeyer's arrest, charging him with 
having "occasioned disturbance by siding with the commonalty 
and petitioning in a factious manner." He was admitted to bail, 
on condition of appearing before the Governor and Council when 
required, to answer what should be alleged against him, "'and 
in the meantime to be of the good behavior." At the next elec- 
tion his tov.'nsmen renominated ]\Ieyer for magistrate, and he 
was even confirmed in the office. But when brought to the notice 
of the ]\Iayor, Van Cortlandt. he removed Meyer Novemebr 3d, 
because he w-as "under recognizance for his good behavior"; and 
ordered a new nomination, wdiich resulted in putting Laurens 
Jansen in the vacancy. 

Scarcely was the survey at Spuyten Duyvel made, when 
Dyckman and Xagel bought out A'ermelje and Boch. and thereby 
became the owners of the whole five lots, containing" 74 acres 
of upland, with the meadows granted them as before stated being 
about eight acres ; the beginning of the fine estates subsequently 
held there by the Xagel and Dyckman families. With no inten- 
tion of yet quitting their old homes in the village, they agreed 
with IMichiel Bastiaensen annd his son-in-law. Kiersen, to take 
these lands upon lease for a term of twelve years. We have 
thought the contract, here translated from the Dutch, worth}- to 



344 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

be preserved, as it relates to the first successful effort to make 
improvements in that section of Manhattan Island, on which as 
yet there was not another white man's hearthstone north of Har- 
lem village. 

On this date, 26th October, A°. 1677, appeared before me, Heiidrick 
J. Vander Vin, by the Honorable Mayor's Court admitted Secretary, 
residing at the Town of New Harlem, and the after-named witnesses ; 
the honest Jan Nagel and Jan Dyckman, on the one side, and Michiel 
Bastiaensen with Hendrick Kiersen, on the other; the which agree to 
contract with the others and are agreed in the following manner. Jan 
Nagel and Jan Dyckman have conjointly leased, and by these do lease to 
the before-named Michiel Bastiaensen and Hendrick Kiersen in com- 
pany, certain the lessors' lands, contained in five lots, marked No. i, 2, 
3, 4, 5, with the meadows thereto belonging, all lying upon this Island 
Manhatans, at Spuyten Duyvel, and under this town's jurisdiction, as 
appears by the surveys thereof existing, the which the lessees take and 
accept on lease upon condition as follows, to wit : The lessees shall oc- 
cupy and use the aforesaid lands and meadows for the time of twelve 
consecutive years, to count from now on, expiring in the year 1689 after 
the crops and fruits are off the land, and the lease of the houses shall 
end at May in the year 1690 ; in particular, the lessees shall possess and 
use the aforesaid lands and meadows the first seven years free, by paying 
as an acknowledgement, each one hen, every year ; the three following 
years shall the lessees pay each a hundred and fifty guilders per year; 
the last two years to pay each two hundred guilders in the year ; the 
lessees shall have authority to build and erect houses, barns or stables, 
after their own satisfaction and contentment, for their accommodation; 
on condition that the same, at the end of the lease, with the fences 
which then shall be upon the lands and meadows, be delivered over all 
in good repair ; the lessors promise to furnish the lessees — in order upon 
the aforesaid lands, wherever the lessees decide, to place an orchard — ■ 
with fifty fruit trees, both apple and pear, and all the trees which they 
the lessees shall come to set out and raise shall at the end of the lease, 
except the fifty trees aforesaid, be divided half and half; the lessees 
holding their option as to their circumstances, to be permitted to remove 
or give up this present lease at their pleasure, with the same to the 
lessors, upon mentioning it one year before ; the lessors promise 
the lessees freedom in the real possession of the aforesaid lands 
and dependencies, without any charges standing thereon, reserving the 
lord his right; all the before-written conditions, the appearers de- 
clare to be their contract and accord, promising the same on both sides 
to conform to and fulfil, each in his regard, without craft or cunning, 
under obligation as according to laws. Thus done and passed at New 
Haerlem in presence of Joost van Oblinus and Conradus Hendricx, as 
witnesses hereto requested and solicited, who beside the appearers and 
me secretary, have undersigned these, on the date as above. 
Witness, Jan Nagei.. 

J. VAN Oblinus, Jan Dyckman. 

Conradus Hendricks. This mark * of 

MiCHiEE Bastiaensen 

by himself made. 
Hendrick Kiers. 
With my knowledge, 

Hendr. J. ,Vandr. Vin, Secretary. 
Subsecjuently Dyckman and Nagel became the joint owners 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 345 

of the adjacent tract, known as the Jansen and Aertsen Patent, 
but in our day as the Dyckman Homestead ; as also of that part 
of the Papparinamin Patent which had been occupied by Vcr- 
veelen.* 

The ensuing winter found nearly all of the inhabitants 
busily employed in the woodlands cutting 5,000 palisades "for 
the use of the city,"" pursuant to an order from the Governor, 
of November 2^, 1677. They were to be "under 4 inches thick 
and 12 to 13 feet long, to be delivered at the waterside in a con- 
venient place to be taken away."" The inhabitants on November 
29th were divided into four corporalships, "as was done for- 
merly"' ; the corporals being Laurens Jansen, Arent Bussing, 
Adolph Aleyer, and Jan Dyckman. The labor was probably 
turned to advantage in the clearing of some of the newly-drawn 
lands. All those who had shared in the late land drafts took part 

* The Papparinamin, or Matthys Jansen Patent, in the view of the Harlem people, 
was in the same category with that of Jansen and Aertsen, and other of Kieft's grants 
which have lapsed for want of the required improvement; and hence they claimed it 
under their general patent as part of their common land, notwithstanding Governor 
Nicoll's confirmation to Matthys Jansen's heirs. Verveelen, on or after removing to 
Spuyten Duyvel, had inclosed some sixteen acres off the north end of the patent; and 
the grants of 1677 engrossing the remainder, the Jansen heirs had nothing left them. 

These held to their claim, however, and many years later, when \'erveelen had 
vacated, made an attempt to recover. On August 2, 1700, John Matthysen, eldest 
son of Matthys Jansen, late of Ulster County, deceased, in behalf of himself and 
others, the co-heirs of the said Jansen (see Index, Van Keurcn), petitioned the 
General Assembly for relief, representing '"that by reason of the uncertainty of some 
bounds in said patent contained, he was wholly dispossessed of his father's inheri- 
tance, and therefore humbly prayed that the bounds of the said land might be settled, 
and the said patent confirmed unto the co-heirs of the said Matthys Jansen." Leave 
being granted, a bill for that object was introduced the next day, passed on the 8th, 
and sent to Governor Bellomont for his signature. 

After reciting the original grant by Kieft to Matthys Jansen, August 18, 1646, of 
"one hundred acres," at Papparinamni on ^Manhattan Island, its confirmation by 
Nicolls, May 23, 1667, and tlie petition of Jan Mattliyssen, this bill provided "that 
the limits and bounds of the said Patent be, and are hereby forever declared to be, at 
a place called Papparinamin, which said Papparinamin is iipon the island of New 
York, joining to the river upon which the bridge called Kind's Bridge is built, ac- 
cording as the Indian name Papparinamin did anciently signify." It also declared 
"that all and singular the estate, right, title, and interest contained in the said pat- 
ents, shall be, and hereby are, confirmed and ratified unto the said John Mattliyssen 
and other of the said co-heirs of the said Matthys Jansen, his and their heirs and as- 
signs in equal jiroportions and divisions, any law, usuage, or custom to the contrary 
hereof in anyways nothwithstanding " 

But the governor withheld his signature, and the bill failed to become a law. 
Matthyssen petitioned the Assembly again, October 26; it "was read, and referred for 
further consideration," but not again taken up. The Harlem folk had meanwhile, by 
their deputy, Peter Van Oblienis," taken counsel and put in their plea before the gov- 
ernor, and doubtless with ctTect. His Excellencly informed tlie Assembly, November 
2, that he had declined to meddle with certain bills presented for his approval, because 
as matters of property they should be referred to the Courts of Judicature, soon to be 
established. But no further proceedings in the case have been found. The Dyckmans 
soon took iiossession under their grant of 1701 from the town, of which we shall 
hereafter speak. 

There was really no injustice done to the Jansen heirs, for the land had lain 
neglected and unclaimed by them, now more tlian thirty years since the confirmation 
by Nicolls. This groundbrief stood in no wise ditTercnt from others whicli had been 
declared void, except said confirmation, which was probably an oversight. .\s it liad 
never been sold, there was no such reason for compensation as there was in the case of 
the Jansen and Aertsen patent; and to have admitted its validity at that late day 
would have been a bad jn-eccdent, and one which the iiolders of other vacant ground 
briefs would have been only too ready to take advantage of. 

The parcel which \'erveelen liad had the use of passed from Jacob Dyckman to 
his son Jacob, and formed part of the 30 acres sold February 11, 1773, to Caleb Hyatt. 



346 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

in this worls', save Constable Nagel, Johannes Verveelen, ferry- 
man, and Captain Carteret; Maria Vermilye, represented by her 
husband, Isaac Kip. In addition were enrolled David Demarest, 
David Demarest, Jr., Michiel Bastiaensen, Reyer Michielsen, 
Pierre Cresson, Abraham Delamater, Jan Kiersen, Hendrick 
Kiersen, Nicholas de Vaux, Francois Breteau, Jan Jansen (P. 
Bogert's man), and Jan Petit (Baignoux) "and his mate." 




CHAPTER XXI. 

1 677- 1 682. 

THE FRENCH LEAVING; NEW TOWN-HOUSE; LAND QUESTIONS; 
LABADISTS; CAPT. CARTERET; SALE OE MOERTJE DAVIDS ELY. 

A SUIT of Nicholas de Vaux versus Pierre Cresson, for 
"^^ some time pending in the local court, was decided No- 
vember 15, 1677. Defendant having sold plaintiff his house 
and lands, October 27, 1676, the bill of sale was cancelled on 
April 23d ensuing, when De Vaux gave Cresson a parcel of 
fence rails, and was promised in return the use of enough hnd 
to sow a schepel of flaxseed, Cresson to receive of the flax every 
fourth sheaf. Jean Baptiste de Poictier, Sieur Dubuisson, was 
present and heard the bargain. But before De Vaux was ready 
to put in his seed Jan Hendricks Brevoort leased and planted 
Cresson's land on Jochem Pieters, leaving to De A^'aux only a 
small corner, where it was sandy and unfit for his purpose. De 
Vaux then demanded of Cresson the use of his lot on Van Keu- 
len's Hook;but the latter objecting, De A^aux on September 
6th appealed to the magistrates. On a hearing it was agreed to 
"hold the case in advice till the coming of Jean Baptiste Bison." 
On the date first named it again came up, when Cresson pre- 
sented Debuisson's written declaration. The Court now de- 
cided that Cresson "restore to the plaintifl:' the 250 rails which 
he has wrongfully taken from him ; and as the plaintifl' has 
failed to perform his part of the contract, that he be condemned 
in the costs hereby incurred." De Vaux removed soon after to 
New Jersey, and with his wife, Marie See, joined the church 
at Bergen, April 5, 1679. His descendants, under the name of 
De Vouw, or De Voe, were long to be found at Hackensack and 
Tarry town.* 

* Nicholas de \'aux liad a daughter, Esther, boni at Harlem, who, in 1698, married 
Ulderrick Brower, of Hackensack, whither Dc \'aux had removed, and where, in 
1706, he married a second wife, Margaret Jans, widow of Jacques Button. He died 
prior to 17 17, when his widow married Hendrick Canimega, whose first wife was 
Anna M. Verveelen. De Vaux had other daughters, Susanna, born 1680, who married 
Thomas Brickers and Jacobus Van Gelder; Mary, who married Jacob Buys, of Bergen, 
and Rachel, who married Abraham Martelingh; also, by his second wife, another 



348 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

The French refugees were gradually leaving, drawn princi- 
pally to Bergen County, N. J-, Staten Island, and up the Hud- 
son, where they found other French families, and land more 
abundant, and to be had at a trifling cost. Gerard Magister 
was of the number that left. He had lately drawn one of the 
New Lots, and at the same time, by deed of August 9, 1677, 
bought from Joost Van Oblinus, for 400 gl. in grain, the erf, 
house, and barn lately owned by and yet in the occupancy of 
David Demarest, Jr. On December 26th ensuing, he and his 
wife, Madeleine 1' Admiral, made a joint will before the secre- 
tary. Magistrate Tourneur, and Frederick de Vaux, after the 
form usual with the French refugees. All this looked to a fixed 
residence ; but within two years Magister left the town. He 
sold his lot No. 7, March 22, 1679, to Jan Delamater, but no 
sale of his dwelling-house is to be found.** 

Again came up the matter of the town finances, and promi- 
nently that of the vorleser's salary. The record of February 
7, 1678, runs: "Is proposed and resolved that the accounts of 
this Town, as well the debts as credits, revised on the date of 
19th February, 1677, shall with the first opportunity be taken 
up and disposed of; and the Secretary is authorized henceforth 
to keep a separate register thereof." From the register so begun 
and yet preserved have been culled many interesting items relat- 
ing to the settlers. 

On the same date we also read : 

Is further resolved and concluded that the magistrates shall go agout 
among the common inhabitants and see how much each is willing to 
contribute yearly to the maintenance and salary of the Voorleser, be- 
ginning the 23d October of the previous year, 1677, and following. The 
Voorleser must have yearly for salary, according to the agreement entered 
into the 23d October, 1670, the sum of 400 guilders ; the magistrates remain 
held to furnish the money. 

daughter, Esther, born 171 1, his first, so named, Mrs. Brower, having just died. His 
son, Abraham de Vaux, or de Vouw, joined the Hackensack church in 1694, but re- 
moved to Tarrytown, to which place his motlier's kinfolks, the See family, had gone, 
and where lie and wife Mary appear as churchniembers. I believe he had sons Nicholas 
and Johannes. He served as deacon in 1708, and as elder in 1724; offices afterward 
held by said Johannes de Vouw. 

** Jean le Roy had owned this domicile as early as 1670, and apparently it was 
the north garden No. 2, next Tourneur; on which account I suppose L,e Roy was led 
to get it. This garden was in Simon De Ruine's allotment, bought in 1666, by Capt. 
Delaval; and when L,e Roy sold Delavall his lands bought of Presto, he probably 
took this garden in part payment, and built on it. Le Roy sold out entire in 1674. 
The owners after him were Cornier, Richard, Demarest, Jr., Richard again, and 
Oblinus. The latter agreed to sell Magister the house, barn and houselot, for 400 
guilders, to run on interest, if he could not meet the payment. The rate lists indicate 
that Oblinus took it back. His sons John and Hendrick evidently held this garden 
No. 2, then an erf, in 1706 and 1708, and John alone in 171 2; though Marcus Tiebaut 
at this date had some interest in it, and was in possession in 1713. I think he had 
bargained for it, but died before the sale was closed; and that then, 17 14, his. stepson, 
John Lewis bought it. This is probably its history, but, resting in part on other proof 
than deeds of transfer, it cannot be given with absolute assurance. (See note on John 
Lewis for more about this lot, which later formed a part of the William Brady plot). 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 349 

List of the Free-will Contributions for the support and salary of the 
Voorleser of this Town, etc., and the following are to contribute yearly : 

Jan Nagel f. l8 

Daniel Tourneur " 15 

Joost van Oblinus "40 

Jan Dyckman " 12 

Laurens Jansen " 10 

Resalvert Waldron " 30 

Conradus Hendricks " 10 

Jan Hendricks " 6 

Maria Vermel je " 8 

Johannes Vermel je " 10 

Glaude le Maistre " 12 

Michiel Bastiaensen " 6 

Hendrick Kiers " 6 

Arent Hermens " 8 

Jan Hendricks van Brevoort " 10 

Jan le Maistre " 6 

Adolph Meyer " 14 

Cornelis Jansen " 12 

Gerard Magister " 6 

Jan Louw " 20 

Jan le Maistre | 
Arent Hermens j 

rent of the land "65 

Jan Nagel, rent of the meadow " 18 

f-342 

Upon the 4th April, "The Constable was authorized and 
empowered to collect and receive the debts which to this town 
must be paid, according to the assessment of the 19th February, 
1677, as from Jan Louwe, David Des Marest, Glaude le Maistre, 
and others." 

Demarest settled up in full with the town on April 26th, 
his son David had done so on the 23d, and soon after this the 
whole family, with Jacques Laroe, removed to their new home 
on the Herring River, now the Hackensack. All the adults, being 
eight persons, united "by certificates" (in part from the French 
church), with the church at Bergen, on October 7th succeeding.* 

* Demarest's "two miles square" purchase from iMendawasey aud other Tappau 
chiefs was commonly called "The French Patent." From what is now New Bridge, 
on the Hackensack, two miles above Hackensack village, it reached up the river to a 
little beyond Old Bridge: and from the river eastward to the "North River Mountains," 
or present line of the Northern Railroad. On the part lying above the Old Bridge, 
upon the bank of the Hackensack. in a charming situation, Demarest built his dwelling 
and a grist mill, witli a dam across the stream. He called his home Essa, perhaps 
from the old family seat in Picardy, Oise Mont, or Oise, which the Latin authors called 
CEsia or .-Esia. Afterward buying lands on the west side of the river, he put up there 
a saw mill, and also a more capacious grist mill. This hast was called the Great Mill, 
and its older neighbor opposite, the L,ittle Mill. Demarest's plan of forming a French 
colony on his tract, failed; though he drew to him several families, as those of Daniel 
du \'oor, Jean Durie, Jacques Laroe and Nicholas de Vaux, and they together organ- 
ized what was called "The French Church of Kinkachemeck," and built a house of 
worship in Demarest's land near the dwelling, upon a knoll just below the Old Bridge, 
where still remains "The French Burying Ground." In midsummer, 1693, David 
Demarest, the patriarch, died and his remains, with those of his W'ife, who died first, 
no doubt rest in the old burying ground aforesaid. His last will, made August 26, 



350 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Again on the 8th of May resolutions were passed as follows : 

Whereas it is found that the iVoorleser, from the contributions, for 
this current year since the 23d October past, with the rent of the town's 
lot and meadow reckoned in, will not draw for his salary more than 242 
guilders, instead of 400 which he must have yearly; the said Voorleser 
has, to the constable and magistrates assented, that (because of other 
burdens) he shall have for this current year till 23d October first com- 
ing, no more than the said 342 guilders ; and the constable and magis- 
trates shall then make a new and reliable assessment for the full sum of 
400 guilders yearly as salary, according to the first accord of 23d October, 
1670. The whole aforewritten provision is by the Voorleser agreed to, 
declaring therewith to be content. 

Is also taken into consideration about the rebuilding of the town's 
house for the Voorleser; it is found good to take the same in hand by 
the first opportunity, as the most necessary work to be done by the 
Inhabitants, and they having leisure to properly hew and make ready 
the timber for the same; thereupon called in Gerard Magister, a wheel- 
wright, to contract with him for the carpenter work, according to a plan 
to him submitted. Demands 200 guilders ; whereupon it was not ordered, 
but the magistrates said that they would think upon it and inform him 
when they should be able to have him do it; thereupon separated. 

Circumstances led to a change of plan. Mrs. Montagne had 
ended her widowhood, but within a short three years had lost 
her second husband, Mr. Isaac Kip ; the magistrates being called 
upon July 25, 1678, to inventory the household goods "which 

1689, gave his estate equally to his three sons. David junior had meanwhile died, and 
his widow married John Durie. On August 13, 1693, some days after the death of 
David, the elder, a division was made, in presence of Rev. Pierre Peiret, by John and 
Samuel Deinarest, and by John Durie for the children of David, junior; the home- 
stead and Little Mill falling to John, the lands and mills west of the river to Samuel, 
and heirs of David. After losing its chief patron, the French church declined; Rev. 
Pierre Daille, Peiret's colleague who usually preached here, removing to Boston, his 
visits ceased, and the Demarests and others took letters to the Dutch church at Hack- 
ensack. Demarest's cherished creations, the church, the mills, have alike disappeared; 
only a few piles, the remains of the mill-dara, show their heads at very low water. 

John Demarest was born, 1645, on the Island of Walcheren, Zeeland; married, 
1668, Jacomina, daughter of Simon De Ruine, again in 1692, Marritie Van Winckel, 
widow of Peter Slot, and, in 1702, Magdalena Laurens, widow of Jean TuUier. In 
1689, he was of the committee of safety which commissioned Governor Leisler. He 
died in 1719, having parcelled his lands among his children. These were (wife or 
husband given in parentheses), David, born 1669 (Antie, daughter of Jan Slot); John, 

1671 (Deborah ); Maria, 1673 (Jacobus Slot); Sarah, 1675 (Abraham Canon); 

Rachel, 1678 (Thomas Hyatt); Jacomina, 1680 (John Stewart, from Sterling, Scot- 
land) ; Leah, 1682 (Abraham Brower) ; Magdalena, 1684 (James Christie, from Iver- 
den) ; Peter, 1688 (Maria Meet and Maria Button). David Demarest was born, 1652, 
at Mannheim, and married, 1675, Rachel, daughter of Pierre Cresson. He died about 
1 69 1. His widow married John Durie, and, in 1702, Roelof Vanderlinde. Demarest's 
children were, David, born 1676 (Sarah, daughter of Rev. Guiliaem Bertholf) ; Peter, 
1677, not again named; Susanna, 1679 (Peter Westervelt) ; Rachel, 1680 (Andries 
Van Norden) ; Jacobus, 1681 (Leah, daughter of Peter De Groot, and Grietie, daughter 
of (Tosyn Herring); Samuel (Sitske, daughter of Siba Banta) ; Mary (Wiert Banta) ; 
Daniel (Rebecca, daughter of Peter De Groot) ; Benjamin (IJlizabeth, daughter of 
Peter De Groot) ; Jacomina (Andries Van Buskirk) ; Leah (Rynier Van Houten) ; 
Lydia (Stephen Terhune). 

Samuel Demarest was born, 1556, at Mannheim, and marierd, about 1678, Maria, 
daughter of Simon De Ruine, who survived him. He died in 1728. His sons who 
reached manhood, were, David, born 1681 (Mattie Debaun) ; Samuel (Annetie Van 
Hoorn) ; Peter (Margaret Herring) ; Simon, born 1699 (Vrouwtie Herring) ; and his 
daughters were, Magdalena, born 1680 (Cornelius Banta) ; Jacomina (Samuel Helling 
and Cornelius Van Hoorn); Judith (Christian Debaun and Peter Durie); Sarah 
(John Westervelt); Rachel (Jacobus Peek); Susanna, born 1703 (Benjamin Van 
Buskirk). To most of these Samuel assigned portions of his lands before his death. 

We cannot extend these interesting details, so far, we believe, entirely reliable; 
but invite some one to fill out the genealogical lines, which, in 1820, were said to 
embrace seven thousand names! 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 35 1 

the deceased in his Hfetinie had brought to the widow." The 
plan to build a new house, the timber for which was already 
contracted for with Daniel Tourneur, was suddenly arrested, and 
the widow turned her contract over to the town. Thereupon 
the following resolution was passed September 7th : 

The Constable and Magistrates, with the advice of the whole Com- 
munity, have found good and resolved to rebuild and renew the town's 
house for the Voorleser; and Daniel Tourneur has agreed to cut the tim- 
ber needed therefor, as he was held to do for Maria Vermelje, for 130 
guilders (on condition it shall cancel her whole debt in the town's ac- 
count) ; to wit : 5 beams twenty feet long, broad in proportion ; 12 posts 
ten feet long, 4 sills twenty-two and twenty feet long, 2 rafters, 2 girders, 
I other spar, all twenty-two feet; also split shingles for the roof; all 
finished to deliver at the stump, and they of the community shall ride out 
the said timber, as it is ready, and bring it to the work, etc.* 

Leaving Tourneur to perform his toilsome work of hewing, 
and good Vander Vin to make the best of his straitened circum- 
stances, — for owing Gerrit Van Tright, of New York, merchant, 
"64 gl. 13 St. in beaver, 100 gl. 17 st. in sewant, and 2 pieces 
of eight in silver," he was obliged, July 27th of this year, to 
mortgage his house and lot on the Beaver Graft, whence he de- 
rived a part of his support, — other matters now claim a notice. 

Changing the lines on Van Keulen's Hook was a fruitful 
cause of misunderstanding between adjoining owners during 
this and the preceding year. Hendrick Kiersen's lease of the 
Tourneur lots had not yet expired. Pierre Cresson, who joined 
Tourneur on the west, summoned Kiersen to court, June 7, 1677, 
demanding that he should give up the strip of his land on which 
he had sowed. Kiersen said he had only used the land he had 
hired of Tourneur. 

"The Honorable Court having maturely considered the case 
in question, and finding it to be a mistake general among the 

* Isaac Kip was of a worthy and well known family, for an account of which 
see Holgate's Am. Gen. and the N. Y., G. & B. Rec, for 1877. 

Mr. Kip was born at Amsterdam, in 1627. He was much respected at Harlem, 
and was nominated for magistrate October 27, 1675. He had no children bv Maria 
Vermilye; but his first wife, Catalina, daughter of Hendrick Jansen, bare him Hen- 
drick (see p. 163), Tryntie, Abraham, Isaac, Jacobus, Johannes. Tryntie married 
Philip de Forest. Jacobus was the great-great-grandfather of Rev. Francis M. Kipp, 
and Rev. Wm. I. Kipp, D.D. Johannes, baptised January 20, 1669, is the subject of 
a letter in my possession, written in Dutch, on a sheet four by six inches, and which 
read thus: 

Mrs. Mary Kip. After salutation; These friends come to counsel with you to 
the best and most proper way to manage it with Johannesie Kip, the youngest child 
of your husband, my brother deceased. 'Tis such 1 should also have come, but have 
iust now in daily employ four strange masons, and cannot leave them. Therefore re- 
quest that you with the friends will please consider all that is needful to do for the 
welfare of the child, and further provide that which is necessary. What you ami 
the friends do, shall be acceptable to me. Hoping that both sides may agree in all 
friendship for the best; whereof not doubting, commend you to God's protection, and 
remain, 

1678, the 26 Julv Your affectionate 

Kipsberry. Jacob Kip. 



352 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

users and owners of these lots, consent and order that, as it is 
now sowed, it shall remain as it is till the crop is off the land; 
and that then each one shall plough and sow his land according 
to the last survey made and staked off by the sworn surveyor." 

Again, Glaude le Maistre claimed and put under arrest the 
grain which had been sowed by Joost Van Oblinus on a strip 
of land that fell within Le Maistre's line. On a complaint by 
Oblinus July 12, 1677, the town court, a little mystified in this 
instance, directed "the plaintiff to cut and carry in his grain, 
but that he shall take account how much has stood upon the 
strip of land in question, and keep the same separate till further 
order."* 

Again, on September 5, 1678, Cornells Jansen complained 
of Jan le Maistre, "concerning a strip of bouwland upon Van 
Keulen's Hook" ; that he "had not fixed his land properly accord- 
ing to promise." Defendant said that he had regulated the land 
as it should be, and that the plaintiff might have ploughed it; 
proves that he had proposed and plaintiff had refused an arbitra- 
tion as to the fitness. After hearing parties the Court went out 
and viewed the situation, "in order afterwards to judge as they 
should" ; and then the parties came to an agreement, — Jansen to 
have his strip of land, etc., and the costs to be borne half and 
half. Then the Court passed the following general order : 

"Is moreover resolved and established that from now for- 
ward, to prevent further questions concerning the fences upon 
Van Keulen's Hook because of the changing of some strips, 
those intending to reset their new fence instead of old, remain 
bound to remove the old from the new, and to set it properly; 
according to which each one must conform himself." 

The year 1678 at the dorp wore away with no other notice- 
able incident except the usual choice of town officers, and the 
visit from Dominie Nieuwenhuysen to install an elder and deacon. 
On the latter occasion, Glaude le Maistre, at the expense of the 
town, furnished "a half-vat of good beer" for the entertainment 
of the dominie and the congregation, and Waldron, Dyckman, 
Bussing, and Oblinus, advanced the dominie each 3 guilders (in 
all 12) for his services, while Jan Nagel provided the wagon to 
bring and return his reverence; the visit costing the town in all 
41 guilders. 

An episode of the current year was a marriage in high life 

* Coin was then so rare an article in the colony, that Vander Vin makes a note 
to this case as follows: "The Plaintiff paid for the extraordinary session a double 
gold ducat, 9 guilders Holland; in sewant, 36 guilders." So it then took four guilders 
in sewant to make one in coin. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 353 

at New York, that of Thomas Coch-ington, merchant, to ^Margaret, 
daughter of the then mayor. Captain Dclavall. Having resumed 
active business on his return from England, the captain was 
now in the height of his prosperity, and enabled to do hand- 
somely by his daughter, upon whom, October 9th, in view of her 
nuptials soon "to be solemnized," he settled the sum of £500. 
Twenty years later, Captain Codrington, meanwhile risen to 
wealth and official distinction, became a freeholder of Harlem, 
by the purchase of the Baignoux farm ; the good services which 
he rendered the town in its public affairs only ending with his 
death in 17 10. 

It speaks well for the prevailing security at this period, 
that but seldom an act of robbery comes to notice. A flagrant 
case which occurred in the spring of 1679 made the greater ex- 
citement at Harlem, as one of the thefts was committed at ''the 
house of Daniel Tourneur's sister," the wife of Frederick De 
Voe. The thief was one Williams, who having stolen a horse 
at Stamford, had also robbed several persons in Fordham. Being 
arrested, and, by an order from the Governor of March 3d, 
"delivered pinioned into the hands of the constable of Harlem," 
Waldron conducted him to New York for trial. He was con- 
victed on i\Iay 8th, of horse stealing, upon several affidavits taken 
at Stamford. 

This year another French refugee left the town with his 
family. This was Pierre Cresson. After selling out his farm. 
May 23, 1677, to Jan Hendricks Van Brevoort, who had had it 
a year under lease, he built upon and occupied his outside gar- 
den No. 14. This he now sold, March 5, 1679, ^o Jan Nagel, 
who owned No. 13, for 100 guilders in goods or grain, a pair 
of oxen, one cow, and a half-firkin of soap. Cresson removed to 
Staten Island, having already secured a lot of land at or near 
Long Neck, on the northwest side of the island, for laying out 
which an order had issued from the Secretary's office, ^Iayi4, 
1678. A small stream, on which lay his meadow at Sherman's 
Creek, was long called after him "Pieter Tuynier's Run.'' 

This year gave rise to a protracted law-suit between Daniel 
Tourneur and Cornelis Laurens Janscn, as plaintiff's, and Colonel 
Lewis Morris, defendant, concerning certain meadows on Stony 
Island, which the plaintiffs claimed to have owned "upwards of 
sixteen years." This carried their title back to Stuyvesant's 
grants, in 1663, to Tourneur, Cogu, and De Meyer. Morris 
claiming the meadows as within his purchase, had sent his men 
in haying time to mow and gather the grass. The others com- 



354 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

plaining of this trespass, obtained from the Council the following 
mandate in their favor: 

"Ordered that the Petitioners do continue in quiet poses- 
sion of the said meadows at Stone Island, according to their 
grants. And if Colonel Morris have any claim or pretence 
thereto, the same is to be heard and determined at the next Gen- 
eral Court of Assizes." 

Thus the matter rested till the next annual return of the 
haying season. 

The signal event of the year was the visit of the two Laba- 
dist travelers, Sluyter and Bankers, from Wieward, in Fries- 
land. Their journal affords us this interesting description of 
their visit. 

Under date of October 6, 1679, they say : "We left the 
village called the Bouwery, lying on the right hand, and went 
through the woods to New Harlem, a tolerable village situated 
on the south side of the Island, directly opposite the place where 
the northeast creek and the East River come together." Their 
object was "to explore the Island of Manhattan," which in their 
view ran east and west, but in this respect we correct their 
account in italics. "This island is about seven hours' distance 
in length, but is not a full hour broad. The sides are indented 
with bays, coves, and creeks. It is almost entirely taken up ; 
that is, the land is held by private owners, but not half of it is 
cultivated. Much of it is good woodland. The south end on 
which the city lies is entirely cleared for more than an hour's 
distance, though that is the poorest ground ; the best being on 
the east or north side. There are man}'^ brooks of fresh water 
running through it, wholesome, and fit for man and beast to 
drink, as well as agreeable to behold ; afifording cool and pleas- 
ant resting-places, but especially suitable for the construction 
of mills, for while there is no overflow of water, yet it can be 
shut off and so used." 

With eyes accustomed only to monotonous plains and pas- 
tures, they viewed with delight the variety of landscape. Mount 
Morris and the heights lying westward of the flats they describe 
as "two ridges of very high rocks, with a considerable space 
between them, displaying themselves very majestically, and in- 
viting all men to acknowledge in them the majesty, grandeur, 
power, and glory of their Creator, who has impressed such 
marks upon them." The last reference is probably to the out- 
cropping of the gray stone along the entire face of the west 



HISTORY OF HARLKM. 355 

heights. ••Between them runs the road to Spyt den duyvel.* 
The one to the west is most conspicuous; the east ridge is cov- 
ered with earth on its west side, but it can be seen from the water 
or from the mainland beyond to the east. The soil between these 
ridges is very good, though a little hill)- and stony, and would 
be very suitable in my opinion for planting vineyards, in conse- 
quence of its being shut off on both sides from the winds which 
would injure them." 

With (kM-rit Van Duyn, of Long Island, who had volunteered 
to show them the way. they reached Harlem. "As our guide, 
(rerrit. had some business here and found manv acquaintances, 
we remained over night at the house of one Geresolveert (mean- 
ing Resolved Waldron), constable of the place, who had formerly 
lived in Hrazil, and whose heart was still full of it. This house- 
was constantly filled with people, all the time drinking; for the 
most part that detestable rum. He had also the best cider we 
have tasted. 

"Among the crowd we found a person of quality, an Eng- 
lishman named Captain Carteret, whose father is in great favor 
with the king, and he himself had assisted in several' exploits in 
the king's service. This son is a very profligate person. He 
married a merchant's daughter here, and has so lived with his 
wife that her father has been compelled to take her home again. 
He runs about among the farmers and stays where he can find 
most to drink, and sleeps in barns on the straw. If he conducted 
himself properly, he could be not only governor here, but hold 




house was put up by the T ourneurs as early as 1679, and stood "about where 7th 
avenue intersectes iisth street." Says one looking back over half a ccnturv. "I re- 
member the depression where the i^artly filled up cellar was, and the two larRe old 
o.x-hearted-cherry trees that stood probably in front of the house." The only ancient 
dwelhng left on Harlem lane is the old \'an liramer house, on the east side of the 
ane midway between 117th and 118th streets, its gable end to the road, and frontins 
to the south. it was built not long before the Revolution, probably by Ilendrick Van 
J.ramer, who lived there m 1774. Fifteen years ago we noted: The front and the 
west end were laid up of hammered red or free stone. Query, whv were not all 
sides of stone? 1 he oldest portion measured 18 by 31 feet; for the fr.amc addition of 
15 feet 6 inches on the east end was modern. Its exterior was tasty. The caves were 
low, the roof had a modern pitch; while the short beveled chimney tops and tiie 
j"^-"J^j"^'' ^^'"clows. with fiat roofs sloping downward toward the front had a 
decidedlv antique air. The weather-beaten clapboards (on the rear and on the gable 
above the eaves the same), were very thick, rabbeted deep, finished with a half-inch 
bead, and put on with large wrought nails. The window sills, etc., were of black 
walnut, the sash stiles very heavy and the glass all 7 bv q. The two front doors 
were in halves after the old fashion, and hung on strap hinges. The ceilings low not 
plastered, showed the bare, heavy oaken timbers, planed and beaded; and the '.stair 
to the loft was a perpendicular ladder! Some claim it to be the very house that l^e 
I'orest and Montagne built on this Flat in 1637, which had two doors'aiul was iS feet 
wide. Hut that was 42 feet long, and measured by Hutch feet. Plainly no such 
antiquity can be assigned it, as tiic deed for the lan<l given by .\rent and I.ourens 
Kortright to I'.cnjamin I'.enson. February 0, 1755. mentions no' tenement. 



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higher positions, for he has studied the morahties, and seems to 
have been of good understanding; but that is all now drowned. 
His father, who will not acknowledge him as his son, as before, 
allows him yearly as much only as is necessary for him to live. 

"Saturday, 7th. — This morning, about half-past six, we set 
out for the village, in order to go to the end of the Island ; but 
before we left we did not omit supplying ourselves with peaches 
which grew in an orchard along the road. The whole ground 
was covered with them and with apples, lying upon the new 
grain with which the orchard was planted. The peaches were 
the most delicious we had eaten." Proceeding up the Island, 
they add : 

"We crossed over the Spyt den duyvel in a canoe and paid 9 
stivers fare for us three, which was very dear. We followed the 
opposite side of the land and came to the house of one Valen- 
tyn" — this was the ancestor of the Valentines of Westchester. 
He was not at home, but his Dutch vrouw, who was from Beest, 
in Gelderland, glad to see the Hollanders, entertained them at 
breakfast ; after which they came down on that side to Col. 
Morris's, meeting his nephew Walter Webley, ready to cross the 
river. "He carried us over with him and refused to take any pay 
for our passage, offering us at the same time some of his rum, a 
liquor which is everywhere. We Avere now again at New Har- 
lem, and dined with Geresolveert, at whose house we slept the 
night before, and who made us welcome. It was now two o'clock : 
and leaving there we crossed over the Island, which takes about 
three quarters of an hour to do, and came to the North River, 
which we followed a little within the woods, to Sappokanikke." 
A few days after at Staten Island they fell in with Pierre 
Cresson.* Had the elder Tourncur been living, this visit of the 

Pierre Crcsson, or Moy Pier Cresson (mc I'icr Cresson), as he always wrote 
llis name, is tiie subject of interesting notice in the journal of these Labadists. Under 
date of October 13, 1679. they say, "We pursued our journey this morning from 
plantation to iiiantation, the same as yesterday, until we came" to that of Pierre Ic 
Gardinier, who had been a gardener of the Prince of Orange, and had known him 
well. Mc had a large family of children and grand children. lie was about seventy 
years of age, and was still as fresh and active as a young person. He was so glad to 
see strangers who conversed with him in the French language about the good, that 
he leaped for joy. After we had breakfasted here they told us that wc had another 
large creek to pass called the Fresh Kill, and there we could perhaps be set across tlie 
Kill van Kol to the point of Mill Creek, where we might wait for a boat to convey us 
to the Manhattans. The road was long and difficult, and we asked for a guide, but he 
had no one, in consequence of several of his children being sick. .\t last be de- 
termined to go himself, and accordingly carrieil us in his canoe over to the point of 
Mill Creek in New Jersey." Here they "thanked and parted with Pierre le t'.ardinier." 
Pierre and his son Joshua, had each' obtained a grant of 88 acres on the west side 
of the island, vyhich vverc surveyed for lliem December 24, 1680. and patents issued 
December 30. _ This is the latest notice found of I'icrre. I lis children, so far as ap- 
pears, were Susannah, Jaques, Cinistina, Rachel, Joshua and Klias. Susainiah, born 
at Kyswyk, married, 1658, at New ,\msterdam, Nicholas Dela(^>laine. Tier father gave 
her a marriage portion of 200 guilders. Christina, born at SIuis, married Jean Letclier 
and Jacob Gerritsz Haas. Rachel, born at Delft, married David Deniarest, Jr., Jean 
Durie and Roelof Vanderlinde. Joshua Crcsson, born 1659, and Klias, Ijorn 1662, 



358 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Labadists must have restored faded reminiscences of the father 
of the sect, Labadie, when by his eloquence he so moved the 
hearts of the people of Amiens. If others had personal knowl- 
edge of those scenes, as Demarest, Disosway, Cresson, they had 
removed, and the interest which the travelers awakened at Har- 
lem was probably confined to the objects of their visit, their 
character and movements. Professing the doctrines of the Dutch 
Church, but warmly advocating a higher religious life, they ap- 
pear to have won the respect of all till they began to make 
proselytes to their peculiar social ideas, which nearly resembled 
those of the Shaking Quakers. But they gained over to their 
views members of several respectable families, as those of Beek- 
man. Bayard, Cresson, and Montanye, some of whom were per- 
suaded to join the community established by Sluyter at Bohemia 
Manor, in Maryland. 

The travelers staying a night with Waldron and dining with 
him the next day, should have made no mistakes in speaking of 
him. Yet we suspect they have. Waldron's history is sufficient- 
ly known to make it improbable that he had ever visited Brazil. 
But the voorleser, Vander Vin, whom they must have seen and 
conversed with, had spent some of his earlier years in that 
country, when clerk of the High Court of Justice at Maurits- 
stadt, during the presidency of the Heer Johan van Raasvelt. He 
kept the minutes of this court. Here he had met with Hon. 
Matthys Beck and his uncle Jacob Alrichs — both afterward vice- 
directors, the one at Curacao and the other on the Delaware — 
who were then among the Heere Electors of Schepens at Maurits- 
stadt. Vander Vin might well retain vivid impressions of his 
experiences in Brazil at a very exciting period in the history of 
the Dutch occupation there, to which we have before alluded, and 
have been "still full of it," as the travelers say of Waldron. Mis- 
takes easily find place in the hastily-written notes of tourists, and 
the journal of these travelers forms no exception. 

both lived upon Staten Island, the latter, we presume, succeeding to his father's 
farm. He was high sheriff of Richmond County, under IvCisler. One Joshua Cresson 
lived at North Branch, N. J., in 1720. 

Jacques Cresson, of good repute and much respected at Harlem where he owned 
property and held office, married, 1663, Marie Renard, of whom we have given some 
account. They had issue, Jaques, born 1665; Maria, 1670; Susannah, 1671; Solomon, 
1674; Abraham, and Isaac, 1676; Sarah, 1678; Anna, 1679; Rachel, 1682. Jaques' 
injury, January 31, 1677, and sad death, August i, 1684, we leave unrecorded. His 
widow, with her son Jaques or Jacobus, sold their house in Stone street, September 9, 
1685, and taking a church letter, November 25, she sailed, with her family, for the 
Island of Curacao. Later they returned, and Mrs. Cresson reunited with the church 
at New York, May 28, 1701, but it is evident they soon left again for Philadelphia. 
Solomon Cresson served as constable there in 1705, and others of the family are found 
in that vicinity. The descendants include the late eminent philanthropist, Elliot Cres- 
son, and the present Dr. Charles M. Cresson. The name of late years has worlced up 
the valley of the Susquehanna into New York State. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 3S9 

"Great injustice has been done to the memory of Capt. 
James Carteret," says the historian of Elizabeth ; and a truer re- 
mark was never uttered. We do not believe all the hard things 
said of him by the Labadist travelers, for we recall the oft-told 
story of his illegitimacy, now at lenfj^th admitted to be a fiction. 
In quest of information wherewith to embellish the narrative of 
their tour, and strongly inclined to the hypercritical, the tourists 
were likely to swallow any bit of scandal which their fellow 
Dutchmen at Harlem were ready to deal out to them against the 
English in general, and Delavall's family and kin in particular ; 
one-sided stories, which the brevity of their stay gave no oppor- 
tunity to correct. Into these old prejudices none probably entered 
more heartily than Waldron, who, albeit he was of English ex- 
traction, evidently cherished no affection for the land of his 
ancestors.* 

Carteret, it is true, had been unsuccessful in business ven- 
tures, incurring debts which, maugre his willingness and 
promises, he found it hard to pay ; but it is difficult to believe him 
so utterly the vagrant he is represented, being still a land-holder 
at Harlem. That Mrs. Carteret, having young children, should 
prefer a comfortable city home under her father's roof, was not 
so strange for one to whom the society at Harlem was uncon- 
genial, or could oft'er little that was attractive. And so there was 
room for dislike or prejudice to put the worst construction upon 
it. But Avhy argue about that which could have been scarcely 
more than a matter of temporary convenience? as Mrs. Carteret, 
\vhile her father was still living, accompanied her husband to 
Europe, to look after his landed interests there ; probably making 
their principal home in the Island of Jersey, where their only 
daughter was married in 1699, and so respectfully noticed as 
"daughter of the Honorable James De Carteret." Certainly Capt. 
Carteret was treated with much consideration at Harlem, where 
on Oct. 2()th, 1677, he received a nomination for magistrate. 
If he was a hard drinker, he lived in a day and community when 
indulgence was the rule. He was well read in the Scriptures ; 
and also reverenced them, if his apt quotations in his letter re- 
ferred to be taken as evidence. That his heart had a tender side. 

* The Labadist views were embraced by Nicasius de La Montague, Jaques Cres- 
son, Petrus liayard, William Beekman and his aunt, Susanna, widow of Arent Keteltas, 
named p. 277. Cresson could hardly have joined the community, as he died but a year 
after I'eter Sluyter's second arrival at New York, July 27, i68.?, on his way to M.iry- 
land. Heekman and Montague were but >oung men. llayard left his wife. Ulandina 
Kierstede, in New ^'ork, but returned and died here in 1 6c)C). His son Samuel, 
born 1675, married Susanna I'>ouchelle, Sluyter's stepdau.chtcr, and. in 169S, Sluyter 
conveyed him part of the manor. Sluyter had married Anna Margarela Coudo. then 
the widow liouchelle. She died in 1721, he in 172J, and the communitv dissolved. 
(See Jour, of Dankers and Sluyter, an.l N. V. C. 6t U. Rcc. 1878, 188). 



36o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

let an incident show. It was in the winter of 1676; Jean le Roy 
became embarrassed, and unable to pay his last year's rent for 
the town lot. When told to the generous Captain, he headed a 
subscription for his relief with 10 gl. ; more than was given by 
all the rest besides. 

The last mention of Capt. Carteret at Harlem is under date 
of Nov. 21st, 1679, when he sold his land on Montagne's Flat to 
Claude Delamater, "for 200 guilders and a wether." Certain 
provisions in the will of his father. Sir George Carteret, whose 
death occurred Jan 14th ensuing, made it necessary for him to 
return promptly to England and Jersey ; and he appears no 
more in this country. He still held the farm and mill property 
with Little Barents Island, the title to all which descended to 
his daughter, Mrs. Pipon, of Jersey. 

On the 6th of November, 1679, ^^^^l at the house of Johannes 
Vermelje, the worthy old Norwegian settler, Claes Carstensen,* 
whose age was 72 years. He had been for some time in needy 
circumstances and was aided by the deacons, having been a 
church member for many years. 

On the same date Abraham Shotwell sold the Sawkill farm 
to John Robinson, of New York, merchant. 

A question of some local interest had arisen between Jan 
Louwe Bogert and Joost van Oblinus, touching a piece of salt 
meadow at Hoorn's Hook, which Oblinus (in behalf of his son 
Peter, still a minor) claimed as belonging to the lot laid out to 
Peter on Aug. 6th, 1677, by Robert Ryder, the surveyor, and 
described as "a parcel of land being the tenth lot in the row, in 
breadth on the river side twelve rods, bounded southwest by the 
land of Jan Hendricks, stretches northwest into the common 
woods one hundred and sixty rods, and northeast by the river, 
including all points and morasses therein comprehended, con- 
taining twelve acres." 

On the 1 2th of November Louwe procured a citation for 
Oblinus, requiring him to answer next court day "why he has 
forbidden him to set oft his meadows." The case came up on 

* Claes Carstensen being from Sant, in Norway, was called "the Norman." He 
was here prior to the Indian war of 1643, had learned the Indian language, and figures 
as public interpreter, at the forming of treaties, &c. In 1646 he married Helena Hen- 
dricks, served, in 1653, as corporal in the burgher corps at New Amsterdam, and was 
admitted to the small burgher right in 1657. After the English came in power, he 
removed to Harlem, and on March 2, 1671, was granted a small house lot for tlie 
term of his life. On his decease, and at the request of Resolved Waldron, elder and 
constable, the deacons, Arent Hermens and Jan Nagel, took an inventory of his effects, 
found in his house and at Vermilye's, where he died; these being sold, November 10,' 
■1679, at public vendue for 268 guilders, 16 stivers "for the benefit of the deaconry 
here." 



362 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

the 4th of December, Oblinus appearing as plaintiff, and the 
following is the minute : 

JoosT VAN Oblinus, Pltf.,"\ Whereas a dispute has arisen between 

vs. )■ Joost van Oblinus and Jan Louwe van 

Jan Louwe. J Schoonrewoert over a certain small meadow 

lying in the Bay of Hellgate, which each of 

the parties claims as belonging to him ; after several debates and rebuts 

on either side, it was decided by the Honorable Court (the said small 

meadow being the most southerly in the range under against the steep 

hill next the little kil) that Jan Louwe for his meadows shall have those 

that stretch from his great kil till to the little kil from anckcrs house ;* 

the rest to Joost van Oblinus. And ordered that each shall bear his own 

costs attaching to this case. 

The line of partition here indicated was apparently the same 
as that afterward fixed and described in the deeds for the 
adjacent upland, given by the town, March 2d, 1701, to Jan 
Louwe Bogert and Jan Delamater, the latter then owning the 
Hoorn's Hook or Waldron farm, which included the Oblinus lot. 
By the above decision Oblinus plainly took a small share of the 
meadows claimed by Bogert under the town's grant to his pre- 
decessor Montagne. 

Bogert's shrewdness in protecting his own interests more 
than once exposed him to the charge of being disobliging, if not 
churlish. Some time before — in 1675 — -he had forbidden David 
du Four and others from passing over his land, as they had 
been wont to do, to shorten their travel from Hoorn's Hook to 
the mill, the village, and church. It happened that Du Four and 
wife, in passing this way on Sunday, April i8th, in the said 
year, noticed a cow, one of two which Bogert had taken of Hans 
Jacobs Harding, "to winter, and to feed and water with his own 
cattle," lying out in the road alone, while Bogert's cattle were 
grazing in the meadows. Harding's cow died, as he charged, 
from neglect ; and the honest Swiss, finding such fruits of a friend- 
ship with Bogert running back to their emigration in the same 
ship, brought his suit, Du Four being a witness for him.* Hence 

*The Dutch word used (anckers) may be either the possessive or plural form. 
Here it probably means anchor, perhaps the anchorage house; though the reference is 
by_ no means clear. For those whom it may interest, we give the record in the 
original : 

.\lsoo questie was geresen tusschen Joost van Oblinnis ende Jan Louwe van 
Schoonrewoert over seecker valecytge, gelegen in de boght vant Hellegat die elck 
van parthyen sustineerde hem toe te Ijehooren, naer v'scheyden debatten en rebatten 
ten weder zyde, is by den E gerechte verstaen dat het geseyde valeytge synde het 
suydelycxte in die rygh onder tegen de stelye bergh naest het killetge, dat Jan 
Louwe voor valeyen sal hebben die haer strecken van syn groote kil tot aen het killetge 
van anckers buys, de rest aen Joost van Oblinnis. Enn ordonneren dat ider syn 
eygen costen over dese saecke gevallen, sal dragen. 

* Hans Jacobs Harding was a weaver, and then lived at Stuyvesant's Bowery, 
where he had bought a small place, February 12, 1669, from Jan. Piertersen Slot. 
He was a native of Bern, and married here July 29, 1668, Geertie, daughter of Lam- 
bert Moll, of Bushwick. She was born 1648. Her older sister Marritie, also born here, 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 363 

Dii Four and others, going that road again August 5th, were for- 
bidden and threatened by Bogert, who called them "rebels and 
highwaymen.'' David complained Se])t. 2c\, but the Court so 
far sustained llogert as to decide "that there is no common way 
over defendant's land." At another time, William Waldron, of 
New York, cooper, accused Bogert of having for spite unfastened 
and taken to his house a cutting bench, two of which Waldron 
had been using, and left nailed to stumps in the woods on liogert's 
point. But Bogert denied doing it, and after a long debate, pro 
and con, they were reconciled. It was the tradition — so said a 
descendant of Jan Louwe, the late excellent James Bogert, Jr. — 
that Louwe's credit with the Indians for veracity led them to call 
him in their language Schoonrewoerd, or True Lips! I'ut as 
this term is Dutch and not Indian, alas for the tradition.''' 

The winter of 1679-80 was barren of noteworthy incidents, 
unless it was a bear hunt which took place on the farm of Mr. 
John Robinson, at the Saw Kill ; for bears, wolves, and other 
noxious animals still infested the woods on Manhattan Island, 
and were so troublesome, especially the latter, even years after, 
that official encouragement was given to destroy them.t In the 
bear hunt here noticed "very good diversion and sport" was 
afiforded those who took part in it, one of whom was the Rev. 
Charles Wolley, chaplain of the garrison at New York. Bruin 
was chased and treed in Robinson's orchard ; "and," says the 
chaplain, giving an account of it in his Journal, "when he got 
to his resting place perched upon a high branch ; we dispatched 
a youth after him with a club to an opposite bough, who. knock- 
married, in 1646, Gerrit Hendrickse Blauvelt, from Oeventtr, who died in New York 
about 1684, his sons Hendrick, Huybert, Johannes, Abraham and Isaac, who all had 
families, removing to Tappan or Orangetown, Rockland County, and whence sprang 
the numerous Blauvelts. Harding died in 1685. The next year his widow married 
Thys Fransz Gudewater, of Tappan, whither she and her children went to live. This 
name took the form of Cutwater, and probably Atwater. Thys had a brother Thomas, 
of New York; they were both born at Albany, and were sons of Frans Jacobsen, who 
lived at Fort Orange as early as 1657. Dr. T'hoinas Outwater, of Rockland, of Revo- 
lutionary merit, was a descendant. 

The Harding children were Tryntie, born 1670; Frena, 1671; Conrad, 1673; 
Lambert, 1676; Reyer, 1678; Johannes, 1679; Jacob, 1681; Lambert, 16S3; Emeline, 
1685. The last married Johannes Verveelen. All the sons married, except perhaps 
Lambert, and the Hardings in time spread through the counties of Rockland, Orange 
and Ulster, some being sturdy patriots in the Revolution. 

* Schoonderwoerd, a.s more correctly written, was obviously so called from the 
Dutch schoonder, signifying fairer, finer, &c., and wocrd, another term for polder, a 
tract of low land recovered from the overflow of the sea or surrounding rivers b,- 
dykes and drainage; this term (woerd) applying as well to islands that had under- 
gone the same reclaiming process. \'ery many such places throughout Holland bear 
names, of which this term forms the ending; variously written waard, woerd, woert. 
etc. Schoonderwoerd was simi)ly the Faireriiodlcr. We suspect the "tradition" 
aforesaid came from mistaking this term woerd for the more familiar woord, so tak- 
ing Schoonderwoerd to mean fairer word; and fancy supplying the rest. 

t The modern annotator of Woolley's Journal, aware of the jircvalence of "bears" 
about Wall street, may be pardoned for locating Robinson's farm, the scene of this 
bear hunt, near that section of the city; Journal, Note 33. He only failed to bear in 
mind that the old species, more cautious, and less disposed to risks, seldom ventured 
so far down. 



364 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Ing his paws, he comes grumbhng down with a thump upon the 
ground ; and so we after him again." The sequel is not told ; 
we know the youth was dispatched, hut whether the bear was, is 
more than doubtful, since Mr. Wolley says they had neither gun 
nor weapon, except "a good cudgel ;" whence also it may be 
inferred that the hunt was not prearranged, but incidental to one 
of those not agreeable surprises, which till years later often 
awaited the astonished farmer, on visiting his barnyard upon a 
winter's morning. 

We naturally connect Mr. Wolley's visit to Robinson's farm 
with the sale which Robinson made, Jan. ist, 1680, of the half 
of said farm, with the leather mill, etc., to John Lewin, Esq., 
and Mr. Robert Wolley, of London, merchants, the latter 
probably a brother of the chaplain ; which purchase was effected 
through the immediate agency of William Pinhorne, who had 
returned from England in 1678, in the same vessel with Chap- 
lain Wolley, directly after a business interview with Lewin and 
Wolley in London, at which the chaplain was present. Lewin 
soon visited his purchase, as he arrived in New York on October 
i6th ensuing, commissioned by the Duke of York to inquire into 
and report upon the administration of Gov. Andros. 

Jan Nagel, Jan Dyckman, Arent Hermens Bussing, Adolph 
Meyer, and Jan Delamater were busy hewing timber to fill a con- 
tract made Jan. 2d, 1680, with Nicholas de Meyer as agent for 
Hendrick Cuyler, of Albany, for whom they were to furnish tim- 
ber for a house, including "beams, posts, rafters, plates, sleepers, 
door-posts, and casings, according to the plan thereof," to be 
delivered in the ensuing May, part at the water side, and part 
in New York, at the Burgher's Path ; and for which they were 
to receive "the sum of 1300 guilders with a half-ancker of rum, 
to wit: one third in silver money or sewant, one third "in good 
winter wheat, and one third in goods at such price as he (De 
Meyer) sells the same at his store for current sewant."* 

The timber for the town house had been ready for some time. 
As early as December 20th preceding, a vote was taken to give 
out the contract for building it, but it had been delayed in order 

'* Hendrick Cuyler, tailor, was born in 1673. His brother, Reynier, button maker, 
resided at Amsterdarr]. Hendrick married, at New Amsterdam, Anna, daughter of 
Jan Schepmoes, and about 1664 went to Albany, where he acquired property. He 
eventually returned to New York, and with his wife united with the church by letter, 
November 29, 1688. He died soon after, in 1690. His daughters, Maria, Sarah. 
Rachel and Eva, married respectively John Cruger, Peter Van Brugh, Myndert 
Schuyler and Rev. Pctrus Van Driessen. His son, Johannes Cuyler, born 1661, was 
mayor of Albany in 1725-6. He married Elsie, daughter of Major Dirk Ten Broek. 
From hirn and his brothers, Henry, married to Maria Jacobs, and Abraham, whose wife 
was Catrina, daughter of Hon. Jan Jansen Bleecker, come the respectable family of 
Cuyler, allied from an early day to many others noted in the annals of New York. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 365 

that debts due the town might first be collected. On May 
6th, 1680, action was taken regarding the house for the clerk ; a 
visitation of the outside lands was authorized with a view to as- 
sessing those in fence; several small pieces of land were sold or 
granted; and a resolution was passed to sell Moertje David's Fly. 
But to particularize : 

Constable Johannes Vermel je and Daniel Tourneur were ap- 
pointed and empowered to employ a carpenter to build the house, 
"for the least cost to the town." It was to be made 22 feet Ions: 
and 20 feet broad, and all complete with chimney, mantelpiece, 
doors and windows. Adolph Pietersen De Groot, carpenter at 
New York, took the job at 250 guilders.* The inhabitants agreed 
to work at the building a certain number of days gratis. 

The visit to the outside lands under the town's jurisdiction 
was to ascertain the quantity enclosed within fence, with a view 
to making an assessment for town expenses. It was intrusted 
to the constable, with Arent Hermens and Joost van Oblinus, 
and who reported as follows : 

Hendrick Bosch, at Moertje Davids Fly, i erf, i morgen. 

John Robinson, at the Saw-kill, i erf. 

Jacob Young", i erf, 2 morgen. 

Jean Baignoux, on Hoorn's Hook, i erf, i morgen. 

Jean Belin and } 

Etienne Button, \ 

on ditto, I erf, i morgen. 
Jan Dircksen, on ditto, i erf, i morgen. 
^lichiel Bastiaensen and } 

Hendrick Kiersen, at Spuyten Duyvel. j 
(No quantity 
reported.) 

Cornelis Jansen purchased of the town "a small piece of land 
lying next to his land upon Montague's Flat next the run (de 
fonteyn), paying therefor to this town at once 25 guilders." 
Johannes Vermel je "was granted and allowed the place before 
his house extending into the street, from the corner post of Jan 
Dyckman, on a line straight to the corner of Laurens Jansen's 

* Gerard Magister. and his wife Madeleine TAdiniral, liad now left the town, 
posibly to join Demarest's colony. But inquiry, even an appeal made and repeated in 
the coUimns of that valuable medium, the N. Y. G. and B. Record, fails to recall this 
worthy Huguenot pair from their subsequent obscurity. A bill for carpenter worli, 
written by Magister's own hand, reads as follows: 

Memoire de I'ouvrage que ici fait pour le coniunaute de Harlem. 

le 14 fevriere 1677, fait una bariere 10 franc 

fait une siviere a Peter le mort lo franc 

le 17 decembre 1877, reclove une table ct fait 2 banc pour Ic 

maitre d'ecole ." 4 franc 

le 16 fevriere 1678 fait 2 banc 8 franc 

la somme et 32 franc 

fait par nioi 

Gerard Magister. 



366 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

house, as broad as his erf and land may stretch, for him to set 
off and use." Laurens Jansen was in Uke manner allowed to 
take in the street so far as his land stretched, and Arent Her- 
mens was permitted to set off for his use a place 33 feet in the 
street "along his two gardens" ; for which he was charged 12 gl. 
It was resolved to sell Moertje Davids Fly at public vendue, 
on Monday, the loth instant. Whoever wanted it was invited 
to come, hear the conditions, and benefit himself. The constable 
was authorized to extend the notice, and the secretary to post 
a handbill. On May 10, 1680, toward evening, the time appointed, 
the constable and magistrates being present, the terms of sale 
were made known as follows : 

Conditions and Terms on which the constable and magistrates have 
a mind to sell to the highest bidder a certain meadow lying in this town's 
jurisdiction, at the North River, named Moertje Davids Valey. 

1st. Whoever remains purchaser shall be held to pay in the following 
February, 1680-81, punctually, with good winter wheat, without any de- 
fault. 

2. The cost attending this sale, as stiver money and other expense of 
writing, shall be borne and paid by the buyer. 

Vander Vin started the sale with a bid of 50 gl. from Re- 
solved Waldron, between whom and Hendrick Bosch was the 
principal contest. Finally, Barent Waldron gave the sixteenth bid, 
advancing 50 gl. and calling out "Mine," as was then the custom, 
when it was struck off to him at 205 gl. 

Meanwhile, Daniel Tourneur and the Jansens commenced a 
prosecution against Colonel Lewis Morris for the trespass upon 
their meadows at Stony Island the previous year. This case 
assumed a graver importance, as upon its legal decision seemed 
to hang other landed rights which the inhabitants had upon that 
side of Harlem River. 

On June 5th a formal declaration was entered in the Mayor's 
Court, or Court of Record, at New York, as follows : 

Daniel Tourneur, Cornelius Jansen and his brother Lawrence Jansen, 
Plaintiff, against Lewis Morris, Sen., Defendant. 

The Plaintiffs declare against the Defendant in an action of Trespass 
upon the Case, for that he the Defendant sometime in or about the 
month of July or August, in the year of our Lord one thousand six 
hundred and seventy-nine, contrary to law and against the public peace, 
did enter into and upon Plaintiff's meadow upon Stone Island, over 
against New Harlem, and then and there by force and arms did with 
scythes mow and cut down the grass which was growing upon the said 
meadow, and with force and arms carried the hay away, whereby the 
Plaintiffs were much damnified for want of hay for their own cattle in 
the winter season, which is to the damage of the Plaintiffs, Forty 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 367 

Pounds. And thereupon the Plaintiffs bring their Suit and crave Judg- 
ment, with costs of Court, ct dam. ad cjuoquc. 

To which Colonel jMorris entered this counter ])lea : 

City of New York, Ss. And the said Col. Lewis Morris comes and 
defends the wrong and injury to him done, etc., and saith that the said 
Daniel Tourneur, Cornelius Jansen, and Lawrence Jansen their action 
against him ought not to have, for that he knoweth not of any such 
place as Stone Island over against New Harlem, as in the Declaration is 
set forth, or that any Trespass is by him committed. But if by it shall 
be meant a certain Island called Stone Island adjoining to his Plantation 
and belonging to him, and that thereon the pretended Trespass should 
be committed, he the said Col. Lewis ^lorris doth plead in bar to the 
said action, that the said Island is not within the Jurisdiction of this Court, 
and therefore not triable in this Court. And therefore prays Judgment, 
that the Plaintiffs may be nonsuited and pay costs, etc. 

Having- thus joined issue, the case came to trial as follows: 

City of New York. The Court of Record of the City aforesaid, holden 
at the City Hall within the said City, the 6th day of July, 1680. Before 
Francis Rombouts, Mayor; William Beeckman, Johannes Van Brugge, 
Peter Jacobs, Gulian Verplanck, Samuel Wilson, Aldermen. 

Daniel Tourneur ct alii, ] 

against [ about a Trespass upon a marsh. 

Col. Lewis Morris, J 

Mr. William Pinhorne. Mr. Jacob Leisler, \ 

Mr. Paul Richard, Mr. James Matthews, | 

Mr. William Cox, Mr. Baltus Bayard, I j,,,.^^,.^. 

Mr. Thomas Codrington, Mr. Norton Claypole, | 

Mr. John Lawrence, Jun. Mr. Albert Bush, I 

Mr. John Robinson, Mr. Philip Smith. I 

The Deposition of John Delamater saith, that as he was going to the 
Mill-dam, he saw three canoes loaden with hay, and he asked the negroes 
where they had the hay so soon; they answered they had it at Stony 
Island. 

The Deposition of John Dyckman : Being at the meadow where the 
hay was cut which is now in question; seeing negroes cut grass there, 
asked the negroes who set them to cut the hay; they told him that their 
master Col. Morris set them to do it. This deponent said that he could 
find it in his heart to take away the hay which was made. The negroes 
answered, he should not. This deponent asked why he should not carry 
it away. The negroes answered, for because they were stronger than he. 

Mr. Nicholas Demeyer sworn, saith that Col. Morris did confess that 
he did send his negroes to cut the grass off the land in question, and said 
he would send them to cut it again this year. 

Verdict. The Jury find for the Plaintiffs ; fifty shillmgs damage, and 
costs of court. 

The Court agree with the verdict, for all charges whatsoever. 

Morris had relied with too great confidence upon the inability 
of the other side to prove that he cut and took away the hay, or 
ordered it done. He insisted "that they prove their damage how 
much it is." and declared the jury was "not lawfully impan- 



368 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

elled," that ''the Smith," — alluding to Bush, — was "no jury- 
man."* 

Morris paid no heed to the decision, but soon made good 
his threat by again mowing the meadows. Of this Tourneur 
and the Jansens complained July 26th, and the next day the 
Mayor issued his warrant to the constable of Harlem to 'give 
warning unto the said Colonel Lewis Morris, his agents, work- 
men, and servants, that they presume not to mow, cut, or carry 
away, any of the grass or hay from off the said marsh or meadow 
late in the controversy as aforesaid, . as they and every of them 
will answer the contrary at their perils," etc. 

Nor did this notice move Morris, who still denied the juris- 
diction of the Mayor's Court. Whereupon the plaintiffs appealed 
to Governor Andros. In this appeal they say: 

"That your petitioners about seventeen years past did buy 
and was possest of our several lands lying at Harlem, to which 
belongeth a certain marsh or meadow ground called by the name 
of Stony Island ; for which land and meadow ground your peti- 
tioners hath and can produce patents signed in Governor Stuy- 
vesant's time and afterward renewed by Governor Nicolls, yet 
notwithstanding and although it is our just right, Colonel Morris 
the last year did send his servants and workmen to cut the grass 
off our said meadow and carried the same away before we had 
knowledge of it ; and the 6th day of July last past we had a trial 
in the Mayor's Court, where we obtained a judgment against 
him, with damage and costs of court; yet notwithstanding the 
same, he hath sent his servants and workmen to mow the said 
meadow and make it into hay, and saith he will carry it away, 
although he hath been forewarned to the contrary. Whereupon 

* Hendrick Bosch, ancestor of the Bush family, was a native^ of Leyden, his 
father bearing the same name, Hendrick. The son married Ann Maria Rembach, from 
which union was Albert Bush, named in the text, born at L,eyden in 1645. loosing his 
wife, Hendrick married Maria, daughter of Gerrit ICshuysen, with whom, his said son 
Albert, and an infant of two years (which last died early), he embarked for America, 
December 23, 1660 — a wrong year being given in N. Y. Col. Mss. vol. _ XIV. He 
established himself as a sword-cutter in New York, where he had other children, viz.: 
Dorothy, born 1661, who married Isaac Caspars Halenbeck, of Albany; two Gerrits, 
born 1663, and 1665, both died early; and Hillegond, born 1666, who married Lodewyck 
Ackerman. By a third wife, Egbertie Dircks, widow of Hage Bruynsen, of Harlem, he 
had also Cornelia, born 1672, who married Peter Gerard Cavalier; Hendrick, born 1674; 
Samuel, 1677, and Joshua, 1678. His farm near Moertje Davids Fly, referred to 
elsewhere in the text, was sold before his death to Thomas Tourneur. Being of a 
"great age," he made his will April 23, 1701, when all his children were living, save 
those above excepted, and said son Albert. He cut off from sharing his estate, his 
two eldest daughters, for "stubborn and disobedient carriage toward me these many 
years," &c. All the sons had families. Albert learned his father's trade, married, 
1668, Elsie, daughter of Jurian Blanck, and had children, Jurian, born 1669; Anna 
Maria, born 1672; Justus, born 1674; Albertus-Conradus, born 1681, and Casparus, 
born 1683. The daughter married Edward Marshall, tailor. On__May 24, 1721, 
Albert's widow and children, except Jurian, petitioned the Assembly; wish to sell his 
house and lot. The registers of the Collegiate Church, New York, give the descendants 
of Albert and others. Joshua Bush settled on Staten Island, his posterity being still 
there; Justus Bush removed to Rye; others of the family went to Hackensack. 
Marshall, born in Barbadoes, died June i, 1704, aged 37 years. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 369 

the Mayor hath directed a warrant to the Constable of Harlem 
to forewarn them from, such unjust, illegal actings, and to forbear ; 
yet would he take no notice thereof, and did say that he won- 
dered that the Mayor was so bold as to issue forth his warrant 
there. Which, if we are deprived of this our just right, we shall 
be destitute of food for our cattle in the winter time, and must 
be constrained to turn our stocks out into the woods, where we 
shall be in danger of being damnified by several inconveniences 
that attend the same ; it being the chief est of our pasture-ground." 
They pray for his Excellency's consideration, etc. 

On the above being submitted to Colonel Morris, he indorsed 
upon it the following answer: 

"I have seen the contents of this petition, and in answer say, 
that what hay hath been cut and carried away has been from 
and off my own land, which I am ready to make appear and 
justify in the Court at Jamaica (in which precincts, as I am 
informed, the land lies), and to make good my title, or pay the 
condemnation for the trespass thereon committed, according to 
the verdict of the jury. New York, the 28th July, 1680. 

"Lewis Morris.'" 

To Morris' proposal to change the venue to Jamaica, excep- 
tion could hardly be taken, that town being the seat of justice 
for the North Riding, in which Westchester was included. But 
a year now slipped by, when Tourneur again essaying to mow 
his meadows was forcibly ejected by Morris, who seized his hay. 
And thus the matter rested for another two years. 

Things went on as usual in the village. On September ist, 
1680, there was a full turnout of the inhabitants to repair the 
king's highway. Barent Waldron was missing, and thus Hable 
to a fine of 6 gl., which was to be put upon every delinquent. 
The four magistrates, conferring together, repaired in the eve- 
ning to the house of Constable Johannes Vermel je, and in the 
name of the community requested him to collect the fine from 
Waldron. Vermel je, who was a brother-in-law to Waldron, 
refused, said he was not bound to, that they were fools to ask 
it, and, moreover, that they had no right to command him; that 
being constable it was his prerogative to command in this town, 
and not the magistrates', who could not hold a court without 
him. On September 4th, the court having met, Vermelje, whose 
dignity had been touched because the magistrates had presumed 
to act in his absence, took them to task for it. In vain they 
explained that they had held no court, but only a conference; 
Vermelje protested that his authority as constable should be 



370 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

maintained or he would appeal to the High Court. The magis- 
trates also insisted that their authority should be respected; and 
so the affair ended. 

The work upon the town house drew largely on the time of 
some of the inhabitants, especially Daniel Tourneur and Jan 
Delamater ; and these, with Jan Hendricks Brevoort, Arent Her- 
mens, Jan Nagel, Adolph Meyer, Jan Dyckman, and Laurens 
Jansen, all took part in riding the shingles to enclose the house. 
Four hundred and thirty feet of sawed planks were obtained 
from Gabriel Legget, of Westchester, "wood-sawyer," for floor- 
ing the loft; and Henricus de Forest, of New York, did the 
glazing of the windows. The inhabitants had credit in their 
accounts for whatever articles they furnished, or extra time they 
spent ; the allowance for a day's labor being 5 gl., or two dollars. 

The building of a bridge across the Spuyten Duyvel had been 
under consideration for a year; on January 7, 1680, the Coun- 
cil had taken orler to have the passage viewed for that purpose. 
It caused Verveelen some uneasiness, as his lease would run out 
on November i, 1680. The time had even expired when he suc- 
ceeded, on December 30th, in getting from Governor Andros an 
extension of his ferry privileges for seven years longer. 

The Sieur Dubuisson visited the village March 28, 1681, to 
give testimony in a case pending before the court. Marked 
respect seems to have been shown this Huguenot stranger, regard- 
ing whom we know so little.* On April 8th Paulus Richard, 
as administrator of the estate of Meynard Journee, late of Staten 
Island, deceased, confirmed to Jan Nagel and Jan Delamater the 
sale made them by Journee before he left Harlem. A painful 
incident of the summer was the drowning of five persons, in 
Hellgate, caused by the upsetting of a canoe. It happened at 
night, August 23d. Thomas Palmer, tanner and currier, and 

* Jean Baptiste de Poictier, Sieur Dubuisson, of whom just enough is recorded to 
whet our curiosity, was evidently a person of character, and of standing and influence 
among the refugees. His interest in their affairs, and the friendly offices performed 
for them, which incidentally appear, present him in an amiable light. He remained a 
number of years in or about New York, being first noticed at Harlem in 1676 and 
last in 1681. If we are not mistaken, it was he who at a time of popular excitement 
and fear of a French invasion from Canada, was the subject of the following order: 

"Whereas we are informed that one Dubison is intending to transport himself 
and family to Canada, being suspected to have kept a secret correspondence with the 
French there, and it being judged dangerous to suffer such a person to live at 
Saratoga, or any place in this country, at this juncture of the time, where he may 
have conveniency to keep such a correspondence. You are therefore hereby required, 
in his Majesty's name, to bring the said Dubison and family forthwith here, in order 
that they may be secured from any such dangerous designs; in doing whereof this 
shall be your sufficient warrant. Given, etc., in Albany, the 14th of June, 1689. 

"To Anthony Van Skaick, Constable of the Halfmoon." 

As Dubuisson is found at Kingston, November 12, 1693, standing as godfather for 
two children of Pierre Montras, who had renounced Romanism, we presume nothing 
was found against him. One Sieur Dubuisson was sent from Quebec, in 171 1, to take 
command at Detroit. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 3/1 

Matthew Smith, in liis employ, set out to row to Flushing, having 
in company Anna Alarlett and Ann Coffin, of Staten Island, with 
Mary Alarshall, and one other person. Getting into the Pot, and 
being "by the eddv tide overset," all but Smith were drowned. 
Mr. John de Forest, of New York, "Chirurgeon," bought 
November 30th, from Jan Delamater, his lot No. 4 on Hoorn's 
Hook, containing eight acres, for the sum of 130 guilders, or $52. 
At the choice of new town officers this year was afitorded a 
striking instance of the precaution taken by the appointing power 
to prevent favoritism on the part of the ruling magistrates in 
procuring the choice of successors. In presenting a nomination 
to the Mayor and Aldermen, if any of the candidates were nearly 
related to each other, or to either of the retiring magistrates, the 
fact was to be expressly stated. Jan Nagel and Johannes \'er- 
melje, two of the nominees, returned December 19th and acted 
upon the next day, were brothers-in-law, and also sons-in-law 
of Resolved Waldron, retiring magistrate. Hence Vermelje 
only was accepted. Cornelis and Laurens Jansen, being also 
candidates, Cornelis only was chosen, and his brother thrown out. 
Similar cases might be cited. 

The town house had been finished, and must be paid for. 
To provide for this and certain other claims against the town, 
a meeting was held February 14, 1682. On a careful audit of 
the accounts, the public debts were found to amount to 1.190 fl.,* 
and the sums due the town from sundry persons to 406 fl. 12 st. 
To meet the deficiency of 783 fi 8 st. a tax of 800 fl. upon the 
lands and erven was voted. 

The following is the assessment list, with a description of 
the property annexed ; the whole showing the exact state of the 
occupied lands as they stood at this date, and the changes which 
had taken place since the last list. According to what had 
become the established practice and so continued, two thirds of 
the gross tax was assessed upon the lands, and one third upon 
the erven. Now each erf was taxed 7 guilders, and each mor- 
gen 2 guilders 14 stivers. Hitherto only the lands of Jochem 
Pieters' Flat and Van Keulen's Hook, with Bogert's Point, had 
been subject to tax. But to make up for Delavall's 54 morgen, 
here for some reason omitted, an equal quantity (short half a 
morgen) was taxed upon the outside lands, that is to sa}'. Mon- 
tague's Flat, the New Lots, Hoorn's Hook, Spuyten Duyvel. etc. 
It will be observed that the New Lots, so far taxed, are reckoned 

* Costs incurred in making the Town's House, and some old balances, of debts, 
etc., which must be paid from the present assessment, to wit: 



372 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



at two morgen each, or half their actual contents ; and the other 
outside lots, so far as included, at one morgen per lot, excepting 
those at Spuyten Duyvel. For the first time also the outside 
erven are included, swelling the list to 37 whole and 2 half 
erven, without the two erven of Delavall or Carteret. The lands 
in the list in brackets are either not assesed or only in part as 
indicated. Dr. De Forest's lot on Hoorn's Hook is not in the 
list. Delavall's 54 morgen embraced Nos. 15 to 22 of Jochem 
Pieters, and Nos. 21, 22 on Van Keulen's Hook. 



To Daniel Tourneur, 13 days' work, @ 5 guilders per day f- 65 

Riding 1650 shingles, @ 5 guilders per 150 55 

Also for shingles and clapboards 16 

2% lbs. nails, @ 30 stivers 3 

Paid Kleyn Jan for fixing town's drum g 

I gallon of rum to the carpenter 6 

A cord to the drum _ 3 

To Jan le Maistre, 6 days' work, @ 5 guilders 30 

3 lbs. nails, @ 30 stivers 4 

Riding shingles and clapboards, etc 16 

Taking a warrant to Spuyten Duyvel 4 

To Adolph Pieters for building the town house 250 

To Resolved Waldron, 10 schepels wheat delivered 60 

48 lbs. nails, @ 30 stivers 72 

Also to lath nails 5 

A cord to the town's drum 6 

Old payment (see page 352) 3 

Paid to the carpenter 120 

Board for the carpenter 40 

Parent Waldron, taking a warrant to Spuyten Duyvel 4 

To Joost Van Oblinus, i lb. nails delivered 1 

Paid the carpenter 30 

Old payment (see page 352) 3 

To Jan Nagel, 3 lbs. nails, @ 30 stivers, delivered 4 

Riding shingles and clapboards, etc 26 

Taking a warrant to Spuyten Duyvel 4 

To Adolph Meyer, 2 schepels wheat delivered 12 

Riding shingles and clapboards, etc 16 

Taking a warrant to Spuyten Duyvel 4 

To Jan Dyckman, i schepel wheat delivered 6 

Riding shingles and clapboards, etc 16 

Old payment (see page 352) 3 

To Arent Hermens, i schepel wheat delivered 6 

Riding shingles and clapboards, etc 16 

Old payment (see page 352) 3 

To lyaurens Jansen, riding shingles, clapboards, etc 26 

To Jan Hendricx Kyckuyt, riding shingles, clapboards, etc 26 

To Johannes Vermilje, beer, wine and rum, etc 33 

To Isaac le Maistre, taking a warrant to Spuyten Duyvel 4 

To Glaude le Maistre, V2 vat beer, old account (see page 396) 15 

To Reynier Willems, the baker, balance 15 

To Nicholas Bayard, for services, old account 24 

To Hend. J. Vander Yin, writing book, paper, and ink 12 

To De Forest and Legget, glass and planks to the town's house 110 

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CHAPTER XXII. 

I 682- I 685. 

incidents; death oe deIvAvaUv, archer, delamater, and van- 

DER vin; tourneur vs. morris; dongan's assembly; 

town court remodeled; half-way house; 

gloudie's point occupied, etc. 

T^ AR up the winding Neckar which joins the Rhine at Mann- 
heim, in a fruitful part of Germany, was the little town of 
Lauffen, where Gabriel Carbosie was born. Finding his way to 
Holland, and thence to this country while under the Dutch, Car- 
bosie, used to a rich soil, tried divers places, at both farming and 
milling, and by the way had served on the "rattle watch" at New 
Amsterdam in 1658; but yet this "very clever fellow" had accu- 
mulated little. Again at Harlem, after years on the Delaware, 
to which he had gone when his Lutheran dominie, Fabricus, was 
called thither, he was now too old to do much. Asking the 
use only for his lifetime of "a small piece of land in the bend of 
the Hellegat," whereon to set a small house, and by it make a 
garden, from which, with fishing, to support himself and his 
Brieta ; Constable Oblinus assembled the whole community March 
14, 1682, and, the matter having already been talked over one 
with another, his request was granted. But it must be to no 
one's prejudice, and Carbosie was not to keep over three or four 
swine, lest they should damage "the meadows there lying, belong- 
ing to Jan Louwe." But were Carbosie to die, his widow, should 
she marry again, must give up the land, unless the grant were 
renewed; a wise provision (yet to Brieta perhaps too palpable a 
joke), since Carbosie was her third husband, and with another 
chance she might extend her tenure indefinitely. All of which 
was as hard to foresee as what might be her next fancy ; for her- 
self a Swedish woman from Gottenburgh, she had already taken 
to her heart a Dane, Freislander, and German.* 

*_ Carbosie's first wife was Teuntie Straetsman, whom he married at New Amster- 
dam, in 1657. Her history has a touch of romance. She had lived in the Dutch colony 
at fort Margariete, in Brazil, and had already had three husbands, viz.: Jan Meyer, 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 375 

While Carbosie was miller for Delavall, his swine running 
over the milldam had, as we have seen, caused Bogert not a little 
annoyance. Whether he was now the more troubled at the 
liberties just granted Carbosie, or at being himself fined 20 gl., 
"for the loss of four days' work upon the Town House," we 
know not ; only some things had crossed him. On May 4th, when 
called to pay the late assessment and other arrears which, aside 
from the fine aforesaid, relieved him of 52 fl. 10 St., in silver, and 
10 St. in sewant, Bogert tarried in the court-room, a full bench 
being present, and demanded that he might have the same justice 
as was done to other inhabitants. When asked wherein justice 
had not been done him, he answered that in various ways he had 
been treated with injustice; and then losing his usual control, 
he outright charged their honors with being unrighteous rulers, 
and "vomiting forth the same in great rage and railing," left 
the room. 

Recovering from their astonishment, the magistrates resolved 
to cite Bogert to appear on the next court day and answer for 
his abusive language. They also ordered the debts still standing 
out to be collected, if necessary, by execution. Bogert failing 
to appear July 6th, another citation was sent him. But ere the 
time arived he came before the board, which met August 3d at 
his request; and expressing hearty sorrow for what he had said, 
alleged it had resulted from passion, and promised, if forgiven 
that time, never to repeat it. Thereupon the following action 
was taken : "The magistrates of this Court having heard the peti- 
tion, do excuse the petitioner his fault this time ; nevertheless 
that this Court may maintain and defend its rights and authority, 
and that such conduct may not happen in future from him or 
anyone else, they condemn him in a fine of 25 gl. to this town." 
The fine was paid to the constable, and so the affair ended. 

Next day, August 4th, the Court held its regular monthly 
session. A summons had been issued to Claude le Maistre, pur- 
suant to a motion of the constable, Oblinus, passed at the July 
term, to the eft'ect that the old verdict of July 12, 1677, against 

Ceorge Haff and Tilenian Jacobs Vander Myen. By the first she had a daughter, 
Margaret Meyer (wife of Hendrick Wiltsee, common ancestor of our Wiltsec family, — 
(See Annals of Newton); by the second hnsband, "in his lifetime, field trumi)eter in 
Brazil," she had a son. Laurens Haff (who was born in Brazil, lived at Flushinp. T.ong 
Island, married, in 1676, Kniertie, daughter of Peter Meet, and originated the re- 
spectable New ^'ork family of Haff) : by the third, a daughter, Annetie Tilcnians 
(who married Dirck Hattem, of Gowanus. and Hendrick \'an Pelt, of Xew Utrecht, — 
(See Bergen Gen.. 2d edit., p. 232); and by Carbosie. a son. David, born 165Q. Teuntie, 
whose posterity thus remains among us. died at (lowanus. (October ig, 1662. and a 
dozen years later, one of her former husbands in Brazil. N'ander Myen. thought to be 
dead when she married Carbosie, arrived safe and sound in New York, found his 
daughter, -Annetie, married, in 1678, the widow of Jan Thomasz N'an Dyck. of New 
Utrecht, and lived there for soine years after. 



376 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Le Maistre, be confirmed, and the debt, 85 gl., collected by exe- 
cution. Le Maistre not appearing, the Court proceeded in a body 
to his house, but found him as unwilling as ever to admit the 
claim, he telling them, among other things, that he had "nothing 
to do with the town or town books." On this they proceeded 
to attach and seize three pieces of new linen, which they meas- 
ured in the presence of witnesses, and found to contain 56 ells. 
Notice was then given by the constable, and also posted up in 
writing, that on Thursday, the i8th instant, Delamater's linen, 
unless redeemed, would be publicly sold. But the very next 
day (August 5, 1682), John and Isaac Delamater, in behalf of 
their father, came and recovered the linen, giving security for 
the debt and costs, 93 gl. 10 st. So this vexatious matter, many 
years pending, was finally arranged ; the brothers duly met their 
obligation, and Glaude having died, his account with the town 
was closed by John Delamater paying a small balance "for his 
mother," October 3, 1685. 

Petty troubles with the English residents on or near Hoorn's 
Hook also drew upon the time of the magistrates. John Smith, 
"miller at the mill of Mr. Pinhorne," on the Saw-kill, having 
taken "French leave," his creditor, John London, seized a horse, 
which he understood belonged to the runaway. But Robert Bar- 
lowe brought Ralph Ross and William Engel, persons in his 
employ, to prove that he was the owner, whereupon Barlowe 
obtained his steed, and London pocketed the costs, for which 
Jacob Young became his bail. This suit was decided July 6, 1682. 

Young himself now had an issue with some of the town's 
folks. Daniel Tourneur and Johannes Verveelen, owning lots 
on Hoorn's Hook, accused him of taking their fence-posts. 
Cited to appear and answer on Aug. 4th, he gave no heed, nor to 
a second citation, but finally came, Dec. 7th, in no amiable mood. 
He denied the charge, declared that he bought the posts and 
would prove it ; further saying that "the whole town was against 
him, and that Jan Dyckman (one of the magistrates) had 
threatened to burn his house." The Court directed defendant 
to bring evidence regarding the posts on the next court day, and 
also "to prove his scandalous words," on pain of correction. The 
finale is not given, but within a year Young left the town and 
went to other parts, having sold his farm, Sept. 27th, 1683, to 
William Holmes, of Turtle Bay; this sale, including "buildings, 
barns and outhouses," with 3 cows, i heifer, 2 calves, 4 ewes, 
I ram, and 4 stocks of bees, all for £50. 

The ministerial labors of Dominies Drisius and Nieuwenhuv- 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. Z77 

sen had been productive of much good among the Harlem people, 
as results prove. The pastoral visits, oftener devolving upon 
Nieuwenhuysen, but infrequent, and, aside from v^eddings and 
burials, almost restricted to the annual induction of new church 
officers, became for this reason signal events among the villagers, 
and occasions for much sociality. But death had recently taken 
away these two beloved pastors, to the great grief of the people. 
In sympathy to the bereaved Annetie Maurits Sluyswachter, 
whose good man. Nieuwenhuysen, had gone to rest Feb. 17th, 
1681, Jan Nagel, "on account of the town," took her "two 
schepels of wheat," and Resolved Waldron also "two schepels, 
and a bottle of rum." 

The loss to the church was in a measure repaired by the ar- 
rival from Holland, during the summer of 1682, of Do. Henry 
Selyns, who had now returned as pastor at New York, but was 
also to follow up the custom of preaching at Harlem at least once 
a year, for the purpose of confirming the elder and deacons ; the 
flock here, except when called to the city on sacramental seasons, 
to continue its usual Sabbath exercises by the voorleser, as before. 
The first installation of an elder and deacon the next fall, chosen 
in the way then observed, was a time of unusual interest. A few 
still remained here to welcome Selyns, of his former members 
at the Bowery — Joost van Oblinus and Glaude le Maistre, with 
their wives, and the two worthy widows, Jacqueline Tourneur 
and Maria Kip. And there was Verveelen, the genial old deacon, 
who, to greet his good dominie, must surely for this once have 
left his ferry at Papparinamin, with its weighty responsibilities, 
in charge of his son Daniel, now living with him. But while to 
not a few others Selyns' features were familiar, though eighteen 
years had passed, to Abram de La Montanie, who could only 
know him by hearsay, was reserved the gratification of taking 
the hand which had been laid on his infant head, at his baptism, 
just before the dominie left for Holland. It must have been a 
pleasant reunion, evoking gratitude to God ; while, with the flow 
of good feeling, freely flowed Johan X-'ermelje's "good bier," a 
half vat nearly being consumed before it broke up. Arent Her- 
mens Bussing was the newly installed deacon ; the elder's name 
is not mentioned. 

Captain Thomas Delavall died in the summer of 1682. in 
New York City, over which, during three respective terms, he 
had presided as mayor. The event necessarily caused a sensation 
at Harlem, owing to bis long and peculiar relations to the town, 
both as a proprietor and a patentee. Being sick and weak, John 



378 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Tuder, attorney, wall called in, June 9th, and drew up his will, 
which he signed with tremulous hand ; the next day adding a 
codicil disposing of some property not before specified. His death 
directly ensuing, his will was proved July nth. 

He bequeathed to his son-in-law, William Darvall, Esq., "all 
his lands lying and being in the bounds of Harlem," as also 
"Great Barnes Island, lying near Harlem," and his mill at 
Esopus, besides all the debts due him, contracted since the year 
1664 ; the said Darvall out of the same to pay such money as 
was due from the testator to Mr. Samuel Swynock, of London, 
merchant. To his son John Delavall, whom he made his sole 
executor, he gave all his houses and lands at the Esopus (the mill 
excepted), and his share of "the Yonker's Mill, lying in Hudson's 
River," with such debts as were due him, the testator, and were 
contracted before the year 1664; and charging upon him the pay- 
ment of certain legacies and charities. To his son-in-law Thomas 
Codrington, he gave all his land and houses at Gravesend, on 
Long Island; and to his (testator's) grandchild, Frances Darvall, 
his piece of ground "lying beyond the Smith's Fly, in New York, 
called by the name of the Cherry Garden." This grandchild, then 
but a year old, afterward married Richard Willett, whose name 
will occur again. Capt. Delavall omits any reference to the 
Moseman farm, the Mill and Little Barent's Island, already con- 
veyed to his daughter Frances and to her husband, Capt. James 
Carteret, whom he does not name, and who at this date were no 
doubt in Europe. 

We may simply add here, that subsequently, to wit, on Nov. 
24th, 1684. William Darvall conveyed his lands in Harlem, with 
Great Barent's Island, to Samuel Swynock, aforesaid, of London, 
and Jacob Milborne, of New York (formerly Captain Delavall's 
book-keeper), as trustee of said Swynock; and that the latter 
buying Swynock out, Aug. 9th, 1687, afterward sold the island 
to Thomas Parcell, as will be further noticed. Abraham 
Gouverneur marrying Milborne's widow (who was a daughter 
of the noted Capt. Jacob Leisler), eventually came in possession 
of one third of Capt. Delavall's lands in Harlem — the other two 
thirds, with Little Barent's Island, going to the Pipons, as heirs 
of Captain Carteret. But not till sixty-five years after the death 
of Capt. Delavall were these respective claims fully adjusted, and 
the estate — much enhanced meanwhile by drafts from the com- 
mon lands — finally closed by the sale of the property. This in- 



HISTORY OF HARLEM r. 379 

teresting title is especially treated of in the Appendix, under the 
head of "The Delavall Lands.* 

Jacqueline Parisis, widow of Daniel Tourneur, being "sick 
and weak of body, and lying in bed," made her will Aug. 31st, 
1682. to which were witnesses Resolved Waldron and Joost van 
Oblinus. The property, comprising "lands, houses, house lots, 
cattle, readv money, credits," was to be shared equally by her 
children, Daniel, Madeleine. Esther, Jaco and Thomas, except 
as follows : "Whereas, Jan Dyckman, married to Madeleine, has 
a lot of land on ISIontagne's Flat, and an erf and garden here in 
the village, already in possession ;" her son Daniel shall have the 
lot of land on Hoorn's Hook, which he has procured in his own 
name, with a lot on ■Nlontagne's Flat, and also the carpenter's 
tools. Jaco and Thomas are each to have "a weaver's loom and 
its fixtures." Daniel and Jaco are to engage to give her youngest 
son, Thomas, a good trade, whichever he is best suited for, either 
wheelwright or weaver, which they themselves understand. Her 
two daughters to divide her clothing. But ^Irs. Tourneur sur- 
vived this illness eighteen years. Not "sackcloth and mourning" 
came to her house, but a happier event, the marriage, the ensuing 
winter, of her eldest son, Daniel, to an English maiden, "Ann 
Wodhull, of Seattalcot, spinster." By what unbidden chance or 
love's deep art was brought about this alliance with a distant 
Long Island family, we are not told. The Governor's license was 
obtained Feb. 5th, 1683. and the nuptials were probably celebrated 
at Setauket, in the hospitable home of the Woodhulls. The next 
summer the son Jacques married into the Dutch family of Kort- 
right. and went to live on the farm on Nlontagne's Flat, on the 
expiration of the lease to Thomas Holland, who had taken it Oct. 
30th, 1679, for four years, "with the house and hoybergh," en- 
gaging, the first year, to clear and fence three morgen of land : 
the lessor (Daniel Tourneur) and lessee to use the barn in com- 
mon, and together to dig a well. 

By a later will, and a contract between the children, both 

• Jacques Cousseau, another old merchant of New York, and a Huguenot exile 
(see pp. 48, 100), associated with Harlem in his infancy, survived Lapt Uelavall 
but a short time, after beins? present as a witness to his will. He himself died in- 
testate. His account and letter books running from 1653 to, J^//, and descriDea in 
his inventory, taken December 7, 1682, evidence a long and active business career, 
chiefly at La Rochelle and New York. He was latterly a shipping merchant, in 
business affairs -'esteemed a person of credit and honesty, and in no manner suspccttc 
of fraudulent dealings." In 1665 he visited Hamburgh, and again went to Holland 
in 1668. He had served as schepen at New Amsterdam, and was one of the com- 
missioners who arranged the capitulation in 1664. His connection with Uarlcm liac 
previously ceased, on the sale of his lands to Tourneur A warm friendship had long 
subsisted between Mr. Cousseau and Simon Fell and his wife he a Ilugcunot from 
Dieppe (probably ancestor of Judge John Fell of New Jersey), and, in 1680 Cous- 
seau married Fell's widow. Anna \incent. Her brother, John \ incent. was Mr 
Cousseau's administrator. Martha Cousseau, his daughter, as «ould appeal, married 
Daniel Potreau, of New York. 



38o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

N 

dated Sept. 7th, 1690, the Tourneur lands were divided somewhat 
differently. Daniel took the land and buildings on Montagne's 
Flat, then occupied by his brother Jacques, giving him his own, 
including three lots together (in which the late Wood farm was 
embraced), with the meadow on the adjoining creek; Jacques and 
Thomas took "the buildings and house lots and orchard, and the 
five lots lying at this village, to wit: a lot behind the aforesaid 
orchard (being No. i Jochem Pieters) and four lots of land lying 
on Van Keulen's Hook ; with the meadows to the same belonging, 
at Stony Point, and at Spuyten Duyvel, in the Round Meadow." 
The children of Madeleine Dyckman, deceased, were to have the 
inheritance from their grandfather and grandmother, namely, a 
lot on Montagne's Flat and two Out-gardens at the village ; and 
Esther was to retain the land on which she then lived (in West- 
chester), with the nieadow on that side of the river at Spuyten 
Duyvel. Jacques and Thomas were to pay their sister Esther 
400 gl, and the children of their sister Madeleine 1,000 gl. ; all the 
lands were to pass into full possession in May, 1691, and the chil- 
dren were to pay their mother for her support, each the sum of 40 
gl. yearly. Daniel's death, which happened only a few days later, 
made no change in this arrangement of the lands ; for the further 
history of wliich and of the partition between Jacques and 
Thomas, see Appendix E, F, G. 

Jan Hendricks van Brevoort leased the town lot (church 
farm) and meadows, Jan. 12th, 1683, for the term of ten years, 
at 85 gl. per year. According to custom, it was set up at public 
auction, and struck off to Brevoort as highest bidder. On March 
15th, Resolved Waldron, Johannes Vermelje, Jan Nagel, and 
Joost van Oblinus, curators and guardians of the estate of Thomas 
Hedding, deceased, advertised for creditors to present their 
claims within six weeks.* After further notice, his stock, etc., 
was sold at auction May 12th and June 2d, 1683, bringing 608 
gl. Buyers, Johannes Vermelje, Jan Dyckman, William Bickley, 
Barent Waldron, Reyer Michielsen, Lourens Jansen, and Jan 
Gerrits de vries. Three cows, with each a calf, brought respec- 
tively, 132, 145, 150 gl. 

Jean Baignoux sold his farm on Hoorn's Hook, May 15th, 

* Thomas Hedding, who leased a farm in the town, had lately died. He made 
his_ will June 2, 1682, when "sick in body and lying in bed." He was then the 
"widower of Maria Huyberts," and devised what he had to his children equally, after 
gifts to Catherine, the child of his daughter Sarah, and to his youngest daughter, 
Maria. Sarah was then the wife of John Watson. Lawrence Hedding, his only son 
known to us, and who was born in Amsterdam, in 1665, became a "mariner" or sea 
captain, and married, in 1698, Johanna, daughter of Laurens Colevelt. The next 
year he took a dismission from the Harlem church to that of New York. He was 
naturalized in 1702. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 381 

to Isaac Deschamps, a French refugee, and well-to-do merchant 
at New York. On June 8th ensuing, Deschamps got a lien on 
Jacob Young's farm adjoining, to secure the payment of £20 ; 
but three months later, Young sold to Holmes, as before stated. 
The Saw-kill farm was now held jointly by Robinson and Pin- 
horne (the last as agent for Lewin and Wolley), but Robinson, 
Avithin a short time, to wit, on Feb. 12th, 1684, disposed of his 
half to William Cox, a prominent New York merchant, largely 
engaged in the West India and foreign trade. Deschamps eventu- 
ally sold the Baignoux farm to John Spragge, Esq., of New York. 
The lands about this lower section of the town, already acquiring 
value, were thus passing from the hands of the sturdy yeomen 
who first settled and improved them, in part to become, under the 
touch of wealth and refinement, the charming rural seats of 
affluent tradesmen and shipping merchants, noted mariners and 
others. Later occupants of the Saw-kill farm were Capt. Samuel 
Bradley and his son-in-law, the famous Capt. William Kidd, 
whose wife was the former Mrs. Cox.='' 

Col. Thomas Dongan arrived at New York, August 25th, 
1683, with a commission as governor. He was instructed to con- 
vene a General Assembly, to frame new laws for the province, 
and in Council, Sept. T5th, ordered a writ sent to the Sheriff, 
"to summon the freeholders of the City of New York, the 
Boweries or Farms, and Harlem, to choose four Representatives." 
Due respect must have been paid to this notice, though the records 
are silent in regard to the effect upon the Harlem people, or their 
action thereon. Exciting less enthusiasm here than it produced 
among the English population, we presume none of the delegates 
were from Harlem. On Sept. 24th, John Delamater's two horses 
were "pressed" for some urgent public service, and he accompanied 
them and w^as paid for it, but we are left to surmise the object. 

Indeed, a home matter of great interest to the freeholders 
had for some months occupied the public mind. This was 
another suit brought by Tourneur and the Jansens against Colonel 

* Jean Baignoux bore a good character, but is little known. It was he, we pre- 
sume, who, as Jan Binjon, joined the church ,Vpril 12, 1665, at the same time with 
Abraham du Toict. Binjou (Beenyou) approaches his name in sound. Montajjne 
writes it Benu; the Knglish scribes usually Benew. The cultured \'ander \'in using 
a Latin prefix (see note p. 120), writes it Abignou, i. e. from Baignoux, the latter a 
Burgundian town, whence Jean probably came. Twice he calls him "Jean Abignou, 
alias Jan Petit." The French called him Jean Petit, the Dutch Klyn Jan, both mean- 
ing Little John. Kleyn Jan was paid at Harlem 9 florins for "putting the drum in 
order." I suspect he had been one of Governor NicoUs' soldiers. He had license 
December 6, 1670, to marry Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Hall, but his wife in and 
after 1673, was Anna Hoede. In 1680, he married Jenne Stevens. Later, if wc 
mistake not, sailing a coasting vessel, he met with disaster. Abraham Couverneur. 
writing from Boston, October 12, i6g2, relates "tiie sad mischance of Little John and 
his son." who bound thence for New York, "were cast away on Nantucket Slioals, 
and both drowned." 



382 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Morris, for the recovery of the meadows at Stony Island. On 
May 31, 1683, at the instance of the plaintiffs, Justice Willett, 
of the Court of Sessions for the North Riding, issued a sum- 
mons for Colonel Morris ; an entry and record of the case being 
also made as follows, by John West, the clerk : 

Jamaica Sessions Ss : Col. Lewis Morris was summoned to answer 
Daniel Tourneur, Cornelis Jansen and Lawrence Jansen, of a Plea, for 
that he the said Col. Lewis Morris them, the said Daniel Tourneur, 
Cornelis Jansen and Lawrence Jansen, out of a certain parcel of Meadow 
Ground at Stone Island, being four lots, hath ejected, and from them 
unjustly and unlawfully does detain, etc. And thereupon the said 
Daniel, Cornelis and Lawrence say that for divers years last past, they, 
the said Daniel, Cornelis and Lawrence, have been quietly, peaceably, and 
lawfully seized of the before-mentioned four lots of Meadow Ground, 
and to their own proper use and behoof have held, occupied, and en- 
joyed the same; but the said Col. Lewis Morris the right, title, and 
interest of the said Daniel, Cornelis and Lawrence not at all regarding, 
into the said four lots of Meadow Ground hath entered, and therefrom 
the said Daniel, Cornelis and Lawrence hath ejected, and by force un- 
lawfully anl injuriously the same doth withhold and detain, by which 
they say they are damnified the sum of Sixty Pounds ; Whereupon they 
bring this their suit, praying Judgment against the said Col. Lewis Morns, 
for the said four lots of Meadow Ground, with their Damage and Costs, 
etc. 

The summons was in these terms : 

Jamaica Sessions ; To Col. Lewis Morris. 

You are in his Majesty's name required to be and personally to ap- 
pear at the next Court of Sessions to be holden at Jamaica for the 
North Riding of Yorkshire on Long Island, on Wednesday, the 13th day 
of June next ensuing, then and there to answer Daniel Tourneur, 
Cornelis Jansen and Lawrence Jansen, for that you them, the said Daniel 
Tourneur, Cornelis Jansen and Lawrence Jansen, out of a certain parcel 
of Meadow Ground at Stone Island, being four lots, have ejected, and un- 
justly and unlawfully from them do detain and withhold, to their damage 
Sixty Pounds ; and thereof you are not to fail at your peril. Dated the 
31st day of May, 1683. Thomas Willett. 

This summons was served on Morris, June 2d, and at the 
time appointed the case came to trial. Plaintiffs produced the 
Harlem patent, and the special patents to Tourneur and De Meyer, 
in support of their claim. Witnesses were heard. Adolph Meyer 
testified that he had been at Harlem twenty-two years, and never 
heard that any others laid claim to the meadows in question at 
Stony Point ; further, that the two brothers, Jansens, mowed 
the hay before Governor Colve's time, at Stony Point and Stony 
Island, and that the island belonged to Daniel Tourneur fifteen 
or sixteen years ago. Defendant endeavored to show that the 
island so called was not such till "David Demarest made the Ditch 
between Stony Neck and the Main, in the time of the Dutch, 
he being then overseer of the Plantation." Hnece he held that 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 3^3 

it was part of his land. The case l)ein^ submitted, the jury 
returned a verdict for the plaintiffs ; but Morris' attorney put 
in a plea iov an arrest of judi^ment. which being allowed by the 
court, the verdict was quashed, and tlie i)laintiffs were ordered 
to pay the costs. 

Thus the case stood till after the arrival of Colonel Dongan, 
when, single-handed, Tourneur determined to renew the contest. 
( )n September 25th, he petitioned and obtained an order of the 
Governor and Council, allowing him to carry his suit to the 
Court of Assize. Thereupon the following summons was issued : 

By the Governor. 

You are, in his Royal Highness' name, required to be, and personally 
to appear at the next General Court of Assizes, to be holden at the City 
of New York, beginning the tirst Wednesday in October next ensuing, by 
nine of the clock in the forenoon of the same day; Then and there to 
answer Daniel Tourneur in an Action of Trespass on the Case, for eject- 
ing the said Daniel Tourneur out of a certain lot of Meadow Ground 
lying on Stone Island, in the Precincts of Harlem, and therefore you are 
not to fail under the Penalty of One Hundred Pounds. Given under my 
hand at Fort James, the 25th dav of September, 1683. 

Thos. Dongan. 

To Col. Lewis Morris. 

Tourneur's statement, duly entered, was as follows : 

Declaration ad Ami, Daniel Tourneur vs. Col. Lewis Morris. 

Province of New York : To the Honorable Court of Assizes, etc. Col. 
Lewis Morris was summoned to this Court to answer Daniel Tourneur, of 
the Town of Harlem, in plea of Trespas on the Case, for that he the said 
Lewis the said Daniel out of a lot of meadow ground lying on Stony 
Island, in the precincts of Harlem, within the jurisdiction of this Court, 
did eject, expel, and from his quiet possession thereof did remove; And 
whereupon the said Daniel sayeth, that in the month of June, in the year 
of our Lord 1681, he the said Daniel stood quietly and lawfully 
possessed of a certain lot of meadow, marked Number 3, lying on Stony 
Island, on the east part of the said Island, containing by estmiation about 
four acres; And being so quietly and peaceably possessed, he the 
said Lewis ]\Iorris, upon the 2d day of July, in the year of our Lord 
i68i, with force and arms, upon the said lot of meadow ground did enter, 
and him the said Daniel from his quiet and peaceable possession 
thereof did eject, expel, and remove, and the hay which he the said 
Daniel had mowed with force did take and carry away, and him the 
said Daniel from his quiet possession thereof doth keep, contrary to the 
peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, etc., and to the damage of the 
said Daniel Forty Pounds; which causes the said Daniel to bring this 
his suit, craving Judgment of this Honorable Court, that he may be re- 
possessed of the said meadow, and such damage and cost may be awarded 
him as your Honors in your grave judgment shall think meet. .Vnd the 
Plaintiff will ever pray, etc. 

Morris' answer, prepared with care, was in these terms: 



384 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Ad Ami A°. 1683. 

Daniel Tourneur, Pit. ] , tv , t^- 

Col. Lewis Morris, Deft. } ^" Trespass and Ejectment. 

Declaration. The Pit. declares in Trespass and Ejectment, that the 
Deft., the 2d July, 1681, with force and arms, etc., did eject him out of 
a lot of meadow ground lying on Stony Island, on the east part of the 
said Island, in the precincts of Harlem, containing by estimation about 
four acres, and the hay which he had there mowed did take and carry away, 
to his damage £40. 

Plea. Deft, pleads not guilty, etc., and puts himself on the country, 
etc. Claims the meadow in question belongs to the Deft. He derives his 
Title as followeth, viz. : 

Oct. 20th, 1644, a patent was granted by the Dutch Governor Wm. 
Kieft unto Arent van Curler, who married the widow of Jonas Bronck, 
for a certain tract or parcel of land formerly in the tenure or occupation 
of the said Jonas Bronck, and by the English called Bronck's Land, 
lying and being on the main to the east and over against Harlem town, 
having a certain small creek or kill which runs between the south-west 
part of it and little Barnes Island, near Hellgate, and so goes into the 
East River, and a greater creek or river which divides it from Manhatans 
Island ; containing about 500 acres or 250 morgen of land, and including 
all the fresh meadow thereunto annexed or adjoining. 

July loth, 1651, the said Arent van Curler conveyed the said land unto 
Jacob Jans StoU. 

Dec. 19th, 1662, Mattheus de Vos. as attorney of Geertruyt Andries, 
the widow of the said Jacob Jans Stoll, conveyed the said land unto 
Geertrieu Hendricks, formerly the widow of Andries Hoppen. Upon the 
same day the said Geertrieu Hendricks, with the approbation and consent 
of Dirck Gerrits van Tright, then her husband, conveyed the same land 
to Harman Smeeman. 

Oct. 22d, 1664, Harman Smeeman sold and conveyed the same land, for 
a valuable consideration, to Samuel Edsall. 

1668, Col. Nicolls, by patent, makes recital of all the former con- 
veyances and ratified and confirmed to the said Samuel Edsall, his heirs 
and assigns forever, all the aforesaid land and premises, with its appur- 
tenances, and all meadow ground, marshes, etc., to the same belonging 
or in anywise appertaining. 

June 4th, 1668, The said Samuel Edsall and Jannetien his wife, by 
deed indented, for the consideration of £140, sold and conveyed the same 
to the Deft, with all the meadows and marshes thereto belonging; and 
had actual possession thereof. 

1673. The Deft, remained in possession until Anno 1673, when the 
Dutch taking the place, his negroes were seized, and his family forced to 
leave the land, in which time the Pit. cut a ditch in his meadow to make 
that an Island which was not so before. 

1674. By the Articles of Peace, and surrender of the place ,the Deft, 
was again possessed of the land and premises, and so remains. 

March 25th, 1676 ; The before-mentioned land, meadows and premises, 
with an addition of a larger quanitiy of land, was by patent from Sir 
Edmund Andros confirmed to the Deft, who is in possession thereof, and 
therefore says that the meadow in question is part of the land and meadow 
mentioned and contained in all the former grants and conveyances ; and 
that he ought to hold and enjoy the same, for that his title as afoi'esaid 
is far preferable and more ancient than the Plaintiff's pretences, which are 
but of late, and on uncertain grounds.* 

* The Hopper family, of this country and of good Holland antecedents, are de- 
scendants of Andries Hoppen, who with his wife, Geertie Hendricks, emigrated about 
1650. He was enrolled, in 1653, in the burgher corps at New Amsterdam, and granted 
the small burgher right in 1657, when he owned considerable property in the city; but 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 385 

Upon the trial, which came on at the time appointed, and at 
which Governor Dongan presided, Engeltie Burger, widow of 
Burger Joris, Thomas Hunt, Sr., Thomas Hunt, Jr., Walter 
Webley, John Archer ( Mr. Osborne, and Thomas Wandell, gave 
the following testimon)'- in behalf of the defendant ; that for the 
plaintiff has been substantially anticipated : 

Burger sayeth that Bronck mowed the meadoAv on the Neck about 
40 years ago, three times ; and made a bridge, and put their cattle there. 

Hunt, Senr., had knowledge of the land in Gov. Kieft's time, and saw 
fences of Bronck's land standing on the east side of the creek; and a 
bridge went over it, and the land was generally called by the name of 
Bronck's land, and that Stone Island is a new name. 

Hunt, Junr., that when Col. Morris' brother came, a report was that 
he had got the land as far as Bronck's river; and meeting with Daniel 
Tourneur, father to the plaintiff, he told him thereof ; and in discourse 
the said Tourneur showed him the bounds of Bronck's land, and that 
the land in controversy was contained therein ; that till the time of the 
Dutch governor Colve, the same was a firm, entire neck, and horses and 
carts could go over, when a ditch was made ; and that he never knew it 
to be called Stone Island, and that the defendant's land comes to the East 
River only in that place. 

Webley understanding" that some Harlem men had been on the land to 
mow the meadow, he forewarned them ; they went away. Next year the 
place being taken by the Dutch, Tourneur hired one to make a ditch round 
the meadow, etc. In discourse after, with Tourneur, in presence of Capt. 
Nicolls and Capt. Knapton, the draft being shown, they agreed ; and the 
defendant thereon procured a patent for it. 

Archer sayeth that long time since, the town pretending want of 
meadow, obtained liberty of Stuyvesant to mow, until the owners appeared 
to forewarn them, and when Col. Nicolls came, they underhand got a 
patent of him, and had none before, but hired land of the Indians.* 

Osborne sayeth he was overseer on Col. Morris's land ; the plaintiffs 
by Capt. Morris's leave mowed there at halves, and afterwards were by 
him discharged, and that the meadow was then fast and firm, without any 
ditch. 

Wandell, the same. -^ 

The following is a copy of the decision: 

this honor he survived little more than a year. Having agreed with Jacob Stol for 
the purchase of Bronck's land, and made a payment on it, he and Stol both died be- 
fore the deed passed. The two widows concluded the transfer. In view of her 
marriage with Van Triglit, whicli took place in May, 1660, Mrs. Hopper secured to 
each of her four children the sum of 200 guilders. These were Catherine, born 1651, 
who married Frederick Thomasz, of New York; William, born 1654, married Minne, 
daughter of Jurck Paulus; Henry, born 1656, married Maria, daughter of John Van 
lilarkum; and Matthew Adolphus, born 1658, who married Anna, daughter of Jurck 
I'aulus. Part of his family settled at Bloomingdale, part in Bergen County; and from 
the former came Yellis Hopper, of Hoorn's Hook, grandfather of Mrs. William H. 
Colwell, of Harlem. And the author, making his home in Jersey City while passing 
his work through the press, has prepared this brief note under the mayorality of an 
estimable descendant of Andries Hopper, the old New Amsterdam burgher: we refer, 
as is obvious, to the Hon. Henry J. Hopper. 

* Archer's unfriendly thrust at the Harlem people regarding their patent, and to 
be readily accounted for, cannot impair his direct statement, that they had no patent 
prior to that of Governor Nicolls. Thus the position taken on page 285, that Harlem 
Iiad no general patent under the Dutch, is sustained. 



386 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

At a General Court of Assizes held in New York, beginning the 3d and 
ending the 6th day of October, 1683. 

Daniel Tourneur, Pltf. 

Col. Lewis Morris, Deft. 

Upon an Action brought into this Court by the Plaintiff against the 
Deft, for being ejected, expelled, and from his quiet possession removed 
out of this lot of land lying on a certain piece of ground called Stony 
Island, which the Deft, alleged to be within his purchase as belonging 
to the land bought by his brother, of Samuel Edsall, on his behalf; the 
Case having been fully heard and debated, and witnesses on both parts 
produced, the Jury brought in their .Verdict in writing" : We find for the 
Plaintiff, with Costs of Suit; and the Court gave their Judgment accord- 
ingly. The Defendant petitioning the Court for a review of his case, 
and desiring that the Jury may be of the neighborhood, it was Ordered, 
that Col. Lewis Morris have a review or a hearing at the next General 
Court of Assizes, and that there be a Jury appointed, the one-half whereof 
is to be of this City of New York, and the other half from Long Island, 
to view the said Land, and to have the patent of Arent van Curler along 
with them. 

By order of the Governor and Court of Assizes, 

J. Spragge, Secretary. 

Again this matter hung in suspense. By having it submitted 
to a jury "of the neighborhood," the defendant hoped to gain 
a verdict in his favor, but to this the Court would not consent. 
As it stood, the prospects were not very flattering for a reversal 
of the decision given and sustained in three several cotirts.* 

Other matters were pending of great import, touching the 
public interests. The General Assembly met on October 17th, 
and the next day that august body, the Town Court, also sat as 
usual for the discharge of business. "To prevent as much as 
possible all accidents by fire, which may God avert," — so reads 
the minutes of the latter body, — an ordinance of September 6, 
1677, was re-enacted, to wit: "That every one shall bring his 
compost heap and refuse straw within his inclosure, and not throw 
them into the street." A disastrous fire the next spring showed 
that human foresight could not always ' prevent such calamities. 
On the day the General Assembly performed its crowning act, 

* As a precedent for modern courts we copy "A Bill of Court Charges at the 
Assizes, 1683; Daniel Tourneur, Pltf., Col. lycwis Morris, Deft. 

The special warrant of summons £0 : 12 : o 

The entry for trial 5:0 

Filing the Declaration 2:6 

Copy 3:4 

Filing the Answer 2:6 

Copy 3:4 

The High Sheriff's fees 12:0 

The Cryer and Marshal 3:8 

Seven witness sworn in Court 14 : o 

To the Cryer for swearing them 4:8 

The Charges to the Publick i: 0:0 

The Judgment of the Court 10 : o 

The Copy 2:0 

£4 : IS : 6" 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 387 

the town magistrates and clerk were busy with Robert Hudson, 
of Westchester, conckiding a settlement respecting a horse which 
Hudson had attached in the hands of Jan Dyckman a full year 
before. Hudson sold the horse to Resolved Waldron, paying the 
costs of keeping and clerk fees, which amounted to "£i :ii :o, or 
62 guilders." 

The General Assembly, in session within the walls of Fort 
James, were framing a Charter of Liberties for the province, 
which being adopted on the 30th of October, 1683, was pub- 
lished on the 31st, with great acclamation. It provided for simi- 
lar assemblies, to meet as often as every three years ; admitted 
the people, with some limitations, to a voice in legislation, by 
their representatives ; declared entire freedom of conscience and 
religion to all professing faith in God by Jesus Christ ; and for- 
bade any tax, assessment, or impost being laid upon any of His 
Majesty's subjects, or their estates, "but by the act and consent 
of the Governor, Council, and Representatives of the People, in 
General Assembly." 

Bv another act, the province was divided into shires and 
counties, in place of the ridings ; the city and county of New 
York to embrace, besides Manhattan Island, also Manning's, or 
Blackwell's Island, and the two Barne Islands. 

Another act recognized or erected Courts of Justice : the 
Town Court, the County Court, or Court of Sessions, a General 
Court of Oyer and Terminer, and a Court of Chancery. The 
town court was to be composed of three "Commissioners," chosen 
by the freeholders, and to be called the "Commissioners' Court" ; 
having power to hear and determine small causes to the value of 
forty shillings. This law, passed on the ist of November, w^as 
of special advantage to Harlem, as against the assumptions of the 
city government. 

The city authorities were aiming to secure enlarged preroga- 
tives, and were now in conference with the Governor upon this 
subject; but passing over details which have no place here, it 
is sufficient to say that a check was put upon their aspirations. 
To the first proposition submitted by the Mayor and Aldermen, 
November 9th, viz., "That all the Inhabitants on the Island Man- 
hattans are under the government of the City of New York," 
the Council took exception. They regard it but "reasonable that 
the Town of Harlem shall have liberty to determine all matters 
that come before them under forty shillings at their own Town 
Court." Whereupon the Mayor and Aldermen hastened to ex- 
plain thus : "The Town of Harlem is a village within and belong- 



388 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

ing to this City and Corporation, and for the more easy admin- 
istration and dispatch of Justice, officers have been annually 
appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen, to hold Courts and 
determine matters not exceeding 40^., both at Harlem and the 
Bowery, and shall do the like for the future." 

The Out Ward, one of the six wards into which the city, 
pursuant to a resolution of the Mayor and Aldermen, of December 
8th, was now divided, embraced "the town of Harlem, with all 
the Farms, Plantations, and Settlements on this Island Manhat- 
tans, from the north side of the Fresh Water." It was to be 
subdivided into the Bowery and Harlem Divisions. The sepa- 
rating line between these two divisions, as by a resolve of Decem- 
ber loth, was to "continue as formerly at the Sawmill Creek," 
and each division was to have its local court ; the people to nomi- 
nate a double number of persons fit to be commissioners, and the 
Mayor and Aldermen to make the appointments. 

Harlem, upon being notified, made its nomination ; and on 
December i8th "Jan Dyckman, John Nagel, and Arent Harmans 
were appointed Commissioners for the Harlem Division, in the 
Out Ward," and took the oath of office. Resolved Waldron 
was named Assessor, and Daniel Tourneur Constable and Col- 
lector. William Cox, chosen Alderman for the said ward, soon 
secured a freehold here, as part owner of the Saw-kill farm, a 
fact already noticed. The militia was organized the next year, 
when the inhabitants of the Out Ward capable of bearing arms 
were formed into a company, under Captain Nicholas William 
Stuyvesant, with Daniel Tourneur as lieutenant, and Adriaen 
Cornelisz Van Schaack as ensign. 

Nothing much happened till the meeting of the new court. 
Resolved Waldron and Johannes Vermilye, the guardians of 
Cornelia Viervant, offered at auction, January 16, 1684, a horse 
left by her late father, but did not succeed in selling it, only 
yj gl. being bid. It was afterward bought for 120 gl. by Jan 
hired three cows left by Viervant, for six years, for half the 
increase.* 

* Cornells Arents Viervant was a native of Lexmont, in the Ivand of Vianen, 
Utrecht. He married, at Kingston, in i66g, Jeanne le Sueur, sister of Francois, the 
Lozier ancestor, and died at Fordham, in 1675, leaving an only child, Cornelia. She 
married William Innis at New York, in 1686. William Innis had children, Alexander, 
born 1694; Cornelius, 1696, etc. Descendants are yet found. 

Jan Jansen Postmael, whose children lived some years in New York, where he 
seems to have gotten his surname, from being employed as mail cari-ier; a family 
legend gives it this origin, but names no place. He married Jeanne, daughter of 
Francois le Sueur aforesaid, and leased Laurens Jansen's farm at Harlem, April 23, 
1679, but the lease was canceled July 3, under a new agreement. Removing, about 
1684, to Kingston, there he died a few years later. His children were, Jan, born 
1680; Abraham, 1682; Anna Catrina, 1684; Elsie, 1686; Anthony, 1688. His widow 
married Thomas Innis. Anna C. Post married Jan Pearson. Jan Post, for so he 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 389 

On February 8th the Constable and Commissioners, Dyck- 
man as President, held their first court. The old officers were 
also present. It was resolved to take up and examine the town 
accounts, both debits and credits, and to transfer them to a new 
book, "as the old book C is written full." Adolph Meyer and 
Resolved Waldron were chosen inspectors of chimneys and fire- 
wardens ; and Barent Waldron and Isaac Delamater, surveyors 
of the common fences. These fences were ordered to be repaired 
and made of four split rails ; good and suitable. Barent Waldron, 
on his request, was voted a deed for Moertje Davids Meadow, 
which he had purchased four 3'ears previous. The deed was duly 
passed by the Commissioners, April 8, 1684. 

On February 21st, Jan Dyckman and Arent Harmans Bus- 
sing, "deacons of the Christian congregation of New Harlem," 
were called to visit the aged Gabriel Carbosie, whom finding in 
bed sick at the house of Jan Louwe Bogert, they first "instructed 
as far as practicable, with words of comfort." To an inquiry 
as to the disposal of his effects, "in case God should with this 
sickness take him out of this world," — for his wife, Brieta, had 
gone before him, — he answeretl "that he should leave his goods 
to those who had been kind to him" ; evidently the Bogerts. 
Soon after, he passed awa}', and on March 3d the deacons made 
a record of what was said at this interview^, for the benefit of 
those interested. 

Near this time also, "John Archer, Lord Proprietor of the 
Manor of Fordham," met with a "sudden and unexpected death." 
His son, John Archer, Jr., who by this event "became a poor or- 
phan, void and destitute of all support," as he himself alleged, ap- 
plied to the Council, on March ist, to appoint administrators upon 
his father's estate. A similar application was made by Cor- 
nelis Steenwyck, to whom Archer was indebted £993:18, secured 
by mortgage on the manor ; and appraisers were appointed, one 
of whom was Daniel Tourneur. 

On March nth, in the evening, the village was alarmed by 
the cry of fire. It proved to be Jan Nagel's barn ; which was 
not only burnt to the ground, but with it 12 head of cattle, includ- 
ing 7 milch cows. It was found to have been set on fire by 

was called, was born at Harlem, and married at Kingston, 1702, Cornelia, daughter of 
Martin Isselsteyn; he has descendants in Ulster County. Abraham returned to 
Harlem, and, in 1701, then calling himself Postmael, became farmer for Capt. Jacob 
De Key. In 1709, as witness in a suit to which De Key was a party, he is called 
Post. He was no doubt ancestor to the Post family given in Bolton's Westchester, ii., 
S37- He had, however, a son Hendrick Post, who married, 1737, Rebecca, daughter 
of Jan^ Nagel, of Kingsbridge, and died before 1786, his children being John, Abraham, 
Hendrick, Elizabeth and L,ena. One of his daughters married Henry Tison, who, 
with John and Hendrick Post, came into possession of the Nagel lands at Kingshiridge, 
on the death of their uncle, William Nagel, in 180S. 



390 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

his own negro, who then ran away, and was discovered next 
morning "hanging to a tree at the Little Hih by the common." 
A leter was sent to the Mayor and Court asking what they should 
do with the body; to which, on the 14th, came an answer to 
hang it on a gibbet, in any place they thought proper. But the 
magistrates and community, fearing the effect of such a spectacle 
upon "their children, who are in the habit of going daily to the 
fields and woods, and who might be terrified thereby," cut the 
body down, and burnt it to ashes. No pen has revealed the 
incentive to actions so desperate, on the part of the poor bond- 
man, by which we may judge of this particular case. But the 
chains of slavery were sufficiently galling even then and there; 
and the wonder is that the free spirit of the native African, 
chafing under an involuntary servitude, did not oftener avenge 
itself. Another case occurred, within a year, on Colonel Morris' 
plantation. His slave, Cuffy, being guilty of arson, was hung 
and buried, but afterward disinterred and placed on gibbets. 

The first direct step toward the renewal or confirmation of 
the town patent by Governor Dongan was taken at a Council 
held on March 21st, of this year, by the passage of an order "that 
the Inhabitants of Harlem bring in their Patents and Indian 
Deeds on Thursday." As for Indian Deeds, the town of Har- 
lem had none ; but this was the form in which the order went 
forth to the several towns. The "patents" were delivered to 
the Council, April 19th, by Mr. Jacobus Van Cortlandt, who, 
in behalf of the inhabitants, proceeded "to treat about Quit 
Rent" ; to secure which was the object had in view by the gov- 
ernment in calling for the old patents. A year or more later 
this negotiation ripened into a formal demand upon the free- 
holders "to make up the quit rent for the Heer Governor." 

An event locally interesting was Cornells Jansen's removal to 
his land on Montague's Flat, since known as the Nutter Farm. 
On April 30th, 1684, he engaged Adrianus Westerhout to build 
him a house there, 22 by 36 feet, to be ready in six weeks, or at 
farthest by the 20th of June; for which he agreed to pay "800 
guilders in fat cattle, wheat and rye;" the cattle to be delivered 
on All Saints' Day, and the grain the next January. Here Jansen 
established the famous tavern and stopping-place, "commonly 
called the Half-Way House," and which continued to be kept 
after his death in 1689, ^Y his widow. It stood on the west side 
of Harlem Lane, at the foot of the hill about 109th Street. A 
little above this site, Valentine Nutter, on getting possession of 
the Kortright farm after the Revolution, built a new residence. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 39i 

which remained till swept away by the openinp^ of 6th Avenue, 
on which it stood, its north corner touching iioth Street. 

Mowing-time was again at hand, and Daniel Tourneur pe- 
titioned the Council July 9th, that whereas the review of the case 
between him and Col. Morris could not take place before the 
Court of Assize, since that court had been "wholly taken away, 
and other courts constituted," he might be secured in his posses- 
sion by a "writ of habere facias possessionem." But Col. Morris, 
being present as a member of the Council, "desired a writ of 
error, which was granted." The old Cromwellian officer, though 
his fighting principles had yielded to the pacific tenets of the 
Quaker, had thus far proved himself so good a tactician as to 
maintain his ground against every attempt to dislodge him. But 
emboldened by success, he now determined, if possible, to force 
the case to an issue before the Court of Oyer and Terminer in 
his own county, where he might have the advantage of his op- 
ponent ; and thereupon petitioned as follows : 

To the Hon. Col. Thomas Dongan, Lieutenant and Governor-General, 

'The petition of Lewis Morris, the elder, commonly called Colonel 
Lewis Morris, Sheweth : That at a General Court of Assizes held in New 
York, beginning the 3d and ending the 6th day of October, 1683, an 
Action was commenced against your Petitioner by Daniel Tourneur for 
being ejected, expelled, and from his quiet possession removed out ot 
his lot of land lying on a certain piece of ground called Stony Island: 
where on the trial the Jury found for the Plaintiff with costs of suit, and 
the Court gave Judgment accordingly; whereupon your Petitioner, ac- 
cording to the usual custom and practice of that Court, petitioned tor a 
Review of his Case, and that the Jury might be of the neighborhood, to 
view the land in controversy; which was ordered accordingly to be done 
at the next General Court of Assizes, since which said Cxeneral Court 
of Assizes is made void and null, and Court of Oyer and Terminer ap- 
pointed in each County, for the trial of causes of this nature Your 
Petitioner not being willing that the difference between him and the said 
Tourneur should be longer delayed, but that some speedy issue may be 
put to the same, humbly prays your Honor that the said Daniel Tourneur 
may be ordered to commence his action at the next Court of Oyer and 
Terminer to be holden in the County where the land in controversy yeth, 
that the same may be reviewed and reheard, and a Jury of the neigliborhood, 
who shall view the said land, to pass thereupon, etc. And your Petitioner 
shall pray, etc. Lkwis Morris. 

In acting upon this petition, ^lorris' plan was again amended 
as to having "a jury of the neighborhood ;" but care was taken 
to secure a fair and impartial hearing. The record reads : 

At a Council held at Fort James, the 13th September. 1684; Present, 
The Governor, etc. 

This Petition being read, the two Judges, Capt. Matthias Nicolls and 
Capt John Palmer, were consulted, who gave their advice, and it was 
ordered by the Governor and Council that a Special Commission be t,iven 



392 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

to the Judges, and to Mr. Cortlandt, Mr. Pell, Jacques Cortilieu, Justices ; 
and a particular writ be sent to the Sheriff of New York, and another 
to the Sheriff of Queens County, one to return twelve men and the other 
twelve more, for a Jury in the Action between Col. Lewis Morris and 
Daniel Tourneur, the Cause to be tried at New York, to begin on the 
6th of October next ensuing ; the Jury is to view the land, and the trial 
is not to continue above six days ; and it is further ordered that Col. Lewis 
^Morris is to be at the charges of the Review. 

Tweiity-tw^o days only were to intervene before the meeting 
of this Court, and as the Cotmcil did not revoke the order, no 
dotibt it met accordingly, though its minutes, we regret to say, 
have not been found. But from several considerations, we infer 
that it changed nothing. The New York Court of Record of 
July 6th, i68o, had found for the plaintiffs, so had the Jamaica 
Sessions of June 13th, 1683, and then the Court of Assize of 
Oct. 3d ensuing. This last allowed a rehearing, because that was 
"the usual custom and practice of that Court." But no change 
in the status had occurred to warant any reverse of judgment. 
It was a simple question of fact. These courts had assumed that 
when Stuyvesant granted these meadows, he acted from the 
knowledge that no one else had a prior title. After the last hear- 
ing, to wit, on November 24th, 1684, Col. Morris paid to Secre- 
tary Spragge the amount of the bill given on page 386, as we 
find b}' an indorsement thereon. And the Tourneurs appear to 
have remained in possession. See page 379. As a piece of early 
litigation, this case is interesting; but it assumes real importance 
as evidence of the high respect with which the early English 
courts regarded Stuyvesant's official acts, touching landed inter- 
ests. His grants were not to be lightly set aside. And if this 
view obtained at a date the most favorable for knowing the real 
merits of such cases, how wise the reticence of modern courts 
to meddle with questions of title reaching back into times so 
remote ! 

Tourneur, now lieutenant of the Out Ward Militia, under 
the Governor's commission of the loth of September, was suc- 
ceeded as constable of the Harlem Division by Adolph Meyer, 
who was appointed October 13th, and took the oath of office 
the 1 8th of November. 

Vander Vin, the venerable secretar)- and voorleser, who had 
served the town so long and faithfully, and exhibited much wis- 
dom and ability in the discharge of his duties, now entered into 
rest, having reached his seventieth year. As he lives in the work 
of his pen, Vander Vin shows his culture, and incidentallv his 
knowledge of Latin and Spanish. He was remarkable for his 



HISTORY OF ITART.KM. 393 

accuracy very methodical and precise in small as well as greater 
matters. Clerk of the Court, both drafter and registrar of deeds, 
wills and contracts, accountant for the town and church, all these 
added to his specific duties as voorleser and schoolmaster, it is 
amusing to find minuted in his clear, neat hand. "Set hen to 
brood, 15th July, 1675." He left no family, and his wife had 
died within a few years; therefore, on January 28, 1685, the 
Mayor's Court passed an order, "That Daniel Tourneur and 
Cornells Jansen do appraise the estate of Hendrick Jansen V'an- 
der Mn, deceased ; and that the same be disposed of by Resolved 
Waldron and Johannes A'ermelje, to satisfy his funeral charges 
and debts ; and to make report therof to this Court," 

On the same date Joost Oblinus, Johannes X'ermelje, and 
Jan Dclamater were "appointed and sworn Commissioners for 
Harlem, for the year ensuing'"; and Jan Tibout, by birth a 
Fleming, and late schoolmaster at Flatbush, was made Clerk 
for the same term. Tibout had entered upon his duties January 
20th, at a salar\- of 300 gl, ; he and his family to occupy "the 
town's house."" 

^ Tan 'J'ibout was born at Bruges, (see ]). 69) and after emigrating lived for a 
short time at Fort Casimer, on tlie Delaware, where he was, in i6.s6, and whence 
comins:, he and his wife, Sarah X'ander N'hicht, joined the church at New Amsterdam, 
in January, 1660. There and at Flatbush (save while at Bergen, wiiere he was court 
messenger, in 1662, and took the oath of allegiance to the English, November 20, 
1665), he spent most of the ensuing years till he came to TIarlem. lie was voor- 
leser here from 168s till 1690, when for a year Guiliaem Bertholf took his place, 
but resuming his office, in 1C91, he served yet six years, and proljably till .-\drain 
\'ermeule was employed, in 1699. Thence, and at least till 1709. he held the same 
office at Bushwick. He married, in 16S7, the widow of Glaude Delamater, and on her 
erf right drew Lot 13, on Jochem Pieters Hills, which was sold to Jan Dyckman. Of 
his dozen children we give only such as appear to have reached maturity ( with the 
reservation hereafter made as to the first) , viz. : ]Marcus, Thcunis, Johannes, .\ndries, 
Jacomina, who married Reyer !Michielsen, and Jannetie, who married Hendrick Van 
Oblinus. -Andries Tibout married Maria De Grave, settled at Hackensack; had 
children, Johannes, Peter, Andries, Jacobus, Jaromina, and Annetie. He died in 
1704, and his widow married .Albert Terhune. Johannes Tibout, son of Jan, was a 
turner; married Teuntie \'an Kommen; was a zealous Leislerian soldier. i68g; made 
a freeman at New ^'ork, i6oo, then alderman, and died childless, June 20. 1728, 
leaving his jiroperty, after his wife's death, to his brothers and sisters. Theunis 
Tibout, born in Ncvv' York, 166.^, married, 1690, Mary, daughter of Hendrick V'ande- 
water, was a carpenter; made freeman at New York, 1698: projiosed, 171 2, to erect 
a horseniill in the city, "never before seen in these parts;" had eight children, and 
died July 27, 1754, aged 90 years. His will was dated November 8, 1753. His 
daughter, Sarah, born 1692, married Jan Ewouts; he also had sons, whence the Tie- 
bouts of New York, viz.: Hendrick, born 1694, married 1720, Elizabeth Burger; 
Johannes, born 1696, married 1719, Maria \'an Deventcr; Thcunis, horn 1705, married, 
1729, Margaret Drinkwater, and .\lbertus, born 1708, who married, 1728, Cornelia 
Bogert. and was captain in the old French war. Johannes, a blockmaker, living in 
New York, January 2, 1763, when, with his sister Sarah, he sold some property of 
his late father, died September 12, 1773. 

.Marcus Tiebaut, as he wrote his name, was born at Ghent, Flanders, and was 
lirobably a son of the voorleser; for though nowhere so called, he was al.so a Fleming: 
lived at Harlem before, as well as after, his marriage, and acted as town clerk after 
Vermeule, as would appear from records of 1710, written by him. Afarcus married. 
May 29, 1698, Aefie, widow of Jonas Lewis, and daughter of Cornelis Jansen, and, in 
1713, was "in possession" of a house and lot on the north side of the Church Lane, 
next but one west of the kerk erf, which no doubt came from John \'an Oblinus. and 
went to John Lewis, from whom it passed, in 1748, to Hr. Josiali Paterson. .Nfarcus 
bought from Caspar Mabie, ALarch 26, 1700, a dwelling, with its lot, which had formed 
Nos. 5, 6, of Daniel Tourncur's out-gar<lens. Here Marcus lived after John Lewis 
married, in 1713, but d\ ing in 1714, witlioul children, so far as appears; his widow 



394 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Barent Waldron, soon to marry, prepared to occupy his 
land, being two of the New Lots purchased by him November 
21, 1677, the one No. 9, from Captain James Carteret, "for 277 
lbs. of beef," and the other, No. 10, from Pieter Jansen Bogert 
"for one heifer of three years old." Waldron now bargained 
with the magistrates for a house lot "on the north side of Pieter 
Jansen," — that is, lying at the west end of his lot No. 10, w^here 
it joined the highway, and for which he was to pay the town 
after two years, namely, in January, 1687, "30 gl. in cash, and 
a gallon of rum." Soon after this the magistrates concluded to 
sell the "piece of land called Gloudie's Point, with a house lot 
lying between the swamp and the King's Way, next to the house 
lot of Barent Waldron." It was put up at auction March 15th. 
Johannes Vermel je offered 1,200 gl., but Resolved Waldron, 
wanting it for his son Barent, bid 1,500 gl., and took it. Security 
was given for the payment, which was to made in two equal 
instalments, in one and two years. Fifteen years after, — that is, 
on March 7, 1700, — Barent got a deed from the town for this 
property, which he occupied till 1740, being that since known 
as the Bussing Point Farm. 

While the process had thus begun, by which the new lands 
were to be brought under the plough, or otherwise utilized, 
sundry large tracts beyond and adjoining the patent lines, or too 
near to be matter of unconcern to the Harlem people, were being 
eagerly sought for and taken up. On the North River side, 
settlement pushing out from the city, beyond Sapokaniken, or 
Greenwich, to the region already called Eloemendael ; here 
Theunis Idens Van Huyse, apparently by buying up the title 
to several lesser grants, had come to own an immense tract, 460 
acres, by actual survey, which extended from the present 86th 
Street to 107th Street. From the Hudson it ran within direct 
and parallel lines into the woods, nearly 220 rods, touching at 
its easterly corner the Harlem patent line. Here Theunis, after 
toiling hard to "make tillable land out of the rough woods," 
built his dwelling and barns, and set out an orchard, for a life- 
long home. 

The high lands, stretching north from Van Huyse' s line to 
Hendrick Bosch's farm at Moertje David's Fly (and which, 
being sold a few years later to Jacob De Key, became, after his 
time, the seats of the De Peysters and others, and on portions 
of which stand the Asylum for the Insane, and the Leake and 

sold it the next year to Jolm Van Oblinus, the trusty friend of Marcus, and also his 
kinsman, if we are right as to the latter's parentage. 



HISTORY OF 1 TART jar. 395 

Watts Orphan House), were yet in native woods; as was also 
the case with the greater stretch of heiglits and hollows which 
reached northerly from Harlem Plains to Sherman's Creek ; but 
here the plough was soon to begin its work, in an Indian field, 
near the present Fort Washington, called the Great Maize Land.'* 
Colonel Morris' trusty friend, William lUckley, had made an 
application, July 9, 1684, for a parcel of vacant land on the cast 
side of the Harlem River, which, in the survey, made by Philij) 
Wells, August 10, 1685, is described as : 

A certain neck of land — lying upon the main, and adjoining upon Har- 
lem River ; beginning at a certain spring or run of water to the south of 
Crab Island, which is the southwest corner of the land of John Archer, 
and runs into the woods by his line east, by a range of marked trees, 
forty chains, to a marked tree by a small run of water which is the west 
bounds of the land of Daniel Tourneur, and so by the run to a creek, t 
and so round by the creek to Harlem River, and then by the Harlem 
River to the said small spring or run of water to the south of Crab Island ; 
the whole bounded north by the land of John Archer, east by a run of 
water, the west bounds of Daniel Tourneur, south by a creek, and west 
by Harlem River : containing in all one hundred and eighty- four acres 
and a half. 

After an opportunity had been given for presenting objec- 
tions, a patent issued to Bickley May 13, 1686. Bickley sold 
this tract June 25, 1694, to Tourneur's son-in-law, Frederick 
De Vaux, whose descendants long owned it, and whence it was 
called De Voe's Point. Highbridgeville is on this tract. 

* The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty, of the city of New York, convey, July 
21, 1701, to Jacob De Key, of the said city, bolter, for £237, "all that certain tract or 
parcel of land situate, lying, and being on the Island Manhattans, within the Out 
Ward of the city of New York, lying on the north side of the land of Tennis Ides, 
and beginneth at a certain old black oak tree marked with three notches, which stands 
in the southeast corner of the fence of Teunis Ides, and ranges along the fence of 
the said Teunis Ides northwest sixty chains to Hudson's River, and from thence along 
the said river northeast and by north (nearly) seventy chains, and from thence south- 
east and by east till it cuts the line of Harlem, ten chains, and from thence it runs 
directly south along the line of Harlem Commons eighty-eight chains to the place 
where it first began; containing in all two hundred thirty-five acres, three roods and 
eighteen perches, or thereabouts, all English measure; being bounded on tlie east by 
the Commons of Harlem, southerly by the land of Teunis Ides, and on the northwest 
side or thereabouts by Hudson's River, and upon tlie corner northerly by lands of 
Thomas Turneur; together with all and singular the pastures," etc. — Grants, City 
Comptroller's Office, vol. 2: 28. 

t The Mannepies, or Cromwell's Creek, before named (see pp. 251, 278) Crab 
Island, to which other references will be found, lay "in Harlem River, at or near 
the outlet of a small stream, near the old boundary line between Morrisania and the 
Manor of Fordham, which point is just below the Aqueduct or High Bridge." Com- 
municated, as the result of his inquiries, by Hon. Lewis G. Morris, and which is 
corroborated by the documents here quoted. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

1685-1687. 

wolves; delavall estate; tenures; tenths canceled; new 

STONE CHURCH ; GREAT MAIZE LAND ; DONGAN's PATENT ; 
QUIT RENT; CORPORATION RIGHTS; INDIAN CLAIM; COMMON 

land; FRENCH gone; dutch manners and customs. 

A S the neighboring woodlands were gradually taken up, and 
here and there the ancient forest, subdued by the axe and 
burnings, gave place to new fallows and cornfields, it greatly 
disturbed the noxious animals still infesting this section of the 
island, and which, driven from their old haunts and feeding- 
places, were led to prowl about the open fields in search of food 
or prey, and even to intrude within the paling of the barnyards. 
The wolves were especially annoying, and very destructive to 
the young cattle and stock running at large in the woods. The 
following order of the governor, authorizing a general foray 
upon these dangerous animals, to take place on the 6th of August, 
shows how serious was the evil,- and no doubt afforded a day 
of rare and exciting sport for the young hunters of the town: 

Upon the many complaints of the great mischief done by Wolves on 
the Island of Manhattans, and at the request and desire of several of the 
inhabitants of the said Island that they may have liberty and license to 
hunt and destroy the same: These may certify that liberty and license is 
hereby granted to any of the inhabitants of the said Island to hunt and 
destroy the said Wolves on Thursday next after the date hereof. Given 
under my hand at Fort James, this ist day of August, 1685. 

Tho. DonGan. 
Passed the office. J. Spragge, Secretary. 

There was a piece of woodland, about twelve acres, for which 
a bargain had been pending between the town and the late Cap- 
tain Delavall, the latter wanting it in exchange for two village 
lots. This bargain was now completed by John Delavall. On 
September 2, 1685, he and the town officers passed deeds in which 
they "acknowledge to have agreed upon an exchange of two 



HISTORY' oi'^ TI.\RM',M. 397 

house lots (erven), lying" north of Johannes Verveelen,* and 
south of the highway, that belonged to Captain Delavall, which 
said house lots he, John Delavall, releases and delivers (jver to 
the aforesaid Constable and Magistrates, for the behoof of the 
said Town, for a parcel of woodland lying behind the lots of 
the said John Delavall, on Jocheni I Meters, being the piece of 
woodland the before-named Captain Delavall applied for." This 
woodland, in a release of the "Three Lots," by Abraham Gouver- 
neur to Johannes Meyer, dated May 2, 1725, is referred to as 
"lands in possession of the heirs of James Carteret, deceased" ; 
and by a subsequent division it came to be included, part witli 
the Three Lots, and part with the Six Lots. l^pon the lower 
end (defined by a double elbow in the old Harlem and Kings- 
bridge road, at 127th Street), the 7th Avenue and 128th Street 
cross each other, and upon the upper end, the 8th Avenue and 
131st Street. 

John Delavall, as heir at law, had succeeded to the reniainder 
of all and singular the rights and prerogatives at Harlem which 
had pertained to his late father in his twofold capacity of free- 
holder and town patentee. As his sole executor he took the 
custody of all the lands and erven given by his father to his 
sons-in-law Carteret and Darvall. This last became necessarv 
for the due discharge of his trusts as executor, the respective 
interests requiring adjustment, while the devise to Darvall was 
subject to the payment of certain debts due by the testator, in the 
settlement of which it was requisite for the executor to become a 
party. It does not appear that the disposition of his lands made 
by Captain Delavall, or his widow, ever pretended to any interest 
in these, after the 14th of January, 1687, when he gave Swynock 
and Milborne a full and absolute release of the lands conveyed 
to them conditionally by himself and Darvall, on the 24th of 
November, 1684. Although such claim must have been excluded 
under the rule which obtained in making the divisions, namelv, 
that the common lands belonged only to those who held the erf 
and morgen rights. t 

* Verveelen's lots on Van Keulen's Hook are here referred to. The house lots 
were afterward included in the John P. Waldron farm. 

t John Delavall, quite young whL-u his father lirst canu- to lliis coinitrv. in 1664, 
probably remamed in England, and arrived here with the family a few years later. 
He was brought up to a mercantile life in the citv of New ^■ork, where he united 
with the Dutch cliurch August 29, 1678. On October 14 ensuing, he sailed in the 
ship J.lossom, upon a visit to England. Returning 10 his business here, his father, on 
November 24, 1680, in consideration of "natural affection and love," conveyed him a 
house and lot in Brewers or Stone .street. After tiie death of his father, two vcars 
later, the care of a large and somewhat involved estate did not hinder him from engag- 
ing in public duties. On September 10, 1684, he was commissioned captain of militia; 



398 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

The kind of tenure under which the freeholders held their 
lands was justly regarded as of vital importance, and invites a 
notice. The grants made by government, both the Dutch and 
English, and whether to individuals or communities, were always, 
conditional, imposing a counter obligation upon the grantee or 
grantees, to recognize the superior right of the lord or sovereign, 
and his claim upon their obedience and service. Some visible 
token of this was required annually, and whether the trivial gift 
of a peppercorn or fat capon, or a render of greater intrinsic 
value, it was none the less an act of homage, an acknowledgment 
of fealty on the part of the subject toward the superior. A rem- 
nant of feudal polity, it had this important advantage that the 
superior was no longer some imperious lord or suzerain, but a 
sovereign amenable to a constitution, and a government limited 
by laws framed with regard to the rights of the subject. So 
little of feudal law remained under the Dutch, as to impose few, 
if any, hard conditions upon the colonists, or to render the tenure 
of land in any degree precarious. But in the 12th year of Charles 
n., which was prior to the capture of New Netherland, the tenure 
by military service was abolished, and all sorts of tenures held 
of the king or others, with some unimportant exceptions, were 
converted into tenures by free and common socage, a species of 
tenure of great antiquity, and which, as then also modified, was 
neither military nor burdensome, but whose requirements were 
moderate, well-defined, and fixed. It was the specific nature of 
the service, duty, or render which made this species of tenure such 
a safeguard against the wanton exactions of the feudal lords, 
and had given it an incalculable value with the English. When 
the service under this tenure was commutted to an annual pay- 

but_ this honor he was soon constrained to renounce. It was consequent upon that 
radical change in his religious views which made him a non-combatant, a Quaker, and 
which is alluded to as follows, in a notice of the excellent woman who becair.e his 
wife: "Being earnestly solicited in marriage by John Delavall, who, though a worthy 
man, was not at that time of the same religious communion, she, by her prudent con- 
duct and pious resolution to maintain the principles she professed, without deviating 
therefrom in a matter of such importance, did not agree thereto until he, after some 
time, embraced the truth in sincerity of heart, and bore his cross like an humble 
follower of Christ. He received a gift in the ministry, and continued faithful therein 
to his death." She was wont to say of him that "he never used to her an expression 
of anger, or the product of a disturbed mind." This lady, to whom he was married 
May 31, 1686, was Hannah, daughter of Thomas I^loyd, of New York, afterward gov- 
ernor of Pennsylvania. She was born in Wales in 1666, and was therefore some years 
his junior. Mr. Delavall subsequently removed to Philadelphia, where he continued 
his business, associated with Mr. John White, his late partner in New York. Here 
he died on August 10, 1693. "Faithful and zealous for the truth, a man of a tender, 
broken spirit," wrote one of Mr. Delavall who had known him personally, "he finished 
his testimony with a heart full of love to God and his people." 

None of his children reached maturity. Eight years after his death his widow 
married Richard Hill, for soine years Mayor of Philadelphia, and who survived her. 
She entered into rest February 25, 1727. (See Memorials, etc., of the People called 
Quakers; Phila., 1824. Also The Friend, Phila., vol. 2j, p. 216). For the history of 
the property at Harlem, subsequent to the death of John Delavall, see The Delavall 
Lands, App. I. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM f. 399 

mcnt in money or the produce of the land, such render was 
called Quit Rent. 

Tlie Tithes (or tenth part of the crop), which hy arrange- 
ment between the freeholders of Harlem and Governor Stuy- 
vesant, the government was to receive annually, in and after the 
year 1666, were never exacted by the English rulers, and no 
specific charge of quit rent was made in Governor NicoUs' 
patents to said freeholders. Nor were they called upon to pay 
such rent till the time of Governor Dongan. But now, in order 
to enhance the revenues of his master, the Duke of York, and 
by his direct instructions, Dongan set about introducing a sys- 
tem of quit rents throughout the province, and making it retro- 
spective in its operation. The negotiations had with him by 
Harlem people on this subject resulted in a compounding for all 
back rents, for the full years expired since the English took pos- 
session of the country, beginning with 1665, at the nominal 
charge per year of one bushel of wheat. Having an obvious 
reference to the old claim for tenths above referred to, it at once- 
took the place of and canceled every such claim, while it acquitted 
the inhabitants of all liability touching the same. 

At a meeting of constable and magistrates, December 3, 1685, 
"for making up the quit rent for the Heer Governor," the lands 
were assessed at the rate of eight stivers per morgen, and the 
house lots, one guilder seventeen and one-half stivers each. 
Within a iew days "this cjuit rent was paid to Mr. Cox, according 
to the order of the governor," and consisted of eighteen bushels 
of grain, which Adolph Meyer delivered, w^e presume at the 
mill on the Sawkill. This payment was in full up to (but not 
including) the year 1683, when Dongan became governor. 

The tax Hst, which here follows, embraces only the erven 
actually built upon, and also excludes the half erven. As to the 
outside lands, Montague's Flat is taken at the full number of 
morgen, less one vacant lot; the New Lots, at three morgen per 
lot, as far as assessed, those omitted being apparently such as 
were unimproved. At Spuyten Duyvel the rate is partial, as 
will be seen, and on Hoorn's Hook, only Peter Van Oblinus is 
assessed, his eighteen morgen being reckoned at half. 

As exhibiting the state of the occupied lands, just prior to 
the granting of the Dongan patent, this list has special interest. 
Its value, with that of those previously given, may not indeed 
be at once apparent to the reader. Had the author's work been 
only for the present, and his object simply to gratify the popular 
taste for something novel and entertaining, he should hardly have 



4O0 HISTORY (JF HARLEM. 

burdened his pages with these tables, much less have imposed 
upon himself the task of preparing them. But he has done both, 
and with the deliberate conviction that the exact information 
which these tables embody will prove them to be one of the 
most valuable features of this work. Time will not render them 
obsolete, so long at least as any question remains to be raised 
which will involve the landed rights of the Dongan patentees 
(and of those deriving under them) ; inasmuch as the estate of 
each patentee respectivel}-, as exhibited in these tables, determined 
his share and interest in the yet undivided common lands. Taken 
in connection with lists of these lands given in the Appendix, 
they present a full and consecutive statement in regard to the 
original and early ownership, situation, quantity, etc., of the 
Harlem lands, such as in all probability can be shown of no other 
territory of equal extent, and undergoing like subdivision. Will 
someone, keeping the record, do as much for the lower section 
of Manhattan Island? 

At the meeting, December 3d, each householder was ordered 
to make a ladder to his chimney, within a month, or to be fined 
6 gl., and Jan Nagel was mulct 25 gl. for putting his compost 
heap on the public street, contrary to the town regulation. In 
that era of straw roofs and wooden tenements special precaution 
against fire was necessary ; and several fires had actually happened 
in the village, causing great alarm and heavy losses. 

This, no doubt, was one of the reasons which led to the 
gradual abandonment of the small village plots, and removal to 
their outside lands, for which we now observe a growing inclina- 
tion. Especially after the grants of 1677, the old rule against 
building out of the village, the necessity for which had ceased, 
fell into disuse, as it was found to seriously hinder the growth 
of the town, which could best be promoted by the occupation and 
improvement of the new lands as farms and homesteads. So the 
privilege to build was granted whenever applied for, usually by 
selling the party erf convenient to his land ; the dwellings so 
erected on these farms being generally substantial stone houses, 
of which a very few are still standing. By a careful computation 
made at a meeting of the old and new magistrates, January 20, 
1686, for laying a "repartitie," or assessment, to pay the parish 
clerk's salary due this date, "so are found 25 erven (house lots), 
and 393 morgen of land ; each house lot must pay 4 gl., and each 
morgen of land 103^ st., for making up 300 gl."* This rate was 

* This enumeration is valuable as embracing all the lands taken up, excepting 
the small parts of the three farms below Hoorn's Hook which lay within the patent 
line. The list of erven is obviously the same as that of December 3, 1685; the last 



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402 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

levied, and received in grain. Also this year, as in the last, the 
inhabitants contributed toward Dominie Selyn's salary. 

The care taken to keep up the common fences enclosing the 
farming lands appears in another order, needed to stay the dam- 
age being caused by swine. 

There was good cause found by the Constable and the old and new 
Magistrates for an order in regard to the running of the hogs : So it was 
Resolved, to keep tight the fencing of Jochem Pieters up to the land of 
Capt. Delavall, and from the village to set it off till into the river; and to 
keep tight the fencing of Van Keulen's Hook from the village off till 
into the creek of the mill. And all shall be held within one year from the 
ensuing May, being the year 1687, to make the whole fencing around 
tight and sufficient. And if any hogs still be found out of the limits of 
the fencing, the owners shall be compelled to keep up their hogs — and 
shall continue till the year 1687. By order of the Constable and Magis- 
trates, this 4th Feb., 1685-6. 

Measures were now taken to build a new church. The old 
church was no longer adapted to the needs and improved tastes 
of the community, though still answering the purposes of a 
school-house. An invitation given them in 1680, to aid in the 
erection of a new church in the city, a work not yet begun, had 
perhaps suggested the present movement ; and, not unlikely, it 
was part of a new agreement already made with Dominie Selyns, 
by which he was to administer the Lord's Supper at Harlem 
twice a year, in the spring and fall, during the intervals between 
its occurrence in New York. It was to be observed on a week- 
day, and this arrangement had gone into effect on Wednesday, 
April 22, 1685, when the first celebration of the Supper here, 
as a stated observance, took place. An extra large collection was 
taken by the deacons, Adolph Meyer and Jan Dyckman, amount- 
ing to 14 florins 9 stivers. On the next occasion, and for some 
years, while this arrangement lasted, the Supper was observed 
on Thursday, and the preparation for it the day before. From 
this time also obtained the practice of receiving new members 
here. 

three on the said farms, being omitted. The list of morgen is made up as follows: 

Jochem Pieters Flat, 13 lots @ 6 morgen each 78 m. 

do Delavall, 9 lots @ 62-3 m 60" 

Van Keulen's Hook, 22 lots @ 3 m 66 " 

do for Tourneur's No. 17, add 3 " 

Montagne's Flat, 7 lots @ 6 m., 3 @ 4 m 54 " 

Hoorn's Hook, 9 lots @ 4 m., i @ 6 m 42 " 

Bogert's Point 16 " 

New IvOts, 9 lots @ 4 m., I @ 6m 42 " 

Gloudie's Point, now rated at 12 " 

Spuyten Duyvel, Dyckman and Nagel,* 20 " 

393 " 

* Dyckman and Nagel owned 74 acres at Spuyten Duyvel. How they came to be 
rated at 20 morgen is shown in App. J. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 403 

The church was to be built of stone, and upon a new site; 
an arrangement being made with Laurens Jansen and the Dela- 
mater familv, who gave up their two north erven for this pur- 
pose, and which also afforded ample ground for a new church- 
yard or cemeterv. The community pledged themselves liberally, 
and assumed the labor of preparing and bringing the stone, lime, 
timber, shingles, lath, etc., all which was to apply on their sub- 
scriptions.* Tobias Stoutenburgh and Hyman Koninck, masons, 
the first brother-in-law to William Waldron, were employed, and 
by the 29th of March the foundation was begun ; Resolved 
Waldron, with due ceremony, placing the first stone, and Johan- 
nes A'ermclje the second. The following day the contract was 
made for tlie carpenter work with WilUam Hellaker, of New^ 
York, half-brother of Tenuis Ides, a good mechanic, and honest, 
though "a little rough." Here is the agreement : 

Specification of the Church at Harlem: The size of the church, across 
it either way, is 36 Dutch feet; upon which WiUiam Hellaker under- 
takes to construct the roof, with an arch therein, and a small steeple 
upon it, and to cover all properly with shingles, and to make a scuttle 
thereto ; upon condition that the people of the town shall be obligated 
.to deliver the timber at the building place. For which the Constable and 
■Magistrates promise to pay the aforesaid William Hellaker, the sum of 
Seven Hundred and Fifty Guilders, in Wheat, to be delivered at the 
current price. Thus arranged and agreed to in the presence of the after- 
named witnesses, and which, with our usual hand, is subscribed. Done at 
New Haerlem, this 30th of March, 1686. 
Witnesses. 

Johannes Vsrmelje, 

Resalvert Waedron, 

WiLEEM HeeLAKER, : 

Jan De Lameter, Constable, 
Daniel Tourneur, 
Jan Nagel. 

Before me, 

Jan Tibout, Clerk. 

* Subscription for building the Church, 1686. 

Daniel Tourneur /; '°° 

Jan Dyckman „ '°° 

Isaac Delamater ^, 30 

Cornelis Jansen Kortright „ '°° 

Jan Louwe Bogert ^, 'o° 

Jan Hendricks Van Brevoort ^^ '°° 

Jan Delamater ,, 75 

Barent Waldron ,, 50 

Laurens Jansen ,^ 70 

Jacques Tourneur ^, 25 

Adolph Meyer 9° 

Jan Nagel ,100 

Joost Van Oblinus. . ,, 1°° 

Arent Harmans Bussing ,, 75 

Resolved Waldron . '• ,, '°° 

Abram Delamontanie ,, 25 

Thomas Tourneur „ ^5 

Pietcr \'an Oblienis ,, 5° 

Tohanncs Vermelje , 5° 

f- 1365 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 405 

The walls, laid in good mortar, were soon up ; the "bent 
timber" for the arch being placed in position, was well secured 
with clamps, the rafters were set, and the roof shingled. Wil- 
liam Haldron, the village smith, kept his forge and anvil busy 
on the iron work, of which he furnished 139 pounds, at i gl. 
10 St. a pound. And then came a i^roud moment for the vil- 
lagers ; it was when the gilded "haen," or weather-cock, with the 
cap on which it perched, was raised to its lofty position on the 
tip of the steeple.* 

On Thursday, April 15th, the people had gathered around 
the Lord's table for the last time in that humble but hallowed 
sanctuary where, through their early struggles, they had sought 
and found inward strength and comfort. The collection was 
large and significant, being 24 florins. The \\ork upon its suc- 
cessor was pushed forward so rapidly, that on Thursday, Sep- 
tember 30th, Dominie Selyns preached the first sermon in the 
new church, and administered the Lord's Supper. A liberal 
collection, 22 florins, was taken up. This item is also recorded, 
"1686, Septemb. 30th, to bread and wine, 12 florins 10 stivers." 
Before the people separated they took the opportunity- to nomi- 
nate new town officers ; those appointed being sworn in, at New 
York, on the 2d of November. They were Jan Hendricks Van 
Brevoort, constable, and Jan Dyckman, Lawrence Jansen, and 
Isaac Delamater, magistrates. On November 4th the constable 
and magistrates resolved that the churchyard (kerckof) should 
be inclosed with clapboards, within the ensuing two months. 

The secretary, Tibout, on December 13th, made up the ac- 
counts for the building of the church, and a glance at which will 
show their way of doing things. Jan Hendricks Van Brevoort 
offsets his pledge of 100 florins, by the following work done, 
materials furnished, etc. 



13th December, Jan Hendricks van Brexoort, Credit. 

For stone broken and drawn to the church t. 30 

" timber cut and drawn to the church " 14 

" 300 shingles, delivered at the church, 7 gls. the hundred... . " 21 

" making lath " 6 

" 10 ton lime, i gl. 10 st. per ton " 15 

" payment of masons, carpenters, and laborer " 17 





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Essentially the same are the credits to Daniel Tourneur, 
Jan Dyckman, Isaac Delamater, Cornclis Jansen, Jan Delamater, 
Barent Waldron, Laurens Jansen, Adolph Meyer, Jan Nagcl, 

* Tan Delamater has credit, January 15, 1687, "Aen een ketel tot de haen van de 
toorn i. 9." Schult Boeck (or L,edger), page 74. 



4o6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Joost V"an Oblinus, Arent Harmans Bussing, and Resolved 
Waldron, most of whom exceeded the amount of their pledges. 
Others did less as they were able.* On the same date Barent 
Waldron, in presence of the court and community, accounted for 
the moneys he had disbursed for nails, stone, and other things, 
and which amounted to 576 florins. Resolved Waldron was given 
credit for 12 florins, and Jan Delamater, Adolph Meyer, and 
Laurens Jansen, each 6 florins, all "earned at the bent timber." 

Mr. John Delavall being in arrears, Tibout and Dyckman 
were sent to "the Manhattans," to see him about it. His in- 
debtedness, as made out December 13th, was, "for stone, tim- 
ber, lime, and morgen money, 236 florins ; for 2 years' salary of 
voorleser, 95 florins ; for quit rent, 32 florins." Having embraced 
Quaker principles, Delavall had scruples as to paying toward the 
church or voorleser, and had rather submit to a distraint upon his 
goods. So the town by its constable, Brevoort, levied on 61 
schepels of wheat belonging to him, in the hands of Laurens 
Jansen, Adolph Meyer, Jan Delamater, and said Brevoort, then 
the lessees of Delavall's lands. 

The voluntary subscription being insufflcient, a tax was laid 
of 2 guilders on the morgen, and afterward, on February 24, 
1687, an additional tax of 8 stivers per morgen. A special con- 
tribution was made up for glazing the windows. The people 
brought in their wheat to the town house, depositing it in the loft ; 
others delivered it to the mechanics or at the sawmill, in payment 
for boards and plank, receiving credit therefor in their accounts.* 
Jan Delamater paid to the laborer (opperman) a remnant of 
wheat left in his hands, after the last payment of the town's 
quit rent, three schepels, amounting to 18 guilders. Constable 

* Arent Harmans has credit in the church accounts: 

"Jan. 15, 1686-7, Foi" riding stone to the city of New. York f. i : o 

" 2 schepels wheat 12 : o." 

It would have been extraordinarj', a departure from the . universal practice in 
Fatherland, had the builders omitted to place over the portal of the church the usual 
inscription, giving the date of its erection, with perhaps a scripture text in Dutch. 
Over the entrance to the church in the fort they had often read: "Ao, Do. MDCXLII. 
W. Kieft, Dr. Gr. Heeft de Gemeenten dese Temple doen Bouvven." It could hardly 
have failed to be imitated, and this, we think, explains the credit to Arent Bussing; 
one florin for taking the stone to New York, to be cut, and twelve florins, paid for it. 

* 168% the 25th February; List of those who have paid to Adolph Meyer, Con- 
stable, for the glass at the church: 



Adolph Meyer. /• 14 Jan Louwe Bogert f. 

Arent Harmans " 14 Daniel Tourneur 

Jan Dyckman " 9 Pieter Van Oblinus ......'..., 

Jacqueline Tourneur " 9 Jan Nagel 

Joost Van Oblinus " 9 Jan H. Brevoort 

Cornells Jansen " 9 Maria Vermelje 

Laurens Jansen " 9 Resolved Waldron 

Jan Delamater " 9 Barent Waldron 

Isaac Delamater " 9 Johannes Waldron 

Johannes- Vermelje " 9 "Samuel Waldron 

Jacques Tourneur " 9 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 407 

Brevoort afterward paid him 2 schcpcls, or 12 guilders, and the 
balance of his wages, 35 guilders, on February 24th, 1687. To 
Jerome van Bommel, of New York, "smith," was paid 126 
llorins. At this date the new patent had also been paid for, 
and the mechanics gave time on their bills. The 14th of March, 
1688, the sum of 528 florins yet due the masons (their contract 
was 600 florins) was paid to Stoutenburgh. by Barent Waldron. 
William Hellaker had received "for the building of the church," 
from Jan Dyckman 45 florins 12 stivers, from Constable Bre- 
voort "153 florins, from Jan Louwe Bogert 125 florins, and from 
Adolph Meyer, Constable, 275 florins. At a final reckoning with 
him March 14th, 1689, there was found due him a balance of 
163 florins 13 stivers, which included 12 florins 5 stivers, for 
extras, over and above the contract; and on April i6th, Barent 
Waldron was authorized to pay this balance from funds in his 
hands. Besides the work done by the people themselves, and the 
materials they furnished, the church cost them over 2600 guilders. 
It w^as spacious and substantial, but obviously of the plainest 
finish, according thus with the simple tastes and strictly 
utilitarian ideas of the builders, of which the following item 
from the deacon's book for 1687, is quite suggestive: "July 21, 
gave to the Smith for making of a bolt, also a latch, for the 
church, 8 guilders." During the first year of its occupancy, the 
collections amounted to 171 guilders 4 stivers, averaging 3 
guilders 5 stivers per Sabbath.* 

* The Reformed Church.— It was three-fourths of a century after the new church 
was built before the congregation secured a pastor to live among them. Fhe ministry 
of Dominie Selyns seems to have gone smoothly till the breaking out of the Leisler 
troubles, in 1680. The Dutch at Ilarlein, and with them Tibout, the voor eser, gen- 
erally approved Leisler's course. Selvns took the opposite ground, and this caused 
an alienation. It went so far that after the celebration of the Lord's Supper, October 
9 1690, the arrangement with Selyns was broken off, and this ordinance suspended 
here for a series of vears. Tibout had closed his services on preparation day, -\pril 
23, 1690. Selvns, in" writing to the Classis of Amsterdam, says Harlem liad fallen 
off. "under the' idea that they can live without ministers or sacraments. The church 
had been much afilicted in the loss of several of its old members, t-ornelis Jansen, 
Tan Nagel and Mrs. Maria Kip. formerlv Montaync, all in 1689, and Resolved W al- 
"dron and Daniel Tourneur in 1690. Repairs were needed on the church and c uircH 
yard, and. on September 13, 1690. Toost \'an Oblinus and Adolph ;Meyer were chosen 
dnirch masters to superintend this work. The Sunday services were kept up. how- 
ever, without interruption; for the first year under the lead of Guiliaem Hertholt, 
who came here from New Tersev as voorleser, and began serving April 24, lOQo. lie 
also acted as town clerk at Harlem, but performed his last service here as voorleser. 
September 13, 1691, Tibout resuming his old place the next Sabbath. (See note page 
77.) Tibout continued to serve the Harlem church six. if not eight years, when lie 
entered on a term of service at Bushwick. The breach with Selyns had meanwhile 
been healed; indeed, his labors here had never been wholly suspended .\ young 
man named Adrian \'ermuele, from \nissengen. in Zceland bringing a church letter 
addressed to "Henrv Selvns, Minister of Harlem and \ork, in America, was now 
engaged to ftll Tiboiit's place as voorleser, etc., and entered upon his duties .\ovcmber 
4 1699. Judging from his penmanship, he was a scholar; the town immediately 
■ ne"w house, as a dwelling for the voorleser. and as a school and town house. 



built 



beside repairing the church; and that the latter might be taken out of the control ot 
popular mectinps. and placed directly under the church ofhcers, a deed was secured, 
November 2. 1690, from "all the residents or proprietors of the town, conveying 
"the church" to the consistory; but those who helped build the church to retain their 
seats We have not seen this deed, but only the record by the clerk of Us having 



4o8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Coeval with the church enterprise, was another looking to the 
opening- of a new section of the township to the plough and hus- 
bandman, and to the ultimate increase of the town revenues. 
Midway of the long range of heights stretching from Moertje 
Davids Fly to Sherman's Creek, and not far below Fort Wash- 
ington, was an Indian clearing known as the Great Maize Land. 
This was now leased to Capt. Jan Gerritsen van Dalsen and his 
son-in-law, Jan Kiersen, upon the following curious terms : 

On this date, We the Constable and Magistrates hereby acknowledge 
to have consented and agreed in manner hereafter written. Jan Ger- 
ritse van Dalsen and Jan Kiersen own and declare to have received from 
the aforesaid Constable and Magistrates, a piece of land named The 
Great Maize Land, belonging under the jurisdiction of New Haerlem ; 
which aforesaid piece of land the before written Jan Gerritse van Dalsen 

been given. Whether it included, in express terms, the kerk lot or "church farm," 
and the kerk erf. we do not know: but nevertheless these had always been held as 
appurtenances of the church, for whose use and benefit they were originally set 
apart (the church farm being expressly recognized in records as early as 1665, as 
also at various subsequent dates, as "the church lot"), so that not merely by an im- 
plied right, or with the tacit consent of the town, but under the original allotment, 
always held to give a title, the consistory continued to possess the church farm, even 
down to our own time. 

Adrian Vermeule having served here with acceptance for eight years, "was re- 
quested to be the voorleser at Bergen;" and in a meeting of the consistory at New 
York, January i, 1708, the elder Peter Van Oblienis, and deacons Samuel Waldron 
and Samson Benson, being present, it was agreed to dismiss him with a recommenda- 
tion. He closed his term on February i, ensuing. While here he married Dinah, 
daughter of William Hellaker. He married again at Bergen, Christina Fredericks, 
granddaughter of Andries Hopper, and here he died, in 1735. The church left without 
a voorleser. Col. Morris, of Morrisania, "endeavored to persuade the Dutch in his 
neighborhood (that is, the Harlem people) into a good opinion of the Church of 
England," and induced Rev. Henricus Beys, of Esopus, to come and preach at Har- 
lem, as a missionary of that church, with a view to accepting Episcopal ordination. 
The attempt seemed to promise success, and Mr. Beys labored here in the years 17 11 
and 1 7 12, having the support of Col. Morris, Capt. Congreve, and some other English 
residents, but the Venerable Society in England gave him but little encouragement, 
and he was obliged to give it up. For the next half century the history of the church 
is scanty. It was still ministered to by the pastor at New York, now the Rev. 
Gualterus Du Bois, called in 1699, as colleague with Dominie Selyns, who died July 
19, 1 70 1. In a few years they secured another voorleser, Johannes Martinus Van 
Harlingen, a young man from Amsterdam. He married here, September 17, 1722, 
Mary, youngest daughter of Arent Bussing. The next year, June 19, he was natural- 
ized by act of assembly. He afterward, by the death of his nephew, Jan de Cerff, 
Lord of Old Byerland, fell heir in fee tail to that lordship. In 1741 he removed to 
New Brunswick, N. J., where he was an elder, in 1765. He was the father of five 
sons, of whom the eldest was the Rev. Johannes M. Van Harlingen, of Neshanic and 
Sourland. The question between the conferentie and the coetus (or the adherents of 
the Classic of Amsterdam, and those who favored an American classis) now greatly 
disturbed the Harlem church. The church was mainly of the latter, but the dominies 
now acting, Ritzema and De Ronde, were strongly in favor of the old regime. These 
took it very hard, in 1755, because the Harlem folks subscribed toward founding an 
American college, proposed by Dominie Frelinghuysen. But in 1765 the church called 
Rev. Martinus Schoonmaker, of the ccetus, who divided his services with Gravesend, 
but took up his residence at Harlem, where he bought, August 10, 1678, a farm of 
28 acres, just north of the village, afterward owned by Lawrence, and later by Wag- 
staff. Being an ardent Whig, he spent the period of the Revolution within the Ameri- 
can lines, as did many of his flock. He returned at the peace, but left in 1785. • The 
church edifice having been ruined during the war, another was begun in 1788, and, 
in 1 79 1, the Rev. John F. Jackson was called as pastor. His ministry continued till 
1805. His successors have been: Jeremiah Romeyn, 1806 to 1813; Cornelius C. 
Vermuele, D.D. (a descendant of the former voorleser), 1816 to 1836; Richard L. 
Schoonmaker, 1828 to 1847; Jeremiah S. Lord, D.D., 1848 to 1869; G. Henry Mande- 
ville, D.D., the pastor from 1869 to 1881. For details of these several pastorates, we 
refer to "Golden Memories," treasured by Doctor Mandeville in his valuable discourse 
of April 20, 1873. The present pastor. Rev. George H. Smyth, was settled in the fall 
of 1881. Until the organization of the St. Mary Episcopal Church, at Manhattanville, 
in 1823, the Reformed Church was the only one of any denomination within the 
entire limits of Harlem. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 409 

and Jan Kiersen shall use, build and live upon, for the time of twelve 
successive years, to commence in the month of August of this year, 1686, 
and ending in the month of August, after the harvest is off ; and the 
hirers shall be permitted the last years to sow two schepels of buckwheat 
and to plant a piece of maize (corn) ; also the lessees, for the first seven 
years, shall occupy it free, only each giving to the lessors a fat capon 
ycarl}', as an acknowledgment, and shall be obligated for the last five 
years to pay each year two hundred guilders in good wheat, rye, peas, or 
barley, at the market price; from each parcel the just fourth part to 
be given to God the Lord. The lessees shall be allowed to make an or- 
chard, and at the end of their years, shall have the right of taking up 
half of the same, from the large fruit trees or the nursery ; and the 
lessees shall be required to clear fourteen morgen of land in the first 
years, which will be two morgen yearly, and if the lessees shall have 
need of more land, the lessors shall be required to assign more land to 
the lessees, at the most convenient time ; also is leased with the land a 
piece of meadow lying at the farthest point at the North River. So also 
the lessees are required to deliver up the buildings in good condition at 
the end of the years, as also to deliver the fencing of the land tight and 
sufficient. To the extent of fourteen morgen, the lessees shall be obli- 
gated to bear the ordinary town charges, but no extraordinary. The 
lessees shall be allowed to continue living on the aforesaid land till 
May of the last year, being the year 1699. The lessees shall have the 
liberty of removing, upon condition that they signify one year before, 
their intention to give up the lease. All thus performed and agreed to, 
and with our usual hand undersigned. Done at New Haerlem this 30th 
of March. 1686. [Signed by Jan Delamater, as Constable, Daniel Tour- 
neur, Jan Nagel, Jan Kiersen, and Jan Gerritsen van Dalsen, in the 
presence of Jan Tibout, Clerk.] 

Some progress had been made in clearing and ctiltivating the 
Hoorn's Hook lands, since known as the Waldron Farm. On 
Jan. 8th, 1687, Peter van Oblienis leased his erf and four lots 
here (Nos. 6, 8, 9. 10), to David Devoor, junior, for six years, to 
commence with the ensuing Alay.* He was to have it rent free 

* David dii Four, senior, thus wrote his surname, but it soon exchanged F for 
\', then took the form of Devoor. Some now write it De \'oe, which confounds it 
with the name of another and distinct family, herein noticed, descended from the 
brothers Nicholas and Frederick de \'aux, or De \'oe. Early at Harlem, as an original 
proprietor, the elder David left again on selling his allotment to Jacob Elderts, who 
directly resold it, June i, 1662, to Jean le Roy. In 1668, Du Four, passing in a 
canoe up the East River, and with him his child. Anthony, when, between Turtle 
Bay and P.lackwell's Island, John Copstaff, a drunken soldier in another boat, let off 
a gun which wounded little Anthony; this was on August 18, and he died August 31. 
Copstaff was convicted of manslaughter. Du Four being very ill, he and wife, Tannetie, 
made a will, September 14, 1671, naming the places whence they came in Hainault. 
probablv for the reason that the survivor is to enjoy all the property both here and 
"in their fatherland." But David recovered and lived long. In 1677, Governor An- 
dros granted, for him and his son John, 60 acres of land "on the Coale Kill," 
Turtle Bay, and here David spent the' rest of his life. His will was proved May i, 
1699. It names his children John, David, Peter and Glaude; Peter not named again, 
and Claude not after 1687. 

John Devoor, born during his father's sojourn at Sedan, married, in 1676, a 
Leyd'en girl, Jannetie, daughter of Jan Willems \'an Isselsteyn, otherwise called 
Jan of Lcydcn". He bought a farm at Bloomingdalc, where he died, leaving a widow, 
Mary. She was daughter of Ca|)t. Peter \'an Woglum, of Albany. The twelve chil- 
dren of John, senior, were all by his first wife, and all living July 24, 17'". when, 
being sick, he made his will; it was proved April 13, 17-4. after his youngest child 
became of age. These children, who shared c(|ually in his estate, were: Maria, born 
1677, who married Gerrit Roelofs N'andcr Werkcn, of Half Moon, near .Mbany; 
John, born 1680; Margaret, born 1681, married Tennis Pier; David, born 1683; 
Peter, born 1686; Rachel, born 1687; Adriana, born i688, married Conrad N'ander- 
beck and Jacob Montanye; Jannetie, born 1690, married Andrew Bisset; Elizabetli. 
born 1693; Tennis, born 1696, married Georgie Barheyt and Sarah \'an Oblinus; 



4IO HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

for the first year, for the second, pay lOO gl., and for the remain- 
ing time, 150 gl. yearly; "in good wheat, rye, barley, peas and 
buckwheat." Devoor engaged "to pay toward the salary of the 
V^oorleser," and to allow Oblienis liberty to build a house and 
live there, but not to the limiting of Devoor "in syn wey ofte int 
bos ;" in his pasture or in the woodland. 

The neighboring Baignoux farm had already passed, by a 
transfer of Oct. 12th, 1686, from Isaac Deschamps, also known 
by the name of Saviat Broussard, to John Spragge, Esq., one 
of Dongan's councilors. 

Great Barent's Island was now to become productive under 
the well-directed toil of a new proprietor and experienced farmer, 
Thomas Parcell, late of Newtown. He contracted with Jacob 
Milborne, Feb. 17th, 1687, ^o^ the purchase of the Island for 
£600; Milborne being empowered to sell it by Samuel Swynock. 
Having paid his three instalments, Parcell, on June 23d, 1690, 
obtained a full deed from Milborne, to whom, in the interim, 
Swynock had conveyed the Island, Aug. 9th, 1687. 

Meanwhile a matter of common interest and of great impor- 
tance to the freeholders, the renewal or confirmation of the town 
patent, had been pressed upon them by the governor, who in 
behalf of his sovereign, now King James II., was aiming at a 

William, born 1698, and Abraham, born 1701. John, eldest son, married, in 1706, 
Catharine, daughter of Roelof Gerrits Vander "Werken, of Half Moon, to which 
place he removed, and, on April i, 1724, sold his interest in his father's farm to his 
brothers David and William. He died in 1746, and his descendants are called De 
Voe. (See Pearson's Albany Settlers.) David, last named, lived for a time at Har- 
lem, where he married, in 1726, Anna, daughter of Thomas Wakefield, and widow of 
Jacob V^an Bremen, ancestor of the Van Bramers, late of Harlem Lane. Devoor and 
wife owned a place on the upper side of the Church Lane, which they sold, in the 
year 1745, to Daniel McGowan. It was the old Hanel garden, bought by Van Bremen, 
in 171 5, from Abraham Meyer. 

David Devoor was born in i6S9, and married, 1689, Elizabeth Jansen, from the 
Delaware. When his Hoorn's Hook lease expired, in 1693, he returned to the home- 
stead at Turtle Bay, of which he became the owner. He had five children, viz.: 
Margaret, born 1690; David, 1693; Jannetie, 1695; John, 1697J and IJlizabeth, 1700. 
David, the eldest son, who succeeded to the Turtle Bay farm, married, 1715, Jannetie, 
daughter of Abraham Delamontanie, of Harlem, by whom he had issue, E)avid; TJliza- 
beth, married, 1741, John Burger, and Jane, married. 1749, Nicholas Burger. David, 
last named, born 1717, married, 1740, Mary Van Vleckeren. On May 2, 1760, his 
father conveyed him 12I/2 acres off the north side of his farm; but the former, then 
living retired in^ the East Ward, died November 12, ensuing, leaving the remainder to 
David, jointly with his two sisters, whose interests he acquired. He added to it 
10% acres next south of him, by purchase, in 1769. All this, at his death, in 1780, 
fell to his daughter, Ann. who married, successively, Abraham Brevoort and Gen. 
Jacob Odell. (See N. Y. B. & G. Rec. IX., 48.) 

John Devoor, born 1697, and son of David second, married, 1722, Aefie (Eve) 
daughter of Bastiaen Michiels Kortright, and had three children, to wit: Jelante, born 
1723, married Abraham Ackerman; John, born 1728, and Aefie, born 1730, who 
married John Courtright, of Sherman's Creek, grandson of Bastiaen aforesaid. In 
1731, Devoor bought the Saw-kill farm (See App. H.), of which at his death, in 1780, 
he left 14 acres on the upper side to his son John, and the remainder, 24V1, acres, to 
his daughter, Aefie Courtright. Jelante received a house and lot in town. John De- 
voor, Jr., born October :, 1728', bought and occupied 4 acres of the Young farm, 
adjoining the 14 afterward received from his father, which 18 acres subsequently 
formed the southerly part of the Dr. Baker farm, now vested in the trustees of the 
Trinity Church School. Devoor married. May 19, 1752, Bellitie, daughter of Hen- 
drick Bogert, by whom he had a son, John, born 1757, and other children. His prop- 
erty here passed into other hands under mortgages, one for the 4 acres dated February 
16, 1774, and another of the 14 acres, dated March 17, 1783. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 4^ 

large increase of the revenue in the form of cjuit rent, and also 
to fix the amount, and the time and mode of payment, by the 
general issue of new patents. Cogent reasons were brought to 
bear upon the people. James, Duke of York, had ascended the 
throne, Feb. 6th, 1685 ; but as king it was by no means certain 
that he w^ould be bound by his acts as duke ; and hence the wis- 
dom of taking out new letters patent directly under the crown, 
by the land and its accredited agent. Indeed, assuming the old 
town patents to be invalid unless confirmed, Dongan avowed his 
intention to appropriate, as belonging to the king, and at his 
disposal, all such tracts of common land as could be found within 
the several townships, and not yet purchased of the Indians. So 
the inhabitants "were willing rather to submit to a greater quit 
rent, than to have that unpurchased land disposed of to others 
than themselves." 

While the Harlem people were thus given to expect great 
trouble and loss, should they neglect to secure the confirmation 
of their patented rights, the utmost benefit was, apparently, to 
accrue from such a confirmation, and especially in view of a cer- 
tain clause contained in the charter just granted by Gov. Don- 
gan, to the City of New York (being dated April 27th, 1686), 
and which clause reads as follows : 

And I do by these presents give and grant unto the said Mayor, Alder- 
men, and Commonalty of the said City of New York, all the waste, vacant, 
unpatented and unappropriated lands lying and being within the said 
City of New York and on ]\Ianhattans Island aforesaid, extending aiid 
reaching to the low-water mark in, by, and through all parts of the said 
City of New York and Manhattans Island aforesaid, together with all 
rivers, rivulets, coves, creeks, ponds, waters, and watercourses, in the said 
City and Island, or either of them, not heretofore given or granted by any 
of the former Governors, etc. 

As rights and privileges within the township of Harlem very 
akin to some of these, and in some respects more ample, had 
heretofore been granted the inhabitants by the patent of Gov. 
Nicolls, its confirmation was now deemed imperative to pre- 
serve and insure these valuable franchises to them, their heirs, 
or successors. A pledge to bear equally the expense of the new 
patent had been circulated in the town, and signed by the whole 
community. This was entered on the records at the meeting- 
held Nov. 4th, 1686, when the resolution passed to fence the 
churchyard. 

To digress a little : At this time action was also taken for ])ro- 
tecting the common woodlands. 'AVhereas. great damage has 
happened therein by the destruction of the timber," so the order 



412 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

read, "every one is hereby forbidden to cut any wood within the 
limits of the Town more than he wants for his own use, under 
penalty of £5, being 200 guilders." 

But the court on this occasion found itself "weakened by 
animosities." The old board had been invited to sit with the 
new ; but one from each, namely, Cornelis Jansen and his brother 
Laurens, were absent, the latter having just left on a visit to his 
kinsfolk, the Roosas, at Esopus, where he _and his cousin Reyer 
Michielsen had been only the year before.* Two of the other 
members had a quarrel, one of the old and one of the new board, 
Jan Nagel and Jan Dyckman, before such good friends — all be- 
cause a goose of Nagel's, getting into Dyckman's grain, had been 
bitten by his dog. To settle this weighty matter Joost van 
Oblinus and Adolph Meyer were, "for this time," called to the 
bench. 

On further deliberation upon the subject of their patent, 
another paper, designed to amend the former action, was drawn 
up and signed by the inhabitants, as follows, and the value of 
which constituted in this, that it pledged them to a pro rata dis- 
tribution of the lands held in common, and which plan was 
adhered to in all the general allotments subsequently made. 
Those with the signs made their marks. 

The underwritten Persons subscribe to pay according to their estates, 
and are to draw in proportion to their estates, of the common woods : 

Resalvert Waldron, Pieter van Oblienis, 

Joost Van Oblinus, Johannes Vermel je, 

Daniel Tourneur, Jan Delamater, 

Jan Hendricks van Brevoort, 8, Arent Harmans, 

Laurens Jansen, + Abram de Lamontanie, 

Isaac Delamater, Jan Louwe Bogert, 

Jan Nagel, Jacqueline Tourneur, 

Cornelis Jansen, Jacques Tourneur, S T, 

Jan Dyckman, Hester Delamater, H, 

Barent Waldron, Adolph Meyer, AD. 
New Haerlem, 8th January, 1686-7. 

Jan Tibout, Clerk. 

* The Roosa family, since so multiplied in Ulster and adjacent counties, and 
known also as Rosa and Rose, came from. Herwynen, Gelderland; sailing from Hol- 
land for this country, in the ship Bonte-koe, April 15, 1660. There were Albert 
Heymans Roosa, his wife, Weilke de Jonge, and eight children between the ages of 
2 and 17 years. Directly on arrival, Roosa went to Esopus (no doubt at the instance 
of Roelof Swartwout, a fellow passenger returning to that place) ; where he and his 
wife united with the church, of which, two years later, he became an elder. Governor 
Stuyvesant giving a name to Wiltwyck, May 16, 1661, appointed Roosa one of his 
first schepens. Here he took up land, for which he got a patent August 19, 1664. 
He was a man of firm will and great energy, being also "wonderful strong and quick." 
Roosa died February 27, 1679, leaving a good estate to his children, who were: Hey- 
man, born 1643; Arien, born 1645, and Jan, born 1651 — by all whom the name was 
perpetuated — and daughters, like, Mary, Neeltie and Jannetie. The last was married 
to Matthys Ten Eyck, of New York, like to Roelof Kierstead, Neeltie to Henry 
Pawling, and Mary to L,aurens Jansen, of Harlem. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 413 

Meanwhile the new patent was drawn up. The names of 
those who had subscribed the paper of January 8th were entered 
as patentees, only that Jacqueline Tourneur stood also for her 
son Jacques, and Peter Parmentier took the place of Jan Louwc 
Bogert. Then four others were added, namely, John Dclavall, 
in the stead of his father, the councilor Spragge, Johannes 
Verveelen, and William Haldron, the smith, all freeholders. 
Being submitted to the attorney-general, James Graham, who 
found "nothing contained therein prejudicial to His Majesty's 
interest," the patent was approved in council March 7th, and 
signed by the governor.='= It read as follows: 

THOAIAS DONGAN, Captain-Cxeneral, Governor-in-Chicf, and 
Vice-Admiral m and over the Province of New York, and its dependen- 
cies thereon in America, under His IMajesty James the Second, by the 
Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, De- 
fender of the Faith, &c.. To all to whom these Presents shall come, 
sendeth Greeting :— Whereas Richard Nicolls, Esq., formerly Governor 
of this Province, hath by his certain writing or Patent, bearing date 
the Eleventh day of October, Anno Dom. One Thousand Six Hundred 
Sixty-Seven, Did Give, ratify, confirm, and grant unto Thomas Dela- 
vall, Esq., John Verveelen, Daniel Tourneur, Joost Oblinus, and Re- 
solved Waldron, as Patentees, for and on the behalf of themselves 
and their Associates, the freeholders and inhabitants of New Harlem, 
their heirs, successors, and assigns, All that tract, together with the 
several parcels of land, which they then had, or after should be pur- 
chased, or procured, for and on the behalf of the said Town, within the 
bounds and limits hereafter set forth and expressed, vizt. That is to 
say, from the west side of the fence of the said Town, a line being run 
due west four hundred English poles, without variation of the compass, 
and at the end thereof another line being drawn across the Island north 
and south with the variation, that is to say, north from the end of a cer- 
tain piece of meadow ground, commonly called the Round ]Meadow, near 
or adjoining unto Hudson's or the North River, and south to the place 
where formerly stood the Saw Mills, over against Verkens or Hog Island 
m the Sound or East River, shall be the western bounds of their lands. 
and all the lands lying and being within the said line so drawn north and 
south as aforesaid, eastward to the end of the Town and Harlem River, 
or any part of the said River on which this Island doth abut, and like- 
wise on the North and East Rivers, within the limits aforementioned 
described, doth and shall belong to the said Town; As also four lots 
of meadow ground upon the ]Main, marked with Numbers i, 2, 3, 4. 
lying over against the Spring, where a passage hath been used to Vord 

' Johii SpragRc, being a member of the Governor's Council, and owning llu- 
l.aignoux f.arm, managed to get his name into the Patent. lie was present in Council 
when the latent was passed upon, March 7, 1687, but diretly after sailed with 
dispatches tor l;,ngland, and appears not to have returned to this country. On Decem- 
ber 6, 7. 1690, he conveyed his farm aforesaid to ])r. Daniel Cox, of London who 
on April 28, 1692, empowered his agent, Tercmiah I'.ass, Ks(|., of New Tersev to 
sell It. No common land was ever laid out within the Harlem Patent, in virtue of "this 
trechold. 1 he next two farms south of Siiragge's, also partly within the patent 
line, fared no better; except that William Holmes drew a fivc-morgen lot in 1601 
Jle owned the centre farm and had paia a small .sum on the Patent 15ut in the 
subsequent divisions these three farms had no share; the rule obtaining that those 
only who had helpeci bear the expense of the general Patent, were named therein 
and held morgen and erf rights under it (the three farms holding under special 
patents), were entitled to draw of the common land. 



414 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

over from this Island to the Main, and from thence hither, With a 
small Island commonly called Stony Island, lying to the east of the Town 
and Harlem River, going through Bronck's Kill, by the little and great 
Barn's Islands, upon which there are Also four other lots of meadow 
ground, marked with Numbers i, 2, 3, 4; Together with all the soils, 
creeks, quarries, woods, meadows, pastures, marshes, waters, lakes, fish- 
ing, hawking, hunting and fowling, and all other profits, commodities, 
emoluments and hereditaments to the said land and premises, within the 
bounds and limits set forth, belonging, or in any wise appertaining. And 
also freedom of commonage for range and feed of cattle and horses, further 
west into the woods upon this Island, as well without as within their 
bounds and limits set forth and expressed; To have and to hold all 
and singular the said lands, island, commonage, hereditaments, and 
premises, with their and every of their appurtenances, and of every part 
and parcel thereof, unto the said Patentees and their Associates, their 
heirs, successors, and assigns, to the proper use and behoof of the said 
Patentees and their Associates, their heirs, successors, and assigns 
forever. And whereas Richard Nicolls, Esq., did likewise ratify, con- 
firm, and grant unto the said Patentees and their Associates, their heirs, 
successors, and assigns. All the rights and privileges belonging to a Town 
within this government. With this proviso, or exception, that in all mat- 
ters of debt or trespass of or above the value of Five Pounds, they shall 
have relation unto and dependence upon the Courts of this City, as the 
other Towns have upon the several Courts of Session to which they do 
belong ; And that the place of their present habitation shall continue 
and retain the name of New Harlem, by which name and style it shall 
be distinguished and known in all bargains and sales, deeds, writings, 
and records ; And that no person whatsoever should be suffered or per- 
mitted to erect any manner of house or building upon this said Island, 
within two miles of the limits and bounds aforementioned, without the 
consent and approbation of the major part of the inhabitants of the said 
Town ; And whereas the said Town lies very commodious for a Ferry, to 
and from the Main, which may redound to the particular benefit of the 
inhabitants, as well as to a general good, the freeholders and inhabitants 
of the said town should, in consideration of the benefits and privi- 
leges therein granted, as also for what advantage they might receive 
thereby, be enjoined and obliged, at their own proper costs and charge, 
to build or provide one or more boats fit for the transportation of men, 
horses, or cattle, for which was to be a certain allowance given by each 
particular person, as should be then ordered and adjudged fit and rea- 
sonable ; They, the said Patentees and their Associates, their heirs, suc- 
cessors, and assigns. Rendering and paying such duties and acknowledg- 
ments as then were or after should be established by the laws of this 
government, under the obedience of His Royal Highness, his heirs and 
successors, as in and by the said Patent, remaining upon record in the 
Secretary's Office, reference being thereunto had, doth fully and at 
large appear. And whereas, the present inhabitants and freeholders 
of the Town of New Harlem aforesaid have made their application unto 
me for a more full and ample confirmation of their premises to them, 
their heirs, successors, and assigns forever, in their quiet and peaceable 
possession : Now know Ye, that by virtue of the commission and au- 
thority to me derived, and power in me residing, in consideration of 
the premises, and of the Quit Rent hereinafter reserved, I have given, 
granted, ratified, and confirmed, and by these presents do give, grant, 
ratify, .and confirm unto John Delavall, Resolved Waldron, Joost van 
Oblinus, Daniel Tourneur, Adolph Meyer, John Spragge, Jan Hendricks 
Brevoort, Jan Delamater, Isaac Delamater, Barent Waldron, Johannes Ver- 
mel je, Lawrence Jansen, Peter van Oblinus, Jan Dyckman, Jan Nagel, 
Arent Harmanse, Cornelis Jansen, Jacqueline Tourneur, Hester Delamater, 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 415 

Johannes Verveelen, William Ilaldron, Abraham Montanie, Peter Par- 
mentier,* as Patentees, for and on behalf of themselves the present free- 
holders and nihabitants of the said Town of New Harlem their heirs 
successors and assigns, All and singular the Ijcfore recited tract .parcel 
and parcels of land and meadow, butted and bounded as in tlie said 
Patent is mentioned and expressed, together with all and singular the mes- 
suages, tenements, houses, buildings, barns, stables, orchards gardens 
pastures, mills mill-dams, runs, streams, ponds, woods, underwoods^ 
trees timber, fencing, hshing, hawking, hunting, and fowling, liberties 
privileges, hereditaments, and improvements whatsoever to the said tract 
of land and premises belonging, or in any wise appertaining, or accepted 
reputed, taken, or known, or used, occupied, and enjoyed as part par- 
cel, or member thereof, with their and every of their appurtenances- 
Ahvays provided, that nothing contained therein shall be construed to 
prejudice the right of the City of New York, or any other particular 
right; and saving to the said City of New York, and their successors 
forever, and also saving to every particular person, his heirs and assigns 
that have any right, interest or estate within the limits of the said 
^o\vii of New Harlem, as well as without the limits of the said Town 
of Harlem, full power, liberty and privilege to build, cultivate and im- 
prove all such tracts and parcels of land as the said City of New York 
now have, or hereafter shall have, within or without and adjacent to 
the limits of the Town of Harlem aforesaid; As also the commonage, of 
the Town of Harlem aforesaid, is to be confirmed within the limits above- 
said, and the right of commonage, to extend no further, any grant 
or thing contained herein to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding- 
To have and to hold the said several tracts and parcels of land and 
premises, with their and every of their appurtenances, unto them the 
said John Delavall, Resolved Waldron, Joost van Oblinus, Daniel Tour- 
neur, Adolph Meyer, John Spragge, Jan Hendricks Brevoort, Jan Dela- 
mater, Isaac Deiamater, Barent, Waldron, Johannes Vermelje, Lawrence 
Jansen, Jan Dyckman, Jan Nagel, Arent Harmanse, Cornelis Jansen 
Peter van Oblinus, Jacqueline Tourneur, Hester Deiamater, Johannes 
Yerveelen, William Haldron, Abraham i\Iontanie, Peter Parmentier, as 
Patentees for and on the behalf of themselves, their heirs, successors 
and assigns, to the sole and only proper use, benefit, and behoof of the 
said Patentees, their heirs, successors, and assigns forever; To be holden 
of His Alost Sacred Alajesty, his heirs and successors, in free and common 
socage, according to the tenure of East Greenwich, in the County of 
Kent, in His Majesty's Kingdom of England; Yielding, rendering and 
paying therefor, yearly and every year forever, on or before the Five 
and Twentieth day of March, in lieu of all services and demands what- 
soever, as a Quit Rent, to His Most Sacred INIajesty aforesaid, his heirs 
and successors, or to such officer or officers as shall be appointed to re- 
c^eive the same, Sixteen bushels of good winter merchantable Wheat, at the 
City of New York. In testimonv whereof I have caused these presents 
to be entered upon record in the Secretary's Office, and the Seal of the 
Province to be hereunto affixed, this Seventh day of March, 1686 and in 
the Third year of His Majesty's reign.*- 

THO. DONGAN. 

* These names are strangely distorted in the Patent, as "Recorded for the Inhabi- 
tants ot ilarlcni, m Liber 6, page 192, of Patents, in the Secretary of State's Office 
Albany; showing gross carelessness somewhere, cither on the part of the recordinc 
clerk, the draftsman, or the person who made out the list. They are here corrected 
from indisputable data; and the entire document is also relieved from the crudities 
ot the old spelling, which serve no purpose but to mar the text. 

The Manor of East Greenwdch was an ancient Crown domain, which had been 
given successively to several monastic institutions, but was finally recovered from one 
of these, in exchange for other lands, by Henry \-JII. in the 23d year of his reicn 
On the sale of the Crown lands, under Cromwell, this Manor was reserved for the 
use of the State, and at the Restoration fell again to the Crown, in which it con- 



4i6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

It now remained to discharge the arrears of quit rent, and 
pay for the patent. To this, for the time being, some of the 
payments on the church had to give way, as before stated. On 
March 29th Jan Lou we Bogert brought in his wheat to the 
constable, as did others on the same date, and on April 5th 
nearly all the rest. It was deposited in the loft of the town 
house, over 130 schepels, preparatory to being taken to New 
York. Constable Brevoort carted from the loft, April 29th, 
four bushels of wheat as the balance due for quit rent, under 
the commutation, to wit, for the years 1683 to 1686 inclusive.t . 
On June 3d William Holmes paid 11 florins on the patent, 
though not named as a patentee, for which he was allowed to 
draw of the common land in the first general allotment, in 1691. 
On October i8th Johannes Verveelen made the last payment, 9 
florins, 12 stivers in money, by the hand of his daughter, Mrs. 
Meyer. The whole cost of the patent was something over 800 
guilders. 

The Dongan patent was professedly designed for quieting 
the freeholders and inhabitants in their ancient rights and priv- 
ileges. Save that it annuls the restriction upon the erection of 
buildings, and cuts off the outside commonage (a most unwar- 
rantable measure), it simply confirms what Nicolls' patent had 
granted. The several persons holding under Andros' grants to 
Elphinstone and others, and not named in the patent, were held 
to be thereby excluded from its provisions, and from any share 
with the other patentees in the common lands. The limits of 
the patent, recited somewhat awkwardly, but never meant to be 
indefinite or uncertain, plainly included so much of Manhattan 
Island as lay to the east and north of the given line, and border- 

tinued till the accession of James II. to the throne, in 1685, when it was bestowed 
on his queen as part of her jointure. It was apparently in compliment to the queen 
that it was now taken and cited as a pattern tenure, enjoying all the advantages of 
the free and common socage, briefly explained on a former page. The term socage as 
here used is derived by Blackstone from the Saxon soc, a privilege, and hence here 
denoting a privileged tenure, but others very plausibly refer it to soca, a plough. (See 
Blackstone; the chapters on English Tenures.) The date of the above Patent is 
given in Old Style, by which the year began March 27. According to our present 
reckoning it should be 1687. 

t The Quit Rent charged by the -Dongan Patent continued to be assessed upon 
the freeholders, and paid to the Receiver-General, down to the opening of the Revo- 
lution, from which time no further payments were made for a term of forty years. 
The State l^egislature had passed a law, in 1786, providing for the commutation and 
collection of all quit rents due on the numerous land patents granted by the English 
colonial governors; but nothing was done in relation to the Harlem Patent till 1815. 
In this year it was advertised, with many others, to be sold for the arrearages; but 
the claim was then cancelled by the Comptroller of the city of New York, Thomas R. 
Mercein, who, on November i, 181 5, paid to the State Treasurer, in three per cent, 
stock, the sum of $547.50, in full satisfaction of all the quit rents which had accrued 
upon the Harlem Patent since March 25, 1774, and also in commutation of all the 
prospective rents. This exaction of the quit rent premises the validity of the early 
colonial patents; but this point is clearly admitted by the contitution of this State, 
which annuls all colonial grants and charters made subsequent to October 14, 1775, 
but affects none given prior to that date. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 417 

ing upon the "Harlem River, or any part of the said river on which 
this Island doth abut, and likewise on the North and East Rivers." 
It expressly comprehended "all the soils, creeks, quarries, woods, 
meadows, pastures, marshes, waters, lakes, and all other profits, 
commodities, emoluments, and hereditaments to the said lands 
and premises, within the bounds and limits set forth, belonging, 
or in anywise appertaining." 

If these premises be admitted, and if the vacant lands, etc., 
granted bv Dongan's charter to the Corporation of New York, 
were, as that charter says, only those "not heretofore given or 
granted by any of the former Governors," we may fairly question 
whether Dongan did not violate the ancient rights of the Harlem 
people, not only as to their commonage, but in giving the Cor- 
poration the control of the water-line along the exterior shore of 
the Harlem patent. But while greater wrongs must inevitably 
follow anv impairing of this now venerable and generally con- 
ceded prerogative, how can the claim hold that it extends alike 
to the interior vacant lands, creeks or marshes, the title to which 
we submit is rightfully vested in the heirs or assigns of the Don- 
gan patentees?"^ 

At the date of Dongan's patent all was woodland and com- 
mons north of Moertje Davids' Fly ( Manhattan ville), that is, 
from what were called Jochem Pieters' Hills, all the way to 
Spuyten Duyvel; the claims of Dyckman and Nagel and the salt 
meadows owned by individuals excepted. To this section of the 
island the Indians still laid a claim, but which they surrendered 
to the town, in lieu of "sundries delivered to the natives" by 
Colonel Stephen Van Cortlandt, in behalf of the inhabitants, Feb- 
ruary 28, 1688, and a balance which was not made up till March i, 
1715, when a tax was raised by the freeholders for that purpose. 

Besides the above, the yet unappropriated woodlands em- 
braced a few inconsiderable parcels here and there on the Flats, 

* This view is taken in an opinion, given by the late Hon. Murray Hoffman, 
March 13, 1873, respecting a piece of land owned by Mr. Voorhis. situate on Har- 
lem Creek, between 2d and 3d avenues, and extending from loSth street to\yard logth. 
It lay in a cove of the creek and was part of the 12 arcres (two of the \'an Keulen 
Hook lots) owned at an early day by Capt. Thomas Delavall, and sold to Benjamin 
Benson by Simon Johnson, 1747. 'We quote one or two paragraphs from the opinion. 

"We can here draw a natural and, we think, legal distinction between the River 
proper and a creek of it. The former is defined by the general course (filum) of the 
body of the stream, and such course is from point to point where there is an in- 
dentation into the land, properly a cove. The latter is that indentation. And we 
could very consistently hold that the land under water within the cove, between 
high and low water mark passed, but not outside of it. This view would be 
tenable even if that was an indentation from Harlem River; a fortiori when from 
Harlem Creek. But the creek itself, we contend, passed; and the case is then 
much stronger." 

Again, alluding to the language of the Harlem Patent, quoted in the text, granting 
all the soils, creeks, etc., Judge Hoffman very pertinently remarks: "It would be 
difficult to get together terms which would more fully embrace anything of land, of 
water, and of any combination of the two." 



4i8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

a larger piece between Hoorn's Hook and the Bogert (since 
Benson or McGown) farm, and the tract lying between the vil- 
lage and Montagne's Flat, hitherto kept for pasturage, contain- 
ing some 250 acres. It was bounded east by Kingsbridge road, 
west by the creek, and stretched from where iiith Street and 
Fifth Avenue now intersect (and where said creek was then 
assessed by the road from Harlem to New York), northward to 
131st Street and Eighth Avenue. The allotments and sales made 
under the Dongan patent, in and between the years 1691 and 
1712, disposed of most of this tract and nearly all the other com- 
mon land within the patent lines, though several small pieces were 
not sold till 1753. The exact plan and history of these several al- 
lotments, hitherto unknown to modern conveyancers, and which 
will be found in Appendix J, not only supply a vast deal of 
curious information upon a new subject, but, as we conceive, 
have an intrinsic and permanent value, in connection with the 
subsequent titles, on which they throw much light.* 

There were now remaining here but few witnesses to those 
trials in Fatherland which had so largely contributed to people 
the town. Of the French refugees, filling heretofore so consid- 
erable a space in its history, nearly all were either dead or had 
gone with their families to other parts. Spirited and litigious 
as were these refugees, wearying the courts with their petty dis- 
putes, the recital of which may seem beneath the dignity of his- 
tory; they did not betray in all this the underlying national 
trait, extreme jealousy of their rights, the legitimate fruit of 
former and sharper conflicts. For them, in the fullest sense, 
"self-preservation was the first law of nature." But we may 
not forget their many good qualities, nor their valuable agency 
in building up the town, in which quickness of perception, 
promptitude and efficiency, whether in official or business rela- 
tions, and greater skill in various industries, supplied elements 
in which the Dutch were not their equal. A principal cause of 
the removal of so many of these families was the better facility 
for obtaining land in the places to„ which they went ; but the 
fact is also obvious that they could not well fraternize with the 
Dutch, for while the latter were generally prosperous, the French 
were commonly "poor, and therefore forced to be penurious." 
Strongly attached, moreover, to their own frugal mode of living, 

* The 250 acres included the late Myer homestead, in the angle formed by the 
forking of the road from Kingsbridge, together with the Isaac Day plot 1% acres, 
the William Molenaor 17 acres, the lyawrence or Wagstaff 28 acres, the Samson A. 
Benson or Race Course farm, Mount Morris Park, Elizabeth Benson 25 acres and 
Samson Benson 45 acre tract. (See notices of Myer and Benson families, and App. 
J., ist Division.) 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 419 

their language and church service, intuitively they sought out 
the place and society where these advantages could be best se- 
cured and enjoyed. A few of the wealthier families remained 
here, as the Tourneurs, Montanyes, Delamaters, and De Voes, 
held either by property ties, or intermarriage with the Hollanders, 
to whom by degrees they became assimilated. 

The court proceedings are curious and quite enjoyable, as ex- 
hibiting the prevailing causes of dispute between neighbors, the 
usual grounds of legal action, and the court customs and juris- 
prudence of the times. Not less valuable are the court records 
as an index of the public morals. Cases of trespass, slander, and 
breach of the peace were indeed too common, but flagrant crime 
was almost unknown. Not a single manslaughter, or action for 
divorce, or bastardy, or a clear case of petty larceny, is reported 
for the entire half-century under review. The case of arson bv 
a slave, as before noticed, and the beating to death of a negro 
child in June of this year (1687), are not to be cited as against 
the general devotion to law and order, which indeed was shown 
in both these cases by a prompt report to the mayor, and in the 
last case, an inquest; though no particulars are given, not even 
the name of the party implicated. The doings at town meetings 
also prove beyond question the capacity of this early community 
for self-government, and for handling the perplexing questions 
which came up from time to time. No superior ability is shown 
in the advanced periods of the town's history. 

Did not the scope of this volume limit it to the "origin and 
early annals" of the town, it would be easy to find in the varied 
exigencies of succeeding times much food for sober thought. 
The Leislerian troubles ; how deeply they aiTected some Harleni 
families! The arbitrary suspension of the local court for eight 
long years after the colonial government was settled in 1691 ; 
what embarrassment it caused, till it was finally restored after 
long soliciting the General Assembly! Unswerving friends of- 
the Dutch Church, with what alarm they beheld the efforts of Col. 
Morris and others to introduce the English service, through the 
ministrations of Rev. Henricus Beys ! And then grave questions 
and difficulties attended the distributions of the common lands. 
Coercive measures taken by the King's Receiver-General, in 1713, 
to levy quit rents not justly chargeable, subjected six of the prin- 
cipal inhabitants to legal prosecution in the Court of Chancery. 
Other questions which arose respecting their lands could oniy 
be settled by a reference to the Supreme Court. And the Pipon- 
Gouverneur imbroglio, and questions growing out of it, kept the 



420 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

whole town disquieted till finally ended in 1747. Then came the 
sad discords and division in the Church between the Coetus and 
the Conferentie. A desultory warfare with the Corporation of 
New York,, concerning the "Commons," began with the century 
and ended only the year before the Revolution.* And a volume 
of itself might be written upon those seven years of unprece- 
dented trial, imder the gaUing domination of British and Hessian 
soldiery, before the distressed inhabitants could realize the bless- 
ings of independence. Aside from these and a few similar pas- 
sages, their history as a community is meagre during the colonial 
period proper. The recovery from the ruin of war, and the suc- 
cessive steps by which a sparsely settled rural district was trans- 
muted into the teeming city, with its wonderful concomitants of 
churches, schools, railways, parks, boulevards, etc. — which latter 
change may be dated from the sale of the Commons in 1825, and 
the first disposal of some of the farming lands as city lots — forms 
a history of much and varied interest, but still within the knowl- 
edge of the living, and easily traced as compared with that of 
the obscure initial period to which this volume is chiefly devoted. 

Not to enlarge, therefore, upon these more modern times 
(though some of the matters touched upon and others pertain- 
ing to these periods will claim attention either in the succeeding 
chapter on the patentees, or in the notes or appendix), the social 
condition, at and after the period tuider review, presents some 
interesting features yet to be noticed. 

The inhabitants, in their ways and mode of living, preserved 
all the characteristics of Fatherland. Wedded to their plain 
and primitive habits, the portrait of our early Dutch yeomanry, as 
others have drawn it, is here true to life, with' but slight retouching. 

The village seats or scattered farm-houses : let us enter one, 
bidden welcome by mine host, smoking his evening pipe, in his 
wonted seat on the porch. An air of hospitality has the prem- 
ises, even to the old well, with watering-trough beside it, which, 
placed conveniently before the house, with mossy bucket 
hung from the primitive well-pole, invites the gentle kine to 
come freely to water, or the wayfarer to stop and slake his 
thirst. These houses have begun to be constructed with greater 
regard to permanence, and even to style, being solidly built of 
stone, and of more ample dimensions than formerly, though only 

* The history of this tract is particularly set forth in the Deduction of the Title 
to Harlem Commons, forming pages 117 to 175 of a volume prepared by the late 
Isaac Adriance, and entitled "Conveyances on record in the Register's Office by 
Dudley Selden, from the 1st January, 1825, to the 1st January, 1838. Printed by 
Alexander S. Gould, 144 Nassau street, N. Y., 1838." It contains maps of the com- 
mons, as divided into citj^ lots. , . 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 421 

of one full story. The low ceilings, still void of lath and plaster, 
expose the heavy oak beams as roughly hewn, or, if taste has 
dictated, planed and beaded. Similar taste sometimes demands 
wainscoting, either plain or in panels, around the rooms and hall, 
and up the broad stairway, with its oaken balustrade, leading 
to sleeping-chambers in the loft. Outer doors, swung upon heavy 
strap hinges, are invariably divided in halves horizontally, the 
upper one usually open b}' day in the warm season, for the admis- 
sion of air and light. Above it perhaps is a sash, with three or 
four small panes of thick green glass, blown with a curious knob 
or swell in the centre. The panes in the windows measure not 
over seven by nine inches, and are sometimes set in leaden cross- 
bars, being protected by strong, close shutters, instead of the less 
secure modern blinds. The fireplace, with usually no jambs (but 
having supports built into the wall), gives ample room for all 
around the fire. Thus suspended, as it were, overhead, the 
chimney mouth opens wide and flaring to catch the fugitive 
sparks and smoke, and forms a convenient place in which, at 
the proper season, to hang up hams, sausage, and beef to cure. 
If the fireplace is built with jambs, these are often faced with 
glazed earthen tile, imported from Holland, on which are 
pictured Bible stories and other scenes. These amuse and instruct 
the juvenile part of the family, who make it a favorite pastime 
to study out the curious designs. The last of these ornamental 
fireplaces now recollected was in the Peter Benson stone house, 
which stood in 109th Street, between 2d and 3d Avenues, and was 
demolished in 1865. 

Plain and substantial were their dwellings, and in perfect 
accord with the manners and tastes of the occupants, which 
were simple, unaft'ected, and economical. Slow and deliberate 
in what they did, it was made up by patience and application. 
And no people could have been more independent of the outside 
world. The farmer burnt his own lime, tanned his own leather, 
often made all the boots and shoes worn by himself and family, 
and did much of his own carpenter and wheelwright work. 
Their help in the heavy farm work was mainly African slaves, 
who, at this time, numbered as one to four whites. 

Primitive were their methods of farming ; it was not the 
era of iron ploughs, horse-rakes, and reapers. The scythe was 
used in mowing grass. The cradle was then unknown, and 
instead of which all grain was cut with sickle, or with the sith 
and hook. The sith had a blade similar to that of the scythe, 
but onlv half as loner, to which was attached a snath of about 



422 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

the same length, having at the other end a loop like that of a 
shovel-handle. The hook was made of a slender wooden stock, 
three feet long, from the end of which ran out at a right angle 
a small iron prong about eight inches long. When used the hook 
was held in the left hand near the middle, where, to prevent its 
turning, was a socket for the thumb to rest in, the prong being 
turned from the person. The hook, pressed against the standing 
grain, served to hold it in place, while it was cut by a swing of 
the sith, which was held in the other hand. The cut grain was 
thus left leaning against that still uncut, till the reaper, or his 
attendant following after him, gathered and bound it into sheaves. 
Nothing was deemed more important than to cut and lay in a 
good supply of salt hay, which was then thought indispensable 
for the healthy subsistence of cattle through the winter. It was 
for this reason that a piece of salt meadow was regarded as a 
necessary appendage to every farm, and was not less valuable in 
view of the early settlers than so much upland. 

The children were brought up to those habits of industry 
which the parents themselves found so profitable. The sons 
were invariably given a useful trade, and the daughters well 
taught in all household duties. While the men were engaged in 
the out-door work of the farm, the women, in short gown and 
slippers, the common indoor dress, were as busy at their special 
avocations. The spinning-wheel was brought out and set in 
motion as soon as wool and flax could be prepared in the fall, 
and so each family made its own "homespun," as it was termed, 
both white and colored, to supply its members with clothing; 
while she was considered but a poor candidate for matrimony 
who could not show her stores of domestic linens, and other pro- 
ducts of her maiden industry. The dames, so saving were they 
of their time, usually took their spinning-wheels on going to spend 
a social afternoon with a neighbor. Nor were the females unwill- 
ing to help in the field during the busy season of harvest, or corn- 
gathering. Side by side with their fathers, brothers, and hus- 
bands, they vied with them in raking hay or carrying sheaves ; 
and their presence gave a charm to the merry time of husking. 

Broom and scrubbing brush, with a periodical whitewashing, 
frequently tinted yellow or green, kept their apartments cleanly 
and neat. The carpet, when first introduced, called in derision 
a dirt-cover, was in those days unknown here. The bare floors, 
as scrupulously clean as the bare table on which they ate their 
meals, were regularly scrubbed, then sprinkled with the fine beach 
sand which was brought to the city by the boat-load, and peddled 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 423 

in carts through the streets and roads of the island. On clean- 
ing-day it was spread moistened in little heaps over the floor, 
the family being taught to tread carefully between them. To 
disturb these would sadly mar the economy of the good housewife, 
and maybe provoke some good honest scolding in Dutch. The 
next day the sand, now dry, was swept in waves, or other figures, 
by drawing the broom lightly over it. It was in truth but a 
sample of the general tidiness which ruled the premises. 

Living so largely within themselves, they knew little of the 
dangers and diseases incident to luxury and indolence. Their 
clothing, bedding, etc., all of their own homespun, most that 
their table required the farm supplied, to which a mess of clams 
or fish often gave variety ; but no dish, with the Dutch farmer, 
could compete with his speck en koole, pork and cabbage. 

Their pride was of a kind that was no bar to pleasure, if their 
only coach was a common wagon, or perchance an ox-cart ! 
Home-made linsey-woolsey gave content equally with the finest 
imported fabrics, and, says a contemporary, "though their low- 
roofed houses may seem to shut their doors against pride and 
luxury, yet how do they stand wide open to let charity in and 
out, either to assist each other or relieve a stranger.'' Another 
bears this testimony : "They are sociable to a degree, their 
tables being as free to their neighbors as to themselves." And 
hospitality could not do too much for the g'uest if welcome ; the 
acme only reached if he tarried for the night, wdien, soon after 
sunset, he was snugly ensconced in the best bed, made of softest 
down, and between homespun linen sheets, from which, if cold, 
the chill was taken by the indispensable warming-pan ! At the 
same time the idea of warming the church was yet unfledged, 
nor was this provided for till early in the present century, when 
a stove was introduced. Before this, each church-going matron 
took to comfort her her little foot-stove and her Dutch Bible 
with silver clasps ! Intermarriages among the resident families 
was the rule, and he was thought a bold swain truly who ven- 
tured beyond the pale of the community to woo a mate. And 
with the unaffected welcome, a keen-eyed scrutiny also awaited 
the blushing bride, on her first arrival from the charming vales 
of Bloomingdale, the hills of Westchester, or rural home at 
IJergen, Hackensack, or Esopus. When friends gathered socially, 
or happened to meet, as at the village tavern, conversation run- 
ning in mellifluous Dutch, turned, as usual with farmers, upon 
their crops, or on horses or cattle, or modes of farming, unless 
some special topic intruded. With the good Juft'rouws. church 



424 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

matters and the dominie's last visit were always in order. Not 
many survived who could speak from personal recollection of 
the Fatherlands; yet we cannot misjudge of the themes on which 
a few gray heads could still dilate, with all the effect of eye- 
witnesses or actual participants. Good Joost van Oblinus, — the 
thrilling incidents of the French invasion of Flanders, his escape 
with parents to Holland, sojourn at Mannheim, second flight 
before French invaders, and final adieu to the dear shores of 
Europe. Mrs. Tourneur, in tender childhood a victim of that 
cruel war, and driven with others of her family from her native 
Hesdin, probably on its capture by Louis XHL, in 1639; her's 
was a tale of trials, of which we have but the veriest outline. 
And Mrs. Delamater, the daughter of a refugee, depicting her 
young life at Canterbury, and the humble abode where she was 
born and reared, whence also, on the quiet Sabbath, she was wont 
to accompany her parents to the grand old cathedral, and down 
by a flight of stone steps into the solemn crypt or vault, where 
the French and Walloons used to meet for divine service, a 
privilege long before granted them by good Queen Bess. And 
Frederick De Vaux, or De Voe, who lived to a patriarchal age, 
and probably was the last survivor of the refugees experimentally 
familiar with persecution and hair-breadth escapes in fleeing 
his native land; facts still among the lingering traditions of his 
family.* Now Bogert and the Jansens grow mellow over the 
good old times at Schoonrewoert ; or the other trio, Meyer, Dyck- 
man, and Bussing, draw parallels between the soils or productions 
of Harlem and their native Bentheim, so famed ; or again the 

* Frederick de Vaux, the ancestor of the De Voe family, has already had a partial 
notice. }'o_rn on Walloon soil, as records inform us, tradition has handed down 
some touching particulars of the flight, the pursuit of bloody persecutors, and the 
escape into Holland. How long Frederick de Vaux sojourned at Mannheim is un- 
known, but long enough to obtain citizenship. He emigrated in 1675, bringing a pass- 
port from the authorities of that place, a copy of which is given on a former page. 
He was then a widower, but in 1677 he married Esther, daughter of Daniel Tourneur. 
To the lands in Westchester, since the Cromwell farm, gotten with his wife, he added, 
as we have seen, the Bickley tract, or De Voe's Point. He also provided his sons, 
Daniel and Abel, with large farms at Fordham and New Rochelle. Living in his 
later years among his several children, he died in New Rochelle, in 1743, at the vener- 
able age of about 90 years, and was buried on the farm of his son Abel. His children 
were Frederick, Daniel, Joseph, Abel, Rachel, who married Johannes Dyckman; IJsther, 
married Levi Vincent; Susannah, married Andrew Nodine; Mary, married Invert 
Brown and Joshua Bishop; Leah, married Nathaniel Bailey; Dinah, married Louis 
Guion and Tobias Concklin; Judith, married Johannes Barhite, and Abigail, who died 
unmarried. Daniel De Voe settled in Fordham, and Abel in New Rochelle, upon the 
farms conveyed to them by their father before his death. Joseph removed to the city 
of New York, where he died, in 1764, leaving a family. Frederick, the eldest son, 
succeeded to the paternal estate at De Voe's Point, under a deed of June 13, 1721, 
and where he died in 1753. He married twice, and had children Frederick (3d of the 
name), Daniel. David, John, Thomas, Abraham, Abigail, Hester, Sarah, Mary and 
Leah. This old and respectable family is now widespread and numerous. The brothers, 
Isaac, Thomas Farrington, James, Moses (of Fordham), John Appleby (deceased), 
George W., and Frederick W. De Voe, are sons of the late John De Voe, of New 
York, who died August 29, 1853, aged 68 years, having attained the same age as his 
father, John De Voe, of Yonkers, or Philips Manor, who died September 24, 1824, 
being the son of Frederick De Voe, 3d, aforesaid. To the estimable Col. Thomas F. 
De Voe, of New York, we are indebted for many of these particulars. 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 425 

well-companioned Waldron and Verveelen live amid former 
scenes in busy old Amsterdam, — the shop-keeper's son, perchance, 
garrulous over shrewd bargains in trade, and the "book-printer" 
of the Teerketels-steeg, once more among his type and forms, and, 
as of old. throwing off from his new press, which his townsman 
Blaau, the map-printer, and former assistant to Tycho Brahe, 
had brought to such perfection, fresh sheets of learned folios, full 
fifty impressions per hour! But should conversation chance to 
turn upon some controverted question, either of politics or 
theology, and the latent fire once kindle, the dispute was sure to 
run high ; for only then their tobacco-pipes lost the power to 
soothe. — that solace alike of their working and their leisure hours, 
and by no means confined to the males ; but }-et the good dominie 
set the example ! 

Large productive farms, and a convenient market for all they 
had to sell, led to certain wealth, and no thriftier farmers were 
to be found anywhere. They were proud, too, — of their broad 
acres, fine stock, lands well tilled and barns well filled ! But not 
the alluring example ever before their eyes could win them to 
the display and ceremony of city life ; though the latter, simplicity 
itself as compared with the demands of modern fashion, sets in 
stronger contrast the style of living, so unpretentious yet rational, 
which obtained in even the wealthier families, as the Waldrons, 
Meyers, Bensons. and Bussings. English modes and manners 
could make but slow advance among a people so tenacious of 
the Holland tongue, who for half a century later kept their 
records in Dutch, and their accounts in guilders and stivers.* 

This picture of the former times, so rudely drawn and void 
of limner's art, is yet worthy of thoughtful study. As every age 
has had its virtues as well as its vices, things which men admire 
and emulate, so the initial days of our colonial history teem with 
instructive lessons in all that pertains to manly aims and right 
living, the study of which is calculated to make one wiser and 
better. If the present effort to restore a knowledge of the Harlem 
founders shall subserve so useful a purpose, and the sequel to 
their history, as now to be given in that of the patentees and their 
families, shall in any degree contribute to the same result, we ma\- 
count our labor not Vv^holly lost. 

* In 1688 the valuation of real estate in the several wards of the city of New 
York was as follows: 

Out Ward, Harlem Division £ 1,723 

do. Bowery Division 4. 140 

North Ward 7.625 

West Ward 9.600 

East Ward 9.648 ' 

Dock Ward 16,241 

South Ward 29,254 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

NOTICES OF THE PATENTEES AND THEIR HEIRS OR SUCCESSORS. 

BENSON. 

AA/ ITH those whose recollections of Harlem run back a gener- 
ation or more, to the time when it yet retained all the 
charms of a quiet rural suburb, — ere "trade's unfeeling train 
usurped the land and dispossessed the swain," — the name of this 
locality finds almost a synonym in that of Benson ; so largely 
identified was this respectable family with the history and 
landed interests of the town. Standing first in alphabetical 
order, we cheerfully accord it the precedence, which it may 
properly claim among these genealogical notes.* 

Captain Johannes Benson, the first of the family to locate 
here, is not named in Dongan's patent, as he was not then a resi- 
dent, nor till some ten years after ; but, purchasing the Bogert 
farm, he thereby acquired the rights of a patentee, before the 
final division of the common lands, in which he shared; and his 
descendants continued, as we shall see, among the largest pro- 
prietors at Harlem till it ceased to be an agricultural community. 
His father, Dirck Bensingh, as commonly called, was not a Hol- 
lander, but a Swede, according to the tradition in the family, as 
old Lawrence Benson used to say ; and this is borne out by the 
original form of the name. Perhaps, to be more exact, Dirck 
was a Dane. We have traced him from Groningen to Amster- 
dam, and thither, with his wife, Catalina Berck, to New Amster- 
dam. Here he bought a house and lot near the fort, August 23, 
1649, ^i^cl the next year another on Broadway. On June 29, 1654, 
at his desire, the Director and Council allowed him "to leave this 

* These sketches do not claim to be complete genealogies, but are designed to 
preserve, in the case of each family, enough of its history to interest its living mem- 
bers, and to enable many of them to identify their connection with the parent stock; 
while others, wishing to perfect their line of descent, will here find a valuable be- 
ginning for such a work. As serving to elucidate the land titles, by showing the .trans- 
mission of real property in the several families, and this, by including all the paten- 
tees, necessarily embracing all the lands within the township or patent lines, these 
sketches have a special importance. The result of many years' search among authentic 
records, they are believed to be substantially correct and reliable, whether as geneal- 
ogies or otherwise; any venerable hearsay or family traditions, so called, to the con- 
trary notwithstanding. 

It may be noted that in numerous instances throughout these pages the number 
and not the names of the children of certain descendants are given. 

By referring to the New Harlem Register the names of these children and their 
descendants will be found. 



BENSON FAMILY. 427 

place to promote his own affairs." Going to Fort Orange, he 
built upon a lot granted him October 25, 1653, and proved him- 
self an industrious and worthy citizen. He worked as a carpenter 
on the new' church built in 1656; in 1658 he loaned the deacons 
100 guilders. He died P'ebruary 12, 1659. Three years later 
Dirck's widow married Harman Tomasz Hun. 

Dirck Benson's children were Dirck, born 1650 ; Samson, 
born 1652; Johannes, born February 8, 1655; Catrina, born 1657, 
who married Doctor Reynier Schaets and Jonathan Bradhurst ; 
and Maria, born 1659, who married Volckert van Hoesen. The 
three sons of Benson grew up in Albany much respected, and all 
became church members. Samson set up a pottery, and was 
known as the "pottebacker." Dirck became a skipper on the 
Hudson, sailing the sloop Eendraght between Albany and New 
York. Johannes was probably an innkeeper, for in 1689, when 
apprehensions existed of a French and Indian invasion from 
Canada, a committee of safety, of which Lieutenant Johannes 
Benson was a member, directed "'that the. people of Patcook do 
make their retreat to Johannes Bensing's upon occasion." Raised 
to a captaincy soon after, he performed useful service during 
those fearful times. The midnight massacre at Schenectady, Feb- 
ruary 8, 1690, in which their brother-in-law. Doctor Schaets, 
then a justice of the peace at that place, w^as slain, together with 
one of his sons, and the continuance of French and Indian hos- 
tilities, quite unsettled the Bensons and their families (for the 
three brothers were now married), and they finally transferred 
their residence to New York, Dirck in 1693, and Samson and 
Johannes in 1696, when the public alarm became so great as to 
cause many such removals. 

Dirck and Samson remained in the city, wdiile Johannes came 
to Harlem and bought a place in the village from Peter van 
Oblienis." It consisted of the two erven lying easterly of the 

The Bensons, of New York City, became numerous; we subjoin a brief notice 
of them, as of interest to their descendants, and to save the mistaking of persons of 
similar Christian name, so often recurring in both branches of the "family, a plan 
we have also pursued in regard to some other names, for a like reason. 

Derick Benson, born 1650, married Thysie Claes, daughter of Clacs Jansen 
Stavast, of Albany, by whom were all his children, and, secondly, Tannetie, daughter 
of Barent I'ietersen Coeymans, of Albany, who survived him." Derick became 
wealthy, owning, aniong other property, 1,000 acres of land on the Raritan. wliich he 
sold, m 1697, to his father-in-law, Coeymans, and on which his son, Andries Coev- 
mans. afterward settled. In 1701, Benson leased the ferry between New York and 
Brooklyn, for seven years, at £130 a year, but lost money at it. For additional 
Items respecting Derick Benson, see the Bergen C.enealogy. He died Tune 26, 17 17, 
having had children, Catalina, born 1683, married John F. \'andermeulen and Tohn 
Kelly; Eve, born 1686, died young; Rachel, born 16S9, married Hans Bergen; "Kvc, 
born 1693, married, 1717, Anthony Duane, father (but by a second wife) of Hon- 
orable James i:)uane; Derick, born 1696, died August 30, 1734; and Thysie, born 
1699, who married James Henderson, of New York, merchant. As Derick, last named 
left no descendants, his uncle, Samson, becomes the head of all the later New York 
Bensons, not of the Harlem branch. 

Samson Benson, the potter, born in 1652, married, first, Tryntie Van Dcuscn, 
sister to the wife of Johannes, by whom were all his children but one; and secondly' 
Gnetie, daughter of Abraham Kermer, and widow of Capt. Jacob \'an Tilburg- Ben- 
son being her third husband, and surviving her. We have "not located Benson's pot- 
tery, but he owned a house and lot in Smith street (now William, below Maiden 



3 



428 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

third cross street, which Peter's father secured from Lubbert 
Gerritsen, as heretofore noticed, and which he formally conveyed 
to Peter December 28, 1699, after the latter had sold it to Ben- 
son. It formed a part of the late Dunning plot of 4 acres. Ben- 
son was still here November 16, 1700, when he acted as an arbiter 
in settling the Tourneur estate, and on December 13 ensuing he 
voted for building a new bridge "at the stone bridge," which 
crossed the Mill Creek at iiith Street. But, in the meantime, 

Lane), bought of Dr. Lucas Van Tienlioven, and which his executors sold to his 
son Harman, February 4, 1732. He died June 2, 1730, having had thirteen children, 
viz: Catalina, born 1675, died 1706, having married, 1697, Stoffel (also called The- 
ophilus) Pelts; Derick, born 1677; Teuwes, or Matthew, born 1679; Harman, born 
i68i; Samson, born 1684; Robert, born 1686; WilliamV born 1687; Elizabeth, born 
1689, married Egbert Van Borsum; Johannes, born 1692; Helena, born 1694; Maria, 
born 1696, who with William, Johannes and Helena, died early; Henricus, born 1698, 
and Catalina, born 1707 (after the elder child so called was dead), and who was 
unmarried in 1726. 

Derick Benson, born 1677, also a potter, lived in Crown street (now Liberty), 
and died in 1725. By his wife Elizabeth Radcliff, who survived him, he had Samson, 
born 1712 (who married Catharine Peck, and had Derick, born 1741; Johannes, born 
1744, etc., perhaps went to Albany); Catharine, born 1714, who married Capt. 
Abraham Eight, of New York, father of the excellent Abraham Eights, Esq., of 
Albany, deceased father of the late Dr. Jonas Eights (see Pearson's First Settlers); 
Rachel, born 17 16, who married Frederick Fine, of New York; Johannes, born 1718; 
Derick, born 1721; Matthew, born 1723; and Elizabeth, born, 1725. On April 9, 
1754, the widow, Elizabeth, and her two daughters, Catharine (with her husband. 
Captain Eight) and Rachel, the last being also a widow, sold the residence in Crown 
street, to Rem Rapelje, bolter, for £300. 

Matthew Benson, mason, born 1679, died 1721. He married, 1706, Catrina, 
daughter of Jonathan Provoost, and their children that reached maturity, were 
Samson, born 1713; Catharine, born 17 16, and Catalina, born 17 19. His will, made 
May 9, 1721, was proved December 9, 1755, on the oath of Henry Riker, one of the 
witnesses. On April 30, 1753, the widow, with Catharine and Catalina, the surviving 
children, the last unmarried, and Catharine, then the wife of Thomas Moore, weaver, 
sold property of Matthew Benson to Charles Johnson, schoolmaster. But it would 
appear that Samson married, 1735, Jannetie A\nent, and had issue: Matthew, born 
1741; Jonathan, born 1744; Lucas, born 1746; Cornelius, born 1748. 

Plarman Benson, carpenter, born 1681, married, 1702, Aeltie, daughter of Victor 
Bicker, and surviving her six years, died October 7, 1743. Their children were 
Catharine, born 1703, who married John Leake; Claesie, also called Cloe, born 1705, 
married David Scott and John Van Ternhem; Samson, born 1707; Catalina, born 
1711, married John Walker; Victor, born 1714; Annetie, born 1716, married John 
Man; and Harmanus, born 17 19, who married, 1742, Judith Castang. 

Samson Benson, cooper, born 1684, married, 1710, Maria, daughter of Abraham 
Bokee, and died November 29, 1732. His children, except three that died early, 
were Abraham, born 1712, living, 1763, married Anna Tilly, 1739, and had a family; 
Samson, born 1714, was a mariner, married Elizabeth Williams, 1737, had a son, 
Samson, born 1739, etc.; his widow was appointed administratrix June i, 1743; 
Catharine, born 1715, married James Taylor; and John, born 1725, who died before 
1763, leaving his property, by will dated July 2, 1754, to his brother Abraham and 
sister Catherine. 

Henricus Benson, potter, born 1698, married, 1722, Catherine, daughter of Gerrit 
Van Laer. He died October 27, 1742. Three children named Gerrit, who died in in- 
fancy, besides which he had Tryntie, born 1722; Henricus, born 1726; Samson, born 
1729, and Derick, born 1737- On December 29, 1737, Henricus sold a house and lot 
in Smith street, deeded him February 24, 1727, by his father. We trace his children 
no further. 

Robert Benson, born 1686, married, 1708, Cornelia, daughter of Johannes Roos, 
but died in 171 5, and the next year his widow married Anthony Rutgers. Benson had 
children, Elizabeth, born 1708, who married Harmanus Rutgers, 1729; Tryntie, born 
1710, died young; Tryntie, born 1712, married Col. Martinus Hoffman, 1733; and 
Robert, born 1715, died 1762, who was 31 brewer, married, 1738, Catharine, daughter 
of Egbert Van Borsum, became wealthy, and served in the Common Council from 
1740 to 1754. He was father of Robert Benson, born October 30, 1739, died Feb- 
ruary 25, 1823, assistant alderman 1766-68, aid-de-camp to Governor George Clinton, 
in the Revolution, clerk of the State Senate, and later clerk of the New York Common 
Council; also of Captain Henry Benson, born November 17, 1741, died unmarried 
August, 1823; and of late Judge Egbert Benson, born June 21, 1746', died unmarried 
August 24, 1833. Robert, last named, was the father of Honorable Egbert Benson 
of New York, and later of New Utrecht, and his sister Maria, who married Judge 
Leffert Lefferts, and was the mother of Mrs. J. Carson Brevoort. 



BENSON FAMILY. 429 

his brother-in-law, Van Hoesen, also quitting Albany, had settled 
as a farmer and innkeeper at the Indian Sappokaniken, just 
without the city on the North River side; otherwise called by 
the Dutch New Nordwyck, and also from Gerrit Bas, a proprie- 
tor there, Bassen Bouwery, a contraction of "Bas syn bouwery." 
It has since been known as Greenwich Village. At this place 
lived the Mandevilles, the Van Schaicks, etc., and here Jacob 
Cornelissen Stille (see Woertendyk and Somerindyk) had an 
improved farm of 100 acres which Johannes Benson bought De- 
cember 6, 1699, for 2000 guilders. Hither Benson soon removed, 
having agreed, November 12, 1701, to sell his house and lot at 
Harlem (for which he had obtained a deed March 15 preceding), 
to his eldest son Samson, now married to a daughter of Adolph 
Meyer. With it Samson bought "a negro, with a plough, and 
iron-work for a wagon, as also 37 schepels of seed rye and wheat," 
all for_ii30, which he had till May, 1705, to pay for, and then 
to receive his deed. 

After several years at the Bessen Bouwery, Captain Benson 
bought the farm of Jan Louwe Bogert, September 21, 1706, and 
the next spring returned to Harlem to spend the rest of his days. 
In the divisions of 171 2 he drew his proportion of land, for which 
see Appendix J. He added otherwise to his acres, which num- 
bered 182 in 1715. Captain Benson died this year; his widow, 
Elizabeth van Deusen, surviving till 1746. She was the daughter 
of Teuwes (Matthew) van Deusen, of Albany, where she was 
married July 26, 1676. 

Children of Johannes Benson and Elizabeth 
Van Deusen. 

2. Samson, born October 15, 1680, at Albany, N. Y., married, 

July 26, 1699, Maria Meyer. 

3. Helena, born October 8, 1682, married Lawrence Kortright, 

October 22, 1703, and had two children. 

4. Derick, born February 28, 1686, married, October 16, 1707. 

Jannetie Vandewater, and in 17 11, Catalina, daughter 
of Abraham Bokee. 

5. Catalina, born August 24, 1688, married Jacob Sammon, 

May 17, 1706, had twelve children. 

6. Rachel, born August 29, 1690, married Johannes Cowen- 

hoven, of Bergen County, N. J., May 7, 1707, had nine 
children. 

7. Matthew, born January 5, 1693, married, December 12, 1716, 

Elizabeth, daughter of Arent Bussing, and on December 
9, 1727, Hannah, daughter of John Edsall, and widow 
of Gerrit De Groot. 

8. Catharine, born August 27, 1695, married Abraham Dela- 



430 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

mater, February 21, 17 18, had four children. (See Dela- 
mater. ) 
9. Marritie, born April 26, 1699, married Ryck Lydecker, of 
Bergen County, N. J., April 19, 1718, had eleven children. 

10. Johannes, Jr., or Joanni, as he wrote his name, born May 29, 

1701, married May 2, 1724, Elizabeth, daughter of Ger- 
rit Lydecker, of Bergen County, N. J. 
loa. Benjamin, born March 14, 1704. 

Samson (2), (son of Johannes), with his wife and a negro 
servant, began life in his own house at Harlem village, which 
he purchased from his father. On January 23, 1706, he bought 
from Zachariah Sickels part of the Brevoort property, being No. i 
of the New Lots, and two erven on the east side of his own, and 
adjoining the cross street on which were the church and the 
church yard. On making a larger purchase he sold Lot i to his 
brother Derick, from whom it passed in 17 12 to Johannes Meyer. 
In 171 1 Samson bought the property of Daniel Tourneur, Jr., 
deceased, embracing the farm on Montanye's Flat, and lot No. 
2 in the Division of 1691, the first of which he sold soon after 
to Metje Cornelis (reserving the Morgen rights), and in 171 5 
he sold lot No. 2 to Adolph Meyer. For his own drafts, in 1712, 
see Appendix J. On March 28, 1721, by buying out the widow 
and co-heirs, Samson became owner of the paternal farm at the 
Point, and the lots drawn by his father in the Four Divisions ; 
his brother Derick, by an arrangement already noticed, taking 
other of his father's lands. 

On May 4, 1721, he exchanged land with Barent Waldron 
for lot No. 6, First Division, lying between his farm and the high- 
way, and by a decision of the Supreme Court, of November 29, 
1723, was quitted in his title to his drafted lands. (See account 
of Abraham Delamontanie.) Lot No. 6 lay mostly within the 
64 acres (erroneously called 80) which Benjamin Benson con- 
veyed to his brother Adolph, in 1743, and which descended to 
Adolph's son, Lawrence Benson. For notice of Samson's grant 
of the Mill Camp, and the erection of a mill, etc., see Appendix F. 
This mill stood on the south side of the creek, and had two run 
of stones, only some eighteen inches in diameter. While build- 
ing it, in 1740, Samson Benson died. 

His children were : 

11. Johannes, born February 4, 1700, married Tanneke, daugh- 

ter of Samuel Waldron, September 17, 1722. 

12. Adolph, born January 8, 1703, was made constable in 1732, 

soon after his marriage with Eve, daughter of Lawrence 
Kortright. He married second, on September 28, 1768, 
Martha Van Dyck. 

13. Benjamin, born October 3, 1705, married Susannah, daughter 

of Peter Bussing-. 



BENSON FAMILY. 431 

14. Elizabeth, born October 13, 1707, married Johannes Waldron, 

Jr., December 10, 1719, and had two children. (See 
Waldron.) She married second, John Romer. 

15. Mary, born July 4, 1709, married Samson Pelts, of New York, 

January 22, 1725, and had five children. 

16. Catharine, married Captain Luke Shourd,* January 2, 1728, 

and had one child. She married second, Capt. Daniel 
McGown, in 1740, and had one child. 

17. Daniel, born August 10, 1714. 

18. Helena, born November 5, 1716, married Peter Bussing, of 

Fordham, April 5, 1740. 

19. Anne, born March 25, 1720, married John Odell, of Fordham, 

and had three children. 

20. Catalina, born May 5, 1725, married Jacob Dyckman, Jr., of 

Kingsbridge, about 1742, and had ten children. 

Derick (4), (son of Johannes), in 1715, owned 57 acres of 
land, which included the old Resolved Waldron farm on Van 
Keulen's Hook, bought, 17 14, from John Van Horn, and since 
known as the Bogert or Morris Randell farm. He got an in- 
crease of 40 acres at the settlement of his father's estate, in 1721 ; 
by releasing to Samson the parts of the lots in the First, Second 
and Fourth Divisions drawn Avith him in 1712 (see Appendix J), 
and taking No. 4, Second Division ; No. 4, Third Division ; No. 6, 
Third Division, and No. 2, Fourth Division. Of these he sold, 
in 1724, the first and last to Johannes Meyer, and 3^^ acres of 
No. 6 to John Lewis. The last named passed, in 1726, to the 
Kortrights, later to Peter Waldron, and from him, May 5, 1768, 
to John Bogert, Jr. In 1731 Derick bought Nos. 19, 20, Van 
Keulen's Hook, from Grietie Kortright. Thus his estate stood 
till his death in 1751. Derick was several times constable of the 
Harlem division of the Out Ward, and was named as collector, 
in Montgomery's Charter, 1731. 

His children were : 

* Luke Sioerts, also called Shourd, was a "mariner," as were others of his race, 
at a later day. The name is evidently derived from the Swedish Christian name Shute. 
The ancestor, Sioert Olfertsen, emigrated from Heerenven, a large village eighteen 
miles southeast of Leuwarden, and for its beauty called the Priesland Hague. He 
sailed from x^msterdam September 27, 1663, in the ship Statyn, and with him his 
wife, Itie Roelofs, their child, Olfert, and servant, Foppe Johannes. In the same 
vessel came Minne Johannes, also from Friesland, whose descendants in Rockland 
County have borne the name of Minne or Manny. Sioert was a mason, and hence 
usually called Sioert de metselaer. He and wife joined the church in New York 
August 24, 1 67 1, at the first communion under Dominie Nieuwenhuysen. He was 
assistant alderman in 1688 and 1689. He married, secondly, in 1697, Heyltie Pieters, 
widow of Cornells Clopper, and again, in 1701, Janneke Snediker. He died in 1702, 
leaving all his property to his son Olfert. His daughter, Maria, born 1664, married 
Johannes Clopper. Olfert Sioerts, as called, born at Heerenveen, in 1661, took his 
father's trade, a bricklayer, but abandoned it for the sea. He married, in 1682, 
Margaret, daughter of Cornells Clopper, and, in 1703, Hillegond, daughter of Skipper 
Ivucas Andriessen. Captain Sioerts died in New York in 17 10. His children that 
reached maturity were Mary, born 1686, Heyltie, born 1688; Sioert, born 1691; 
Aeltie, born 1695; Johannes, born 1701; Luke, born 1704, and Cornelius, born 1707. 
Heyltie married Johannes Roosevelt, and has many descendants. Luke married 
Catharine Benson, January 6, 1728, but within five years left her a widow. Some of 
this family removed to Rockland County long prior to the Revolution. 



432 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

21. Elizabeth, who married Abraham Ly decker, November 26, 

1732. 

22. Tamieke, baptized December 2, 1715. 

23. Helena, baptized August 6, 1718, married Peter Banta, April 

5, 1740, and had seven children. 

24. Catalina, baptized July 20, 1720, married Dr. Josiah Pater- 

son,* and • had nine children. 

25. Maria, baptized August 14, 1723, died April 5, 1754. 

26. John, married May 18, 1747, Marritie Lydecker, of Hacken- 

sack, N. J., and came to own his father's lands at Har- 
lem. He sold the farm aforesaid, March 12, 1766, to 
John Bogert, Jr., and, I believe, removed to Bergen 
County, N. J. John was the father of Cattelyntie, who 
was baptized May 6, 1750. 

Matthew (7), (son of Johannes), was by trade a cooper. 
In 1 7 16 he bought 30 acres of land at Harlem from his brother- 
in-law, Lawrence Kortright; sold it, in 1719, to John Delamater; 
in 1724 bought 66 acres from his brother Samson, being lots 2 
and 18 in Second Division. These he sold, in 1730, to Nicholas 
Kortright, and went to Bergen County, N. J., he and his wife 
uniting with the church at Hackensack, May 29, 1731, by cer- 
tificate from Harlem. Matthew was afterward a "vintner" in 
New York, owning a house and lot in Dey Street, where he died, 
leaving children : 

27. Gerrit, baptized October 15, 1728, died, unmarried, 1758, 

aged 30 years. 

28. Benjamin, born February 13, 1732, married Catherine De- 

ronda, April 30, 1756, died August 5, 1779. Succeeded 
to the property in Dey Street, New York City, which he 
owned in 1773, when he resided on a farm at Haver- 
straw, N. Y. 

29. Samuel, of New York, house carpenter, married Ann Steel, 

December 23, 1759. 

30. Charity, baptized January 26, 1735, married William Sloe, 

July 27, 1755. 

* Josiah Paterson, of New York, "surgeon," bought the property of John Lewis, 
at Harlem, in 1748. Besides the house and lot named in note it embraces two others 
in the village, with eleven acres of woodland in second, third and fourth divisions. 
Dr. Paterson was probably the son of John Paterson, of New York, "surgeon," who 
bought land at the Fly, March 25, 1709- Josiah owned property in Queen street 
and in Crown street. His widow, etc., sold the latter to Gualterus Du Bois, in 1767. 
He also owned "part of Leonard Lewis' right" in the Great Patent in Ulster County, 
New York. He disposed of his property at Harlem, after holding it ten years. 
Dr. Paterson was admitted a freeman in New York in 1750, and there he died, 
October 23, 1766, leaving by his wife, said Catalina Benson, children, John, Richard, 
Josiah, Abraham, Elizabeth, Ann and Mary. John became a merchant in Dutchess 
County, and, I believe, married Catherine, daughter of Robert Livingston, pro- 
prietor of the Manor of Livingston, and was a justice of the peace, at the Manor, in 
the time of the Revolution. Colonel Peter R. Livingston, who owned the Judah 
place (see page 172), was a brother of Mrs. John Paterson. (See Doc. Hist. N. Y. 
8 vo., iv., 448.) 



BENSON FAMILY. 433 

Johannes (lo), (son of Johannes). On June 26, 1724, he 
bought from his brother Samson, Lot 12, in First Division, which 
their father had drawn. On February 19th ensuing he also 
bought from Samson two other parcels of land, in First and 
Second Divisions, as hereafter further designated, which gave 
him in all 60 acres. He and his wife conveyed these lands to 
Peter Bussing, March 14, 1733. That same spring they removed 
to Bergen County, N. J., and on June 3, joined the church at 
Hackensack, by certificate from Harlem. 

Their children were : ' : 

31. Elizabeth, born October 23, 1725, married Hendrick J. Banta, 

July 16, 1743, and had five children. 

32. Gerrit, born October 3, 1727, married Eva Berdan, February 

9' 1754- 

33. Johannes, born January 29, 1730, married P^ebecca Demarest. 

34. Cornelius, born March 17, 1832, married Cornelia Debaun, 

October 16, 1756, had eight children. 

35. Catrina, born June 29, 1734, married Isaac Lameter, January 

II, 1756. 

36. Matthew, born November 19, 1736, married Marytje ? 

and had issue: Hannes (Johannes), born September 28, 
1760; Albert, baptized February 12, 1764; Samuel, bap- 
tized January 28, 1776; John and Dirck, twins, baptized 
March 13, 1779. 

Johannes Benson (11), (son of Samson), was the third 
of the name in the order of descent ; but being a year older 
than his uncle Joanni, was designated as "de oudste,'' the eld- 
est. The year after his marriage, pursuant to a town custom, he 
was made constable. In 1727 he bought Theunis Delamontanie's 
place in the village, being three acres, the upper half of No. 4, 
V'an Keulen's Hook, near to which Benson lived ; adding, in 1742, 
the adjoining Peto lot, one acre. See Appendix F. In 1733 he 
bought 31 acres from Nicholas Kortright, 6 of which were off the 
north side of lot No. 17, 3d Division, and 25 acres lay on the west 
side of the Harlem and Kingsbridge Road, and included the 
Ronde Gebergte, or Mount Morris (see p. 122), being lot No. 5, 
First Division ; both lots having descended to Kortright from his 
grandmother, Metje Cornells, for whom they were originally laid 
out. The last, as enlarged by a strip of land taken off the high- 
way in 1744 (when the latter was narrowed to a width of three 
rods) and sold to Johannes Benson by the town. May n, 1747, 
for £10, came to form part of a title hitherto but imperfectly 
understood. Johannes Benson was serving as deacon at Harlem, 
August 30, 1753, but Avas probably dead November 27, 1756, 
when his lands in 3d Division were in possession of and sold by 
his brother Adolph. On February 21, 1773, his widow Tanneke 



434 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

made her will, which was proved May 25, 1778, in Dutchess 
County, whither she had gone with her nephews, the Waldrons of 
Hoorn's Hook, and other kinsfolk, at the opening of the Revolu- 
tion. Johannes Benson's 4 acres on Van Keulen's Hook were 
bought by his brother Benjamin (in possession in 1766), and his 
other lands by his brother Adolph. 
His children were: 

37. Elizabeth, born July i, 1726. 

38. Adolph, born April 22, 1728, died in infancy. 

39. George, born November 21, 1730. 

40. Maria, born July 15, 1733, died in infancy. 

41. Samuel, born February 25, 1736. 

42. Jannettie, born April 5, 1738, died in infancy. 

43. John Henry, born November 17, 1741, married Rachel Brun- 

ston (or Bollston), June 5, 1762. Had seven children. 

Adolph Benson, son of Samson. He bought his first land in 
1737, from his brother-in-law, John Delamater, being 30 acres to 
the south of lot No. i (of 1691), said tract having been purchased 
from the town in 17 12 by Benson's father-in-law, Kortright, who 
sold it in 171 5 to Matthew Benson, and he in 1719 to said Dela- 
mater. It was the nucleus of the large farm of 90 acres, lying cen- 
tral of Harlem plains, and known in our day as the Samson A. Ben- 
son or Race Course Tract ; its title indisputable, but its origin hith- 
erto an enigma to the professional conveyancer. The farm con- 
tained two other parcels. One of these embraced the land lying be- 
tween the 30 acres aforesaid and the old Kingsbridge Road, (con- 
tents not given), for which Adolph agreed with the town, in 1747, 
for £50; this sale being confirmed May 30, 1753, by an award of 
arbitrators, touching the disposal of this and other parcels of the 
common land, pursuant to which the price, with six years' interest, 
was paid, and the title secured. The other was the adjoining 
25-acre tract of his brother Johannes (No. 5, ist Division), as 
enlarged on the northeast and east by the strip from off the road, 
purchased by Johannes from the town as aforesaid ; of which lot 
Adolph also became the owner. 

Adolph also acquired the 6 acres of lot 17, 3d Division, which 
his brother Johannes bought of Nicholas Kortright, and lot 18, 
3d Division, 5 a. 3 q. 2 r., originally of his grandfather, Captain 
Johannes Benson, both which, making 11 a. 3 q. 2 r., he sold on 
November 27, 1756, to Jacob Rapelje. This formed part of the 
late Dyckman Fort George tract. He died in his 99th year, April 
30, 1802, in his old homestead, which stood till 1854 on the line 
of I22d Street, one hundred feet or more east of Seventh Avenue, 
and on his first purchase. 



BENSON FAMILY. 435 

AdoIvPH (12), (son of Samson), had issue: 

44. Sampson (also called Samuel), born 1733, married on March 

3, 1763, Rebecca, daughter of John Dykman. 

45. Lawrence, married October 25, 1765, his cousin, Mary, daugh- 

ter of Benjamin Benson. 

Benjamin Benson (13), (son of Samson), has been men- 
tioned as the next owner of the homestead or Point farm, and 
mill, and as having purchased the Mill Camp and adjacent lots, 
together forming the large Benson farm north of the Creek. 
In 1748 he received 35 acres (with 2 erven, we believe those 
originally Slot's) from the estate of his grandfather, Meyer. 
See Appendix F. For another purchase see Appendix G. On 
May I, 1770, he gave his son, Samson, a deed for 20 acres, off the 
south side of the homestead, bounded by the river, the land of 
William Waldron, and the commons, but twenty years later, viz., 
on May 2, 1791, conveyed him the entire farm; having on April 
2 preceding given his other son, Peter, a deed for the farm north 
of the Mill Creek, including the mill-pond and stream, and the 
mill which Benjamin had recently built. He now bought the 
homestead farm of John Bogert, Jr., deceased, by deed of May 9, 
10, 1 79 1, and removed thither, but died the following year. Main- 
ly by his instrumentality in securing funds was the new church 
erected at Harlem, in 1788. 

The homestead, and other lands of Samson Benson, were sold 
by deeds of September 23, 1740, and January 28, 1743, to his 
son Benjamin, who the next day, after the last deed was given, 
conveyed the 64 (called 80) acres of the homestead before noticed 
(its western part), to his brother, Adolph, with lot No. 18, Fourth 
Division (the latter reconveyed to Benjamin) ; Johannes at the 
same time getting the 5 acres 3 q. 2-rod lot, being No. 18, Third 
Division. Benjamin took the mill and his father's rights in the 
Mill Camp, obtaining a full title for the latter from the town 
in 1753. With additions, it became that since known as the 
Peter Benson farm. The old mill south of the creek being burned 
during the Revolution, while the British had possession and the 
Bensons were in exile, Benjamin built a new mill on this farm, 
on the north bank of the creek, which remained till the construc- 
tion of the Harlem Canal, when it was taken down. See Appen- 
dix F. 

Benjamin (13), (son of Samson), had issue: 

46. Samson, "Jr-"i born September 13, 1736, married December 

6, 1762, Mary, daughter of John Sickels. 

47. Peter, married Hannah, daughter of John Horn, of the 

Bloomingdale Road, who after his death, in 1802, mar- 



436 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

ried Rev. John F. Jackson,* then pastor of the church 
at Harlem. 

48. Mary, who married Lawrence Benson, October 25, 1765, had 

three children. 

49. Rebecca, who married September 9, 1765, Matthias Vreden- 

burgh (whose son Benjamin married Eve Benson). 

50. Susannah, who married Benjamin Lightbourn. Their daugh- 

ter, Maria, married Edward Elting, of New York. 

51. Ehzabeth, who died unmarried in 1795. 

Be;njamin (28), (son op Matthe^w), had issuk: 

52. Joana, born February 10, 1757. 

53. Catherine, born April 3, 1759, married John Harris, had one 

child. 

54. Charity, born September 14, 1761. 

55. Matthew, born April 27, 1764, married Johanna Davis, and 

died October 22,, 1843. 

56. Henry, born September 3, 1766, died single, 1782. 

57. Benjamin, Jr., born December 6, 1768, married Ehzabeth 

Craig, 1790, died February 25, 1823. 

58. Jacob, born March 15, 1771. 

59. Maria, born July 31, 1773, married Silas Davis, February 

24, 1794. Both of Haverstraw, N. Y. 

60. William, born October 3, 1776, married Hannah Fils, May 

27, 1794. 

61. Abraham, born January 28, 1780, married first, Esther Jarvis, 

May 16, 1802 ; second, Grissel Burr, May 6, 1804, and 
third, Finette Edwards, June 30, 1831. 

Gdrrit (32), (son op Johannes), had issue: 

62. Elizabeth, born April 6, 1755. 

63. Maria, baptized June 26, 1757. 

64. Johannes, baptized October 14, 1759, married Mary Lydecker, 

January 29, 1781, died May 8, 1828. 

65. Jannetie, born 1761, married William Lozier, had one child. 

66. Kattelynte, born 1764. 

Johannes {'^z), (son oP Johannes), had issue: 

67. Elizabeth, born October 3, 1754, married Dirck S. Banta, 

and had five children. 

68. Anna, born March 29, 1757. 

* Rev. John Frelinghuysen Jackson was a son of the Rev. William Jackson, 
whose father, Patrick Jackson, was a son of William Jackson, from Edinburgh, Scot- 
land, a zealous Presbyterian, who came out to East Jersey, in 1685, with George Scot, 
Ivaird of Pitlochie, and settled in New York, where he married, 1694, Anna, daughter 
of Dr. Hartman Wessels. Rev. John F. Jackson and the widow Benson were married 
February 2, 1804. He built and occupied till his death, which occurred March 26, 
1836, in his 68th year, the stately frame house on 114th street, between Second and 
Third avenues, now the residence of his son, Dr. William H. Jackson. 



BENSON FAMILY. 437 

69. John, born June 29, 1759. 

70. Lana, born May 19, 1762. 

71. David, born October 17, 1765, married Elizabeth Van 

Houten, January 21, 1792. 

72. Catelina, born November 10, 1767. 

73. Gerritt, born March 20, 1770, married Maria Van Vranken, 

1797, died 1861. 

74. Daniel, born December 8, 1771, married Rachel D. Doremus, 

November 11, 1795. 

Cornelius (34), (son 01^ Johannes), had issue: 

75. Elizabeth, born January 9, 1762, married Edward Smith, 

June 3, 1787, and had four children. 
^6. Yannetie (Jane), born April 29, 1757, died single. 
yy. Johannes, born February 20, 1758. 

78. Carel, born July 30, 1764, married Hilletje Van Der Bilt, 

April 19, 1787. 

79. Petrus, born October 4, 1766, married Geya Demarest, Octo- 

ber II, 1795. 

80. Margrietje, born February 24, 1769, married Jonas Green, 

January 12, 1795, and had five children. 

81. Catelyntye, born November 1771, married John Smith, May 

9, 1794. Both of Clarkstown, N. Y. 

82. Marya (Maria), born April 22, 1774, married William P. 

Felter, December 22, 1804, and had three children. 

83. Cornelius, baptized March 11, 1777, died single. 

John Henry (43), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

84. Betsy, born October 3, 1762, died, unmarried, 1800. 

85. John, born December 25, 1764. 

86. Stephen, born December 18, 1766, married Anna Trippe, 

December 29, 1791. 

87. Daniel, born February 4, 1769. 

88. George, born September 17, 1772. 

89. Jane, born June 8, 1774. 

90. Rachel, born April 25, 1776. 

Samson (44), also called Samuel, (Son of Adolph), suc- 
ceeded to his father's lands under his will, dated August 2, 1795. 
In 1776 Captain Benson, with his Harlem company, rendered 
important service in standing guard and carrying out the orders 
of the convention while it met at Harlem, and till forced to 
retire before the enemy. His father and brother, Lawrence, re- 
mained at Harlem. Samson died on the Race Course farm at 
an extreme age, November 22, 1825. Under his will, made 
April 28, 1823, the said farm passed to his grandson, Samson 
Adolphus Benson, while to his other heirs he gave that other 



438 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

tract of 45 acres 3 q. 22 rods, which Samson bought, May 6, 
1787, from the estate of Aaron Bussing, and further described 
in Appendix J, in notice of First Division. Mount Morris Park, 
20 173-1000 acres, was taken from the Race Course farm, by the 
city, September 4, 1839. 

Samson (44) had issue : 

91. John, born May 9, 1778, married April 28, 1820, Maria, 

daughter of Dr. Milledoler. 

92. Susan S., who died, unmarried, 1825. 

93. Eve, who married Benjamin Vredenburgh. 

94. Jane, who married Aaron Bussing, August 18, 1891, and 

had five children. 

Lawrence (45), (son of Adolph), with his wife, he obtained 
the four-acre plot on Van Keulen's Hook, late of his uncle, 
Johannes, and the house still standing, venerable and sole relic 
of old Harlem village, and now occupied by Mr. Cowperthwait 
(1881). His father conveyed to him, March 10, 1781, the so- 
called eighty-acre tract set off to him from the Point farm, by 
deed of January 29, 1743. As Adolph, in 1748, had become the 
owner of the ten acres as estimated, west of the highway (lot 23 
of 1691), originally granted to Abraham Delamontanie, possibly 
this tract also passed to Lawrence under that deed, and with 
which it may have grown to eighty acres. Lawrence also bought, 
April 26, 1785, from the heirs of John Bogert, the forty-two acres, 
since known as the Lawrence Benson homestead (see Appendix 
E), on which he thereafter lived till his death in 1822. 

. Lawre;nce; (45) had issue:: 

95. Adolph, who died unmarried. 

96. Benjamin L., who died in 1852. 

97. Susannah L., who married Rev. Philip Milledoler, D. D. 

Samson, "Ji"-" (46), (son of Benjamin). He succeeded to 
the ancestral farm, as before stated, on which he lived until his 
death, January 31, 1821. From a weakness of the eyes he was 
familiarly called "Crying Sam." His widow died, aged 90 
years, November 14, 1835, when the farm fell to their daughter, 
Mrs. Margaret McGown, the only child then living. 

Samson (46) had issue: 

98. Margaret, born March 10, 1766, died May 25, 185 1, married 

November 21, 1784, Andrew McGown, son of Captain 
Daniel McGown, already named in this article. Had 
four children. 



BENSON FAMILY. 439 

99. Benjamin, bora June 21, 1770, married Eliza, daughter of 

Xavier Gautro, and died April 15, 181 5. No issue. 

Said Captain McGown, a shipmaster of New York, mar- 
ried Mrs. Shourd, in 1740, after her widowhood of ten years. 
He owned a residence in the village, on the north side of the 
Church Lane, and adjoining westerly on Petrus Waldron, which 
had once belonged to Dominie Zyperus. (See note, page 410.) 
It was a one-morgen lot, like others in this range, but having 
been divided, and each part built upon, was called two lots. 
McGown sold the whole, June i, 1758, to John Livingston, and 
it has since made a part of the Brady plot. (See note, page 
172*.) Captain McGown was lost at sea some years before the 
Revolution, and his widow soon after bought from Jacob Dyck- 
man, Jr., a few acres on the hill back of the old Benson farm, 
at what became known as McGown' s Pass, where she and her 
son, Andrew, kept a public house (in part the identical building 
in Central Park since known as Stetson's Hotel), her house being 
a favorite resort, before and during the war, of gentlemen coming 
from the city with their hounds to indulge in the sport of fox- 
hunting. Mr. Andrew McGown, who died October 16, 1820, 
aged 78 years, was the father of the late Major Andrew McGown, 
born 1786, died March 2, 1870, and of Alderman Samson B. Mc- 
Gown, born 1797, who still occupies the ancestral seat of the 
Bensons (1881). A few years since he removed the venerable 
stone farm-house, erected by his great-grandfather, Benjamin 
Benson, on the south shore of the Mill Pond, and built upon its 
site his present residence, io6th Street, south side, between Third 
and Fourth Avenues (1881). 

PeTER (47), (son of Be^NJAMIN), HAD ISSUE): 

100. Benjamin P., who married April 7, 1821, Mary Ann, daugh- 

ter of Jonathan Ferris, of Peekskill, N. Y. The dis- 
tinguished artist, Eugene Benson, now (1881) of Rome, 
Italy, is his son. 
loi. Wilhelmina, who married Dr. Peter Van Arsdale, of New 
York, whom she survived. 

' Matthe;w (55), (son op Benjamin), had issue: 

102. Nancy, born May 4, 1797, married Samson Marks, had five 
children, and died July 5, 1850. 

* John lyivingston, born 1714, died 1788, and whose country seat was at Harlem, 
from 1758 to 1780, was an eminent merchant of New York, the uncle of Colonel 
Peter R. Livingston, named in note on p. 432, and son of Philip Livingston, second 
proprietor of the Livingston Manor. John Livingston was an assistant alderman from 
1750 to 1755. He took a principal part in the proceedings for settling the division 
line of the New York and Harlem Commons, in the years 1772 to 1775. His wife 
was Catharine De Peyster. (See Holgate's Am. Gen.) 



440 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

103. William, born June 15, 1800, married Louise Waldron, 1830, 

died in 1876. 

104. George, born March 6, 1804, married Ann Hopper, July 2, 

1828, died January 28, 1868. 

105. Charles, born May 4, 1809, married Mary Elizabeth Wood, 

had three children (names not found), and died Decem- 
ber 6, i< 



Benjamin, Jr., (57), (son 0^ Benjamin), had issue: 

106. Mary. 

107. Catherine, born 1794, married Lewis Mather, September 2, 

1817. 

108. Gabriel Leggett, born September 14, 1796, married Abigail 

Mills, April 13, 1820, in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

109. Harriette Davis, born January 19, 1801, married Hardy B. 

Lane, October, 1817, and had twelve children. 
no. Benjamin Whitney (Col.), born in New York City in 1804, 
married first, Esther Foster, November 29, 1825, and 
second, Mary Kanouse Brison, February 18, 1857; died 
November 22, 1877. 

Abraham (61), (son oi'' Benjamin), had issue, by 

SECOND WIEE, GriSSEE BurR : 

111. Hevlyn, born April 29, 1805, married Emeline Davis. 

112. Esther Jarvis, born February 11, 1807, married Obediah 

Beardsley ; no issue. 

113. George Washington, born May 11, 1809. 

114. Catharin Abby, born March 4, 181 1, died, unmarried, Jan- 

uary II, 1891. 

115. Mary Burr, born March 11, 1813, married Nelson Brush, 

and had nine children. 

116. Susan Ann, born October 26, 1814, married John Ryker, 

October 12,- 1840, and had four children. 

117. Abraham, born August 16, 1816, married Julia ?, died 

October 23, 1855 ; no issue. 

118. Oliver Munroe, born August 10, 1818, died November 2, 

1819. 

119. Elizabeth Frances, born March 2, 1820, married George F. 

Grififen, and had five children. 

120. Emeline Maith, unmarried. 

121. Caroline Matilda, born December 28, 1823, married Elija 

T. Lewis, and had six children. 

Abraham (61), (son oe Benjamin), had issue 

BY third WIEE, FiNETTE EdwaRDS : 

122. Finette Edwards, born December 26, 1836, married John 

Nichols, November 19, 1863, and had five children. 



BENSON FAMILY. 44i 

Johannes (64), (son of Gerrit), had issue: 

123. Garret L, born August 11, 1783, married Margaret Brink- 

erhofif, November 19, 1805, died June 3, 1849. 

124. Elizabeth, who married Daniel Demarest. 

125. Effie, who married John Demarest. 

126. Rachel who married Tunis Banta. 

Gerritt (73), (son oe Johannes), had issue: 

127. John, born February 9, 1798. 

128. Richard Van Vranken,, born 1807, married Mary Ann 

Becker, November 25, 1841. He of Schenectady, N. Y., 
she of Albany, N. Y. ; had child named Albert N. 

Daniel (74), (son oe Johannes), had issue: 

129. Rebecca, who married Abraham Kierstead, and had four 

children. 

130. David, born April 17, 1798, married Catherine Pier, died 

October 30, 1870. 

131. John, born July 25, 1800, married Millie Helms. 

132. Jane, born September 13, 1802, married Robert Helms, 

December i, 1824. 

133. Garret, born February 9, 1805, died October 23, 1806. 

134. Cornelius, born May 12, 1807, married Catharine Shawgo, 

April 9, 1828, died September 25, 1875. 

135. Garret, born July 31, 1810, married CaroHne Taylor. 

136. Peter, born August 26, 1812, married Virginia Fox, died 

without issue. 

137. Samuel, born August 10, 1815, died November 5, 1815. 

Carel (78), (son oe Cornelius), had issue: 

138. John, born January 13, 1790, died single. 

139. Cornelius, born March 15, 1793, married 'Maria Vandeen, 

and had child, Maria Jane, baptized September 7, 1827. 

Petrus (79), (son oe Cornelius), had issue: 

140. Cornelia, born July 8, 1796, died 1798. 

141. Cornelius, born May 30, 1803, died 1804. 

142. Jane, born June 10, 1806, married James Iseman, January 

28, 1826. He of Kakiat, N. Y., she of Clarkstown, N. Y. 

143. Daniel, born April 19, 1814, married Hannah Eckerson, 

December 31, 1839, died November 24, 1895. He of 
Clarkstown, N. Y., she of Saddle River, N. J. 

144. Elizabeth, born October 4, 18 16, married John G. Vander- 

bilt, died October 27, 1887, and had four children. 

145. Cornelius, born January 23, 1820, died 1821. 

146. Catherine, born February 4, 1822, died 1823. 



442 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Stephen (86), (son of John Henry), had issue: 

147. Betsey, born June 2, 1792, married John Knobles. 

148. John, born April 20, 1794. 

149. George, born August 9, 1796. 

150. Rachel Ann, born May 5, 1799, died 1805. 

151. Henry, born September 13, 1802, married Sarah Thaire, 

February 2, 1828, died November 10, 1844, and had seven 
children. 

John (97), (son of Samson), was named as an executor of 
his grandfather, Adolph Benson. He died shortly before his 
father, leaving child: 

152. Samson Adolphus, born September, 1821, who married, June 

7, 1848, Louise Aman, of Fishkill. N. Y., where he died 
August 6, 1 85 1. 

Benjamin L. (96), (son of Lawrence), had issue: 

153. Benjamin L. 

154. Lawrence A., who, empowered by the Court of Common 

Pleas, May 19, 1875, changed his name to George Gar- 
dener Grennell. 

WiLUAM (103), (son of Matthew), had issue: 

155. Mary Anna, born June 27, 183 1, married WilHam Rose 

Osborne, December 9, 1858, had four children, and died 
April ^^ 1900. 

156. Sarah Jane, born June 13, 1837, married David Gamer, 

March 2, 1899, and had three children. 

157. Henrietta, born June 29, 1840. married Martin Van B. 

Brooks, May 25, 1858, died April 21, 1888, and had nine 
children. 

158. Adeline, who married Samuel Brooks, deceased. 

159. Matthew, born July 4, 1833, married Emalyne Spader, de- 

ceased. 

160. Caroline, born December 16, 1837, married Isaac De Baun, 

and had one child. 

161. William, Jr., born August 20, 1841, married Mary Palmer, 

September 2, 1866. 

George (104), (son of Matthew), had issue: 

162. Johanna, born March 7, 1826, married Nelson Blauvelt, June 

29, 1848, died August 20, 1899, and had one child. 

163. Martha M., born January 27, 1828, married Samuel Cos- 

grove, February 2, 1848, died April 10, 1885, and had 
three children. 

164. Almira, born February 2^, 1830, married Stephen De Clark, 

October 17, 1849, ^^^ had one child 



BENSON FAMILY. 443 

165. Elizabeth D., born February 22, 1832, married Joseph 

Demarest, October 2"/, 1851, had two children, and died 
April 30, 1903. 

166. Emily A., born May 23, 1834, married James A. Barnes, 

January 16, 1856, had five children, and died January 
5, 1889. 

167. Ann M., born June 27, 1836, married Abram B. Jersey, 

March 28, 1859, and had two children. 

168. George W., born October 29, 1838, married Elizabeth De 

La Montanye, November 20, 1862, and died September 
26, 1896. 

169. Henry Clay, born January 6, 1841, died January 12, 1841. 

170. William Seward, born June 9, 1843, died June 28, 1854. 

171. Emma Louise, born July 30, 1847, married John Derbyshire, 

June 5, 1901. 

Colonel Benjamin Whitney (no), (son of Benjamin, Jr.), 
was founder of the American Bank Note Company, was first 
Chief of Police under Mayor Harper, in New York City, being 
also prominently identified with the old John Street Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and was actively interested in the business, 
municipal and religious career of old New York. 

He had issue, by his second wife, Mary Kanouse Brison, viz. : 

172. Mary Elizabeth, born at Milburn, N. J., January 13, 1859, 

married her cousin, James Frontier Ives, September 28, 
1880, had one child, and died June 17, 1892. 

173. Benjamin Lane, born June 7, i860, died single, December 

28, 1876. 

174. Emilie, born April 18, 1862, married St. Blouton C. Walsh, 

of the United States Army, October 2, 1885, and had 
two children. 

Hevlyn (hi), (son 01? Abraham), had issue: 

175. Silas, who had three children, namely, Fred C, Arthur 

Davis, and Hevelyn Dirk, all single. 

176. Oliver, who died single. 

Garret I. (123), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

177. Jacob. 

178. Garret. 

179. Eliza. 

180. Maria. 

181. Catherine, born December 19, 1808, married Samuel Vander- 

beek, January 14, 1830, and had eight children; she de- 
ceased. 



444 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

David (130), (son of DanieIv), had issue: 

182. Daniel P., born January 18, 1825, married Catherine M. Fox, 

October 16, 1849; was father of Garry D., born May 
13, 1852, who married Laura E. Martin, September 9, 
1874. 

183. Sally Ann, born May 30, 1826, married John Babcock, July 

10, 1845, ai^d had three children. 

184. John D., born May 4, 1828, married Sarah Ann Fonda, 

October 30, 1853. 

185. Rachel Jane, born September 21, 1830, married Edwin 

Hitchcock, February 24, 1858, died November 23, 1858. 

186. Caroline Abigail, born" November 20, 1832, married Horace 

Hall, September 11, 1851. 

187. Rebecca Sophia, born September 19, 1835, married Chester 

D. Tuttle, September 26, 1854, and had one child. 

188. Ellen Arietta, born Novem.ber 15, 1838, married Edwin H. 

Hitchcock, September 4, i860. 

189. Mary Catherine, born April 8, 1841, married Lyman F. 

Weeden, May 6, 1863. 

190. Lydia Louisa, born May 11, 1844, married Frank F. 

Crooker, December 20, 1865, and had three children. 

Cornelius (134), (son oe Daniel), had issue: 

191. David, born January 15, 1829, married Mary Burtch, Sep- 

tember 25, 1851, died October 27, 1895. 

192. George, born November 4, 1830, married Elizabeth Hodges, 

September 12, 1853, died May 28, 1902. 

193. Daniel, born November 13, 1832, married Ella Loucke, 

April 16, 1878. 

194. Peter, born March 8, 1835, married Ella Mclntire, Feb- 

ruary 23, 1857. 

195. Perry, born May 31, 1837, married Hannah Stearns, Sep- 

tember 8, 1863, died November 19, 188 1. 

196. Doremus, born August i, 1840, married Jennie King, May 

I, 1878. 

197. Jane, born June 23, 1843, married E. White, February 10, 

1863. 

Daniel (143), (son oe Petrus), had issue: 

198. Matilda, born December 17, 1841, died October 19, 1847. 

199. Edwin, born May 27, 1843, married Rachel J. Van Blar- 

com, October 25, 1877, father of Clyde, who was born 
May 31, 1884. 

200. Almira, born August 9, 1844, died October 19, 1847. 

201. Alfred, born March 3, 1849, married Margaret Van Zandt, 

May 31, 1874, and second, Jane M. Vanderbilt, October 
6, 1887. 

202. Carrie, born November 29, i860. 



BENSON FAMILY. 445 

Henry (151), (son of Stephe^n and Anna 
[Trippe] Benson), had issue: 

203. Elizer, born April 9, 1830, married first, Sarah L. Curtis, 

August 30, 1852, and second, Mrs. Alice Davis. Had by 
first wife one child, Laura J., born May 30, 1853, who 
married James Harris, April 4, 1876, died January i, 
1900, and had one child. 

204. Mary, born September 20, 1832, married Lewis D. Knicker- 

bocker, 1855, died December 2, 1864. 

205. Laura, born January 8, 1834, married Everitt Knickerbocker, 

1862, died 1877, and had one child. 

206. Sally Ann, born August 22, 1838, died April 7, 1845. 

207. Stephen Henry, born November 21, 1840, married Hannah 

M. Smith, March 21, 1868, died April 14, 1900. 

208. Jane, born April 11, 1842, died unmarried, April 12, 1865. 

209. George W., born December 24, 1843, died single, 1899. 

Samson Adolphus (152), (son oe John), had issue: 

210. Maria Louisa, born September 15, 1849. 

211. Edward A., born January 2, 1851, married Georgiana 

Wharm, February 16, 1881. 

William (161), (son of William), had issue: 

212. Fidelia, born December 18, 1866, married Zana De Bevoise, 

had one child. 

213. Matthew Z., born February 13, 1868, died April 5, 1872. 

214. Elizabeth, born June 22, 1869, married William B. Ganson, 

March 27, 1892, and have two children. 

215. Alfred C, born August i, 1870, married Elizabeth Ryder, 

March 25, 1894, and have two children, namely, Percy 
and Anness. 

216. George S., born November 27, 1870, died August 5, 1877. 

217. Charles, born March 11, 1872, married Sarah Allinson, Sep- 

tember II, 1892; no issue. 

218. Reginald, born November i, 1873, married Alamie Wassy, 

July II, 1900, father of Helen P. 

219. Edwina DeB., born August 19, 1875, married Ira Demarest, 

December 15, 1897; no issue. 

220. William H., born May 21, 1878, single. 

221. Ethelbert, born September 2, 1880, married Mabel Felter, 

August 25, 1902, and have one child named Ethel. 

222. Ira Hedges, born June 9, 1883, married Alice Springstead, 

November 28, 1901, and have one child named Catherine. 

223. Amasa L., born January 24, 1885, died August 7, 1885. 

224. Kate E., born March 13, 1886, died December i, li 



446 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Grorgis W. (i68), (son of George), had issue: 

225. Lillian, born October 27, 1863, married John W. Heck, 

October 9, 1884, and had two children. 

226. Grace E., born November 10, 1864, unmarried. 

227. Frederick Seward, born June 14, 1867, married Caroline 

Anna Water, October 2, 1895; no issue. 

228. Georg-e, born September i, 1870. 

229. De La Montanye, born January 19, 1876. 

230. Harry M., born November 20, 1877. 

George (192), (son- oe Cornelius), had issue: 

231. Mina L., born January 28, 1855, unmarried. 

232. Frank G., born February 9, 1862, single. 

Perry (195), (son oe Cornelius), had issue: 
^33- Jennie L., born November 11, 1875, married Legrand 
Philips, July 19, 1898. 

234. Kittie B., born October 15, 1865, married John A. King, 

March 29, 1887, a"<^^ had three children. 

235. Burt P., born March i, 1872, married Emma J. Duffill, 

May 23, 1 90 1. 

236. William H., born October 7, 1868, married Myrtie Brown, 

September 20, 190 1. 

237. James A., born August 17, 1879. 

238. Clyde M., born August 25, 1870. 

Alered (201), (son oe Daniel), had issue: 

239. Ella, born December 5, 1875, died July 6, 1880. 

240. Clarence Everett, born March 3, 1880. 

241. Flora May, born May 29, 1878. 

Alfred (201) had one child by second wife, Jane M. Van- 
derbilt, named : 

242. Frank, who died in 1893. 

Stephen Henry (207), (son oe Henry), had issue: 

243. George B., born November 3, 1868, married Emma Ginder, 

April 29, 1887. 

244. Gertrude L., born June 12, 1870, married William Van der 

Poole, February 15, 1894. 

245. Alanson D., born October 17, 1871, married first, Mary 

Rynehart, February 14, 1891, and second, Bertha Honald, 
April 5, 1899. 

246. Sarah M., born August 31, 1873, married Albert H. Van- 

tine, April 17, 1892. 

247. Lillian J., born April 17, 1875, died single January 29, 1894. 

248. William F., born January 11, 1884, single. 



BENSON FAMILY. 447 

Edward A. (211), (son o:^ Samson AdoIvPhus), 
HAD issue: 

249. Philip Adolphus, born December 17, 1881. 

250. Helen Wharm, born February 6, 1883. 

251. Daniel Annan, born June 16, 1885. 

252. Margaret Annan, born October 23, 1887. 

253. Edward Adolphus, born June 8, 1889. 

254. Ralph, born December 17, 1891, died July 18, 1892. 

BOGERT. 

Jan Louwe Bogert, otherwise, from the place of his nativity, 
called Jan Louwe from Schoonderwoerd, claims a place among 
the patentees, for reasons given in the annexed note.* Many 
references to him will be found in the preceding pages. Having 
spent nine years at Bedford, Long Island, he came to Harlem, 
in 1672, as proprietor of the Montanye farm, the history of which, 
up to its purchase by Bogert, has also been given. He was chosen 
a magistrate in 1675, was re-elected in 1676, and on November 
30th of this year, with his wife, Cornelia Everts, was received 
at New York as a member of the Harlem church. In 1677 Bogert 
drew lot No. 6. on Hoorn's Hook, but sold it December 9, 1679, 
to Joost van Oblinus. He drew, in 1691, lot No. 25, adjoining 
his farm on the south side, and which in the deed from the town, 
March 21, 1701, is thus described: 

_ "There is set off for Jan Louwe Bogert, for the right of sixteen morgen 
ot land and an erf right; a piece of land lying in the bend of Hellgate, 
beginnnig from the southwest corner of the Hop Garden, by a birch tree, 
till to a white oak tree which stands by a small swamp {creiipclbosje), 
marked I L B and I D L; thence towards the River, past a rock marked 

* Peter Parmentier was one of the Mannheim refugees who came out in company 
with J an Louwe Bogert, in 1663, as heretofore noticed. He and his wife, Antoinette 
ierrin, bringing letters from Mannheim, were received to the Brooklyn church 
September 23, of that year. Parmentier and Bogert lived as neighbors at Bedford 
tor some years, and the former was one of the four named as trustees for the in- 
habitants at large, to whom the Indians, in 1670, sold lands in that vicinity Par- 
mentier became the owner of a farm and grist mill in Bushwick, where, in 167^ one 
other excepted he paid the largest tax on land and stock. Selling his farm to his 
only son, Michiel, he kept the mill and eight morgen of land, but ?hese he also con- 
veyed to Michiel some time after, and probably when he sold (May ^i i68d") cer- 
tain lots m Brooklyn to Jacques Lazillere. He soon came to Harlem and assuredly 
took bogert s place m Dongan's patent, for which there seems no accounting except 
°r. f Fl"^ °i ^ '^or'tract to buy Bogert's farm, whose milling facilities proi)ably 
attracted him. Nevertheless, no sale took place; Bogert kept the farm and Par^ 
mentier is not again named among the freeholders. He died at Kingston Ulster 
County m 1701 evidently m reduced circumstances as the church officers attended 
to his burial and the wants of his widow. 

xMichiel Parmentier sold his mill property in Bushwick, January 26, 1606 (owned 
soon after by John Mesurolle, Jr., and Charles Fountain), and on May 6 Tego 
bought from Sanders and Ilarmanse, land at "Wareskeech," in Dutchess County to 
which he removed. He was living there until 1714 at the age of 60. He married 
>.eeltie, daughter of John Damen, of Brooklyn, by whom he had issue. Peter, born 
1680, married Sarah Van Kleek, 1702, and Helena Vanden Bogert, 1714- Tohn born 
1682; Antoinette, born 1684, married Barent Van Kleek; Michael, born 1687. married 
Maria Titsoort 1717; Neeltie, born 1690, married Myndert Bogert; Damen born 
1694; Elizabeth, born 1699, and Johanna, born 1702. Damen and younger members 
of the family were still occupying the paternal lands in "Poughkeepsie Precinct "in 
1770, under the name Palmatier. ^ , in 



448 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

I L B and I D L, and so on to the beach, till to the end of a meadow 
north of a rocky hill; as it is at present fenced in." The initials (I for J) 
are those of Jan Louwe Bogert and Jan De Lamater. 

Bogert having spent 35 years at Harlem, sold his farm to 
Captain Johannes Benson, September 21, 1706, for £650, and the 
next spring removed to New York ; with his wife uniting with 
the church there by certificate from Harlem, on May 27, 1707. 

Jan Louwe Bogert (i) had issue: 

2. Peter, born 1656, at Leerdam, Holland, married Fytie 

(Sophia) Vlierboom, September 29, 1686, had nine chil- 
dren. 

3. Gysbert, born at Bedford, L. 1 . 1663, baptized September 30, 

1663, at Brooklyn, N. Y., married Annatie (Laurens) 
Jansen, of Harlem, had six children. 

4. Claes (Nicholas), born at Bedford, L. L, in 1668, married first 

• Belettie Van Schaick, June 28, 1695, had four children. 
He married second, Margaret (Consilyea) Van Tilburg, 
February 23, 1707, by whom he had nine children. He 
lived in New York, was a "baker and bolter," and died 
January 5, 1727. 

5. Johannes, baptized September 15, 1675, died young. 

6. Johannes, baptized August 16, 1679, married Claessie Van 

Schaick, June 16, 1700, but died without issue in 171 1. 

7. Elizabeth, who married Harmen Janse Knickerbocker before 

1688, had eight children. 

8. Catherine, who married Elbert Harmense (also known as 

Lieverse). 

9. Margaret, who married Pieter J. Haring, December 4, 1687, 

had twelve children. 
TO. Jenneke, who married Jooris (George) Holmes, July 8, 1704, 
had three children. 

11. Cornelia, who married Wouter (Pieterse) Quackenbos, of 

Albany, N. Y., on October 4, 1696, had five children, and 
died November 21, 1736. 

Peter Bogert (2) was born in 1656, in Leerdam, Holland; we 
presume the county, as it included Schoonrewoerd. He is also 
called in Harlem records, Peter Jan Louwe. He married, Septem- 
ber 29, 1686, Feytie, daughter of Matthys Vlierboom, of Albany. 
Peter Bogert served as a soldier under Leisler, in holding the fort 
at New York, in 1689 and '90, and in 1717 was paid for arms 
given up in 1691 to the government. 

Peter (2), (son oe Jan Louwe), had issue: 

12. Cornelia, baptized July 3, 1687, married Gysbert Krom, 

August 9, 1718, had three children. 



BOGERT FAMILY. 449 

13. Maria, baptized July 21, 1689, married Mouris Klearwater, 

April 18, 1713, had five children. 

14. Elizabeth, baptized November 5, 1693, married Pieter Vonck, 

had five children. 

15. Jannetie (Tanneke), baptized October 4, 1691, married 

Johannes Waldron, August 5, 1720, had one child. 

16. Catalina, baptized May 5, 1697, married Pieter Mabie, June 

19, 171 5, had twelve children. 

17. Johannes P., baptized February 14, 1700, married Martyen 

Haring, December 25, 1720, had six children. 

18. Matthew P., born 1702, married Margrietje Talama, 1735, 

had seven children, and died in 1784. 

19. Peter P., baptized March 18, 1705, married first, Rachel Van 

Horn, had four children. He married second, Rachel 
Banta, by whom he had two children, and died in 1786. 

20. Willemtie, baptized February 29, 1708, married Albert Wes- 

tervelt, had four children, and died prior to June 18, 1742. 

Gysbert (3), (son of Jan Louwe). About the time his 
parents left Harlem he removed to Tappan or Orangetown, N. Y., 
where he bought land from Hendrick Lamberts, October 6, 1707, 
served the same month as a grand juror, and was living in 1729 
on his farm on the Sparkhill. Had issue : 

21. John (Jan), baptized May 9, 1705, married Catharine Evert, 

had six children. 

22. Marytje, baptized October 14, 1707, unmarried. 

2;^. Mary (Maria), born June 8, 1707, married Isaac Blauvelt, 
had five children. 

24. Lawrence (Lourens), baptized April 12, 1710. 

25. Cornelius, baptized October 12, 1715, married Grietje Blau- 

velt, had three children. 

26. Nicholas (Klaas), born December 12, 1718, married Catherina 

Myer, had six children. 

Claas (Nicholas) (4), (son of Jan Louwe), had issue; by 
first wife, Belettie Van Schaick, viz. : 

27. John, born May i, 1697, married Hannah (Anna) Peeck, 

March 10, 1716, had ten children, and died November 7, 

1775- 

28. Cornelius, born January 9, 1700, married Cornelia Verduin, 

May I, 1720, lived in New York, was a baker, had eight 
children, and died April 18, 1793. 

29. Evert, born July 13, 1702, married Catherine Van Tilburg, 

and died without issue prior to 1725. 

30. Hendrick, born March 18, 1705, was a baker. He married 

Cornelia De Graw (daughter of Gerrit), November 22, 
1724, had ten children, and died August 20, 1761. 



450 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Claas (Nicholas) (4), (son of Jan Louwe), had issue, by 
second wife, Margaret Van Tilburg, viz. : 

31. Cornelia No. i, born December 26, 1707, died young. 

32. Belletjie No. i, born November 25, 1708, died young. 

T,:^. Cornelia No. 2, born March 29, 17 10, married Albertus Tie- 
bout, October 12, 1728, had thirteen children. 

34. Johannis, born August 3, 171 1, died single. 

35. Margaret, born March i, 1713, married Johannes Quacken- 

bush, December 20, 1730, had eight children, and died 
October 3, 1785. 

36. Elizabeth, born September i, 17 14, married Elbert Haring, 

September 17, 1732, had thirteen children. 
^y. Belletjie No. 2, born June 5, 1716, married Teunis Tiebout, 
Jr., November 18, 1744, had two children. 

38. Anneckie, born April i, 1718, died September 10, 1731. 

39. Petrus, born September i, 1720, married first, Tannecke 

Pears, August 2, 1741, had two children. He married 
second, Maria (Roome) Phoenix, February 24, 1748, had 
six children and died April 18, 1795. 

Johanne;s p. (17), (son of Peter), had issue: 

40. Maria, born September 28, 1721, married Isaac Blauvelt, had 

five children. 

41. Gerrit, born March 23, 1724, married Lea Blauvelt, had five 

children. 

42. Peter, born April 19, 1726, married Jannetje (Jane) Parle- 

man, March 31, 1744, had two children. 

43. Jacobus, born November 2, 1728, married Maria Blauvelt, 

had three children. 

44. Marritye, born July 11, 1731, married Abraham Smith, had 

ten children. 

45. Catherina, born December 15, 1735, married Johannes Ter- 

hune, had six children. 

Matthew (18), (son 01'' Peter), had issue: 

46. Pieter M., born April 12, 1736, married Rachel Banta, March 

22, 1750, had seven children, and died 1809. 

47. Fytie (Sophia), born January 5, 1740, married Peter Demar- 

est, had seven children. 

48. Cornelius, born March 29, 1742, married Annatye Banta, 

July 14, 1765. 

49. Maria No. i, born December 16, 1746, died young. 

50. Materis (Matthew), born April 24, 1749, married Sarah 

Bogert, 1777, had seven children. She married second, 
Martin Hogan (Hagens) 1798, and died October 11, 1828. 

51. Maria No. 2, born January 13, 1752. 

52. Douwe, born June 10, 1759. 



BOGERT FAMILY. 451 

Pe;te;r P. (19), (son oi^ Pe;te;r), had issue: 

53. Fytie (Sophia), born April 18, 1738, married Dirck Haring, 

had five children. 

54. Margrietje, born June 6, 1742, married Dirck Wannemaker, 

had two children. 

55. Petrus, born November 26, 1746, married Maria Christie, 

had eight children. 

56. Maria (Margaret), born May 4, 175 1, married James Ed- 

wards, had two children. 

Peter P. (19), (son of Peter), had issue, by 

SECOND WIEE, RaCHEI. BanTA, VIZ. : 

57. Margrietje, baptized February 24, 1760, married William 

Campbell, July i, 1788, had one child. 

58. Samuel, baptized November 12, 1778. 

John (21), (son oeGysbert), had issue: 

59. Annetie, born September 4, 1738. 

60. Elizabeth, born February i, 1740. 

61. Maria, born May 25, 1742. 

62. Catherina, born August 16, 1744, married Cornelius Smith, 

had two children. 

63. Jan, born September 20, 1747. 

64. Cornelius, born January i, 1754, married first, Hester Roos, 

December 25, 1808, had three children. He married 
second, Abigail D. Clark. 

CORNEEIUS (25), (son OE GySBERT), HAD ISSUE: 

65. Gysbert, born October 10, 1742, married Maria Lent, had 

two children. 

66. Grietje (Margaret), who married Thomas Eckersen, had 

seven children. 

67. Leah. 

NiCHOEAS (26), (son OE GySBERT) , HAD ISSUE: 

68. Mary, who died unmarried. 

70. Lawrence. 

71. Gysbert, born June 8, 1745, married Geertye Hendricks, had 

three children. 

72. Johannes, born November 11, 1753, married Catherine Mabie, 

had six children. 

yS- Cornelius Gerret, born July 13, 1756, married Sara Mabie, 
February 2, 1784, had eight children. 

74. Maria, who married Johannis Vanderbilt, and had six chil- 
dren. 



452 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

John Bogert was by trade a mason, married, March lo, 1716, 
Hannah, born 1695, daughter of Jan Peek, by his wife, Ehzabeth, 
daughter of Dr. Gysbert and Rachel (Montanye) van Imbroch. 
He and his brothers, CorneHus and Hendrick, owned land at Fish- 
kill, N. Y. ; they sold three-fourths of it to Jacob Haff, December 
17, 1736, for i2,ooo. 

John (27), (son gi^ Nicholas) (Ci.aas), had issuer: 

75. Beeltje, baptized December 25, 1716, died young. 

76. John (Johannes), baptized December 3, 1718, married first, 

Abigail Quick, March 16, 1737, had sixteen children. 
He married second, Elizabeth Brasher, July 7, 1781, and 
died December 5, 1782. 
jy. Isabella (Belitjie), born 1719, married Francis Wessels, 
October 12, 1745, had two children. 

78. Elizabeth, baptized November 25, 1720, married first, Ben- 

jamin Shoed, November 20, 1736, had one child. She 
married second, John Leary, and died January 19, 1783. 

79. Margaret, baptized December 19, 1722, married Jacobus Van 

Antwerp, April 18, 1745, had eleven children. 

80. Nicholas, born April 2, 1725, married first, Maria Quick, 

April 29, 1747, had eight children. He married second, 
February 2, 1762, Alida Ritzema (daughter of Rev. 
Johannis Ritzema), by whom he had thirteen children. 
Died July 23, 1814, in Beekman, Dutchess County, New 
York. 

81. Annatje No. i, baptized August 20, 1727, died September i, 

1727. 

82. Annatje No. 2, baptized August 18, 1728, married Jacobus 

Roosevelt, December 4, 1746, had seven children. 

83. Rachel, baptized February 26, 1731, died October 5, 1731. 

84. Jacobus, baptized September 8, 1734, married first, Eliza- 

beth Banker, December 9, 1753, had six children. He 
married second, Judith Van Syse, November 11, 1762, 
had eight children, and died October 22, 181 1. 

CORNEUUS (28), (son 01^ NiCHOIvAS) (CivAAS), HAD ISSUE: 

85. Cornelius No. i, baptized May to, 1721, died young. 

86. Belitje, baptized April 15, 1722, married Charles Dickenson, 

had one child. 

87. Cornelius No. 2, baptized April 4, 1725, died single, Sep- 

tember 4, 1750. 

88. Sarah, baptized June 16, 1728, married Richard (Robert) 

Ray, April o.'^, 1748, had one child. 

89. Nicholas No. i, baptized September 30, 1730, died young. 

90. Rachel, born 1731, married Charles Dickenson. 

91. Henry C. (Hendrick), baptized September 10, 1732, mar- 



BOGERT FAMILY. 453 

ried Helena Van Wyke (Wyck). He and his brother, 
Nicholas C, were eminent merchants in New York. For 
interesting details of this branch, see Thompson's Long 
Island, and Stevens' Chamber of Commerce. 
92. Nicholas C. No. 2, baptized December 22, 1734, married first, 
Cornelia Bradus, had two children. He married second, 
Ann Myndert Schuyler, November 6, 1766, had four 
children, and died September 23, 1794. 

Hendrick (30), (son of^ Nicholas) (CivAas), had issue: 

93. Belitje (Isabell), baptized January 13, 1724, married John 

Devore (De Voor), Ma}^ 17, 1752, had three children. 

94. Nicholas, baptized January 27, 1727, died November 7, 1732. 

95. Gerrit No. i, baptized March 23, 1729, died May 24, 1730. 

96. Gerrit No. 2, baptized June 23, 173 1. 

97. Dorotea, baptized June 13, 1733. 

98. Hendricus, baptized August 20, 1735, married Barbara Coop- 

man, had two children. 

99. Cornelius, baptized March 5, 1738, married Elizabeth Wil- 

liams, January 12, 1760, had one child. 

100. Cornelia, baptized May 19, 1742. 

10 1. Elizabeth, baptized June 20, 1744. 

102. Annatje, baptized October 18, 1747. 

Petrus (39), (son of NichoIvAs) (Claas), had issue:: 

BY F'lRST WIFE, TaNNEKE PeARS : 

103. Margrietje, baptized April 20, 1743, married David A. Mas- 

terson, December 31, 1762, had eight children. 

104. Hendrick, baptized April 28, 1745. 

Petrus (39) had issue by second wiEE, Maria 
(Roome) Phoenix: 

105. Nicholas P., baptized January 11, 1749, married Catharine 

Waldron, September 21, 1770, had five children, and 
died January 3, 1788. 

106. Susannah No. i, baptized January 30, 175 1, died June 12, 

1751- 

107. Maria, baptized March 28, 1755, married Andries Van Tuyl, 

August 9, 1773, had two children. 

108. Anna (Annatje), baptized April 24, 1757, married Nicholas 

Herring (Haring), February i, 1777, had three children. 

109. Elizabeth, baptized September 20, 1758, died December 17, 

1759- 
no. Susannah No. 2, baptized April 30, 1761, died December 
14, 1762. 



454 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Gerret (41), (son of Johannes F.), had issue: 

111. Maritie, born March 13, 1749. 

112. Grietje, born December 22, 175 1. 

113. Johannes, born August 30, 1755. 

114. Cornelius No. i, born May 20, 1760, died young. 

115. Cornelius No. 2, born September 4, 1764, married Sarah 

Onderdonk, January 29, 1788, had one child. 

Peter (42), (son oe Johannes P.), had issue: 

116. Roelof, baptized May 26, 1745. 

117. Catharina (Catrina), baptized September 18, 1748. 

Jacobus (43), (son oe Johannes P.), had issue: 

118. Johannis, born January 31, 1760. 

119. Peter, born January 3, 1767, married Effie Westervelt, 

August 23, 1806, had four children. 

120. Marretje, born September 19, 1775, married George Van 

Alst, May 19, 1793, had three children. 

Peter M. (46), (son oe Matthew), had issue: 

121. Margaret, born February 8, 1760, married William Camp- 

bell, had two children. 

122. Maria, born June 11, 1762, married Matthew Demarest, had 

nine children. 

123. Anna (Anaetje), born July i, 1764. 

124. Matthew P. (Matheus), born October 8, 1767, married first, 

Polly (Maria) Demarest, October 24, 1786, had nine 
children. He married second, Sarah Cole Van Horn, 
February 21, 1833, and died January 6, 1850. 

125. Seba (Seiba), born March 25, 1774, married Sarah Black- 

ledge, January 2, 1795, had ten children, and died April 
14, 1846. 

126. Sophia (Fytie), born August i, 1776, married James 

Demarest. 

127. Samuel P., born October 24, 1778, married Peggie (Mar- 

garet) Mead, March 2, 1803, had five children. 

Materis (Matthew) (50), (son oe Matthew), had issue: 

128. Margaret (Margrietje), born May 17, 1771, married Abra- 

ham Haring, November 22, 1787, had six children. 

129. Sara, born September 17, 1773, married John Blanch, no 

issue. 

130. Matthew (Mattheus) No. i, born November 25, 1775, died 

young. 

131. Maria (Polly), born April 12, 1777, married Johannis En- 

derson, had five children. 



' BOGERT FAMILY. 455 

132. Matthew M. (Mattheus) No. 2, born November 6, 1779, 

married Willempie Haring, May 9, 1801, had five chil- 
dren, and died March 30, 1871. 

133. Albert M., born September 13, 1782, married first, Tinie 

(Catharine) Westervelt, August 4, 1801, had four chil- 
dren. He married second, Cornelia Haring, no issue, and 
died February 21, 1879. 

134. Fytye (Sophia), born February 25, 1785, married Weart 

Westervelt, April 5, 1806, had seven children. He died 
December 2y, 1845. 

Petrus (55), (son of Pe;ti;r P.), had issue:: 

135. Johannis, born March 2, 1769, married Maria Kool (Cole), 

June I, 1793, had four children. 

136. Willem (William), born January 30, 1771. 

137. Roelof, born December 11, 1773. 

138. Cathlyntye, born September 19, 1775. 

139. Petrus, baptized December 19, 1779. 

140. Cornelius, baptized September 8, 1782. 

141. Margaret (Grietie) No. i, born September 14, 1784, died 

young. 

142. Margaret (Margrietie) No. 2, born August 10, 1788. 

CoRNEjuus (64), (son of John), had issue: 

143. Willempje, born October 2y, 1790. 

144. Jacob, born December 22, 1793. 

145. Sarah, born October 19, 1797. 

Gysbert (65), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

146. Grietje (Margaret), born August 6, 1762, married John 

Duryee, had three children. 

147. Abraham, born May 23, 1767, married Annatje (Anna) Van 

Delinde, had three children^ 

Gysbert (71), (son op Nicholas), had issue: 

148. Cornelius, born March 13, 1767. 

149. Jannetje, born October 9, 1769. 

150. Elisabeth (Elizabeth), born July 7, 1775. 

Johannes (72), (son of Nicholas), had issue: 

151. Gerrit J., born April 4, 1781, married Maria Haring, Decem- 

ber 10, 1801, had six children. 

152. Casparis, born July 22, 1784. 

153. Grietje (Margaret), born March 26, 1786. 

154. Maria, born August 7, 1788. 

155. Leah (Helena), born March 18, 1791. 



456 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

156. John J., born May 16, 1793, married Sarah Brouwer, July 

13, 1816. 

Cornelius Gerrut {72), (son of Nicholas), had issuu: 

157. Gerret, born November 25, 1785, married Maria Blauvelt, 

May I, 1809, had two children. 

158. Rachel, born December 12, 1787. 

159. Leah (Helena), born March 26, 1790, married William 

Naugle, August 12, 18 13, had one child. 

160. Jeremias, born August 23, 1792, died young. 

161. Jeremiah, born January 7, 1795, married Maria Van Valen, 

had five children, and died January 19, 1831. 

162. Sara, born January 19, 1798. 

163. Grietje (Margaret), born September 17, 1800. 

164. Catrina (Catherine), born August i, 1811. 

John Bogert, Junior (76), (son of John), born 1718, married 
March 16, 1737, Abigail, daughter of Jacobus Quick. A distin- 
guished and prosperous New York merchant, he served as an 
alderman from 1756 to 1766, and during the same period was a 
deacon and elder of the church for several terms. On March 
12, 1766, he bought John Benson's farm at Harlem, lying on 
Van Keulen's Hook, adjoining Harlem River, and thither he 
removed, devoting his remaining years to husbandry. He after- 
ward bought the property known as the Lawrence Benson Home- 
stead. In 1776, when the Revolution opened, the Provincial Con- 
vention, on leaving New York, met for a month in the church at 
Harlem, and Mr. Bogert being a good Whig, the records were kept 
at his house, which stood on the same site as the present (1881) 
Morris Randell house, at the foot of 125th Street, Harlem River. 
John Bogert, Jr.. died December 5, 1782, having only the year 
previous, July 7, 1781, married a second wife, Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of Philip Daly and widow of Abraham Brasher. 

John (or Johannes) (76), (son oi^ John), had issue, 

BY HIS ]?IRST wife, AbIGAIL QuICK, VIZ. : 

165. Jacobus (James), born December 25, 1737, married Elizabeth 

Peacock, April 23, 1756, had eight children, and died 
February i, 181 1. 

166. Annatje, born December 4, 1739, married Peter Byvanck, 

March 13, 1758, died October 16, 1825. 

167. Marytje (Maria), born February 11, 1741, married Captain 

Willett Taylor, September 10, 1760, had one child. 

168. John J., born February 15, 1743, died December 15, 1754. 

169. Nicholas No. i, born March 12, 1745, died August 13, 1747. 

170. Abigail, born July 12, 175 1, died August 5, 175 1. 



BOGERT FAMILY. 457 

171. Nicholas No. 2, born August 18, 1752, died single, Decem- 

ber 19, 1783. 

172. Cornelius J., born October 13, 1754, married first, Ann Mur- 

ray, February 26, 1772, had two children. He married 
second, Susannah Bartlett, December 5, 1795, had two 
children, died February 16, 1832. 

173. Peter, born April 29, 1757, married Mary Lawrence, June 

15, 1783, had fifteen children, and died June 11, 1838. 

174. Hendrick, born May 31, 1758, died September 17, 1783. 

175. Abraham No. i, born May 17, 1759, died February 20, 1760. 

176. Abraham No. 2, born May 31, 1760, died January 14, 1761. 

177. There were four other children whose names were not 

found that died in infancy. 

Nicholas (80), (son 01? John), had issue, by 
FIRST wife;, Maria Quick, viz. : 

178. Jan (John N.), born January 28, 1748, married Philander 

Forbes, November 21, 1771, had two children, and died 
February 21, 1781. 

179. Maria No. i, born November 3, 1749, died April 21, 1750. 

180. Jacobus, born March 17, 1751, died June 7, 1780. 

181. Nicholas, born January 28, 1753, died May 15, 1782. 

182. Maria No. 2, born March 6, 1755, married Theophilus 

Brower, February 20, 1775, had five children, and died 
March 14, 18 18. 

183. Annatje, born May 21, 1757, died November 16, 1759. 

184. Elizabet (Elizabeth), born September 2, 1759, died August 

20, 1761. 

185. Cornelius, born September 21, 1761, died October 13, 1761. 

Nicholas (80) had issuf by his se:cond wife, 
Alida Ritzema, viz. : 

186. David Ritzema, born February 3, 1763, married Margaret 

Morton, 181 5. He married second, Ann Barkens, and 
died June 3, 1839. 

187. Helena Ritzema, born July 19, 1764, died August 19, 1765. 

188. Rudolphus, born February 16, 1766, married Ann Clark, 

May 22, 1802, had ten children, and died November 16, 
1842. 

189. Helena Strachan, born February 7, 1768, married William 

Strachan, March 8, 1782, had five children, and died June 
20, 1799. 

190. Annatje (Nancy), born March 4, 1770, married first, David 

Barkins, November 4, 1794, and second, Charles Russell. 
She died August 18, 1847. 

191. Allida, born April 9, 1772, died unmarried about 1857. 



458 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

192. Cornelius No. i, born August i, 1774, died October 5, 1775. 

193. Cornelius No. 2, born August 14, 1775, married Alida Van 

Dyke, had four children, and died August 11, 1856; a 
lawyer of New York. 

194. Margaret, born June 26, 1777, married Jacob J. Kool, Sep- 

tember 29, 1804, but died without issue, March 25, 1818. 

195. William, born September 7, 1779* died single, September 4, 

1820. 

196. Nicholas, born April 22,, 1782, married Eliza Shear, had four 

children, and died June 3, 1804. 

197. John, born September 19, 1784, died single, 1862. 

198. James, born September 6, 1786, single. 

Jacobus (84), (son 01^ John), had issue; by his 

FIRST WIFE, EliZABE^TH BaNKIIR, VIZ. : 

199. Elizabet (Elizabeth), baptized October 2, 1754. 

200. Jan (John), baptized December 28, 1755, married Margareta 

Demarest, October 7, 1781. 

201. Neeltje, baptized July 15, 1759, married William Leacraft, 

had four children. 

202. Adriann, baptized May 24, 1761, married Willempie Suy- 

dam, had one child. 

203. Beletje, baptized May 24, 1761. 

204. Annetje, baptized July 3, 1757, married Samuel Rogers, had 

one child. 

Jacobus (84) had issui; by his se:cond wife;, Judith 
Van Syse, viz. : 

205. Maria No. i, baptized September 18,' 1763, died young. 

206. Maria No. 2, baptized December 5, 1764, married Wessel 

Wessels, April 22, 1792, had two children. 

207. James, born February 12, 1766. 

208. Nicholas No. i, baptized November 15, 1767, died young. 

209. Nicholas No. 2, baptized April 18, 1769, died young. 

210. Judith, baptized December 2, 1770. 

211. Helena (Lena), baptized September 13, 1772, married Henry 

Stoutenburg, July 7, 1799, had one child. 

212. Nicholas No. 3, baptized December 25, 1774. 

N1CH01.AS C. (92), (son of Cornelius), had issue, 

BY HIS first wife, CoRNELIA BrADUS, VIZ. : 

213. Nicholas, baptized February 18, 1759. 

214. Cornelia, baptized April 15, 1761, married John J. Banta, 

had three children. 



BOGERT FAMILY. 459 

: nlchoivas c. (92) had issue by his second wife, 

Myndert Schuyler, viz. : 

215. Cornelius N., baptized December 2, 1768, died single, 1821. 

216. David Schuyler, born January 12, 1770, married Elizabeth 

(Jonas) Piatt, April 29, 1792, had nine children, and died 
July 10, 1839. 

217. Two daughters who died in infancy. 

Hendricus (98), (son oe Hendrick), had issue: 

218. Christiaan, baptized January 19, 1755. 

219. Johannis, baptized December 15, 1756. 

Cornelius (99), (son oe Hendrick), had issue: 

220. Cornelia, baptized February 29, 1764, married Isaac Tal- 

man, April 7, 1792, had one child. 

Nicholas P. (105), (son oe Petrus), had issue: 

221. Maria No. i, baptized March 22, 1772, died January 13, 1774. 

222. Katharina, baptized November 14, 1773, died September 18, 

1775- 

223. Catherine, who married Elam Williams, May 18, 1797, had 

one child, and died June 23, 1798. 

224. Ann, baptized August 10, 1777. 

225. Maria No. 2, baptized 1779, married John McLeod, had 

three children, and died August 4, i^ 



Cornelius (115), (son oe Gerret), had issue: 

226. Geertye (Gertrude), born June 23, 1789, baptized July 26, 

1789. 

Peter (119), (son oe Jacobus), had issue: 

227. John, born July 20, 1807. 

228. Anna Demarest, born December 19, 1809. 

229. Margaret, born February 22, 1814. 

230. Peter, born December 12, 1817. 

Matthew P. (124), (son oe Peter M.), had issue, 
BY his eirst wiee, Polly (Maria) Demarest, viz. : 

231. Peter M., born March 3, 1788, married Tiny (Catherine) 

Banta, December 21, 181 1, had five children, and died 
January 9, 1833. 

232. Hetty (Hester), born December i, 1789, married Stephen 

Yeury, and died June 6, 1884. 

233. David, born September 20, 1791, married Sally Tinkey, had 

one child, and died November i, 1815. 



46o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

234. Seba (Siba), born May 2, 1794, married Maria (Polly) 

Bell, December 25, 1813, had one child, and died Sep- 
tember 10, 1817. 

235. Rachel, born December 21, 1796, married John Brush. 

236. James (or Jacobus), born April 4, 1799, died single, June 

24, 1815. 

237. Samuel M., born May 29, 1801, married Lydia Powless (or 

Powlisson), July 7, 1821, had two children, and died 
August 10, 1832. 

238. Mary, born July 4, 1807, married Abraham A. Blauvelt, 

August 12, 1828, had six children, and died June 14, 
1885. 

239. Betsy, born Julv 25, 181 1, married Peter D. Haring, July 

5, 1828. 

Seba (125), (son of Pester M.), had issue: 

240. Peter No. i, born May 3, 1795, died single, December 25, 

1813. 

241. Benjamin S., born February 21, 1797, married Sarah Clark, 

June 8, 1816, had two children, and died March 29, i860. 

242. Matthew S., born April 9, 1799, married first, Maria (Polly) 

Kip, January 31, 1824, had four children. He married 
second, Margaret Christie (a widow), November 13, 
1833, had three children, and died October 23, 1874. 

243. Cornelius, born May 19, 1801, married first, Effie Wester- 

velt, August 14, 1819, had four children. He married 
second, Hannah Christie, April 26, 1842, had two chil- 
dren, and died March 27, 1864. 

244. Samuel, born April 19, 1804, married Hetty (Hester) Wes- 

tervelt, April 28, 1826, had seven children, and died Jan- 
uary 5, 1837. 

245. Elizabeth, born July 9, 1808, married Peter W. Christie, had 

nine children, and died March 9, 1892. 

246. Jacob S., born July 7, 1813, married Martina Haring, March 

7, 1844, had five children, and died March i, 1886. 

247. Henr)^, born June 15, 181 1, died single, September 19, 1831. 

248. Peter No. 2, born August 6, 181 5, married Lydia Bartholf, 

had four children, and died May 13, 1871. 

249. Rachel, born March 4, 1818, married Peter Mabie, had six 

children, and died February 14, i[ 



Samuel P. (127), (son oe Peter M.), had issue: 

250. Rachel, born March 6, 1804, married Joseph N. Blauvelt. 

251. Maria Klyn, born November 3, 1806, married James Van 

Wagoner. 

252. Margaret, born April 12, i8io, married Adam Alyea. 



BOGERT FAMILY. 461 

253. Martha, born January 13, 181 5, married James J. M. Mande- 

ville, had two children. 

254. Henry M., born April 14, 1818, married first, Peggy Min- 

turn, and second, Mary Ann Smith, June 9, 1852. 

Matthew M. (132), (son of Materis) (Matthew), had issue; 

255. Sally, born February 2;^, 1802, married Samuel Haring, 

May 19, 1824. 

256. Jane, born February 16, 1804, married first, John D. Brower, 

May II, 1822, and second, James Anderson. 

257. Margaret, born December 27, 1809, married Paul Powliss, 

July 28, 1827, had two children. 

258. Maria, born May 10, 1813, married Cornelius Blauvelt, Sep- 

tember 6, 1834. 

259. Jacob M., born May 15, 1819, married Maria Haring, No- 

vember 3, 1842, had six children, and died March 18, 1874. 

Albert M. (133), (son oe Materis) (Matthew), had 

ISSUE^ BY HIS EIRST WIFE^ TiNIE WeSTERVEET, VIZ. : 

260. ? (daughter), who died in infancy. 

261. Sallie (Sarah), born September 29, 1803, married James 

Blauvelt, December 21, 1822. 

262. Sophia, born September 28, 1805. 

263. Mary Ann, who married Frederick Haring, November 3, 

1824. 

JOHANNIS (135), (son OE PeTRUS), H.\D ISSUE: 

264. Maria, born March 12, 1794. 

265. Sarah No. i, born August 19, 1795, died young. 

266. Sarah No. 2, born December 22, 1797, died young. 

267. Sarah No. 3, born June 7, 1799. 

Abraham (147), (son oe Gysbert), had issue: 

268. Maria, born November 4, 1792. 

269. Roelof, born September 9, 1795. 

270. Rachel, born December 29, 1797. 

Gerret J. (151), (son oe Johannes), had issue: 

271. Johannis No. i, born February 18, 1802, died young. 

272. Johannis No. 2, born June 7, 1805. 

273. Catrina Haring, born May 16, 1807, married Daniel D. 

Clark, May 19, 1827. He of New York. 

274. Martyntje (Martha), born April 17, 1809. 

275. Leah, born February 11, 1813, married James I. Ackerson, 

November 4, 1847. 

276. Petrus, born November 9, 18 15. 



462 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Gerret (157), (son of Corneuus Gerret), had issue: 

277. Sarah, born August 23, 18 10, married Henry Blauvelt, May 

8, 1830. 

278. Marragrietje (Margaret), born December 14, 1813. 

Jeremiah (i5i), (son oi^ Corneuus Gerret), had issue: 

279. Cornelius, born December 14, 1818, married Sarah Gould 

LvOvett, December 25, 1845, had three children, and died 
May 23, 1883. 

280. Daniel Vanvalen, born July 8, 1822, died August 14, 1826. 

281. Sarah Ann, born December 30, 1824, married Elhannan W. 

Whitney, March 14, 1843, had eight children, and died 
July 30, 1885. 

282. Jacob, born September 20, 1827, married Mary Pitcher, had 

one child, and died May 6, 1864. 
• 283. Jane, born May 24, 1830, married James B. Lefferts, January 
I, 1854, had eight children. 

Jacobus Bogert (165), born December 25, 1737, (son of John 
Bogert, Jr.), married, April 23, 1756, Elizabeth Peacock, of a 
French Huguenot family. He died February i, 1811. 

JacObus (165), (son 01^ John, Jr.), had issue: 

284. Abigail No. i, baptized March 16, 1757, died March 25, 

1757- 

285. Johannes, baptized A^ugust 16, 1758, married Ehzabeth Ber- 

rien, August 22, 1778, had eight children, and died Sep- 
tember 16, 1802. 

286. Maria No. i, baptized November 10, 1760, died April 8, 1761. 

287. Abigail No. 2, baptized November 18, 1761, married Phineas 

Parker, January 11, 1784, but died without issue, April 
15, 1838. 

288. Maria No. 2, baptized April 12, 1764, married first. Captain 

William Moore, May 28, 1786, and second, William Pea- 
cock, but died without issue, September 23, 1806. 

289. James, Jr., born April 14, 1767, married first, Elizabeth Bene- 

zet,* May 10, 1795, had eleven children. He married 
second, Cornelia Smith, July 22, 1826, by whom he had 
one child, and third, Esther Crowell, April 3, 1828, no 
issue. He died March 30, 1858. 

290. Ann, baptized March 12, 1769, died unmarried, July 19, 

1853- 

* This lady was of the Benezet family of Philadelphia, whose ancestor, Jean 
Benezet, died at Abbeville, France, August 15, 1710. A MS. account of the family, 
yet preserved, opens with this entry made by Jean Benezet: 

,, "pe i6ce Aoust, 1682, Je mesiers marie avec Marie Madelaine Testart, iille de 
M. Pierre Testart et de defunte Rachel Cromelin, de la ville de St. Ouentin, en 
Verniandois. (See also Bartow Genealogy, p. 53.) "■ 



BOGERT FAMILY. 463 

291. Elizabeth, baptized September 20, 1770, died unmarried, 

August 22, 1844. 

Cornelius J. (172), (son of John), had issue; 

BY HIS first wife, AnJST MuRRAY, VIZ. : 

292. John G., born January 19, 1773, married first, Mary Cor- 

bett Ludlow, October 15, 1794, had seven children. He 
married second, Eliza Robins, November 4, 1826, and 
died December 17, 1828. 

293. Abigail, born May 20, 1774, married Robert Jenkins Thurs- 

ton, June 4, 1801, had four children, and died May 8, 
1841. 

Cornelius J. (172) had issue by his second wife, 
Susannah Barteett, viz. : 
293a. Cornelia, born January 24, 1797, died September 11, 1797. 
293&. ? (daughter), born July 2, 1799, died July 2, 1799. 

Peter (173), (son of John), had issue: 

294. ? (son), born August 16, 1783, died August 20, 1785. 

295. Thomas Lawrence, born January 21, 1787, married Mar- 

garet Green, October 14, 1819, had three children, and 
died June 3, 1866. 

296. ? (son), born March 22, 1788, died May 17, 1788. 

297. Peter Byvanck, born May 7, 1789, died August 7, 181 1. 

298. Cornells, born January 7, 1791, died December 14, 1874. 

299. Mary Lawrence, born April 2, 1792. 

300. Eliza, born November 8, 1793, married Henry Green, but 

died without issue, January 28, 1848. 

301. James Lawrence, born December 29, 1794, died August 19, 

1881. 

302. Amelia, born January 2, 1796, died August 21, 1797. 

303. Edward L., born January 27, 1797, died October 14, 1841. 

304. Robert, who died November 14, 1799. 

305. Eloise Lawrence, who married Augustine Hicks Lawrence, 

had one child, and died May 15, 1880. 

306. Henry Kneeland, born March 4, 1801, married Mary Eliza- 

beth Bogert, January 14, 1826, had five children, and 
died August 30, 1875. 

307. Ann Amelia, born June 25, 1802, married Edwin Taylor 

Neufville Taylor, now deceased. 

308. Harriet L., born July 7, 1804, deceased. 

Jan (John N.) (178), (son of Nicholas), had issue: 

309. Maria, baptized July 5, 1772. 

310. Philander, baptized October 16, 1774. 



464 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

RuDOLPHUS (188), (son of Nicholas), had issuer: 

311. George Clark No. i, born April 6, 1803, died November 9, 

1816. 

312. Alida Ann, born July 15, 1804, married David Stafford 

Hickoe, September 23, 1863, and died December 13, 
1869. 

313. John Ritzema No. i, born February 3, 1806, died single, 

August 17, 1823. 

314. Helena Maria, born July, 1808, married Timothy Bloom- 

field Jervis, May 30, 1837, had one child, and died Jan- 
uary, 1865. 
31 q. Rudolphus, born April 9, 181 1, married Wealthy Jane Gor- 
don, April 8, 1841, had five children, and died June 11, 
1866. 

316. Elizabeth Ross, born February 22, 1814, married Cornelius 

T. Brouwer, and died March, 1895. 

317. George Clark No. 2, born November 25, 1816, married 

Eliza M. Toby, October 30, 1844, had seven children, 
and died August 20, 1888. 

318. Henrietta Mills, born October 13, 1819, married Orsinius 

D. Day, and died November 16, i860. 

319. Emily Ritzema, born May, 1821, married Francis Eaton 

Knight, August 21, 1851, had one child, and died Feb- 
ruary 20, 1889. 

320. John Ritzema, born October 21, 1826, died single, Decem- 

ber 21, 1829. 

Cornelius (193), (son of Nicholas), had issue: 

321. Horatio G., who married Elizabeth Gill, had five children, 

and died in 1882. 

322. Sophia Margaretta, born 1810, married John Taylor, M. D., 

but had no isuue. 
;^2^. Cornelia, born September, 1821, married Philip M. Brett, 
October, 1839, ^^^ two children. 

324. Sarah Van Dyke, who married John Vanderbilt, no issue. 

Nicholas (196), (son op Nicholas), had issue: 

325. Ann Eliza, who married Jacob D. Fowler, had eight chil- 

dren. 

326. John Nichols, born August 22, 1807, married Mary Naylor, 

had five or six children. 

327. William Strachen, born 1809, died single, August 14, 1883. 

328. Alida Ritzema, born September 6, 1813, married Fred Wil- 

liam Walker, who lived at Pompton, N. J. 

Adriann (202), (son of Jacobus), had issue: 

329. Susannah, born May 7, 1798, baptized June 10, 1798. 



BOGERT FAMII.Y, 465 



David SchuyIvER (216), (son ob' Nichoi^as C), had issue: 

330. Henry, born January 4, 1793, baptized March 13, 1793. 

331. Ann Schuyler, born May 25, 1794, married Charles Debost, 

1817, had five children, and died in 1834. 

332. Elizabeth, born December 8, 1795, died unmarried. May 12, 

1879. 

333. David Schuyler, born 1798, married (wife's name not 

found), had one child, and died in 1849. 

334. William Henry, born 1800, died single, 1836. 

335. Eug-ene, born April, 1803, married Eliza Ann Peck, 1828, 

had four children, and died 1847. She a daughter of 
David Peck. (Names of children not mentioned.) 
2,^6. Alwyn, born December 8, 1805, married Elizabeth Ludlow 
Walker, 1829, had four children, and died February 7, 
i860. He a physician of New York City. 

337. Alexander J., born April, 1808, married first, Oliva How- 

land, 1829, had four children. He married second, Agnes 
Stone (Stuart), had six children, and died 1870. (Names 
of children not given.) 

338. Orlando M., born December, 1810, married first, Catherina 

Terhune, 1840, had six children. He married second, 
Julia M. Lipton (Lupton), and died 1892. 

Peter M. (231), (son of Matthew P.), had issue: 

339. John Banta, born September 13, 1813, married first, Jane 

Vreeland Houghwout, June 15, 1837, had four children. 
He married second, Elizabeth C. Bissel, June 12, 1851, 
had two children. 

340. James, born July 24, 18 15, married Maria Doremus, De- 

cember 13, 1837, had nine children. 

341. Cornelia, born December 7, 1820, married Jonas Sparks, 

December 24, 1839, had eleven children, and died April 
2, 1887. 

342. Matthew P., born January 9, 1823, married Matilda Cheet- 

hen, December 19, 1843, had two children. 

343. Elizabeth Ann, born June 14, 1830, married first, Jacob 

Cholwell, May 15, 1850, had three children. She mar- 
ried second, Stephen Stymets, October 27, 1870. 

David {2^,:^), (son of Matthew P.), had issue: 

344. Matthew D. (Col.), born September 15, 1813, died February 

28, 1898. Of Haverstraw, N. Y. 

Seba (234), (son of Matthew P.), had issue: 

345. Jacobus Smith, born January 7, 181 5, baptized February 6, 

1815. 



466 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Samudl M. {^22;j), (son of Matthew P.), had issue: 

346. David, born September 8, 1822, died August 22, 1832, bur- 

ied at Closter, N. J. 

347. Matthew, born February 19, 1829, died August 14, 1832, 

buried at Closter, N. J. 

Benjamin S. (241), (son of Seba), had issue: 

348. Jacob, who married JuHa Anna, daughter of Rev. Isaac 

Cole. He deceased. 

349. William Henry, who died single. 

Matthew S. (242), (son oe Seba), had issue by 
BOTH wives: 

350. Seba M., born October 6, 1825, married Lavinia Westervelt, 

May 23, 1844, had one child. He married second, Cather- 
ine Z. Connor, April 2, 1857, had one child, and died July 
25, 1900. 

351. Eliza, who married Peter C. Campbell. 

352. Sally. 

353. Catherine. 

354. David, a soldier in the Civil War, deceased. 

355. John M., born August 6, 1839, married Jane Bogert, June 

5, 1858, had seven children. 

356. Samuel M., who married Mary H. Lozier, November 23, 

1861, had three children (names not mentioned). He 
deceased. 

CoRNEIvIUS (243), (son OE Seba) , HAD ISSUE BY 
HIS EIRST WIEE, EeEIE WeSTERVELT, VIZ. : 

357. Seba, born October 11, 1820, married Rachel Goetchius. He 

was a jeweler in New York City. 

358. Benjamin, born April 8, 1824, married Maria Myers, and 

died January 8, 1880. She a daughter of John C. Myers. 

359. Sarah, born December 13, 1826, married Edward Esler. 

360. Henry, born December 19, 1831, married Ann Westervelt, 

and died October 14, 1893. 

Cornelius (243) had issue by his second wiee, 

Hannah Christie, viz. : 

361. John Jacob. 

362. Euphemia. 

Samuee (244), (son oe Seba), had issue: 

363. Sarah, who married J. P. Moore, and resides out west 

364. John, who married Elizabeth Clark. 

365. Eliza, who married Mr. Brown. 



BOGERT FAMILY. 467 

366. Sophia, who married Felix V. Dillon. 

367. Catherine, who married Mr. Moore. 

368. Henry, who married Catherine Ackerson. 

Jacob S. (246), (son of Seba), had issue: 

369. Sarah, born January 5, 1845, ^^^^ January 22, 1845. 

370. Sarah Maria, born January 5, 1845, married Simeon Wester- 

velt, November 7, 1866, had three children. 

371. Lydia Ann, born March 26, 1847, rnarried WilHam A. Tall- 

man, June I, 1864, had five children. 

372. Catherine Elizabeth, born October 21, 1848, married Wil- 

liam H. Westervelt, September 13, 1870, had six children. 

373. Rosana R., born September 3, 1850, unmarried. 

Peter (248), (son oe Seba), had issue: 

374. Sarah Jane, who married Jacob Peter Manselle. 

375. Rachel Ann. 

^yG. Garret, who married Rebecca Holman. 

377. Ella Lavinia. 

Jacob M. (259), (son oe Matthew M.), had issue: 

378. Henry Van Valen, born September 18, 1843, died Novem- 

ber 30, 1847. 

379. Matthew J., born May i, 1846, married Mary A. Hopper, 

May 22, 1873, have four children. 

380. Cornelia, born September 2, 1848, unmarried. 

381. Sarah Jane, born February 15, 1851, unmarried. 

382. Leah E., born July 23, 1854, married Peter E. Huyler, Sep- 

tember 23, 1874, had one child. 

383. Huyler, born January 7, 1863, married Ella Bogert, Decem- 

ber 4, 1890, has two children. 

CORNEEIUS (279), (son OE JeREMIAh), HAD ISSUE: 

384. Maria Augusta, born December 2, 1846, died in infancy. 

385. Fannie Adelia, born February 2, 1849, rnarried Walter A. 

Davis, April 28, 1874, had two children. 

386. Charles Van Valen, born April 9, 1853, married Annie A. 

Goodwin, April 9, 1877, had three children. 

Jacob (282), (son oe Jeremiah), had issue: 

387. Joephine. 

Johannes (285), (son oe Jacobus), had issue: 

388. Jane, born November 20, 1780, married David Banta, Feb- 

ruary 18, 1804, and died September 21, 1843. 

389. James, born October 13, 1782, was lost at sea. 



468 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

390. Elizabeth, born January 10, 1785. 

391. Mary Frances, born December 2, 1790, married Matthias 

Warner, had six children. 

392. There were four other children that died in infancy. 

Said James Bogert, Jr., (289), born April 14, 1767, was 
married thirce; May 10, 1795, to Miss Elizabeth Benezet; 
second, Cornelia Smith, July 22, 1826; third, Esther Crowell, 
April 3, 1828. Mr. Bogert eventually came to Harlem, and 
after two or three years' residence bought (by two purchases 
in 181 1 and 1812) the farm on Van Keulen's Hook before 
owned by his grandfather, John Bogert, Jr. In 18 16 he joined 
the Reformed Dutch church at Harlem, to whose interests 
his hands and purse were devoted. After living here some years, 
his house being burned, he sold his farm, in 1825, to Morris 
Randell. Highly respected during a useful life protracted to his 
91st year, Mr. Bogert died in New York, March 31, 1858, two 
sons and a daughter surviving him ; the latter, an estimable lady, 
now deceased, was the wife of Dr. Edward L. Beadle, of Pough- 
keepsie, but formerly of New York, to whom I am indebted for 
some of these details. 

James, Jr. (289), (son of Jacobus), had issue by 
HIS FIRST wit% Elizabeth Benezet, viz. : 

393. Francis Bouquet, born April 3, 1797, died single. 

394. James Benezet, born May 31, 1799, died aged six months. 

395. Russel Graffe, born June 26, 1800, baptized September 11, 

1800, died aged one year. 

396. Adeline, born December 5, 1801, who married first, R. C. 

Willis, and second. Dr. Edward L. Beadle, October 14, 
1832, but died without issue, November 14, 1876. 

397. Edwin, born January 25, 1803, died aged six months. 

398. Theodore Peacock, born February 17, 1804, married first, 

Frances Nelson Jones, April 15, 1828, had two children. 
He married second, Eliza Turner Howe, November 3, 
1 85 1, had nine children, and died October 24, 1882. 

399. Lawrence Kimball, born March 20, 1805, married Adeline 

Seaman, June 16, 1827, had nine children. 

400. Alexander Glass, born March 24, 1807, married Harriet 

Young, November 30, 1833, had one child, and died 
October 19, 1838. 

401. Catherine Elizabeth, born September 25, 1809, married 

Charles Williams, December 8, 1830, had one child, and 
died February, 1844. 

402. Abegail Anna, born August 4, 18 12, married Ralph Clark, 

April 26, 183 1, had two children, and died February 28, 
1853. 



BOGERT FAMILY. 469 

403. Mary Benezet, born November 25, 1816, died unmarried, 

aged 15 years. 

John G. (292), (son oi^ Cornf.uus J.), had issue 

BY HIS I^IRST WII'E, MaRY CoRBETT LuDLOW^ VIZ. : 

404. Ann Maria, born July 28, 1795, married Gerardus Clarke, 

November 21, 1825, had two children. 

405. William Henry, born August 5, 1797, married in 1824 (name 

of his wife not found), and died December 26, 1840. 

406. Robert Thurston, born March 23, 1799, died May 10, 1799. 

407. Cornelius Robert (Dr.), born February 26, 1800, married 

Maria Louisa Thurston, and died November 10, 1877. 

408. Charles William, born May 5, 1802, died February 5, 1824. 

409. Mary Elizabeth, born December 10, 1804, married Henry 

Kneeland Bogert, January 14, 1826, had five children, 
and is now deceased. 

410. Cornelia Henrietta, born June 13, 1827, died July 20, 1827. 

Thomas Lawrence (295), (son oe Peter), had issue: 

411. Peter, born May 27, 1822, married, but wife's name not 

found. 

412. George W., born January 24, 1825, married Hibernia C. 

Michaels, had five children. 

413. Mary Eliza, born October 23, 1827, married Benjamin R. 

Robson, October 10, 1848. 

Henry Kneeeand (306), (son oe Peter), had issue: 

414. Henry Augustine, born May 9, 1827, married Mary Bowne 

Lawrence, November 5, 1853, had eleven children. 

415. Edward Clark, born September 3, 1828, married Olivia 

Hawks, October i, 1853. 

416. Mary Anna, born August 25, 1830, married Daniel Jack- 

son Stewart, had four children. 

417. Charles Ludlow, who married Julia T. Hamilton, had five 

children, and died June 15, 1873. 

418. James T., who died in 1838. 

Rudoephus (315), (son oe Rudoephus), had issue: 

419. Rudolphus Ritzema, born February 17, 1842, married Elsie 

Comstock, November 24, 1875, had two children. 

420. Orlando Gordon, born August 11, 1844. 

421. George Washington, born February 22, 1847, died August 

19, 1848. 

422. Collingwood, born March 6, 1849, died March 30, 1850. 

423. Jane, born January 27, 1852, died January 27, 1852. 



470 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

George Clark (317), (son of Rudolphus), had issue: 

424. Henrietta Ann, born November 3, 1845. 

425. Thomas Johnston, born November 21, 1846, died October 

20, 1875. 

426. Camella Dameron, born November 7, 1848, married Wilham 

Leslie Black, June 10, 1869. 

427. Otho Klemm, who died October i, 1854. 

428. Emily Eliza, born November 28, 1856. 

429. William Henry Peet, born July 8, 1859, married Miriam 

Viola Pyke, November 21, 1882, had one child. 

430. Georgiana,'born January 16, 1864, died August 13, 1865. 

Horatio G. (321), (son oe Corneuus), had issue: 

431. Alice, deceased. 

432. Cornelia, deceased. 

433. Walter, who married Miss Ferris, but died without issue. 

434. Louis, deceased. 

435. Nora, unmarried. 

John Nichoes (326), (son oe Nichoeas), had issue: 

436. Charles. 

437. John. 

438. Alida. 

439. Maggie. 

440. Sarah. 

441. James Nicholas, born December 2, 1844, baptized June 8, 

1845, at Newton, L. I. 

Oreando M. (338), (son oe David Schuyeer), had issue: 

442. Mary Elizabeth, who married Abram Moorhouse, October 

30, 1873, had three children. 

443. William Henry, born June 8, 1844, married Mary E. Crane, 

October 15, 1870, had two children. 

444. Eugenia, born September 10, 1846, married Charles W. 

Townsend, had two children. 

445. Katherine Knapp, born December 14, 1848, unmarried. 

446. Orlando Myndert, Jr., born December 11, 1851, married 

Alice S. Wheeler, April 25, 1872, had one child. 

447. Ellistina Potter, born May 28, 1854, died in infancy. 

John Banta (239), (son oe Peter M.), had issue: 

448. John Vreeland, born April 6, 1839. 

449. Edward Hyer, born May 15, 1840, died November 23, 1885. 

450. Augusta, born January 4, 1843, married Charles A. Place, 

June 15, 1857. 

451. Elizabeth Ann, born January 8, 1848. 



BOGERT FAMILY. 47 1 

John Banta (239) had issue by his second wife, viz. : 

452. Kate Bissell, born September 16, 1852, married Charles T. 

Roe, 1875, have two children. 

453. Victorine Bissell, born December 5, 1854, died March 23, 

1858. 

James (340), (son of Peter M.), had issue: 

454. Christina, born October 7, 1838. 

455. Peter, born February 24, 1840. 

456. Margaret Jane, born July 12, 1842, married Samuel Demar- 

est, M. D. 

457. Anna Maria, born December 31, 1844, married Charles H. 

Wessells. 

458. Cornelia, born August 8, 1845, married Nelson H. Drake, 

M.D. 

459. Richard D., born July 30, 1847. 

460. Elizabeth Caroline, born December 18, 185 1, married Chris- 

tian H. Tilljen. 

461. Mary Emma, born January 7, 1854. 

462. James, born May 29, 1857. 

Matthew P. (342), (son of Peter M.), had issue: 

463. James, born January 7, 1854, married Ida M. Marshall, 

October 11, 1876, had one child. 

464. Matthew, born April 7, 1862, married Ella Anderson, April 

18, 1881. 

Seba M. (350), (son of Matthew S.), had issue 
BY his first wife, Lavinia WesterveIvT : 

465. John W. 

Seba M. (350) HAD issue by his second wife, 
Catherine Z. Connor: 

466. Mary C. Ford, born June 22, 1862. 

John M. (355), (son of Matthew S.), had issue: 

467. Margaret. 

468. David C.,- who had four children. 

469. Clark. 

470. Muton, had one child. 

471. Emma. 

472. Mabel. 

473. Elmer. 

Matthew J. (379), (son of Jacob M.), had issue: 

474. Cora, born June 19, 1874, died June 14, 1878. 



472 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

475. Jessie, born November 28, 1875, married Frederick W. Mat- 

tocks, June 15, 1900, have one child. 

476. Virgil, born September 22, 1880. 

477. Clarence, born March 22, 1882. 

HuYLER (383), (son 01? Jacob M.), had issue: 

478. Marie, born August 13, 1892. 

479. Chester, born January 12, 1896. 

Charles Van Vaeen (386), (son of Corneuus), had issue: 

480. Grace Augusta, born June 8, 1880. 

481. Ralph Goodwin, born February 9, 1883. 

482. Walter Lovell, born October 17, 1895. 

Theodore Peacock (398), (son oe James, Jr.), had issue 

BY his EIRST WIEE, FrANCES NeLSON JoNES, VIZ. : 

483. Theodore Parker, born October 22, 1830, married Sarah Bull 

Wilken, February 17, 1853, had seven children. He de- 
ceased. 

484. Mary Benezet, born September 14, 1832, married Dr. Samuel 

Conant Foster, September 23, 1857, had five children, 
and died February 4, i' 



Theodore Peacock (398), (son oe James, Jr.), had issue 

BY his second WIEE, EeIZA TuRNER HoWE, VIZ. : 

485. Edward Langdon, born August 18, 1852, married first, 

Maria V. Lincoln, September 24, 1884, had one child. 
He married second, Tessie MacGregor, January 12, 1898. 

486. Edith, born December 22, 1853, died August 13, 1855. 

487. George Howe, born November 11, 1855, died April 15, 1864. 

488. Alice, born November 15, 1857, married Edward Percy 

Guerard, October 4, 1887, have three children. 

489. William Russell, born November 11, 1859, married Antoin- 

ette R. North, November 15, 1893, have two children. 

490. Isabel, born September i, i860, died September 6, 1861. 

491. Adeline, born September 21, 1862, died September 29, 1865. 

492. Harry Howe (Rev.), born April 19, 1865, married Sadie 

Marie Nelson, have five children. 

493. Julia, born August 13, 1868, unmarried (1902). 

Lawrence Kimbaee (399), (son oe James, Jr.), had issue: 

494. James Benezet, born April 20, 1828. 

495. Katherine Augusta, born April 27, 1830, married John J. 

Doolittle, June 6, 1849. 

496. Adeline Matilda, born February 18, 1833. 

497. Charles Clark, born February 12, 1835. 



BOGERT FAMILY. ^ 473 

498. Lawrence Kimble, born July 14, 1838. 

499. Edward Beadle, born January 26, 1841. 

500. Emily Franklin, born November 3, 1843. 

501. Alida Louisa, born 1846. 

502. Anna Bykbee, born April 11, 1850. 

Ar^uxANDUR Glass (400), (son of Jame^s, Jr.), had issue: 

503. Anna, who married Dr. Allen. Was living in New York 

in 1883. 

George W. (412), (son of Thomas Lawrence), had issue: 

504. George A., born May 31, 1869. 

505. Mary E., born June 30, 1871. 

506. Thomas S., born March 15, 1873, died July 16, 1874. 

507. Lilly M., born December 26, 1875. 

508. Hibernia J., born June i, 1885. 

Henry Augustine (414), (son of Henry Kneeland), 

HAD issue: 

509. Mary Lawrence, born January 19, 1855, married William 

Elliman, June 3, 1873, have five children. 

510. Henry Lawrence, born January 20, 1857, married Carrie 

Lawrence Osgood, October 8, 1879, have four children. 

511. John Lawrence, born October 27, 1858, married Helen 

Lyman Boardman. 

512. Emily Louise, born October 29, i860, died April 8, 1864. 

513. Edward Ludlow, born December 19, 1862, died October 21, 

1863. 

514. Walter Lawrence, born December 7, 1864. 

515. James Lawrence, born March 31, 1867, died July 21, 1867. 

516. Marston Taylor, born April 18, 1868, married Charlotte 

Elizabeth Hoogland, September 12, 1893. 

517. Frances Lawrence No. i, born July 11, 1869, died July 19, 

1870. 

518. Frances Lawrence No. 2, born September 8, 1870, married 

Robert Hare Egbert Elliot, August 19, 1890, have three 
children. 

519. Theodore Lawrence, born June 24, 1875. 

Charles Ludlow (417), (son of Henry Kneeland), 
HAD issue: 

520. Julia Hamilton, born January 25, 1865, married Duncan M. 

White, March 18, 1886. 

521. Henry Kneeland, born August 3, 1868, married Adeline 

Mitchell, February 21, 1893. 



474 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

522. Harriet Lawrence, born October 28, 1871, married Francis 

D. Gallatin. 

523. Edward Sandford, born July 12, 1870, died November 28, 

1882. 

524. Mary Elizabeth, born February 10, 1873, married Horace 

Porter, Jr., November 15, 1892. 

RuDOIvPHUS RlTZE^MA (4I9), (SON OF RuDOLPHUS), HAD ISSUE: 

525. Helen, born October 10, 1876. 

526. Charlotte Ritzema, born September 22, 1880. 

WiiviviAM Henry Peet (429), (son oe George Ceark), 
HAD issue: 

527. Viola, born January 4, 1888. 

WiEEiAM Henry (443), (son oe Oreando M.), had issue: 

528. Isabel Duncan, born January 6, 1871, married Philip A., 

Fitzpatrick, June 18, 1890, have five children. 

529. Helen Holbrook, born July 9, 1875, married George P. 

Vail, March 8, 1899, have two children. 

Orlando M., Jr. (446), (son oe Oreando M.), had issue: 

530. Alice Wheeler, born April 14, 1878, married Harold W. 

Patterson, June 10, 1902. 

James (463), (son oe Matthew P.), had issue: 

531. Clarence M., born July 7, 1877. 

Theodore Parker (483), (son oe Theodore Peacock), 
HAD issue: 

532. Frances Nelson, born February i, 1854, married first, Rob- 

ert E. O'Brien, September 27, 1883, had one child. 
He died October 18, 1896. She married second, John 
Purdon, November 3, 1897. 

533. James, born February 13, 1859, died December 17, 1859. 

534. William Benezet, born October 2, i860, married Ella Loomis, 

June 29, 1887, have three children. 
535- Theodore Parker (Peacock), born November 14, 1862, 
married Alice Weaver Danielson, November 14, 1893. 
Adopted child named Alice, born September 17, 1901. 

536. Lawrence. 

537. Alexander Glass. 

538. Elizabeth. 



BOGERT FAMILY. 475 

Edward Langdon ,(485), (son of Thi:odore Peacock), 

HAD issue: 

539. Edward Langdon, Jr., born August 28, 1885. 
W11.UAM RussEiviv (489), (son of Theodore Peacock), 

HAD issue: 

540. Helen North, born June 15, 1895. 

541. William Russell, Jr., born June 4, 1899. 

Rev. Harry Howe (492), (son of Theodore Peacock), 
HAD issue: 

542. Marie Nelson, born September 10, 1889. 

543. Edith, born May 12, 1891. 

544. Elsie, born October 9, 1892. 

545. Katherine, born May 21, 1896. 

546. Harry Howe, Jr., born September 7, 1898. 

Henry Lawrence (510), (son of Henry Augustine), 
HAD issue: 

547. Caroline Lawrence, born March 26, 1881. 

548. Henry Lawrence, Jr., born May 7, 1883. 

549. Mary Ludlow, born August 22, 1890. 

550. Edward Osgood, born January 9, 1894. 

W11.UAM Benezet (534), (son of Theodore Parker), 

HAD ISSUE: 



551. William Benezet, Jr., born May 23, i^ 

552. Theodore Loomis, born November 3, 1890. 

553. Frances Hoyt, born October 21, 1892. 

BREVOORT. 

John Hendricks Brevoort, of humble origin, but attaining 
to wealth and honorable station, presents one of many instances 
among our early colonists of similar rewards meted out to hon- 
esty and industry. When Harlem village was first settled, Bre- 
voort was a boy of fourteen years, and living at Bushwick, with 
Hendrick Jansen van Brevoort, his father, we assume, who had 
leased a farm from Reyer Moll, owned later by Jean Mesurolle, 
and from an eminence called the Kyckuyt, or Lookout, known 
as the Kyckuyt Farm. Hence its occupant, living there from 
1659 to 1665, came to be distinguished as Hendrick Jansen 
Kyckuyt. Though Brevoort in Guelderland has hitherto had 
the credit of giving name to our Brevoort family, the ancestor 



476 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

really came from "Brevoort in the diocese of Utrecht." It was 
a hamlet to the northwest of Amersfoort, and but little over a mile 
from its walls, and here Hendrick Jansen was born, in 1630, 
taking- his own statement as to his age, made at various tirnes. 
Before leaving the Kyckuyt farm he secured land at Dutch Kills, 
in Newtown, "which was laid out for him by Jacques Cortelyou, 
the surveyor, by order of Governor Stuyvesant." This became 
his home, and was confirmed to him by Governor Lovelace, May 
20, 1672, the main tract lying between lands then of Jan Hen- 
dricks and Frans Hendricks. 

About this time John Hendricks Brevoort, or Jan Hendricks 
Kyckuyt, as he was then called, removed to New York, where his 
wife's parents were living, for he was now married. Hendrick 
Jansen Kyckuyt followed him, and bought property in the city, 
February 24, 1680, having, in or after 1675, sold his farm in New- 
town to one Laurens Cornelisz, who soon conveyed it to a neigh- 
boring owner, Joris Stevens van Alst, whose daughter was the 
wife of Hendricks' son, Frans Hendricks.* 

Hendricks' daughter, Marritie, had married, in 1673, Hen- 
drick Bastiaens, of New York, brother to Annetie Bastiaens, Jan 
Hendricks' wife. Metje Bastiaens, wife of Cornelis Jansen, of 
Harlem, being a sister of Annetie, this may account for Jan Hen- 
dricks going to Harlem, as he soon did. The three Bastiaens were 
children of Bastiaen Elyessen (as he wrote his name), from 
Werckhoven, a wheelwright, and who by several purchases, the 
last in 1684, became the owner of 40 acres of land west of the 
Bowery Road (Fourth Avenue), extending from loth Street 
northward, and forming subsequently the lower half of the well- 
known Brevoort estate. 

John Hendricks Kyckuyt, living in New York, in 1673, on its 
recapture by the Dutch, was among the patriotic carmen who 
volunteered to work gratuitously on the defences one day in a 

* Doubts have arisen as to the relationship between Hendrick Jansen and Jan 
Hendricks Brevoort, because of a too close approximation in their ages (only fourteen 
years intervening, as shown by their own statements), and an apparent difference of 
birthplace; for Hendrick and his children, Frans and Marritie, were born at Bre- 
voort, while Jan Hendricks' marriage registration names him as "from Amersfoort." 
As against the last discrepancy, we should say it would be quite as natural for Jan, 
in stating where he came from, to name a well-known city, near which he was born, 
as the obscure village (Brevoort) in its suburbs; and we judge this the explanation, 
for while in the one instance only is Jan called "Van Amersfoort," he is many times 
called "Van Brevoort." The difficulty arising from his being so nearly of an age 
with Hendrick is relieved by the record of many similar and well attested cases. We 
premise, for reasons deemed sufficient, that neither Hendrick nor Jan had fallen into 
an error regarding his age, however common this is, as we know, especially with the 
uneducated. But it may be urged further in favor of the blood paternity in Hendrick, 
that the almost imperative custom of that day would require the eldest son of Hen- 
drick Jansen to be called Jan Hendricksen; while the birthplace of the father and 
younger children being the same (indicating a fixed residence), we should look for 
this to correspond therewith. But if (as has been suggested, by way. of solving this 
problem) our Jan were only an adopted son of Hendrick, we should not expect to 
find, as we do m this case, the three requirements — birthplace, name and priority as 
eldest son — to be all exactly met. 

These difficulties obviated, all doubt as to the paternity of Jan Hendricks Bre- 
voort must be dispelled by the direct testimony of the Newtown court records of 
1669, where, on two separate occasions, Hendrick and Jan are named as father and son. 



BREVOORT FAMILY. 477 

week. The city being restored to the EngHsh, he was sworn anew 
as a carman, November 13, 1674. He removed to Harlem the 
next year. On March 13, 1676, he took Pierre Cresson's farmmg 
lot on Jochem Pieters, No. 5, on a four years' lease ; but bought 
Cresson out March "i^^ 1677, house and house lot, said lot on 
Jochem Pieters, and No. 20 Van Keulen's Hook, with meadows 
at Sherman's Creek. He drew the same year, No. i of the New 
Lots. He now began to use the surname Brevoort, and is some- 
times called by the clerk, "Jan Hendricks van Brevoort, alias 
Kyckuyt." Na'tural abilities making up in a good degree his lack 
of education, Brevoort arose to be an overseer of the town in 1678, 
and was reappointed the next year. He bore an active part in the 
building of the new church in 1686. In 1691 Brevoort drew lot 
No. 6, on Jochem Pieters Hills, 14 morgen, to which, on May 27, 
1698, he added No. 7, being 10 morgen, by purchase from 
Jacques Tourneur. He was living on this property February 21, 
1701, when he sold it to Johannes Myer. The same year, No- 
vember 15, he bought the farm of his father-in-law, Bastiaen 
Elyessen, before noticed, and to which he removed; he and wife 
Anna selling their remaining lands and interests at Harlem to 
their son-in-law, Zacharias Sickles, February 20, 1705. Bre- 
voort' s acres were subsequently doubled by the purchase of 
another tract of 45 acres which lay adjoining, and ran up to i8th 
Street. 

Mr. Brevoort was elected assistant alderman of the Out Ward 
in 1702, and filled the same office from 1707 to 1713. He died 
in 1714, leaving five children, viz.: 

John Hendricks Brevoort (i) had issue: 

2. Hendrickje, baptized January 13, 1669, died young. 

3. Hendrick, baptized December 17, 1670, married first,, Maria 

(Maryken Van) Cowenhoven, August 26, 1699, had two 
children. He married second, Jacomina Bokee, October 
9, 1705, had seven children, and died in 1718. 

4. Marritie. baptized November 12, 1673, married Zachariah 

Sickles, August 23, 1693, had five children. 

5. Elias, baptized June 21, 1676, married Margaret Sammans, 

May 16, 1 70 1, had eight children. 

6. Jannetie, baptized April 9, 1679, married Thomas Sickles, 

April 5, 1702, had thirteen children. He a blacksmith 
of New Harlem, brother of Zacharias. 

Hendrick Brevoort (3), after that excellent Dutch usage 
which gave each son a trade, was bred a weaver, but followed 
farming. He married, August 26, 1699, Maria, daughter of Jo- 
hannes Couwenhoven, deceased, "late Secretary between Harlem 
and Bowery" ; and October 9, 1705, Jacomina, daughter of Abra- 
ham Bokee. 



478 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Hendrick (3), (son o]? John Hendricks), had issue 

BY HIS I^IRST WII^E, MaRIA CoWENHOVEN^ VIZ. : 

7. Johannes, baptized June 2., 1700, married Annetje Idesse, 

October 8, 1726, had three children. She a daughter of 
Eide Van Huyse, of Bloomingdale. 

8. Maria, baptized October 5, 1701. 

HenDRICK (3) HAD ISSUE BY HIS SECOND WiEE, 

Jacomina Bokee, viz. : 

9. Abraham No. i, baptized June 23, 1706, died young. 

10. Abraham No. 2, baptized September 24, 1707. 

11. Annecke, baptized October 16, 1709. 

12. Hendrickus, baptized December 9, 171 1, married Catherine 

Delamater, September 29, 1739, had eleven children. 
She a daughter of Abraham Delamater. 

13. Elias No. I, baptized July 8, 17 13, died young. 

14. Elias No. 2, baptized May i, 171 5, married Lea Persel, June 

8, 1 74 1, had four children. 

15. Jacob, baptized October 2, 1717, died 1719. 

Hendrick's (3) widow married, in 1721, Jacob Harsen, the 
Harsen ancestor. 

Elias (5), (son of John Hendricks), followed his trade as 
a carpenter in the city, of which he was admitted a freeman in 
1698. He married Margaret, daughter of John Sammans, by 
whom he had issue: 

16. Aefjee No. i, baptized August 27, 1701, died young. 

17. Anecke (Anna) baptized October 24, 1703. 

18. Hendrickje, baptized November 21, 1705. 

19. Margaretje, baptized February 25, 1708. 

20. Aejje No. 2, baptized January 17, 171 1. 

21. Grietje, baptized October 28, 1713. 

22. John, baptized September 8, 171 5, married Louisa Abigail 

Kockerthal, July 30, 1739. She a daughter of Rev. 
Joshua Kockerthal. He was a goldsmith in New York. 

23. Elias, baptized March 30, 1718, acted as an executor of his 

father's estate, with his brother Hendrick, whom he sur- 
vived. 

Johannes (7), (son oe Hendrick), had issue: 

24. Martje, baptized July 23, 1727. 

25. Henry, born February 12, 1735, married Maria Anthony, 

September 7, 1758, had four children, and died October 
2, 1782. 

26. Latisse, baptized September 10, 1764. 



BREVOORT FAMILY. 479 

Hi;ndrickus (12), (son of Hendrick), had issue: 

2.J. Henricus, baptized April 5, 1741. 

28. Jacomyntje No. i, baptized December 26, 1742, married Ben- 

jamin Stout, Jr., August 22, 1776. 

29. Abraham, baptized September 18, 1745, married Permile 

Dusentbirre, had five children. 

30. Henry, born October 19, 1747, baptized October 21, 1747, 

married Sarah Whetten (Wheaton), June 16, 1778, had 
five children, and died August 21, 1841. 

31. Elias, baptized December 6, 1749, married Maria Stouten- 

burg, July 5, 1775, had three children. 

32. Anna, baptized October 25, 1752. 

ZZ- John (Johannes), baptized April 16, 1755, married Mary 
Tweedle, November 21, 1782. 

34. Isaac, baptized June 11, 1758. 

35. Catherine, baptized February 18, 1761, married Dr. James 

S. Cannon, October 6, 1796, had one child. 
■^6. Jacomyntje No. 2, baptized December 25, 1762. 
ZJ- Jeminia, who married Daniel Lawrence, August 31, 1781, 

had six children. 

EuAS (14), (son op^ He;ndrick), had issue: 

38. Henry, baptized March 14, 1742. 

39. John, baptized January 20, 1745. 

40. Jacomintie, baptized December 27, 1747. 

41. Lea, baptized March 14, 1750. 

John (22), (son oi^ Ewas), had issue: 

42. Charlotte, born May 22, 1740, baptized May 26, 1740, mar- 

ried Hon. Whitehead Hicks, October 6, 1757, had seven 
children. He was mayor of New York from 1766 to 
1773. See Thompson's Long Island, Vol. 2, page 510. 

43. Margrietje, baptized June 24, 1741. 

44. Louisa, baptized August 10, 1743. 

Henry (25), (son oe Johannes), had issue: 

45. Abraham, born June 24; 1762, married Ann Devoor, May 

20, 1788, had two children, and died November 12, 1794. 

46. Hester, born June 20, 1765, married Joseph Henry, March 

21, 1785, had three children. 

47. Nicholaas, born August 5, 1767, married Rachel Blann, Sep- 

tember 19, 1787, but died without issue, November -x 
1798. ^' 

48. Maria, born February 28, 1774, died September 7, 1774. 



48o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Abraham (29), (son of He;ndrikus), had issue;: 

49. Permile, born November 15, 1782. 

50. Hendricus, born July 30, 1779. 

51. Abraham, born December 28, 1786. 

52. Elizabeth, baptized September 20, 1789. 

53. Abraham Nicholson, baptized November 11, 1792. 

Henry (30), (son oi? He;ndrikus), had issue;: 

54. Henry, born September 25, 1782, married Laura Carson, 

1817, had eight children, and died May 17, 1848. She 

of Charleston, S. C, born in 1799. Resided at 21 Fifth 
Avenue, New York City. 

55. William Whetten, born September 17, 1784, married Sarah 

Nash, about 1804, had one child. 
.56. Margaret Ann, born May 5, 1794, married James Renwick, 
L.L. D., October 10, 1816, had four children. She de- 
ceased. He was a professor at Columbia University, 
author, etc. 

57. John, born February 13, 1797, died in New Orleans. 

58. Elias, born August 22, 1804, married Mary Brown, 1830, had 

two children. 

EiviAS (31), (son 01^ He;ndrikus), had issue: 

59. Catharina, born February 25, 1777. 

60. Maria, born April 10, 1779, married Jacob C. Zabriskie, 

December 20, 1797, had nine children. 

61. Willemintie, born May 13, 1782. 

Abraham (45), (son of Henry), had issue: 

62. Ann, born March 21, 1789, married William Bolmer, July 25, 

1807, had six children, and died August 16, 1821. 
6^. Henry, born February 16, 1791, married Jane Stewart, Sep- 
tember 19, 1838, had three children, and died April 11, 
1874. 

Henry (54), (son oe Henry), had issue: 

64. James Carson, born July 10, 18 18, married Elizabeth Doro- 

thea Lefferts, October 8, 1845, had one child. 

65. William Augustus, born December 24, 1819, died about 1832. 

66. Elizabeth Neville, born January 3, 1821, married Frederick 

W. Collidge, July 14, 1849, had four children. 
6y. Laura Whetten, born October 6, 1823, married Charles Astor 

Bristed, 1847, had one child, and died abroad in i860. 
68. Margaret Claudia, born November 4, 1825, unmarried. 



BREVOORT FAMILY. 481 

69. Constance Irving, born May 22, 1828, married William Ellery 

Sedgwick, of New York, November 26, 1850, had six 
children. 

70. Henry Wortley, born February 20, 1831, single. 

71. Edith, born July 10, 1832, married Pierre C. Kane, Septem- 

ber 29, 1853, had four children. 

WiLUAM Whetten (55), (son OF Henry), had issue;: 

72. Henry, born in New York City, August 3, 181 1, married 

Bridget Seely, November 19, 1823, had eight children. 
She was a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Waters) 
Seely, and was born at Goshen, N. Y. 

EuAS (58), (son OF' Henry), had issue;: 
J^. James Renwick, born July 20, 1832, married first, Marie 
Louise Bascom, had three children. He married second, 
Anna Augusta Tuthill,. no children. 

74. Henry, who married Sarah Thompson, i860, but had no issue. 

Henry (63), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

75. Mary Stewart, born December 15, 1839, married Stevenson 

Towle, October 14, 1863, had nine children, and died 
September 20, 1883. 

76. Annie, born May 9, 1841, married John H. Riker, September 

I, 1858, had one child. 
yy. Jane, born March 13, 1843, married Ulysees D. Eddy, No- 
vember 16, 1871, have five children. 

James Carson (64), (son of Henry), had issue: 

78. Henry Leffert, born January 27, 1849. 

Henry {"72^, (son of Wiluam Whetton), had issue: 

79. Sarah, born August 14, 1834, married Frederick Potts, Oc- 

tober 8, 1857, had four children. 

80. William Whetton, born March 19, 1838, married Ella Gard- 

ner. 

81. Alice, born August 23, 1839, married Edward Sabine Ren- 

wick, June 4, 1862, had three children, 

82. Henry Seely, born April 9, 1843, married Aline Drevit. 

83. Emily, born January 29, 1845, married W. Rockhill Potts. 

84. Edward Renwick, born May 5, 1847, married Mary Lewis 

Butler, October 5, 1870, had three children. She a daugh- 
ter of John A. and Mary (Lewis) Butler, and was born 
December 18, 1847. 

85. Elizabeth, born April 29, 1849, married Robert L. Pirsson. 

86. Laura, born November 23, 1853, married Gerard M. Bar- 

retts. 



482 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

James Renwick [ys), (son of Euas), had issue: 

87. Rosamond Renwick, born July 3, 1875. 

88. Florence Edith, born August 8, 1876. 

89. Victor, born May 8, 1878. 

Edward Renwick (84), (son of Henry), had issue: 

90. John Butler, born October 14, 1871, married Susette Terhune, 

had one child, and died February 21, 1903. She a daugh- 
ter of Edward S. and Susette (Flender) Terhune, and 
was born July 11, 1872. 

91. Alice Renwick, born February 22, 1873. 

92. Edward Renwick, born April 19, 1875, married May Waldie. 

John Butler (90), (son oe Edward Renwick), had issue: 

93. Susette Terhune, born June 17, 1900. 

BUSSING. 

Arent Harmans Bussing, one of the most worthy of the Har- 
lem settlers, appears in the earlier records only as Arent Hermens 
(Harmens or Harmans, for he thus varied the spelling), and is 
so called in the Dongan patent ; but he finally dropped the 
patronymic, and took his proper surname. To the former fre- 
quent mention of him little need now be added. By his marriage 
in 1673, with Susannah Delamater, he obtained two of the west 
gardens, Nos. 19, 20, on which he built a house and barn, and 
lived the rest of his life ; being the place afterward of his great- 
grand-daughter, Mrs. Catharine Storm. When about to marry 
again. Bussing bound himself, March 8, 1678, to pay his two 
children by said wife, Susannah, v\^hen they should be of lawful 
age, the sum of 900 guilders, being the portion received with their 
mother; and he then to own the said two gardens, valued at 
40c guilders. He had recently added to these the three Demarest 
gardens on the east side, but these were sold by his heirs, at a 
later period, to Petrus Waldron. He drew No. 5 of the New Lots, 
but sold it to Barent Waldron. Serving often in the magistracy, 
and bearing office in the church, Arent Bussing was not inatten- 
tive to his worldly estate, which he enhanced with a lot on Van 
Keulen's Hook and three lots lying together on Jochem Pieters 
Flat, the latter the same tract sold by John Adriance to Charles 
Henry Hall, June 27, 1825. He drew lot 8 in the Division of 
1691, being 12 1-6 morgen, to which 4 acres were added in 1720, 
making it 28 acres, as sold by the Bussing heirs to John Myer, 
November 6, 1790. For his lands drawn in 1712, see Appendix 
J. At his death, in 1718, he owned 127 acres, then valued, as per 
sale to his son Peter, at £511. 

Arent Harmanse Bussing (i) married first, Susannah Dela- 



BUSSING FAMILY. 483 

mater, May 24, 1673, had three children. He married second, 
Eva Lubberts, March 31, 1678, had eight children, and died in 
1718. 

He; had issue; by his i^irst wife, viz. : 
•^ 2. Peter, born 1674, married Rebecca Vermilyea, June 7, 1700, 
had seven children, and died in 1737. 

3. Harman No. i, born 1675, died 1676. 

4. Harman No. 2, baptized March 12, 1677, married Sarah 

Selover, January 27, 1707, had eight children, and died 
July 29, 1762. 

Arent Harmanse Bussing (i) had issue by his 
second wife,, Eva Lubberts, viz. : 

5. Dirck, born 1679, died young. 

6. Margaret, born 1681, married Lawrence Kortright, about 

1708, had five children. 

7. Susannah, baptized Februarv 2-^, 1684, was unmarried in 

1718. 

8. Engelite (Angeline), born 1686, married" Abraham Meyer, 

May 10, 1706, had five children. 

9. Elizabeth, born January 5, 1693, married Matthew Benson, 

December 12, 1716. 

10. Geesie (Gertrude), baptized September 2, 1694, married 

Teunis de la Montanye, November 15, 17 18. 

11. John, born about 1697, married Metje Kortright, September 

2, 1723, had three children, and died before 1732. 

12. Mary, born about 1700, married John M. Van Harlingen, 

September 17, 1722. 

Peter Bussing (2), born 1674, married, June 7, 1700, Rebecca, 
daughter of Captain Johannes Vermilye, and went to Westchester 
County, N. Y., but on the death of his father, he returned to Har- 
lem, buying out the interests of the other heirs in the paternal 
lands, December 30, 1718, for (less his own share) the sum of 
£454:4:6. He also purchased. March 14, 1733, from Joanni Ben- 
son, the 60 acres bought by the latter from his brother Samson, and 
which included No. 12, First Division, and 6 acres in No. 8, Second 
Division ; besides Nos. i and 2, First Division, being the tract 
north of the road and the Benson or Mill farm (and opposite the 
old Bussing house), containing 41 acres i q. 23 rods, which the 
executors of his son, Aaron, sold to Samson Benson, May 6, 1787. 
In 1726 Peter Bussing had secured all Jacques Tourneur's lands, 
viz., his lots drawn in the four divisions, and those on Van Keu- 
len's Hook, which adjoined southerly to the said Bussing house 
lot (when the road between them was closed up), and westerly to 
the Mill farm aforesaid, and, with said house lot, since composing 



484 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

the Catharine Storm farm. Peter's father had purchased from 
Samuel Waldron, January 3, 171 1, the two north gardens next to 
the Church Farm, previously owned by his father-in-law, Claude 
Delamater, from whose surviving children and heirs Peter Bus- 
sing obtained a quit-claim deed June i, 1726. This plot being 
built upon was held by his descendants till sold by John S. Adri- 
ance to Christopher Heiser, June 7, 1820. In 1733 Bussing sold 
Nos. II, 12, 13, First Division, and his 6 acres in No. 8, Second 
Division, to Adolph Meyer, whence they descended to WilHam 
Molenaor. Peter Bussing died in 1737, leaving his house and 
lands in Harlem to his son Aaron, and to his sons Peter and Abra- 
ham each a farm at Fordham. 

Peter (2), (son oe Arent Harmanse), had issue: 

13. Arent, born January 10, 1701, married twice. 

14. Sarah, born January 2.y, 1702, married Elias Slater, August 

30, 1718, had seven children. 

15. Aaron, born December 27, 1703, married Maria Meyer, Octo- 

ber 21, 1730, had six children, and died in 1784. 

16. Nancy, born May 6, 1704, married Daniel Pierce, May 29, 

1724, had eleven children. 

17. John, born January 20, 1705, married Mary Bruyn, June 15, 

1725, had three children, and died about 1732. 

18. Alexander, born September 29, 1706, married Efhe Weed, 

November 22, 1730, 

19. Peter, born January i, 1707, married Helena Benson, April 

5, 1740, had four children, and died October 20, 1782. 
She a daughter of Samson Benson. He was an elder at 
Fordham, and left his lands to his daughter Mary Bus- 
sing and his son Peter. 

20. Aeltie, born January 20, 17 10, married Jacob Meyer, had 

two children, and died in 1765. 

21. Abraham, born May 31, 17 14, was living in 1737. 

22. Susannah, born May 19, 1716, married Benjamin Benson, 

and had six children. 

Harman (4), (son oe Arent Harmanse), became a car- 
man in New York. His wife was a daughter of Isaac Selover. 

23. Susannah, born 1708, married John M. Montanye, February 

7, 1726, had six children, and died April 27, 1736. 

24. Isaac, baptized February 5, 17 10, married Elizabeth Tilly, 

August 19, 1737, had seven children, and died August 
4, 1757. He a carman. 

25. Anna, baptized October 12, 1712, died, unmarried, October 

19, 1731. 

26. Eve, baptized September 4, 171 5, married James Marr (or 

Man) July 9, 1738. 



BUSSING FAMILY. 485 

2y. Arent, baptized February 16, 1718, married Sarah Roome, 
April 29, 1749, had nine children, and died February 17, 
1781. 

28. Jacobus, baptized February 12, 172 1, married Anna Bisschop, 

had seven children. 

29. Abraham, baptized October 7, 1724, married Elizabeth Mesier, 

1749, had four children, and died in 1798. 

30. Sarah, baptized May 14, 1727, married Reynier Nack, Sep- 

tember 7, 1760, had three children. 

John Bussing- (11), who married, September 2, 1723, Metje, 
daughter of Johannes Kortright, was a weaver, and perhaps left 
the town; certainly did not hold any real estate here. His 
daughter, Eva, married, October 30, 1756, Alexander Forbes, 
shopkeeper, afterward of the Out Ward, farmer, to whom ad- 
ministration on the estate of widow Metje Bussing was granted 
January 27, 1774. 

His children were: 

31. Eva, born 1724, married Alexander Forbes, October 30, 1756, 

had two children. 

32. John, born 1726, married Elizabeth Tiebout, October 9, 1750, 

had four children. 
'^'^. Susan, born 1728, married Peter Waldron, April 10, 1750. 

Aaron Bussing (15) married October 21, 1730, Maria, 
daughter of Johannes Myer, the next year was named as con- 
stable in the Montgomery Charter, and succeeded upon the 
death of his father to all his lands at Harlem, rated at 201 acres, 
and which he held nearly intact until his death. He parted with 
the Tourneur lots. No. 14, Second Division, and No. 2, Third 
Division. He died in 1784, aged 81 years. Pursuant to the 
will of Aaron Bussing, made May i, 1782, and proved May 27, 
1784, his lands were sold by his executors to various parties, 
the homestead being purchased by his daughter, Mrs. Storm. 

Aaron (15), (son of Pester), had issue: 

34. Catherine, born August 31, 1731, married Abraham Storm, 

October 5, 1759. 

35. Rebecca, born January 8, 1734, married John Waldron, Feb- 

ruary 2, 1759, had two children. 

36. Abraham, born December 31, 1736, married Margaret Meyer, 

December 27, 1764, had two children, and died about 1784. 
■^y. Maria No. i, born November 29, 1738, died September 17, 
1744. 

38. Maria No. 2, born January 8, 1745, married John S. Sickles, 

September 29, 1763. 

39. Aaron, born March 18, 1747, died July 6, 1750. 



486 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

John Bussing (17), born January 20, 1705, married June 15, 
1725, Mary, daughter of Evert Bruyn, of Westchester County, 
New York. On August 26, 1729, he contracted to complete the 
church at Fordham for £4. He died about 1732, before his father. 

John (17), (son oi^ Peter), had issue: 

40. Evert, was Hving in Westchester in 1757. 

41. Peter, who married Susannah Myer, and had three children. 

She a daughter of Abraham Myer. 

42. John, born 1757, married Ann Bogardus, October 15, 1817, 

(Was sixty years old at date of marriage.) 

Peter (19), (son oe Peter), had issue: 

43. Peter, born October i, 1735, married Charity Williams, June 

7, 1757, had seven children, and died July 9, 1790. 

44. Mary, born July 16, 1738, died, unmarried, July 7, 1751. 

45. Rebecca No. i, born March 3, 1741, died June 26, 1751. 

46. Maria, born July 28, 1752, died February 9, 1822. 

47. Rebecca No. 2, born March 6, 1755, died, unmarried, June 

20, 1771. 

Isaac (24), (son oe Harman), lived in Lombard Street, 
now Trinity Place, was deceased in 1765. Had issue : 

48. Timothy (Timotheus), baptized September 12, 1739, mar- 

ried Jane Crosby, April 29, 1763, had eight children, and 
died March 24, 1831, at Bethlehem, N. Y. 

49. Isaac, baptized July 15, 1741. 

50. Herman, baptized December 7, 1743. 

51. Jacobus, baptized March 19, 1746, married Elizabeth Fort, 

November 21, 1782. 

52. Anna No. i, baptized May 22, 1748, died young. 

53. William, baptized August i, 1750. 

54. Anna No. 2, baptized October 4, 1752, married Richard 

Thomas, May 21, 1770. 

Arent {2'/), (son oe Harman), had issue: 

55. Sarah, baptized April 29, 1750, died May 26, 1812. 

56. Mary (Maria) baptized January 15, 1752,^ married first, Ellis 

^yool, February 15, 1774, had two children. She mar- 
ried second, Simon Van Antwerp, June 12, 1787, had 
five children, and died February 15, 1822. 

57. Anna, born October 10, 1753, married William Hyer, March 

_ 30, 1775, had five children. 

58. William, born January 10, 1756, married first, Mary Clark, 

December 3, 1788, had one child. He married second, 
Susan Odell, March 18, 1792, had eleven children, and 
died March 2, 1836. 



BUSSING FAMILY. 487 

59. Harmanus, born December 19, 1759, married Alida Fort, 

October 6, 1787, had eleven children, and died May 28, 

1845. 

60. Hester No. i, born October 13, 1761, died October 29, 1764. 

61. Peter No. i, born March 13, 1764, died October 9, 1764. 

62. Peter (Pieter) No. 2, born May 18, 1766, married Catherine 

Weldon, November 10, 1792, had one child, and died 
November 16, 1794. 

63. Hester No. 2, born October 29, 1768, died October 15, 1769. 

Jacobus (28), (son of Harman), had issue: 

64. Jacobus, baptized September i, 1748. 

65. Sara, baptized October 17, 1750. 

66. Anna, baptized July 5, 1752. 

67. Maria, baptized February 17, 1754. 

68. Harmanus, baptized February 4, 1761. 

69. Susanna, baptized December 10, 1758, married Abraham 

Rich, June 2, 1789. 

70. Johannes, baptized April 29, 1764. 

Abraham (29), (son of Harman), had issue: 

71. Jane, born July 12, 1750, married Simon (Samuel) Scher- 

merhorn, September 3, 1773. 
72- Elizabeth, born July 24, 1752, married Peter Schermerhorn, 

September 5, 1771. 
JT^. Sarah, born June 18, 1756, married Jacobus T. Stoutenberg, 

July 17, 1780. 

74. Abraham, born jMarch 16, 1770, married Hester Kingsland, 

April 17, 1794, had six children, and died 1825. 

John (32), (son oe John), had issue: 

75. Johannes, baptized June 2}^, 1751. married Mally (Margaret) 

Wilson, had five children. 

76. Hendrik, baptized August 16, 1752, married Elizabeth Ryers, 

Z\Iarch 8, 1774. 
yj. Elizabeth, baptized July 7, 1754, married Theunis Ryer, 
November 26, 1772. 

78. Gerrett, baptized July 25, 1756. 

Abraham (36), (son oe Aaron), had issue: 

79. Aaron, who married Jane, daughter of Samuel Benson, 

August 18. 1791, had five children, and died May 22, 
1835. 

80. Susannah, who married first, John Meyer, December 15, 

1785, and second, Peter Montfort. 



488 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Peter (41) bought of Abraham Myer, Jr., April 16, 1753, the 
two southerly lots (called 40 acres), of the old Tourneur farm on 
Harlem Lane, to which, about a year later, he added the upper 
lot by purchase from the widow Grietie Kortright. The three 
lots taking in the land outside the patent line in the rear, up to the 
hills, made about 74 acres, of which, in 1784, after the death of 
their father, the three sons of Peter, namely, Adolph, Abraham and 
John Bussing, conveyed that part of the upper lot which lay west 
of Harlem Lane, and containing 14 acres, to the brothers, Henry 
and Abraham Van Bramer. The remainder of the farm was 
equally divided by the three Bussing brothers, by deeds of April 
7, 1787. (See Appendix G.) These occupied their respective 
portions, and here Adolph closed his life, on February 3, 1820, 
and John on May i, 1830. 

Pete^r (41), (son of John), had issue: 

81. Adolph, who married Anna ? , had one child, and died 

February 3, 1820. 

82. Abraham, who married first Elizabeth Britt, November 3, 

1782, and second, Sarah Brown. Had four children by 
second wife. 

83. John, who married first, Mary McCree, January 3, 1781, 

and second, Elizabeth Lindsley, October 12, 1784, and 
died May i, 1830. 

Peter (43), (son of Peter), had issue: 

84. Peter, born November 24, 1758, married Elizabeth Valen- 

tine, had three children. 

85. Margaret, born June 2, 1761, married Isaac Valentine. 

86. Helena, born October 28, 1763, married Andrew Corsa. 

Sy. Mary, born January 23, 1766, married Walter Briggs, Janu- 
ary 15, 1789. 

88. John, born May 26, 1768, married Sarah Valentine, March 

28, 1790, and died August 26, 1853. 

89. Sarah (or Susan), born September i, 1770, married Dennis 

Valentine. 

90. Elizabeth, born July 11, 1772, married John Valentine, and 

died June 3, 1843. 

Timothy (48), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

91. Timothy, born April 29, 1777, married Catherine Oliver, 

had two children. 

92. William C., born October 19, 1779, married Jane McMurdy, 

July 26, 1823, had three children. 

93. Harman, born April 5, 1782, baptized July 3, 1782. 



BUSSING FAMILY. 489 

94. Ann, born June 7, 1784, baptized October 17, 1784. 

95. Isaac (Ysak). 

96. Betsy Hannah. 

97. Two other daughters, names not found. 

WiiviviAM (58), (son of Are;nt), had issue by 

SECOND WIFE : 

98. Peter No. i, born December 26, 1792, died August 28, 1808. 

99. John, born March 31, 1795, died September 27, 1829. 

100. Sarah, born January 20, 1797, married Abraham B. Rich, 
had eight children, and died in November, 1870. 

loi. Maria (Mary), born November 19, 1798, died August 26, 
1799. 

102. WilHam, born February 17, 1801, died June 30, 1836. 

103. Susannah, born April 10, 1803, died June 26, 1805. 

104. James, born September 17, 1805, died. February 28, 1836. 

105. Harman, born February 18, 1807, died October 7, 1807. 

106. Peter No. 2, born December 28, 1808, died May 16, 1809. 

107. Hyer, born January 6, 1810, died July 6, 1810. 

108. George H., born may 3, 1812, married Phynetta WilHams, 

May 4, 1837, had four children, and died June 7, 1877. 

Harmanus (59), (son of Arent), had issue: 

109. Rebecca, born November 23, 1788, baptized December 25, 

1788, died November 19, 1790. 
no. Aaron, born September 8, 1790, was lost at sea. 

111. John, born September 12, 1792, married Mary Brown, but 

died without issue : 

112. Peter, born September 14, 1794, married, and had two 

children. 

113. Sarah, born February i, 1797, married Roswell Granger, 

July 31, 1 8 16, had six children, and died August 22, 1879. 

114. William, born November 10, 1799, married first. Miss ? 

Long, had one child. He married second, ? Winegar, 
but died March 28, i860, leaving no issue by second wife. 

115. Jane, born September 6, 1802, married David Johnson, 

October 18, 1827, had six children. 

116. Mary Ann, born March 10, 1805, married Edwin B. Cham- 

berlain, December 29, 1835, had three children. 

117. Harman, born August 22, 1806, married first, Catherine 

Schuyler, May 20, 1836, had one child. He married 
second, Margaret Schuyler, May 21, 1840, had three 
children. 

118. Abraham, born August 22, 1808, died August 25, 1808. 

119. Harvey Hyer, born July 10, 1812, married Avilda Hilton, 

September 17, 1839, had five children, and died April 

25; ir' 



490 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Pjster (62), (son of Arent), had issue;: 

.120. Aaron, born February 3, 1794, baptized March i, 1794, 
died July 23, 1814. 

Abraham (74), (son oe* Abraham), had issui;: 

121. Abraham, who married Hester Kingsland, June 9, 1825, 

and died January 26, 1853. 

122. Edmund Kingsland, born January 25, 1798. 

123. Ehzabeth Mesier, who married Wilham W. Moulton, Sep- 

tember 22, 1 81 7. 

124. John Schermerhorn, born October 15, 1802, married first, 

Ann Spier, had one child. He married second, Ann Van 
Nest, August 20, 1833, had three children, and died June 
9, 1864. 

125. Mary Wilkinson. 

126. Jane. 

JOHANNJeS (75), (son op* JoHN), HAD ISSUE: 

127. Cathalyna, born December 7, 1775, baptized January 21, 

1776. 

128. Anna, born April 17, 1777, baptized May 11, 1777. 

129. Marytje No. i, born September 2, 1778, baptized October 

26, 1778, died young. 

130. Marytje No. 2, born March 9, 1780, baptized April 30, 1780. 

131. Jane, born July 9, 1784, baptized August 15, 1784. 

Aaron (79), (son of Abraham), had issue;: 

132. John M., who married Margaret Legrange, about 1818, had 

nine children. 

133. Samuel. 

; 134. Abraham Barker. 

135. Margaret, who married Peter Myer. 

136. Rebecca D., who married Hon. Nathaniel Jarvis, Septem- 

ber 3, 1831. 

Adolph (81), (son of Pe;te;r), had issue;: 

137. Susannah, who married Obadiah Sands, and had one child. 

Abraham (82), (son of Pe;tfr), had issue; by 
se;cond wiFf: 

138. John. 

139. Peter (Rev.), who had three children. 
> 140. Anna, who married George Warner. 

141. Susan, who married Benjamin Banks, had two children. 



BUSSING FAMILY. 49^ 

PeITER (84), (son O]? Petivr), had issue: 

142. Elizabeth, born April 13, 1782, married Jeroninius Turk, 

Jr., had two children. 

143. John, born April 28, 1787. 

144. Mary (Corson), born January 12, 1796. 

John (88), (son 01? Peter), had issue: 

145. Peter, born October 10, 1792, at Fordham, Westchester 

County, N. Y., married Martha Corsa, October 12, 1825, 
and died October 7, 1864. 

George H. (108), (son oe Wieeiam), had issue: 

146. Sarah Maria. 

147. Emma, who married Charles Corsa, December 13, 1871, 

had two children. 

148. Susannah. 

149. Georgianna. 

Peter (112), (son oe Harmanus), had issue: 

150. Mary. 

151. Harvey. 

William (114), (son oe Harmanus), had issue 
by eirst wiee: 

152. Jane Ann, who married Benjamin Humphrey, July 2, 1861, 

had one child. 

Harman (117), (son oe Harmanus), had issue 
BY EIRST wiEe: 

153. Catherine, who married Jonathan Morey, July 2, 1861, had 

one child. 

Harman (117) had issue by his second wiEe: 

154. Daniel Schuyler, who married Fannie W. Starr, October 

II, 1876. 

155. John N. 

156. Charlotte S., who married John G. Serviss, September 25, 

1872. 

Harvey Hyer (119), (son oE Harmanus), had issue: 

157. ? (child) that died in infancy. 

158. Caroline A., born March 11, 1841, married Nicholas Few, 

but died without issue, July 24, 1867. 

159. Jane, who married James Smith, had three children. 

160. Sarah G., who married Putnam Miller. 



492 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

i6i. Mary, who married Jacob J. Johnson, March, 1875. 

Edmund Kingsland (122), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

162. Abraham, who married Emma Frost, 1859. She a daugh- 

ter of Samuel Frost of New York City. 

John ScHERMERHORN (124), (son of Abraham), 
had issue by EiRST wiEE, Ann Spier : 

163. Robert Spier, born September 28, 1826, married Mary 

Kingsland Brown, January 8, 1850, had eight children. 
He a real estate dealer. 

John Schermerhorn (124), had issue by his second 
wiEE, Ann Van Nest, viz. : 

164. Abraham V. N., who died in infancy. 

165. John S., born September 21, 1838, married first, Katherine 

Breath, June 17, 1873, died March 26, 1874. He mar- 
ried second, Emily Morton, October 31, 1882, had two 
children. 

166. Mary. 

John M. (132), (son oe Aaron), had issue: 

167. Marten, born July 6, 1820, baptized August 6, 1820. 

168. Maria Ann, born June 10, 1822, baptized August 11, 1822. 

169. John Legrange, born February 15, 1824, baptized March 

7, 1824. 

170. Adam, born October 25, 1825, baptized February 12, 1826. 

171. Abraham, born October 29, 1827, baptized November 18, 

1827. 

172. Christian, born September 21, 1829. 

173. Margaret, born May 2, 1831, baptized July 24, 1831. 

174. Ellen Rebecca, born February 28, 1833, baptized May 19, 

1833- 

175. Andrew Teneick, born May 21, 1835, baptized August, 1835. 

Rev. Peter (139), (son oe Abraham), had issue: 

176. William J. 

177. Julia A., who married Horatio W. Thompson. 

178. Elizabeth, who married George Peck. 

Peter (145), (son oe John), had issue: 

179. John, born May i, 1831, married Amanda Valentine, July 

8, 1863, had four children, and died January 8, 1877. 

180. Peter Valentine, born June 5, 1843, single (1902). 

181. Mary, who married William Johnston, November 15, 1853, 

now deceased. 



BUSSING FAMILY. 493 

182. Martha Jane, who married James B. Sheridan, May 20, 

1862, had four children. 

183. Sarah EHzabeth, died unmarried. 

184. Hannah, unmarried. 

185. Amanda, unmarried. 

Robert Spier (163), (son 01*' John Schermerhorn), 
HAD issue: 

186. Robert Spier, Jr., born January 25, 1853. 

187. Mary. 

188. Florence. 

189. Maude. 

190. Edith. 

191. Cornelia. 

192. George. 

193. Jennie. 

John S. (165), (son oe John Schermerhorn), had 
issue by eirst wife, viz. : 

194. Kate, who died young. 

195. Ann, who died young. 

John (179), (son oe Peter), had issue: 

196. Martha Valentine, unmarried (1902). 

197. Mary, who married Ralph O. Ives, Julv 2, 1890, have one 

child. 

198. Sarah A., unmarried (1902). 

199. John, died single, July 15, 1877. 

DELAMATER. 

Glaude le Maistre, born 1620, as his autograph is, ancestor of 
the entire Delamater family in this country, having died before the 
date of the Dongan patent, his widow, Hester, and sons Jan and 
Isaac, took his place among the patentees. An exile from his home 
at Richebourg, in Artois, it was while living in the Loyerdwars- 
straet, at Amsterdam, April 24, 1652, that Glaude married Hester 
Du Bois, who was his second wife (his first wife having been 
Jeanne De Lannoy) , and, as we have seen, also of a French 
refugee family. Glaude spent some of his first years in America 
at Flatbush, working as a carpenter, and there four of his six 
children were born. With Meyndert Coerten, Walraven Luten, 
Pierre Billion and others (Mrs. Billion, a Du Bois, was proba- 
bly related to Mrs. Delamater*), he applied, August 22, 1661, 

* Pierre Billiou was a Walloon from near Lille, and married at Eeyden, April 
20, 1649, Francoise du Bois, a sister of Louis du Bois, later of Esopus; both, we think, 



494 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

for land on Staten Island ; but only Billion and Lnten set- 
tled there, while he and Coerten soon came to Harlem, where 
Delamater served four terms as a magistrate, between 1666 a.nd 
1673. He bought two allotments of land, from Daniel Tourneur, 
for which he took out a patent June 25, 1668. In 1675 he was 
chosen a deacon, but his sympathies were with the French church 
and service, whence arose the controversy with the town regard- 
ing the parish clerk's salary, which so disturbed his latter years. 
If impetuous, Glaude was not incapable of generous acts when 
approached kindly ; and his obstinacy in maintaining what he 
conceived to be his rights can hardly be deemed a defect in his 
character. He died in or about 1683, his years having exceeded 
three-score and ten. 

Glaude Delamater, or Le Maistre, as he was then called, mar- 
ried first, Jeanne De Lannoy, and second Hester Du Bois, April 
24, 1652, had six children, and died about 1683. On November 6, 
1687, Claude's widow married Jan Tibout, the parish clerk. ,In 
view of this event, she and Tibout had entered into an agreement, 
September 23, preceding, with her sons Jan and Isaac, and son- 
in-law Bussing (who together took the real estate, having power 
to do so from the absent heirs, Abraham and Jacobus Delamater, 
and Moses Te Count), by which she was to "have the free use 
of the house and erf at the strand," while she lived, and Jan and 
Isaac were to pay her twenty-seven schepels of wheat yearly. 
"Should any land be drawn during Hester du Bois' lifetime, it 
shall belong to them both, to wit, Jan Tibout and Hester Du 
Bois." 

Claude, by second wiee, had issue: 

2. Jan, born in 1653, baptized March 9, 1653, married Ruth, 

daughter of Resolved Waldron, August 11, 1678, had 
nine children, and died 1702. 

3. Abraham Delamater, born at Flatbush, in 1656, removed in 

his early manhood, with his brother Jacobus, to Kings- 
ton, Ulster County, N. Y. He there married, June 18, 
1682, Celeste, daughter of Cornelius Vernov, and had 
four children. He married a second wife, Elsie, daugh- 
ter of Jurian Tappan, and Avidow of Hillebrant Lechier, 
about 1692, having five children. A magistrate and 

of the Canterbury family, of which was Mrs. Delamater; this kinship, probably, the 
cause of three of the Delamater children going to Esopus. Billiou had two daughters, 
born at Leyden. He embarked at Amsterdam, May 9, 1661 (see note p. ), ac- 
companied by his wife and four children, aged 9, 7, 6 and 21/^' years. They had an 
Isaac baptized four days after landing at New Amsterdam. Isaac was living in 1707. 
A son, Peter, born here in 1668, married Maria Breese in 1701. Pierre Billiou was 
schout of Staten Island during the Dutch reoccupation. He and "his two sons" 
received a grant of three farms, 270 acres, on the south side of that island, next to 
Jacques Guion, laid out to them October 18, 1675. He also acquired land at Pis- 
cataqua, N. J. Billiou has descendants, but now much scattered. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 495 

elder at Kingston, and prominent in public affairs, he 
closed a useful life November 20, 1734. 

4. Isaac, born 1658, married Cornelia Everts (Van Ness), about 

1 68 1, had nine children. 

5. Susannah, born 1660, married Arent Harmanse Bussing, 

February 24, 1673, had three children. 

6. Hester, born 1662, married Moses Le Count, had four children. 

He of Kingston, N. Y. 

7. Jacobus Delamater, born 1665, at Harlem, married at Kings- 

ton, September 2^, 1688, Gertrude (born 1666), daughter 
of Martin Cornelisz. Ysselsteyn (Esselsteyn), of Claver- 
ack. He was a trustee of Kingston, and a firm supporter 
of the church there for some years, till he settled in Mar- 
bletown upon land (296 acres) bought in 1715, and where 
he died in 1741, leaving this property to his sons Isaac 
and Martin, and a farm at Claverack to his eldest son 
Claude. Had ten children. 

Jan Delamater (2), (son of Claude), was, as we have seen, 
a worthy and useful resident. He operated considerably in lands. 
On March 7, 1676, he and Jan Nagel bought Journee's property. 
Dividing it July 14, 1677, Delamater took the house and lot and 
No. 14 Van Keulen's Hook. He soon sold the latter, but after- 
ward acquired Nos. 10, 11, in the same tract, and No. 7 of the 
New Lots. He also succeeded to an erf and 9 morgen of the 
paternal lands ; this giving him the lower half of the farm on 
Montanye's Flat, lot No. 12 Van Keulen's Hook, and the two 
north gardens next the church lot. He now sold No. 7 to 
Samuel Waldron, April 21, 1688, leased his three lots on Van 
Keulen's Hook to Joost Van Oblinus, and on the same date 
conveyed the Journee erf to Peter Van Oblinus, who sold 
it to Jacques Tourneur, August 7, 1691. In May, 1690, Dela- 
mater bartered his Van Keulen's Hook lots for others on Hoorn's 
Hook, to which he removed. See Appendix H. On October 
25, 1702, being "sick in bed," he made his will, giving his wife 
a life use of his estate. The will was proved September 9, 1703, 
only a few days before the widow married Henry Bogert, of 
Marbletown, to which place she removed with some of her chil- 
dren. The Hoorn's Hook farm and other lands of Jan Dela- 
mater were sold, in 1710, to Samuel Waldron. 

Jan (2), (son of Claude), had issue: 

8. Jannetie, born April 20, 1679, baptized April 30, 1679, ^i^d 

young. 

9. Susannah No. i, born November 25, 1680, died young. 

10. Susannah No. 2, baptized October 11, 1682, married Albert 
Low, October 2, 1702, had five children. 



496 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

11. Cornelius, baptized May 6, 1683, married Margaret Van 

Steenburgh, September 28, 1703, had eleven children. 

12. Cornelia, baptized February 19, 1685, married Cornelius 

Bogert, 1707, had two children. 

13. Susannah, baptized December 12, 1685. 

14. Johannes No. i, baptized January 29, 1688, died young. 

15. Abraham, baptized July 17, 1689, married Sarah Bogert, 

January 19, 171 1, had four children. He married 
second, Catherine ?, and had one child. 

16. Jannetje, baptized October 13, 1689, married William Elting. 

Abraham (3), (son of GivAudis), had issue: by first wife: 

17. Tanneke, baptized March 27, 1692, married Martin Bogert, 

May 7, 1713, had five children. 

18. Hester, born 1694, married John Lewis, May 22, 1713, had 

two children. 

19. Maria (Marytje), born August 8, 1696, married John Pierce, 

June 3, 1716, had ten children. 

20. Catherine, baptized March 21, 1697. 

Abraham (3) had issue by second wife, Elsie Lechier: 

21. Adriana (Ariaantje), baptized November 11, 1694, married 

Aldert Kiersted, October 26, 17 14, had two children. 

22. Johannes (Joannes), baptized July 4, 1697, married first 

Christina Wynkoop, May 12, 1723, had seven children. 
He married second, Maria Decker, November 11, 1738, 
had two children, and died 1756. 

23. David, baptized February 2, 1701, married Laurentia Ten- 

broek. May 10, 1728, had nine children. Will proved 
December 17, 1771. 

24. Jacobus (James), baptized April 22, 1705, married Catrina 

Schoonmaker, November 12, 1726, had one child. 

25. Abraham (Abram), baptized September 28, 1707, married 

Rachel, daughter of Abraham Low, had seven children, 
and died July 13, 1776. 

Isaac Delamater (4), (son of Glaude), was born 1658, at 
Flatbush, and married about 1681, Cornelia Everts (Van Ness), 
of Albany, a sister of Rebecca Everts, wife of Jerome Barheyt, 
of that place. Both Isaac and wife united with the church at 
New York, December 3, 1681, though living at Harlem, where 
he was afterward a deacon. Later he served the town as a com- 
missioner, also a constable. Isaac obtained the upper half of 
his father's farm on Montanye's Flat, called six morgen, or 
twelve acres. He leased it, with house, garden, orchard, and 
half the meadow, to Jan Tibout, February 13, 1688, for 12 years. 
Isaac drew lot No. 11, Jochem Pieters' Hills, which he sold to 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 497 

Jan Dyckman. He resumed his farm, and occupied it as late 
as December 3, 1726, on which date he conveyed all his lands 
to his son John. He, or his son Isaac, bought is^o. 6, New Lots, 
from Nicholas Kortright, in 1729, and sold it in 1731 to Johannes 
Waldron. 

Isaac (4), (son of Glaude), had issue: 
26. Hester, baptized April 7, 1683, at Albany, married first Simon 
Van Ness, from that place, January 15, 1701, but in 1716 
a farmer at Newark, N. J., and second, Frans Spuys, Oc- 
tober 4, 1733. 
2."/. Evertie (Titje), baptized January 14, 1685, married Bern- 
ardus Verveelen, April 6, 1713, had eight children. 

28. John (Jan), baptized January 16, 1687, married Annatje 

Waldron, June 11, 1714, had ten children, and died about 

1743- 

29. Abraham, baptized March 29, 1693, married Catharine, 

daughter of Johannes Benson, February 21, 1718, had 
four children, and died December 8, 1771. Was owner 
from 1727 to 1742 of the Louvre, or Jones' Woods Farm. 
He lived for some years at Tappan, N. Y., but returned 
to New York, where he died. 

30. Isaac, baptized March 29, 1693. married Belitie Waldron, 

August 9, 17 1 7, had four children. 

31. Rebecca, baptized November 25, 1696, married Captain Isaac 

Delamater, October 20, 17 17, had fourteen children. 

32. Jacob, born April 9, 1699. 

ZZ- Susannah, who married Johannes B. Waldron, June 5, 1719, 
had five children. 

34. Cornelia, who married Cornelius Ouackenbos, June 16, 1726, 

had one child. ~ 

Jacobus (7), (son 01^ G1.AUD15), had issue;: 

35. Glaude, born 1692, baptized January 28, 1692, married Chris- 

tina Leggett, had eight children, and died 1770. 

Z6. Isaac, baptized June 3, 1694, known as Captain Delamater, 
who married his cousin, Rebecca Delamater, November 
8, 1717, had fourteen children, and on October 21, 1764, 
married Catherine Winegar, removed from Marbletown 
to Amenia, Dutchess County, N. Y., served in the French 
War, was a justice of the peace, and died April 20, 1775. 

Z7- Martha, baptized November 8, 1696. 

38. Jacobus, baptized May 18, 1699. 

39. Martin, baptized May 4, 1701, married Elizabeth Nottingham, 

April 13, 1728, had ten children, and died about 1768. 

40. Bata, baptized December 24, 1703, married John Leggett, 

October 25, 1722, had four children. 



498 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

41. Hester, baptized August 11, 1706. 

42. Cornelius, born 1708, not mentioned in his father's will. 

43. Jannetie, baptized January 11, 171 1, married Joris Middagh, 

October 11, 1734, had nine children. 

44. Susannah, born 17 13, married Thomas Nottingham, January 

7, 1732, had eleven children. 

CoRNJSUus (11), (son 01? Jan), had issue: 

45. Tebina, baptized July 21, 1706. 

46. Zeletie, baptized August 4, 1706, married Matheus Van 

Keuren, January 26, 1729, had six children. 

47. Anna Catharina No. i, baptized January 28, 1708, died young. 

48. Anna Catharina No. 2, baptized September 18, 1709, married 

Ephraim Dubois, November 10, 1727, had eight children. 

49. Mary Salmi, baptized April 22, 171 1. 

50. Abraham No. i, baptized September 20, 171 3, died young. 

51. Johannes, baptized January 15, 17 16. 

52. Abraham No. 2, baptized January 19, 17 18, married Sarah 

Chambers, August 26, 1744, had six children. 

53. Cornelius (Cornells), baptized December 13, 1719, married 

Catalyntjen (Catalina) Oosterhout, May 28, 1743, had 
eleven children. 

54. Thomas, baptized October 21, 1722. 

55. Benjamin, baptized July 4, 1725, married Anna Hooghtaling, 

November 19, 1762, had six children. 

Abraham (15), (son of Jan), had issue: 

56. Margareta, who married Johannis Picheltzimmer, had one 

child. 

57. Sarah, born August 6, 17 13. married Job Warfoot, had one 

child. 

58. Catherine, who married W. J. ?, had one child. 

59. Rachel, who married Isaac Isselstein, had one child. 

Johannes (22), (son oe Abraham), had issue by eirst wiEe: 

60. Cornelia, baptized March i, 1724, married Cornelius Low, 

August 26, 1750, had four children. 

61. Elsie (Elsjen), baptized April 3, 1726, married Dirck Schep- 

noes, August 26, 1750, had four children. 

62. Catrina, baptized September 10, 1727, married Wilhelmus 

Van Gaasbeek (William Chambers), December 7, 1750, 
had four children. 

63. Annatje No. i, baptized September 7, 1729, died young. 

64. Abraham J., baptized February 18, 1733, married first, Sarah 

Tenbroek, December 20, 1755, had six children. He mar- 
ried second, Margaret Tenbroek, May 5, 1772, had twO' 
children. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 499 

65. Johannes, baptized February 2, 1735. 

66. Annatje No. 2 (Anna), baptized November 21, 1736, married 

John Edmonds, April 20, 1775. 

Johannes (22) had issue by second wii?e, Maria Decker^ viz. : 

6j. Maria (Marytje), baptized September 13, 1741, married 
Henry Sleight, January 15, 1764, had two children. 

68. Elizabeth. 

David {,2.-^^ , (son of Abraham), had issue: 

69. Abraham No. i, baptized March 2, 1729, died young. 

70. Zara No. i (Sarah), baptized February 18, 1733, died young. 

71. John, baptized April 20, 1735. 
y2. Cornelius, baptized May 19, 1737. 

"jl^i- James or Jacobus, baptized October 14, 1739. 

74. Zara No. 2 (Sarah), baptized March 28, 1742. 

75. David D., baptized June 10, 1744, married Sarah Hoffman, 

November 5, 1768, had six children, and died October 
30, 1815. 

76. Abraham No. 2, baptized February 22, 1747, married Eliza- 

beth Low, had one child. 
jy. Catherina, baptized November 27, 1748, married Jacob Dela- 
mater, April 14, 1768, had seven children, and died July 
18, 1796. 

Jacobus (24), (son of Abraham), had issue: 
78. Anneken, baptized February 13, 1732, married Abraham Post. 

Abraham (25), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

79- ? (child), (name torn out of record), baptized October 

21, 1733- 

80. Rachel No. i, baptized December 11, 1737, died young. 

81. Abraham, baptized February 18, 1739. 

82. Catharine, baptized August 23, 1741, married Isaac Roosa, 

November 10, 1764, had eight children. 

83. David, baptized November 27, 1843, married Rebecca Roosa, 

October 18, 1771, had one child. 

84. John (Johannes), baptized May 3, 1747, married Elizabeth 

Brink, 1777, had nine children, and died July 18, 181 1. 

85. Rachel No. 2, baptized August 13, 1749, married Teunis 

Sleight, October 8, 1771, had five children. 

John Delamater (28), baptized January 16, 1687, married 
June II, 1714, Anneke, daughter of Johannes Waldron, and in 
1718 was elected constable. In 1715 he bought the property of 
his aunt, Aeltie Vermilye, who removed to Westchester. This 



500 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

consisted of lot No. 5, of 1691, and her drafts in the four divis- 
ions, 31 acres in all, with a village seat. In 1719 he added 30 
acres from Matthew Benson (since in the Samson A. Benson 
farm), and next, in 1726, his father's lands, giving him a total 
of 99 acres. In 1729 he sold four acres (the Vermilye First 
Division) to Johannes Waldron, and in 1737 the 30 acres afore- 
said, to Adolph Benson. The rest of his lands, 65 acres, in which 
was included the farm on Montanye's Flat, and said lot No. 5, 
he sold March 15, 1742, to Arent Kortright, who afterward mar- 
ried his daughter. John Delamater died soon after, and on 
March 24, 1744, his will was admitted to probate, and his son- 
in-law, Myer, allowed to administer. 

John (Jan) (28), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

86. Anneke (Anna), born July 15, 1715, married Samuel Wal- 

dron, of Newtown, April 25, 1735, had eight children. 

87. John, born August 10, 1717, married Elizabeth Post, had 

seven children. He a carpenter of New York. 

88. Samuel, born October 3, 1725, married Catalina, daughter of 

Benjamin Waldron, October 3, 1756, had six children. 
He "of the Out Ward, cordwainer." Not mentioned in 
his father's will, 1736. 

89. Isaac, born November 12, 1727, married Anna Pearse (Antje 

Peers), had five children, and died February 4, 1790. 

90. Cornelia, who married John Myer, Jr., had three children. 

91. Susannah, who married Isaac Day. Joined church at Hack- 

ensack, N. J., May 22, 1742. He a blacksmith at Hacken- 
sack, later went to Harlem, where he kept Day Tavern. 

92. Margaret, who married Aaron Kortright, had three children. 

93. Rebecca, Avho married Lewis Williams, had seven children. 

94. Hester. 

95. Sarah. 

Abraham (29), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

96. Catherine, who married Henry Brevoort, September 20, 1739, 

had eight children. 

97. Isaac, who married Maria Richardson, November 26, 1744, 

had four children. 

98. John, who married Phebe (Sytje) Mabie, August 15, 1750, 

had two children. 

99. Elizabeth, who married Cornelius Vanderhoof, December 9, 

1750, had nine children. He of New York. She of 
Tappan, N. Y. 

Isaac (30), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

100. Barent, baptized April 12, 1720, married Rachel Jewel, June 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 501 

8, 1745, had six children, and died 1812. He bought 
farm in Westchester County, N. Y., was a deacon in 
Tarrytown Church, 1773. 
loi. Isaac, who married first, Jannetie Flierboom, had one child. 
He married second Catalina Benson, had four children. 

102. John, who married Jannetie Post, August 16, 1755, had eight 

children. He a carpenter of New York. 

103. Abraham, baptized March 19, 1732, married Maria Vande- 

water, of Bloomingdale, had eight children. 

GivAude; (35), (son op Jacobus), had issue: 

104. John, baptized July 13, 1718, married Hilletje Muller, had 

two children. 

105. Jacobus, born May 16, 1720, baptized June 5, 1720, married 

Maria Muller, February 23, 1752, had two children. 

106. Dirck, baptized June 17, 1722, married Thryntie Osterhout, 

October 13, 1768, had eight children. He died at Green- 
port, N. Y. 

107. Catalina, baptized October 18, 1724, married Jacob Harter 

(Herder), June 2,y, 1777, had one child. 

108. Rachel, baptized June 8, 1729, married John Leggett, Jr., 

April 19, 1764, had one child. 

109. Jeremiah. 

no. Gertrude, who married John M. Van Valkenburgh, had 
eight children. 

111. Christina, who married John Van Deusen, May 29, 1750, had 

seven children. 

Isaac {-^6), (son op Jacobus), had issue by first wipe: 

112. Jacobus, baptized August 24, 1718, married Cintie ?, 

had one child. 

113. Johannes, baptized June 5, 1720, married Maria Kip, Feb- 

ruary I, 1752, had thirteen children, and died October 30, 
1793. Removed to Chatham, Columbia County, N. Y., 
and bought farm. Died there. 

114. Jannetie, baptized June 8, 1720. 

115. Bata (Elizabeth), baptized February 17, 1722, married 

Jacob Mayer, December 18, 1755, had one child. 

116. Janneke, baptized July 16, 1723, married Robert George, 

March 26, 1760. 

117. Isaac, born prior to 1730, married Eva Kip, February i, 

1752, had four children. She a daughter of Johannes 
Kip, of Rhinebeck, N. Y. 

118. Martin, baptized September 19, 1731, married Ann Marsh, 

September 8, 1763, had nine children, and died in 1805! 
She died in 181 5. 

119. Benjamin No. i, born 1733, died young. 

120. Geertie, baptized November 4, 1733. 



502 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

121. Elizabeth, baptized February 13, 1737, married a son of 

Rev. Cyrus Marsh, of Connecticut. 

122. Hendrick, born January 4, 1739, married first, Catherine 

Kip, November 18, 1765, had four children. He had one 
child by a second wife, and died at Valatie, Columbia 
County, N. Y. 

123. Cornelius, baptized August 17, 1740. married Blandina De 

Graff, July 11, 1770, had three children. 

124. Benjamin' No. 2, baptized February 13, 1743, married Han- 

nah Row, January 2, 1769, had eight children, and died 
August 7, 1800. He died at Clinton, Dutchess Countv, 
N. Y. 

125. Rebecca, baptized ]\Iarch 3. 1745, married Samuel Young, 

May 18, 1766, had two children. 

Martin (39), (son op Jacobus), had issue: 

126. Geertjen, baptized September 21, 1729, married Daniel Can- 

tine, October 30, i75o,had one child, and died before 1768. 

127. Jacob No. I, baptized March 17, 1734, died young. 

128. Elizabeth, baptized January 18, 1736, married Abraham Can- 

tine, November 19, 1756, had two children. 

129. Margriet, baptized April 16, 1738, married Jan Elmendorph, 

had two children. 

130. Maria, baptized June 22, 1740, married Coenraad Du Bois, 

had nine children. 

131. Bata, baptized April 18, 1742, married Gerrit M. Niewkirk, 

June 15, 1765. 

132. Hester No. i, baptized September 16, 1744, died young. 

133. Jacob No. 2, baptized April i, 1750, married Catherina 

Delamater, April 14, 1768, had seven children, and died 
May 17, 1794. 

134. William, baptized June 14, 1752, married Mary Vandewater, 

December 18, 1770. 

135. Hester No. 2, baptized October 6, 1747, married Jacob El- 

mendorph, October 16, 1767. 

Abraham (52), (son of CorneIvIus), had issue: 

136. Cornelius, baptized November 4, 1744, married Rachel 

Slaight, September 26, 1767, had eleven children', and 
died May 7, 1812. She a daughter of Benjamin Slaight, 
baptized March 13, 1748. 

137. Abraham, baptized April 20, 1747, married Annetie Sleight, 

November 15, 1769. 

138. Peter, baptized June 25, 1749, married Lavinia Dean, had 

three children. Settled at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he 
died. 

139. Sarah, baptized November 3, 1751. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 503 

140. Johannes, baptized February 3, 1754, married Jennettje 

Whittaker, October 22, 1779, had five children. She a 
daughter of Jan Whittaker and Catherine HooghtaHng. 

141. Margaret, baptized March 7, 1756. 

Cornelius (53), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

142. Jan, baptized October 23, 1743, married Catherine VanVUet, 

had four children. 

143. Cornelius No. i, baptized April 12, 1745, died young. 

144. Cornelius No. 2, baptized December 7, 1746, died young. 

145. Abraham C, baptized August 28, 1748, married Catharine 

Van Waggoner, October 15, 1773, had three children, 
and died July 31, 1812. 

146. Benjamin, baptized January 28, 1750. 

147. Matheus, baptized May 3. 1752. 

148. Rachel, baptized October 21. 1753, married David Low, May 

13, 1775, had nine children. 

149. Margaret, baptized September 14, 1755, married Jeremias 

Hoogtelingh, June 27, 1770, had twelve children. 

150. Elizabeth, baptized May 8, 1757. 

151. Cornelius No. 3, baptized April 22, 1759, died young. ^ 

152. Cornells No. 4, baptized July 20, 1760, married Sarah Krom, 

November 10, 1782, had two children, and died Novem- 
ber, 1842. 

Benjamin (55), (son of Corneuus), had issue: 

153. Maria, baptized January 15, 1764. 

154. Margriet, baptized April 14, 1765. 

155. Sarah, baptized July 13, 1766. 

156. Anna, baptized March 16, 1769. 

157. Cornelius No. i, baptized October 10, 1770, died young. 

158. ConieHus No. 2, baptized November 9, 1771, married Helen 

Ostrander, September 5, 1801. 

Abraham J. (64), (son oE Johannes), had issue by 
FIRST WIFE : 

159. John, baptized September 5, 1756, died single. 

160. Blandina, baptized September 9, 1759, married Peter Sharp, 

had eight children. 

161. Christina, baptized August 23, 1761, unmarried. 

162. Cornelius, baptized February 19, 1764. 

163. Maria, baptized October 4, 1766, married John Schepnoes, 

November 12, 1787. 

164. Elizabeth, baptized April 13, 1769. 

Abraham J. (64) had issue by second wife, Margaret 
Tenbroek : 
164a. Jacob, baptized August 24, 1773, married Magdalena 
Broadhead, December 16, 1798, had two children. 



504 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

164b. Catharine, baptized December 3, 1775, married Jacob Teii- 
broeck. Joined Reformed Church at Germantown, N. Y. 
October 6, 1792. 

David D. (75), (son of David), had issue: 

165. David D. No. i, baptized October 21, 1764, died young. 

166. David D. No. 2, baptized June 3, 1766, died young. 

167. Anthony, baptized November 2, 1768, married Catharine 

HoughtaHng, May 28, 1794, had one child. He settled 
at Rhinebeck, N. Y., where he died at an advanced age. 
Was a captain in the War of 1812. 

168. Abraham, baptized February 19, 1770, married Engeltje 

Elmendorf, February 8, 1795, had five children, and died 
February 16, 1841. He was a physician at Rhinebeck, 
N. Y. 

169. David D. No. 3, baptized August 13, 1775. 

170. Catherina, baptized March 21, 1779. 

Abraham (76), (son of David), had issue: 

171. Abraham, baptized January 23, 1787, died young. 

David (83), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

172. Rachel, baptized October 26, 1772, married Petrus P. Roosa, 

June 13, 1790, had twelve children. 

John (84), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

173. Mary (Maria), born February i, 1774, married Petrus G. 

Ostrander, January 21, 1796, had seven children. 

174. John, baptized April 25, 1779. 

175. Rachel, baptized June 30, 1782. 

176. Cornelius, baptized January i, 1785. 

177. Abraham, baptized May 14, 1786. 

178. Anne (Annatje), baptized May 24, 1789. 

179. Peter Low, baptized November 17, 1793, married Mary 

Brink, December 29, 1816, had eight children. He born 
at Marbletown, N. Y., was officer in the Reformed Dutch 
Church until his dealh. 

180. Caterine, baptized June 12, 1797. 

181. Jacob Brink, born March 19, 1799, married Rachel Beenon, 

had eight children. 



I«2. 



John (87), (son of John), had issue: 
John, baptized October 9, 1754, had one child. 

183. Rebecca, baptized April 3, 1757. 

184. Isaac No. i, baptized August 5, 1759, died young. 

185. Elizabeth No. i, baptized March 24, 1762, died young. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 505 

186. Isaac No. 2, baptized March 4, 1764, married Ann Burns, 

September 7, 1783, had one child. 

187. Abraham, born 1765. 

188. Ehzabeth No. 2, baptized November 5, 1769. 

Samue;Iv (88), (son oi^ John), had issui:: 

189. John S., born 1757, married Margaret Cronk, had three 

children. Served in artillery during Revolution. Was 
Health Officer of New York for many years. 

190. Samuel, born March 28, 1759, married Hannah Vander- 

burgh, July 4, 1779, had eight children, and died June 8, 
1843. Was a tanner and currier in New York. Died at 
residence. No. 20 North Moore Street, New York City. 
V 191. Ann, born 1761, married John M. Vandenburgh, had eight 
children, and died August 9, 1850. 

192. Cornelia, born 1763, married Samuel Gautier, May 16, 1784, 

had three children. 

193. Benjamin, born 1765. 

194. Elizabeth, who married Jonathan Penny. 

ISx\AC (89), (son o]? John), had issue: 

195. John (Jan), baptized April i, 1750, married Elizabeth Cald- 

well, November 29, 1798, had two children, and died 
December 7, 1829. 

196. Maria, baptized October 29, 1752, married Ashar Pike, April 

15, 1772, had four children, and died October 3, 1822. 

197. Anna, baptized June 19, 1755. 

198. Joseph No. I, baptized December 7, 1757, died young. 

199. Joseph No. 2, baptized April 15, 1761. 

Isaac (97), (son of Abraham), had issue;: 

200. Catherine, born December 24, 1745. 

201. William, born January 19, 1747. 

202. Abraham, born September 7, 1749, baptized October 8, 1749, 

married Sarah Van Blarcom, June 13, 1774, had three 
children. 

203. John, born April 22, 1752, baptized May 31, 1752. 

John (98), (son oi?', Abraham), had issue: 

204. Abraham, born January 29, 175 1. 

205. Catalina, born February 19, 1753, married John Hendrick 

Harper, had one child. 

Barent (100), (son oe Isaac), had issue: 

206. Jooris, baptized August 21, 1746. 



5o6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

207. Beletje, baptized August 30, 1749, married Mr. Knapp, had 

one child. 

208. Rebecka (Rebecca), baptized June 20, 1752, married David 

Devoe, had two children. 

209. Sara, baptized September 9, 1755, married Mr. Shule. 

210. Isaac, baptized September 6, 1758, married Abigail Haight, 

December 24, 1785, had twelve children, and died Julv 8, 

1837. 
2TT. Elizabeth, baptized September 12, 1761, married Mr. Lani- 

gan. 

Isaac (ioi), (son of Isaac), had issue by first wife: 

212. Isaac, born September i, 175 1, baptized December 25, 175 1, 

married Jannetie Meyer, had five children. 

Isaac (ioi) had issue by second wife, Catalina Benson: 

213. Johannes, born August 13, 1756, baptized September 5, 1756. 

214. Beletie, born March 20, 1762, baptized April ii, 1762. 

215. Abraham, baptized November 25, 1767. 

216. Gerrit, baptized May 28, 1775. 

John (102), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

217. Isaac, baptized May 11, 1757. 

218. Sara, baptized May 21, 1760. 

219. John No. I (Johannis), baptized September 26, 1762, died 

young. 

220. Abraham, baptized April 28, 1765. 

221. Margarita, baptized April 12, 1767. 

222. Evert, baptized May 20, 1770, married Mary Cole, October 

20, 1795, had seven children. 

223. John No. 2, born 1773. 

224. Jane, baptized August 27, 1775. 

Abraham (103), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

225. Mary, born 1770, married Abraham Montfort, 1790. 

226. William, born 1772. 

227. Elizabeth, born 1774, married John Lake. 

228. Isaac, born 1776, had one child. 

229. Catherine, born April 25, 1778, married John Wilson, Feb- 

ruary 9, 1797, had thirteen children. He of New York. 

230. Cornelia, born 1780. 

231. Benjamin, born 1783. 

232. Abraham, born 1786. 

John (104), (son of Geaude), had issue: 

233. Jeremias, baptized February 14, 1748, married Alida Vos- 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 507 

burgh, had one child, and died February 2^, 1821. He 
served in the Eighth Regiment, of Albany County, N. Y., 
militia, in the Revolution. She died March 27, 1848. 

234. Claude, baptized August 11, 1752, married Elizabeth Herder, 

1778, had eight children, and died in 1842. He served 
in the Eighth Regiment, Albany County, N. Y., militia, 
in the Revolutionary War. 

Jacobus (105), (son of Claude), had issue: 

235. Claude, baptized October 25, 1752, married first Maria Van 

Deusen, September 9, 1771, had five children. He mar- 
ried second Lea Mandeville, April 27, 1783, had three 
children. 

236. Jeremias, baptized August 22, 1756. 

DiRCK (106), (son of CivAudu), had issue: 

237. Cloudy (Claude), baptized February 25, 1770, married Jan- 

net'je Elton, April 7, 1789, had six children. 

238. Tennis, baptized November 7, 1773, died young. 

239. Tones, baptized January 24, 1775. 

240. Christine, baptized February 11, 1776, married Wilhelmus 

Hoogtaling, 1797. 

241. Dunis (Tunis), baptized March 6, 1778, died young. 

242. Gertruit (Gertrude), baptized September 5, 1779. 

243. Theunis, baptized October 21, 1781. 

244. John, baptized September 17, 1786, married Margaret Ross- 

more, had one child. 

245. Korneiia, baptized February 12, 1744. 

Johannes (113), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

246. Isaac, born December 13, 1752, married Hannah Barlow, 

February 8, 1776, had seven children, and died March 12, 
1830. He was born at Amenia, N. Y., enlisted and served 
as commissary during the Revolution. He removed to 
Pompey, Onondaga County, N. Y., and died there. 

247. Margaret, born August 21, 1754, died unmarried August 19, 

1769. 

248. John, born September 23, 1756, died single, July 2, 1774. 

249. Rebecca No. i, born September 5, 1758, died May 14, 1761. 

250. Rachel, baptized October 26, 1760, married Joshua Neuman, 

October 14, 1779, had seven children. She died at Delhi, 
N. Y. 

251. Jacob, born June i, 1762, married Elizabeth Dorr, 1786, had 

six children, and died June 27, 1828. 

252. Benjamin, born June i, 1762, married first, Sarah Gifford, 

of Chatham, N. Y., had one child. He married second, 
Isabel Beverly, had nine children, and died April 26, 1832. 



5o8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

253. Rebecca No. 2, born March 15, 1764, married first, William 

Bullis, had one child. She married second, Captain Amos 
Rice, had two children, and died January 11, 1835. 

254. Abraham No. i, born March 4, 1766, died young. 

255. Abraham No. 2, born April 2, 1767, married first, Phebe 

Herrick, and second, Anetje (Anna) Storm, had seven 
children by second wife, and died August 6, 1845. 

256. Samuel, baptized April 15, 1770, married Lucy Sedgewick, 

1796, had six children, and died in 1822. Settled at Poes- 
tenkill, Rensselaer County, N. Y., at which place he died. 

257. Peter, baptized February 14, 1773, married Sarah Gage, 

1805, had nine children. Was a physician. Settled at 
Duanesburgh, and died there September 14, 1849. 

258. Elizabeth, born May 11, 1776, died February 29, 1790. 

Isaac (117), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

259. Margaretha, baptized April 14, 1754, married Martinus 

Becker, had six children. 

260. Isaac, born 1754, married Rachel Kip, November 30, 1783, 

had four children. 

261. Abraham, born 1756, married Catherine Miller, had five 

children. 

262. Johannes, born February 26, 1758, married first, Maria De 

Graff, June 17, 1778, had one child. He married second, 
Betsy Lester, Julv 17, 1791, had eight children, and died 
March, 1836, at Ellenburgh, N. Y. 

Martin (118), (son oe^ Isaac), had issue;: 

263. Cyrus M., baptized January 13, 1765, married ? Lyon, 

had five children. 

264. Isaac, baptized October 20, 1765. 

265. Maria, who married Asel Terril, had two children. 

266. Rebecca, baptized June 25, 1767, married Philip Winegar, 

had four children. 

267. James, baptized March 12, 1768, not mentioned in his father's 

will, dated 1803. 

268. Susanna, baptized July 2, 1770, married Rev. Ebenezer 

Smith, January 5, 1797, had two children. 

269. Mercy, baptized April 12, 1772. 

270. Anna, baptized December 25, 1774. 

271. Lydia, baptized November 17, 1776. Not mentioned in 

father's will, dated 1803. 

H^NDRiCK (122), (son op Isaac), had issue by first wife: 

272. Rebecca, born December 18, 1767, married William Bray- 

man, December 31, 1788, had nine children, settled on 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 509 

farm in Broome, Schoharie County, N. Y. She died Feb- 
ruary 20, 1837. 

273. John, born February 18, 1771, married Mary Eaton, October 

19, 1794, had fifteen children, settled at Westerlo, Albany 
County, N. Y., and died September 6, 1848. 

274. Benjamin Valatie (Capt.), born March 31, 1773, married 

Anna Barnes, 1793, had eight children. He was a cap- 
tain of a military company during the War of 181 2, and 
died June 4, 181 5. 

275. Abraham Valatie, born 1775, married Olive Chapman, had 

nine children, and died 1852. 

HeNDRICK (122) HAD ISSUE BY SECOND WIEE : 

276. Catharine, who married Reuben C. Kraig, March 31, 181 1. 

Settled in Cortland County, N. Y. 

CORNEUUS (123), (son OE IsAAC), HAD ISSUE: 

277. Antonetta, born December 16, 1772. 

278. Moses, born June 9, 1776. 

279. Isaac, born May 21, 1782. 

Benjamin (124), (son oe Isaac), had issue: 

280. Benjamin, born October 28, 1778, married Almira Row, had 

nine children, settled at Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N. 
Y., and died March 21, 1858. 

281. Elizabeth, born March 5, 1782. 

282. Nicholas, baptized June 20, 1773. 

283. Jacob, not mentioned in his father's will of 1798. 

284. Susanna. 

285. Sarah. 

286. Laura, not mentioned in her father's will of 1798. 

287. Mary. 

Jacob (133), (son of Martin), had issue: 

288. Martyn (Martin), baptized September 26, 1770, married 

Elizabeth Nottingham, had one child. 

289. Laurentia, baptized July 18, 1771. 

290. Elizabeth, baptized May 5, 1776. 

291. Sara, baptized May 5, 1776. 

292. Sally Malcum, baptized May 11, 1783, married Charles De- 

witt, November 25, 1798, had three children. 

293. John Addison, baptized August 27, 1785, married Anne De- 

witt, had two children. 

294. Gerret, baptized February 3, 1788, married Ann Tack, had 

three children, and died February 9, 1849. 



5IO HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Cornelius (136), (son 01? Abraham), had issue: 

295. Sarah, baptized November 2, 1768. 

296. Anna No. i, baptized February 19, 1771, died February 25, 

1771. 

297. Anna No. 2, baptized January 15, 1772, married Jacob Fel- 

ter. 

298. Thomas, baptized April 6, 177A^ married Christina Pulver, 

had five children. 

299. Conrad, baptized November i, 1778, died single, September 

I, 1825. 

300. Catharine, baptized May 13, 1781, married William Trem- 

per, had four children. 

301. Benjamin S., baptized November 23, 1783, married Rachel 

Snyder, January 29, 1805, had three children. 

302. EHzabeth, baptized October i, 1786, married Tobias Has- 

brouck. 

303. William, baptized March 28, 1789, married Eliza Douglas. 

304. Effie, baptized March 28, 1789. 

305. !\Iargaret, baptized July 6, 1792, married James Van Keuren, 

was living in 1858. 

Peter (138), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

306. Charlotte Elizabeth, born about 1770, married Justis Smith, 

had five children, and died 1864. R.emoved to Warren, 
Ohio. 

307. William B., born about 1772, married first, Annatje Sleight, 

January 8, 1795, and second, Jane Hardenburgh, June 
6, 1802, had five children. Settled at Rosendale, N. Y., 
where he died. 

308. Henry A. 

Johannes (140), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

309. Abraham No. i, baptized April 30, 1780, died young. 

310. Abraham No. 2, baptized May 5, 1782, married Hannah Rad- 

clifif, had seven children, and died March 14, 1871. 

311. John, baptized August 15, 1784, married Lena Hulder (Hol- 

ler), May 29, 1807, had four children. 

312. Sarah, baptized September 15, 1786. 

.313. Margrit, baptized October 28, 1787, married John Ten 
Broeck, Jr., had nine children. 

Jan (142), (son of CorneIvIus), had issue: 

314. Cornells, baptized February 10, 1765. 

315. Wilhelm, baptized February 28, 1773. 

316. Jan, baptized August 15, 1779. 

317. Rachel, baptized September 21, 1781. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 511 

Abraham C. (145), (son of Corneuus) , had issue: 

318. Sarah, baptized August 22, 1774. 

319. Cornelius, baptized April 6, 1777. 

320. Isaac, baptized November 11, 1781. 

CORNEUUS (152), (son 0]? CoRNEIvIUS), HAD ISSUE: 

321. Maria, baptized May 29, 1785, married Joshuah Van Keuren, 

had three children. 

322. Petrus, baptized May 25, 1788, married Lena Van Keuren, 

had one child. 

Jacob (164a), (son of Abraham J.), had issue: 

323. Blandina No. i, born April 24, 1801, died young-. 

324. Blandina No. 2, baptized May 17, 1807. 

Anthony (167), (son of David D.), had issue: 

325. Catherine, baptized October 14, 1798, married Egbert Jan- 

sen, January 25, 181 5, had two children. 

Abraham (168), (son of David D.), had issue: 

326. David, baptized November 18, 1796. 

327. Cornelius, baptized March 3, 1799. 

328. John Schoonmaker, born March 4, 1802. 

329. Peter R. Roosa, born December 23, 1804. 

330. Mary, born 1816. 

Peter Low (179), (son of John), had issue: 

331. Cornelius Brink, born August i, 1818, died August 19, 1819, 

buried at Marbletown, N. Y. 

332. John, born October 29, 18 19, married Dina W. Brink, June 

5, 1844, had three children. 

333. Eliza (Catherine), born March 29, 1822, married Lyman H. 

Davis, September 16, 1845, had three children, and died 
July 14, 1 88 1. 

334. James Brink, born October 11, 1825, married Harriet F. 

Bailey, February 10, 1859, had one child. He served in 
95th Regiment, Company E, Illinois Volunteers, in 1862, 
and died July i, 1863. 

335. Rachel, who married Dr. James Northrup, April 19, 1849, 

had one child. She of Woodstock, 111. 

336. Theodore C, born June 24, 1835, married Mary Fifield, 

November 17, 1859, had four children. He resided at 
San Francisco, Cal. 

337. Mary Jane, who married Bloomer Sower, September 30, 

1862, and died October 30, 1867. 



512 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

338. Cornelius, born September 17, 1828, died December 28, 1828, 

buried at Marbletown, N. Y. 

Jacob Brink (181), (son of John), had issue: 

339. James. 

340. Lewis. 

341. Mary A. 

342. Samuel S. 

343. Eliza A. 

344. Sarah J. 

345. Wealthy M. 

346. John 

John (182), (son of John), had issue: 

347. John, born September 5, 1778, married Fanny Decker, 1806, 

had five children. Will proved April 26, i860. 

Isaac (186), (son of John), had issue: 

348. Isaac, who married Sarah Smith, had four children. 

John S. (189), (son of Samuel), had issue: 

349. John, baptized August 23, 1788. 

350. Maria, baptized July 18, 1790. 

351. Samuel, baptized January 6, 1793. 

Samuel Delamater (190) became a tanner and currier in 
New York, married July 4, 1779, Hannah Vandenburgh, and 
died at his residence, 20 North Moore Street, June 8, 1843. 

Samuee (190), (son of Samuee), had issue: 

352. Hannah, born May 20, 1780, married Peter Stryker, 1804, 

had one child. 

353. Catalina, born July 15, 1782, married Gysbert B. Vroom, 

January 9, 1800, had eight children, and died March 8, 
1836. 

354. Samuel, born July 23, 1784, died single, October 8, 1819. 

Shipmaster. He made his will November 25, 1818, "ex- 
pecting to sail to-morrow for Mantanzas." 

355. Garret, born July 8, 1787, died 1797. 

356. Maria, born January 14, 1790, joined church at Schodack, 

N. Y., August 4, 1 82 1. She married first, Rev. Isaiah Y. 
Johnston, May 4, 1818, had two children, and second, 
Abel Hine. She died March 6, 1867. 

357. John, born July i, 1792, married Sophia J. Ostrander, June 

25, 1814, had six children. Was a builder by trade, and 
at one time an Alderman. Died December 21, 1877. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 513 

358. Benjamin Waldron, born March 28, 1795, was a grocer, and 

later President of the Long Island Insurance Company. 
He married first, Eucretia Marquand, October 3, 1833, 
had one child, and second, Mary Smith Adams, Decem- 
ber 23, 1852. 

359. James Home, born October 11, 1799, married Elizabeth 

Beekman, July 4, 1821, had seven children. Removed to 
Ohio, and later to Meshawaka, Ind., died September 6, 

1857- 

John (195), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

360. Caroline, born 1799, married Jacob Dunton, October 10, 

1821. 

361. Anna, born 1802, married Dr. John A. Elkinton, October 

10. 1830. She of Philadelphia, Pa. 

Abraham (202), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

362. Isaac, baptized January 22, 1775, married Elizabeth Webber, 

had one child. 

363. Mary, born May 6, 1784. 

364. Jane, born September 7, 1787. 

Isaac (210), (son of Barent), had issue: 

365. George, born xA.pril 11, 1787, died young. 

366. Samuel, born February 6, 1789, married Hannah Jewell, 

November i, 1821. 

367. Jesse, born March 31, 1791. 

368. Amy, born May 13, 1793, married Jeremiah Roat, September 

13, 1 82 1, had five children. 

369. Abraham, born May 12, 1795, married Margaret Freeman, 

September 7, 1821. He resided in Michigan for a num- 
ber of years. 

370. Isaac Jewell, born August 27, 1797, married Eliza Doty, 

December 31, 1830, had two children. Resided in West- 
chester County, N. Y. 

371. William B., born October 6, 1799, married Sarah Felter, Jan- 

uary 23, 1823, had four children. Resided in Orange 
County, N. Y. 

372. Ely, born August i, 1801, died single. 

T^y^i- John, born August 13, 1804, married Cornelia McClelland, 
November 15, 1841, had six children. 

374. Francis, born August 6, 1806, died single. 

375. Aseneth, born February 18, 1809, married William Felter, 

September 20, 1829. Resided in Orange County, N. Y. 

376. Edward D., born May 19, 1811, married Jane Chesire, Sep- 

tember 19, 1833, had one child. Resided on Long Island. 



514 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Isaac (212), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

-^'j']. Jannetye, born December 13, 1776, married Abraham Nagel, 
June 6, 1797, had five children. 

378. Jacobus Flierboom, born January 23, 1782. 

379. John, born July 4, 1787. 

380. Catrina, born December 31, 1791, married Abraham Stagg, 

had four children. 

381. Elizabeth, born November 4, 1794. 

Evert (222), (son of John), had issue: 

382. John Cole, born May 21, 1796, baptized August 3, 1796. 

383. Jacob, who married Adelia Wattles, had four children. 

384. Charles, died young. 

385. Ralph. 

386. William. 

387. Susan. 

388. Mary. 

Isaac (228), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

389. Catherine, who married Jacob Weeks. 

Jeremias {2.'^Z)^ (son of John), had issue: 

390. Jacobus, baptized January 6, 1782. 

Ci^AUDE (234), (son of John), had issue: 

391. John, baptized May 13, 1780, died June 21, 1853. 

392. Maria, baptized March 24, 1782. 

393. Jacob, baptized November 28, 1784. 

394. Heletje, baptized February 18, 1786. 

395. Richard, baptized April 19, 1789. 

396. Michel, baptized April 17, 1791. 

397. Christinje, born December 12, 1793, baptized January 5, 

1794. 

398. Peter, born March 19, 1796, married Hannah Van Deusen, 

1825, had four children, and died 1884. 

C1.AUDE (235), (son of Jacobus), had issue by his first 
WIFE, Maria Van Deusen : 

399. Jacobus No. i, baptized April 21, 1773, died young. 

400. Maria, baptized May 6, 1775, married Samuel Salisbury, 

September 18, 1792. 

401. Robert, baptized July 20, 1777. 

402. Jacobus No. 2, baptized December 25, 1779. 

403. Leynje, baptized August 12, 1781, married Cornelius Van 

Deusen, April 3, 1798, had one child. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 515 

Claude (235), had issue by his second wiee, Eea 
Mandevieee : 

404. Dorothea, baptized March 7, 1784. 

405. Gertje, baptized December 25, 1785. 

406. Christina, born September 2, 1792, baptized October 14, 1792. 

Ceoudy (Ceaude) (237), (son oe Dirck), had issue: 

407. Maretje, born November 8, 1789, baptized November 20, 

1789. 

408. Marytje, born October 25, 1791, baptized November 17, 

1791. 

409. Richard, baptized April 19, 1791. 

410. Trinje, born December 16, 1795, baptized January 17, 1796. 

411. Rachel, born November 28, 1797, baptized December 23, 

1797. 

412. Tunis Osterhout, born 1807, married Mary Decker, had two 

children, and died September 29, 1865. 

John (244), (son of Dirck), had issue: 

413. Jonas Rossmore, born 1807, married Sarah A. Groat, had 

one child, and died 1871. 

Isaac (260), (son oe Isaac), had issue: 

414. Johan Peters, born January 7, 1785. 

415. Juny, born January 30, 1787. 

416. Eva, born September 5, 1789. 

417. Maria, born November 21, 1791. 

Abraham (261), (son oe Isaac), eiad issue: 

418. John, born July 9, 1789. 

419. Anna, born May 30, 1790. 

420. Gertje, baptized August 18, 1790. 

421. William, baptized January 5, 1797. 

422. James Barnes, born April i, 1802, married Elizabeth Lang- 

year, had seven children. 

Johannes (262), (son oe Isaac), had issue by first 
WIFE,, Maria De Graff: 

423. Jacobus, born February 6, 1779, baptized March 14, 1779. 

Johannes (262) had issue by his second wife, Betsy 
Lester : 

424. James, born 1792, married Abigail Norton. 

425. Anna Maria, born March 5, 1793, married Robert Grick 

Hudson, July 4, 1813, had three children. She of Odle 
Town, Canada. 



5i6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

426. William, born February 26, 1798, married Sally Hogle, June 

23, 1826, had five children. He of Odle Town, Canada. 

427. Sally, born 1803, married Freeborn Knapp, had three chil- 

dren, and died 1844. Of Canada. 

428. Lucretia, born July i, 1805, married first ? Latham, had 

one child. She married second Reuben Knapp, 1830, had 
one child. 

429. Phoebe, born 1807, died unmarried, about 1821. 

430. Caroline, born 1809, died about 18 19. 

431. Smith, born 1810, married first, Phoebe Leonda Esterbrook, 

January 15, 1826, had twelve children. He married 
second Sylvana Ross, October 29, 1847, had four children. 
Was living in 1880 in Dickinson Center, Franklin County, 
N. Y. 

Isaac (246), (son or* Johannes), had issue: 

432. John, born July 14, 1776, at Albany, N. Y. Was partner 

with his father at Oran Pompey. Removed to Sullivan, 
Madison County, N. Y. He married Zoe Eaton, March 
13, 1803, had ten children, and died December 28, 1828, 
at Sullivan, N. Y. 

433. Stephen, born September 27, 1779, at Albany, N. Y., mar- 

ried Abigail Hollister, had six children, and died at S. E. 
End, Oneida Lake, N. Y. 

434. Nathan, born April 25, 1787, married Sally Merrill, had 

three children, and died januarv 15, 1818, at Pompey, 
N. Y. 

435. Abraham, born April 25, 1787, married Pamelia Hough, 

January 3, 1808, had ten children. Removed in 1833, 
to Washtenawan County, Michigan, and died on his 
farm there. 

436. Isaac, born April 20, 1791, married Diadema Barnes, had 

ten children, and died February, 1878. 

437. Anson, born November 8, 1794, married Nancy Weatherby, 

November 8, 1817, had five children, and died at Colum- 
bia, N. Y., March 23, 1863. 

438. Maria Kip, born February 26, 1801, married Dr. Daniel 

Dennison, had two children, and died 1830. 

Jacob (251), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

439. John (M. D., LL.D.), born April 18, 1787, married Ruth 

Angel, April i, 1810, had eight children, and died March 
30, 1869, at Cleveland. 

440. Edward, born March 20, 1789, married Sarah Hale, Sep- 

tember, 181 2, had seven children. 

441. Jacob, born May 20, 1791, died single, October 21, 1814. 

442. Elizabeth, born January 4, 1794, at Duanesburg, N. Y., mar- 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 517 

ried Thomas Van Dervere, September 22, 181 1, had six 
children, and died January 20, 1840, at Florida, N. Y. 

443. Maria, born February 4, 1799, married Dr. John S. Shuler, 

about 1816, had two children. 

444. Helen, born June 4, 1801, married James Duane Shuler, 

February 2, 1830, had four children, and died February 
9, 1865.' 

Benjamin (252), (son of Johannes), had issue by 
eirst wiee: 

445. ? (child), died aged 10 years. 

Benjamin (252) had issue by his second wife, Isabee 
Beverey : 

446. Benjamin, born 1796, had two children. 

447. John, born 1798, married first, Hannah Tripp, September 

25, 1828, had one child. He married second, Rosette 
Allen, June 15, 1852, had four children. 

448. Maria, born October 20, 1800, married Amory Stearns, July 

20, 1 82 1, had six children. Was living in 1881 at James- 
town, N. Y. 

449. Betsy, born April, 1805, died July, 1833. 

450. Thomas Jefferson, born 1807, died April, 183 1. 

451. George Clinton, born May i, 1809, married twice, had three 

children, and died August 6, 1876. Was a physician. 

452. Caroline, born 1812, died May 18, 1824. 

453. Jacob, born May 3, 1815, married first, Eliza Ann Wood- 

ward, December 24, 1845, had three children, and second 
Julia Bush, July 4, 1857, had two children. Was living 
in San Jose, California, until 1879. 

454. Mary Ann, born June 13, 1818, married first, Amos R. Wel- 

ler, January 3, 1838, had three children, and second, 
Moses E. Knapp, October, 1850, had two children. 

Abraham (255), (son of Johannes), had issue by 
SECOND wife: 

455. Phoebe, born January 7, 1801, at Duanesburg, N. Y., mar- 

ried Caleb Robbins, April 27, 1819, had two children, and 
died July 31. 1853. 

456. John, born January 24, 1803, died December 10, 1804. 

457. James, born February 22, 1804, died single, September 20, 

1823. 

458. Lafayette, born December 2, 1806, married Keturah Stew- 

art, had five children. 

459. Isaac, born January 4, 1809, died February 15, 1811. 

460. Julia, born January 9, 1811, died December 20, 1813. 

461. Maria, born July 8, 18 14. 



5i8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Samuel (256), (son 01^ Johannes), had issue: 

462. Willard. 

463. John. 

464. Isaac, a clergyman, settled in Indiana ni 1868. 

465. Anna, married ? Rockenstyne. 

466. Polly, who married Mr. Stevens. 

467. Irene, born October 3, 1799. 

Peter (257), (son oe Johannes), had issue: 

468. Maria, born June 24, 1806, married John Q. Adams Day, 

1824, had one child, and died September 10, 1825. 

469. John M., born May 4, 1809, married Aseneth Bogardus, 

1832, and died February, 1835. 

470. Frederick, born July 2, 1811, married Maria Beebe, January 

2, 1834, had three children, and died July 9, 1862, at 
New Amsterdam, N. Y. 

471. Ann Eliza, born May 13, 1813, married first, Daniel Coon, 

January 2, 1832, had one child, and second, John D. 
Jones, February 5, 1847, had one child, and died Novem- 
ber 15," 1850. 

472. Stephen G., born March 7, 181 5, married Emily Burbanks, 

April 24, 1842, had eleven children. Settled at Duanes- 
burg", N. Y., and died 1888. 

473. Catharine, born April 28, 1817, married Stephen G. W. Van 

Natta, January 2, 1833, had ten children, and died De- 
cember II, 1862. 

474. Ira M. (Dr.), born September 28, 1810, married Margaret 

Elizabeth Beebe, November 25, 1841, had seven children, 
and died September 24, 1864. Settled in Albany, N. Y. 
Was a practising physician. 

475. Elizabeth, born February 25, 1824, married Henry Harden, 

April 9, 1846, had two children, and died July 12, 1848. 

476. Marcus R., born August 4, 1827, married Caroline Torry, 

March 7, 1847, had six children. Settled in Mariaville, 
Town of Duanesburg, N. Y. In the milling business. 

Cyrus M. (263), (son oe Martin), had issue: 
477- John. 

478. Isaac. 

479. William. 

480. Matilda. 

481. Nathaniel. 

John (273), (son oe Hendrick), had issue: 

482. Henry, born October 25, 1795, married Mary Titus, Decem- 

ber 12, 1819, settled at Westerlo, Albany County, N. Y., 
had nine children, and died August 16, 1871. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 519 

483. Elizabeth, born June 10, 1797, died August i, 1799. 

484. Caty (Catherine), born May 19, 1799, married Jabez Jack- 

son, March 14, 1816, had nine children, and died Feb- 
ruary 6, 1872. 

485. Betsy, born July 7, 1801, married Rufus Lamreaux, 181 7, 

had four children, and died September 15, 1845. 

486. Rebecca, born May 17, 1803, married Stephen F. Cherry- 

tree, November 15, 1821, had three children. Settled 
at Greenville, Greene County, N. Y. 

487. Ebenezer, born May 11, 1805, married Jane Roberts, had 

four children. Settled at Jacksonville, town of Cox- 
sackie, N. Y. Joined 91st Regiment, and was killed on 
picket duty during the Rebellion, April 14, 1863. 

488. John, born April 26, 1807, settled on farm in Town of Wol- 

cott, Wayne County, N. Y., had one child, and died 1889. 

489. William, born April 14, 1809, married Lydia Emeline Mat- 

thews, January 13, 1836, had six children. Settled at 
Windham, Greene Countv, N. Y., and died September 21, 
1848. 

490. Ira, born May 6, 181 1, died March 26, 1853. 

491. Lucius, born May 14^ 1813, died October 28, 1830. 

492. Mary Ann, born February 10, 1815, married Dr. W. R. 

Johnson, March i, 1828, had three children. Settled at 
Jordan, Onondaga County, N. Y., but later resided near 
Syracuse, N. Y. 

493. Uriah, born January 28, 1817, married Delia A. Lockwood, 

January 27, 1841, had two children, settled at South West- 
erlo, N. Y., and died 1882. 

494. George, born April 16, 1819, married Laura Chase, had two 

children. Settled on farm at Lexington, N. Y., and died 
December 10, 1862. 

495. Lousia, born May 11, 1821, married Alanson F. Bryant, 

November 9, 1840, had two children. Settled at Norton 
Hill, Greene County, N. Y.. and died March 19, 1869. 

496. Jane, born October 12, 1824, died March 8, 1849. 

Benjamin Valatie (274), (son of Hendrick), had issue: 

497. Anna, born December 22, 1795, married William Gilbert, 

1814, had six children, settled at Muncie, Delaware 
County, Indiana, and died April, 1847. 

498. Thomas, born July 15, 1798, married Martha Day, January 

15, 1820, had seven children, and died November 26, 
1868. 

499. Betsy (Elizabeth), born May 22, 1801, married Salmon 

Noble, April 7, 18 16, had six children, and died August 
I, 1847- 



520 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

500. Sibyl, born August 18, 1804, married Leonard Reed, October 

5, 1825, had six children. Resided in 1880 at Erie, Pa. 

501. Rosena (Lena), born January 6, 1806, married first, George 

W. Ellison, had two children, and second, Charles Lester. 
Had three children by second marriage. 

502. Henry (Harry), born February 7, 1808, married Lydia 

Pierce, December 15, 1829, but died May 3, 1873, with- 
out surviving issue. 

503. Abel, born April 5, 18 10, married Celinda Wilcox, had seven 

children, and died July 4, 1869. 

504. Laura, born May i, 18 13, married Nathan Bull, February 

I, 1 83 1, had seven children. 

Abraham Vai^atie; (275), (son of Hendrick), had issue: 

505. Dolly, who married Peter Chulters. 

506. Reuben C, who married first, Eliza Lambert, about 1836, 

had two children. He married second, Harriet Alger, 
about 1869, had two children. 

507. Asa, who died June, 1881. 

508. Peter, who married Garret. 

509. Willard, who married Emeline Traver. 

510. Anna, who married David Boice. 

511. Susan. 

512. Hannah, who married David Lawton. 

513. Polly, who married Nicholas Van Loon, had two children. 

Benjamin (280), (son oe Benjamin), had issue: 

514. Edwin, born February 4, 1810, died single, June 21, 1829. 

515. William Harrison, born March 2, 1813, married Elizabeth 

Burroughs, February 26, 1834, had one child, and died 
April 8, 1853. 

516. Benjamin Franklin, born March 16, 181 5, died April 5, 1816. 

517. Perry Decatur, born June 7, 1817, married Susan Swade, 

November 17, 1841, had two children. 

518. Belden, born February 16, 18 19, married Elizabeth O'Leary, 

February 11, 1842, had three children. 

519. Catherine Louisa, born February 18, 1821, married John 

McLean. October 24, 1844, had two children, and died 
August 10, 1849. 

520. Susan Caroline, born March 9, 1823, died unmarried, April 

15, 1854- 

521. James Van Ness, born February 11, 1828, married Hannah 

E. Slocum, November 20, 1855, had one child. 

522. Benjamin Edwin, born August 27, 1831, married Amelia 

Caroline Gibbs Lloyd, August 8, 1854, had two children, 
and died before 1862. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 521 

Martyn (288), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

523. Elizabeth. 

John Addison (293), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

524. John De Witt, born May 15, 1808. 

525. Jacob, born May 13, 18 10. 

Gerret (294), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

526. Jacob, born April 28, 1807. 

527. Sarah Catherine, born October 8, 1815. 

528. Charles De Witt, born October 5, 1818. 

Thomas (298), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

529. (Child) that died in infancy. 

530. (Child) that died in infancy. 

531. Mary, born December 9, 1794, had two children, and died 

1855- 

532. Henry No. i, born July 2, 1798, died young. 

533. Henry No. 2, born November 19, 1800, married Julia Har- 

rison, June 12, 1833, and died before 1868. 

Benjamin S. (301), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 
.534. Helena, baptized September 22, 1805, married Abraham 
Auchmoody, October 30, 1824. 

535. Ann Eliza, baptized May 8, 1808. 

536. Abraham Howard, born April i, 1810, married Maria H. 

Dolph, December 24, 1839, had four children. 

William B. (307), (son of Peter), had issue: 
.537. Charles Dewitt, born September 25, 1804. 
538. Charlotte, born September 25, 1804, married Dr. Daniel V. 

Deyo, July 17, 1822, had one child, and died January 14, 

1832, at New Paltz, N. Y. 
.539- Jane, born November 14, 1807, married Dr. S. Tomkins, had 

six children. Settled in Dutchess County, N. Y. Re- 
sided there in 1880. 
540. Peter, born June 18, 1813, married Rachel Auchmoody, 

April 2, 1834, had nine children. Resided in Lansing, 

Michigan, in 1882. 
.541. Hardenburgh, who married Margaret Lefre, Mav 12, 1858, 

no issue. 

Abraham (310), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

542. Jane Margriet, born March 26, 1806, died January 23, 1840. 

543. Clarissa, born July 27, 1808, died May 31, 1830.' 

544. Sarah, born November 10. 1810, married William Tubbs, 

August I, 1850, no issue. 



522 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

545. Caroline, born January 17, 181 3, died, unmarried, August 

17. 1823. 

546. Radcliff. born May 31, 1815, married Jane Magdalme El- 

ting, 1836, had eight children, and died April 2, 1895. 

547. William Peter, born July 20, 1817, married Hannah M. Hop- 

per, August 15, 1849, had eight children, and died No- 
vember 12, 1 90 1. 

548. Jennet, born January 8, 1821, died May 16, 1853. 

John (311), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

549. Jane Eliza, baptized August 25, 1807. 

550. Alexander, baptized August 12, 1809. 

551. Abraham, born December 29, 181 1, married Maria Rich„ 

May 3, 1844, had two children, and died December 9,, 
1887. 

552. John, baptized July 12, 1814. 

Petrus (322), (son of CorneIvIUs), had issue: 

553. Maria, baptized June 7, 1807, married James Ellsworth, July 

8, 1824, had seven children. 

John (332), (son oe Peter Low), had issue: 

554. Emma Elizabeth, born March 3, 1845. Lived in Maryland.. 

555. Ella Jessie, died aged three years. 

556. ? (boy), died at birth. 

James Brink (334), (son of Peter Low), had issue: 

557. Alva James, born December 5, i860, married Lida McCon- 

nell, September i, 1886, had two children. 

Theodore C. (336), (son of Peter Low), had issue: 

558. Lyman Albert. 

559. Arthur J., who resided in San Francisco, Cal. 

560. Oscar, who resided in California. 

561. ? (boy), died in infancy. 

John (347), (son of John), had issue: 

562. Jacob, born September 25, 1810, married Sarah C. Hen- 

dricks, November 22, 1832, had one child. He deceased. 

563. John, born November 26, 1812, married Sarah Terpenning,. 

1840, had two children. 

564. Peter, born May 24, 1817, married Rosalind C. Delamater,. 

January 11, 1838, had five children. He deceased. 

565. Catherine Ann, born August 7, 1807, married Stephen- 

Sleight, had seven children. Resided in Cayuga County,. 
N. Y. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 523 

m 

566. Eliza Linnet, born July 2y, 1823, married Jacob Dewitt 

Hammond, October 10, 1846, had five children. Resided 
in Ulster County, N. Y. 

Isaac (348), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

567. Catherine, born April 3, 1808. 

568. Abraham, born October 26, 1810, had two children. 

569. Sally Ann, born March 20, 18 17. 

570. Maria, born April 21, 1819. 

John (357), (son of SamueIv), had issue: 

571. Samuel, born July i, 1815. 

572. Ann Eliza H., born November 10, 1817, married William 

Allason, now deceased. 

573. Harriet, born October 26, 1820, married Joseph S. Myers.- 

She deceased. 

574. Benjamin, born August 25, 1825, married Ann D. Ostran- 

der, had five children. He deceased. 

575. John William, born May 15, 1830, married Eliza McBride. 

He deceased. 

576. Charles B., born June 29, 1836, married Emma E. Pleslin, 

September 8, 1859. He deceased. 

Benjamin Waldron (358), (son of SamueIv), had issue: 

577. Cornelius Marquand, born September 1834, died 1836. 

James Horne (359), (son of Samuel), had issue: 

578. Samuel Martin, born February 15, 1823, married Lavinia 

Jane Small, June 12, 1853. He deceased. 

579. Cornelia Ann, born October 31, 1824, died, unmarried, Ma^ 

16, 1850. 

580. Guysbert Bogert Vroom, born October 23, 1826, married 

Eliza A. Cope, December 28, 1864, had five children. 

581. Hannah Matilda, born August 7, 1828, married Edward A.. 

Jessup, February 11, 1854, had two children. 

582. James Watts, born August 21, 1830, married first, Mary 

Jane Alden, September 24, 1855, and second, Celestine 
Maria Grant, December 2T,, 1859, h^<^ six children. 

583. Peter Vroom, born July 27, 1832, single. 

584. Lucretia Maria, born March 2, 1839, married first, John C. 

Fuller, and second, C. C. Olney, September i, 1859. 

Isaac (362), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

585. Sarah, born October 12, 1797, baptized March 18, 1798. 



524 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

William B. (371), (son of Isaac), had issue: 
586. Sarah, deceased. 
1^87. Susan, who married Joseph Fink, of Syracuse, N. Y. 

588. Marv, deceased. 

589. Wilbur S. 

John (^,73), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

590. Mary Ehzabeth, born September 19, 1842, married James 

Thompson, June 19, i860. 

591. William Gardiner, born November 25, 1844, married Caro- 

line A. Citti, October 29, 1871, have one child. 

592. Emma Frances, born December 16, 1846, married Edward 

A. W. Smith, July 6, 1864. 

593. Edward W. C, born December 24, 1848, single. 

594. John Mortimer, born January 8, 1851, died in infancy. 

595. Frederick Miledge, who married first, Helen L. Thierbock, 

January 14, 1882. He married a second wife in 1898. 
No issue. 

Jacob (383), (son of Evert), had issue: 

596. Charles, who died 3^oung. 

597. Mary, who married Mr. Myers, had one child. 

598. Susan, who married Jabez H. Davis, no issue. 

599. Jehiel, born June 28, 183 1, married Amelia A. Kipp, March 

20, 1855, had one child. 

Peter (398), (son of Claude), had issue: 

600. Jacob H., born 1825, married Mary Jannete Rote, April, 

1859, had one child. 

601. Lewis, who resides in Columbia County, N. Y. 

602. Richard. 

603. Elizabeth. 

Tunis Osterhout (412), (son of Cloudy (Claude), 
HAD issue: 

604. Henry, who married Cornelia Moul, and resided in Colum- 

bia County, N. Y. 

605. Albert, who married Albertine Sagendorph, and resided in 

Columbia County, N. Y. 

Jonas Rossmore (413), (son of John), had issue: 

606. Ezra Doane. 

James Barnes (422), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

607. Jacob, born April 27, 1827, baptized January 19, 1833. 
'608. Abraham, born March 27, 1829, baptized January 19, 1833. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 525 

609. Joseph Nelson, born February 20, 1831, baptized January 

19, 1833. 

610. Isaac Leister, born March 30, 1833, baptized July 6, 1833. 

611. Andrew, born March 31, 1835. 

612. Harry, born August 9, 1844, baptized July 2, 1854. 

613. Josephine, born September 16, 1846, baptized July 2, 1854. 

W11.LIAM (426), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

614. Margaret, born about 1828, married James Miller, July 17,. 

1878, had one child. 

615. Jane, born about 1830, married Roger Bresba, August zy, 

1873, had two children. 

616. Caroline, born about 1832, married Frank Boone, January 

4, 1864, had three children. 

617. Elizabeth, born about 1834, married Archibald McGuire, 

April 3, 1858, had five children. 

618. John, born about 1836, married Mary C. Nutting, October 

II, i860, had four children. 

Smith (431). (son of Johannes), had issue by first wife: 

619. Julius S., born April 14, 1827, married Amanda Sweet, May 

5, 1857, had two children. 

620. Betsy C, born June 15, 1828, married Barney Philips, Jan- 

uary I, 1853, had four children. 

621. William H., born June 25, 1829, married Ruth Berry, Janu- 

ary 28, 1850, had two children. 

622. Horace N., born May 26, 183 1, married Mary Brewster,. 

March 28, 1859, had three children. 

623. Joseph F., born October 25, 1832, married Maria Mayo, had 

two children. 

624. Maria J., born April 11, 1834, married first, Horace Bellows, 

December 25, 1852, had one child. He died March 21, 
1853, and she married second, John L. Lang, having six 
children by this marriage. 

625. Sarah M., born November 6, 1836, married Romeo Emer- 

son, July 3, 1855, had fourteen children. 

626. Amanda E., born October 3, 1839, married James Warren, 

March, 1862. 

627. James M., born February 17, 1841, married Emma Shaw, 

had six children. 

628. Charles E., born October 28, 1843. 

629. Lucius B., born January 24, 1845, married Frances E. Gor- 

dell, had two children. 

630. Mary J., born September 20, 1847. 



526 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Smith (431) had issue by second wife: 

631. George, born January 8, 1850, at Dickenson, N. Y., married 

Cornelia Davis, January i, 1870, had six children. 

632. Lecta A., born December 20, 1852, married first, David Cook, 

November 15, 187 1, and second, William Ouackenbush. 

633. Emily L.. born June 3, 1854, married Alfred Drew, June, 

1872, had three children. She deceased. 

634. John L.. born March 10, 1857, married Delvina Clark, De- 

cember 18, 1873, had three children. 

John (432), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

635. Matilda, born October 10, 1804, married first, Charles Buell, 

June 25, 1826, and second, Edwin Merrill, May 14, 1829, 
had one child, and died in 1832. 

636. Harriet, born February 3, 1806, married Silas B. Saflford, 

had ten children. 

637. Harry, born March 1808, died in infancy. 

638. Caroline, born May 23, 1809, married Elisha Adams, Jan- 

uary 12, 1831, at Sullivan, N. Y., had one child. 

639. Anson H., born April 13, 181 1, married first, Ann Alida 

Adams, January 11, 1831, and second, Lydia Ann Par- 
mentier, November 16, 1842. Settled at Columbus, Michi- 
gan. Was County Surveyor in 1836, and in State Legis- 
lature about 1844. 
■640. DeWitt C. born March 7, 1813, married Jane Hitt, had one 
child. Settled at Columbia, Michigan, and died Novem- 
ber, 1840. 

641. Sarah, born October 27, 1814. 

642. Mary Etta, born June 15, 1817, married Marshall B. Hart, 

had three children. 

643. John, born March 29, 1820, married Phebe O. Buell, March 

29, 1843, h^cl nine children. Settled at Brooklyn, Jack- 
son County, Michigan. 

644. Louisa, born June 25, 1826, married Luther H. Buell, Sep- 

tember 4, 1850, had two children. She of New York City. 

Stephen (433), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

645. Lizzie. 

646. Isaac, born 18 10, married Jane Carter, March, 1844 or 1845, 

had four children, and died February 25, 1887. 

647. Hannah. 

648. Sally. 

649. Stephen. 

650. Nathan. 

Nathan (434), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

651. Maria, born May 8, 1808, married Morris Harrison, July, 

1832, had three children. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 527 

652. James M., born May 13, 181 1, married Mary Coats, August 

3, 1832, had one child, and died in 1878. 

653. Chandler B., born February 14, 1814, at Pompey, N. Y. 

Was in brokerage business in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he 
died in 1856. 

Abraham (435), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

654. Nathan, born December i, 1808, at Avon, N. Y., married 

first, Ursula Ruby Rathbone, January, 1842, had one 
child. He married second, Sarah A. Miner, February 11, 
1849, had three children, and died at Sheridan, Michigan. 

655. Emeline, born April 9, 1810, married Josiah R. Sloat, Octo- 

ber I, 1835, had one child, and died March 15, 1837. 

656. Chandler, born April 22, 1812, died February 24, 1813. 

657. Lorenzo D., born August 2, 1816, married Hannah Kellogg, 

March 9, 1837, had two children, and died August 18, 
1852. 

658. Bradley M., born May 17, 1819, married Clarissa J. Denton, 

June 16, 1842, had two children. 

659. Maria Jane, born June 14, 1821, died May 18, 1828. 

660. Benjamin C, born August 6, 1823, married Mary L. Hall, 

August 16, 1865, had one child. 

661. Samuel, born April 11, 1825, died May 18, 1828. 

662. Susan A. H., born April 28, 1827, married Bradley F. 

Granger, October 18, 1848, had five children. 

663. Helen S., born April 28, 1830. 

Isaac (436), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

664. Edward, born August 26, 1812, married Mary Hungerford, 

September i, 1835, had two children. 

665. Sophia No. i, born March, 1815, died July i, 1818. 

666. Washington, born April 7, 1817, at Manlius, N. Y., mar- 

ried first, Esther Randall, March 19, 1845, had two chil- 
dren. He married second, Lucy Loomis, had two chil- 
dren. 

667. Maria, born March 29, 1820, married Hiram Tuthill, Jan- 

uary 7, 1839, had three children, and died December 20, 
1849. 

668. Sophia No. 2, born May 5, 1822, married Lewis F. Pickett, 

December 30, 1841, had three children, and died June 7, 
1847. 

669. Charles, born June 24, 1825, married Clara Lester, October 

5, 1859, had two children. 

670. Jackson, born September 11, 1827, married Elizabeth Hol- 

lister, April 21, 1863, had six children. 

671. Constant C, born August 11, 1830, married first, Frances 



528 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Needham, December 25, 1868, and second, Mary Pickett, 

1875- 

672. William Wallace, born June 22, 1832, married Magdalena 

Dubois, April 6. 1856, had four children. 

673. Isaac Newell, born October i, 1836, married Mary A. Barry, 

had one child. 

Anson (437), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

674. Mary Jane, born August 21, 1818, married S. T. Marsh, Jr., 

September 17, 1835, had two children. 

675. Harriet Louisa, born December 20, 1819, died January 11, 

1820. 

676. Nancy W., born June 6, 1824, married John G. Clark, Octo- 

ber 6, 1842, and died October, 1843. 

677. Anson White, born October 12, 1827, married Mary C. Pow- 

ers, March 4, 1845, ^''^^l one child. 

678. Hannah Helen, born June 7. 1830, married John G. Clark, 

March 4, 1845, h'^'^^ o^''^ child. 

John (439), (son 0]p Jacob), had issue: 

679. Mehitable, born July 31, 181 1, married Dr. James Davis, 

January 2,y, 1828, and died May 29, 1836. 

680. Elizabeth, born February 27, 18 13. 

681. Jacob (Dr.), born June 25, 18 15, married Sophia Beckwith, 

January i, 1838, had three children. 

682. Gertrude C. H., born August 26, 1817, married Ellis Worth- 

ington, October 27, 1844, and died February 15, 1866. 

683. John Angell, born July 19, 1819, died October 31, 1875. 

684. Mary W., born March 10, 1824, died June 3. 1851. 

685. Eliza Sill, born February, 1825, married Dr. Rodney Mat- 

thews, February 14, 1844, and died October 5, 1847. 

686. Martha, born March 31, 1826, married Dr. Burnham, No- 

vember 3, 1852. 

Edward (440), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

687. Maria Ann, born August 30, 1814, died March 18, 1859. 

688. Jacob, born September 6, 1816, died 1861. 

689. Cornelia, born December 12, 181 7, died 1829. 

690. Addison, born October 12, 1820. 

691. Adalina, born October 12, 1820. 

692. Helen, born September 18, 1826. 

Benjamin (446), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

693. Sarah, who married John W. Bundy, and settled at Indian- 

ola, Warren County, Illinois. 

694. Betsv^ Amanda, who married Rufel P. King. Resided in 
), at Carthage, Hancock Countv, Illinois. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 529 

John (447), (son of Benjamin), had issui; by first wife;: 

695. Harmon, born August 14, 183 1. 

John (447) had issue by second wife: 

696. Benjamin, born July i, 1853. 

697. Kate, born September 29, 1855. 

698. (Son), born 1857, died in infancy. 

699. (Daughter), born 1859, died in infancy. 

Jacob (453), (son of Benjamin), had issue by first wife: 

700. Joseph Benjamin, born December 28, 1846, died July 28, 1847. 

701. John Smith, born July 5, 1848, died August i, 1848. 

702. Albert F., born September 29, 1849. 

Jacob (453) had issue by second wife: 

703. Alton Washington, born May 5, 1858. 

704. Marvin Levilla, born July 29, i860. 

Lafayette (458), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

705. Martha Jane, born January 15, 1830, of Albany County, N. 

Y., was unmarried in 1881, and died 1901. 

706. Maria Lewis, born April 3, 1832, married Ferris Tripp, June 

15, 1852, had seven children. She of Brooklyn, N. Y. 

707. James, born September 14, 1834, married Mary Ellen Coley, 

had two" children, and died in 1877, at Albany, N. Y. 

708. John Adams, born July 22, 1837, married Angelica Wheeler, 

May 20, 1862, had three children. Resided in Albanv 
County. N. Y. 

709. Stephen Truesdall, born January 20, 1840, married Mary 

(Ellen) Ann Lee, September 22, 1864, had four children. 
He deceased. 

Frederick (470), (son of Peter), had issue: 

710. Marcus F., born October 14, 1834, died single. 

711. Henry, born September 16, 1836, died March 8, 1837. 

712. William Henry, born September 16, 1839, died single. 

Stephen G. (472), (son of Peter), had issue: 

713. Peter, born January 26, 1843, died single, November 24, 1863. 

714. Ann Augusta, born June 18, 1845, died May 2, 1847. 

715. Sarah Elizabeth, born November i, 1846, died June 18, 1858. 

716. Eliza M., born April 8, 1849, married David Humphrey, 

December 8, 1875, had four children. Lived on a farm 
at Duanesburgh, N. Y. 

717. Horace B., born April 30, 1851, died single, July 9, 1879. 



530 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

718. Emily, born June 29, 1852, married Joseph Mitchell, Sep- 

tember 4, 1 88 1, had three children. Settled at Tamaqua, 
Pa., and died January 18, 1886. 

719. Marietta, born January 22, 1856, unmarried. 

720. Laura, born March 20, 1858, unmarried. 

721. Helen, born June 2^, i860, married John H. Veeder, Octo- 

ber 10, 1900. No issue: 

722. Stephen, born August 8, 1862, died in 1862. 

^22^. Mary, born December 16, 1864, married John P. Bender, 
June 22, 1889, had two children. 

Ira M. (474), (son 01^ Petijr), had issue: 

724. John M., born May 3, 1843, married Mary Elizabeth Os- 

trander, June 21, 1861, had seven children. Settled in 
Schenectady County, N. Y. Enlisted in Company J, 
13th Regiment N. Y. Volunteers Heavy Artillery, Sep- 
tember 13, 1863, and was mustered out of United States 
service, June 28, 1865. He deceased. 

725. Elizabeth, born March 25, 1845, died July 24, 1845. 

726. Nicholas B., born February 21, 1847, married Ella J. Link, 

November 3, 1870, had one child. He was a practising 
physician, and settled in Chicago, 111. 
J2J. Helen Shuler, born February 17, 1849, married Benjamin 
Finch, March 13, 1867, had four children. 

728. Eliza Maria, born June 2, 185 1, died June 21, 185 1. 

729. Almira, born June 28, 1857, died November 8, 1857. 

730. Libius, born June 28, 1857, died November 8, 1857. 

Marcus R. (476), (son 01^ Pe:te;r), had issue: 

731. Ira, born February 18, 1848, died single, August 28, 1866. 

732. Austin, born May 25, 1850, married Emily Stoddard, De- 

cember 13, 1877, had two children. 

733. Maria Antoinette, born March i, 1853, married Abram N. 

Brink, October 21, 1873, had three children. Settled at 
Mariaville, N. Y. 

734. Frederick, born October 20, 1855, married Elizabeth Van 

Valkenburgh, July 3, 1877, had one child. 

735. James L., born September 16, 1859, married, and had one 

child. 

736. William H. (Dr.), born September 24, 1862, married De- 

cember 5, i< 



Henry (482), (son oe John), had issue: 
737. Lucius, born October 22, 1820, married first, Harriet Con- 
rad, October 15, 1845, had three children. He married 
second, Lusetta Snyder, September 11, 1876, no issue. 
He deceased. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 531 

738. Titus, born February 22, 1822, married Hannah M. Reeves, 

December 24, 1850, had two children. He deceased. 

739. Zebulon, born July 22, 1824, married Mary Lounsbury, Oc- 

tober 25, 1848, had four children. He deceased. 

740. Elizabeth, born June 17, 1827, married George Lewis 

Rogers, June 21, 1852, had two children. She deceased. 

741. Mary, born May 12, 1829, married Willett Lounsbury, Oc- 

tober 10, 1849, had six children. 

742. Henry, born March 24, 183 1, married Elizabeth Mackey. 

743. Sarah, born March 4, 1833, married John W. Tanner, De- 

cember 25, 1850, had two children. 

744. Isaac, born February 18, 1835, married Isadora Winans, 

September 10, 1873, had one child. 

745. Susan, born August 16, 1837, married Aaron Scott, but died 

without issue. 

Ebenezer (487), (SON op^ John), had issue: 

746. Ann Eliza, born 1828, married Abner Palmer, no issue. 

747. John, settled at Medway, Greene County, N. Y., had two 

children. He deceased. 

748. Harriet, who married Mr. Cochran, and settled at Med- 

way, Greene Count}', N. Y. She deceased. 

749. William H. 

William (489), (son of John), had issue: 

750. \\'illiam W^allace. born November 13, 1836, married Anna 

Bevier Steffield, December 16, 1868, had one child. 

751. Lucius Matthews, born December 16, 1838, married Mar- 

garet Gray, December 24, 1861, had two children. 

752. Josephine, born December 31, 1841, married John Sturgis, 

April 23, 1 86 1, had five children, and died January 11, 
1880. 

753. Antoinette, born August 9, 1844, married Piatt M. Snyder, 

1867, had two children. 

754. Ellen Eliza, born May 10, 1846, married x\lbert N. Smith, 

October 11, 1865, had one child. 

755. Eunice Rebecca, born June i, 1848, married Rev. Edward F. 

Barlow, September 18, i' 



Uriah (493), (son oe John), had issue: 

756. Mary Elizabeth, born March 4, 1842, died June 2, 1849. 

757. Horace L., born July 6, 1850, married Emma Norton, March 

27, 1872, had one child. Settled at Westerlo, N. Y. 

George (494), (son oe John), had issue: 

758. Estelle, who married Mr. Peck. 

759. Oscar, who is a farmer in Greene County, N. Y. 



532 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Thomas (498), (son of Be^njamin VaIvATir), had issue: 

760. George Benjamin, born January 14, 1821, married Susan 

Cowle Toun, March 24, 1847, had four children. 

761. Melisa Amelia, born January 16, 1823, married James Madi- 

son Miller, June 6, 1839, had nine children. 

762. Charles Day, born September 30, 1824, married Julia Hatch, 

November 19, 1846, had two children. 

763. Lafayette, born July i, 1827, married Sarah Pealman, had 

four children. 

764. Thomas Henry (Rev.), born March 3, 1829, married Anna 

(Ann) Peasley, September 4, 1856, had five children. 

765. John, born September 18, 1832, married Fannie Lyon, 

March 5, 1854, had one child, and died June 16, 1867. 

766. Almon, born March 21, 1842, married Sylvia C. Sanford, 

January 24, 1866, had three children. 

AbeIv (503), (son of Be:njamin VaIvATie), had issue: 

767. Benjamin F., born December 21, 1834, died October 16, 

1844. 

768. Leonard, born October i, 1836, married M. E. Smith, No- 

vember 8, 1855, had six children. 

769. Reuben S., born June 29, 1838, married Amelia C. Custiss, 

September 10, i860, and died July 2, 1862. 

770. Mary M., born December 25, 1839, married W. W. Cutshall, 

November 14, 1858, and died September 22, 1874. 

771. Thomas, born February 19, 1842, died May 11, 1842. 

772. Martha A., born November i, 1846, died, unmarried, No- 

vember 9, 1862. 
"jj-^- William M., born July 19, 1854, died September 26, 1858. 

Reuben C. (506), (son of Abraham Vai^atie), had issue: 

774. Stephen, born about 1837. 

775. S. M. K., born about 1839. 

Reuben C. (506), had issue by his second wife: 
^"^6. Mary Ann. 
yjj. George C., who married Elizabeth Fox, 1861. 

WiELiAM Harrison (515), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

778. William Burrough. 

Perry Decatur (517), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

779. Abraham. 

780. Sarah Elizabeth. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 533 

BeIvDEN (518), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

781. Belden. 

782. Caroline . 

783. James. 

James Van Ness (521), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

784. Bayard Edwin. 

Benjamin Edwin (522), (son oe Benjamin), had issue: 

785. Frederick who resided in Dutchess County, N. Y. 

786. Maria Rose, who resided in Dutchess County, N. Y. 

Abraham Howard (536), (son oe Benjamin S.), had issue: 

787. Adelaide M., born September 18, 1840, married John Wells 

Hammond, March 10, 1864, had four children. 

788. Helen, born May 12, 1844, married Harvey Beers, had two 

children. 

789. Effie, born April i, 1854, deceased. 

790. Reid A., born September 21, 1856, married Maria Jones, 

had two children. 

Peter (540), (son of Wieuam B.), had issue: 

791. Charlotte, born September 25, 1835, married Charles At- 

wood, August 24, 1859, had two children. 

792. Maria, born August 5, 1837, died unmarried May 26, 1858. 

793. William B., born June 22, 1840, married Emma C. Baker, 

September 2, 1867, had two children, and died in 1897. 

794. Isaac A., born February 20, 1842, married first, Harriet Col- 

ton, May 10, 1861, and second, Millie Shelley, October, 
1871, had one child, and died in 1885. 

795. Sarah, born June 20, 1844, married D. N. Shull, April 4, 

1868, but died without issue. 

796. Olive, born June 13, 1846, died August 8, 185 1. 

797. Clarissa, born April 21, 1848, died March 6, 1855. 

798. Louis (Rev.), born August 16, 1850, married Mary E. Baker, 

June 4, 1879, had four children. 

799. Delia, born March 21, 1852, married A. O. Baker, January 

9, 1872, had two children, and died in 1887. 

Radceiff (546), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

800. Edward B., born November 27, 1837, married Julia Myers, 

March 27, 1861, had four children. 

801. Charles K., born August 12, 1839, married first, Lavinia 

Keator, 1866, had two children, and second, Melinda 
Terwilliger, had two children. 

802. Julia J., born June 9, 1841, married George E. Seamon, Oc- 

tober 27, 1 86 1, had five children. 



534 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

803. William P., born November 13, 1843, died single, January 

28, 1863. 

804. Elting. born May 10, 1846, married Mary Ann Roosa, 

August 16, 1872, had three children. 

805. Radcliffe, born June 14, 1850, married Louisa J. Hildreth, 

January 6, 1875, had three children. 

806. Antoinette, born May 4, 1853, unmarried. 

807. Abraham, born 1859, died in infancy. 

William Pkter (547), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

808. Clarissa, born April 28, 1851, married Isaac Carman, Aug- 

ust 28, 1874, had six children. 

809. Josephine, born February 20, 1852, married Charles W. 

Maxwell, October 15, 1874. 

810. Abram J., born January 8, 1854, married Elizabeth Ward, 

November 27, 1884. 

811. George Wallace, born June 15, 1856, died i860. 

812. Gertrude, born November 4, 1858, married Chester De Puy, 

November 10, 1886. 

813. Charles Wallace, born June 18, i860, died 1862. 

814. Mary V., born September 25, 1865, married Luther Schoon- 

maker, April 15, 1900. 

815. Flora, born November 6, 1867, married Frank Allington, 

August 14, 1894. 

Alva James (557), (son oe James Brink), had issue: 

816. James Brink, born November 18, 1887. 

817. Theodore Alva, born August 4, 1900. 

Jacob (562), (son oe John), had issue: 

818. Peter, born August 13, 1833, married first, Sophia H. 

Thompson, November 16, 1854, had one child. He mar- 
ried second, Mary J. Styles, September 11, 1895. Re- 
sided in Dutchess County, N. Y. 

John (563), (son oe Joi-in), had issue: 

819. Israel Van Keuren, born November i, 1835, died single. 

820. Eliphaz, born March 21, 1842, married Anna M. Andrews, 

October 25, 1882, had six children. 

Peter (564), (son oe John), had issue: 

821. William. 

822. Henry, died single. 

823. Orrin, married, but died without issue. Lived in Connecticut. 

824. Lewis, died single. Was a policeman in New York. 

825. Mamie, of New York. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 535 

Abraham (568), (sox of Isaac), had issue: 

826. Xelson, who married Eliza Ann Sleig-ht, had four children. 

Resided in Cayuga County, N. Y. 
?^2j. Dorcas, who married Christopher Sleight, had one child. 

Resided in Cayuga County, N. Y. 

BeN-JAMIX (574), (sox OF JOHX), HAD ISSUE: 

828. Mary Emma, who resided in ^lissouri, married James Beat- 

tie, had six children. 

829. John Howard, of Xew York. 

830. Ida, who married John Gardner, had one child. She of 

Bayonne, N. J. 

831. Dubois, who married Jennie Cornell, had two children. He 

resided in New York. 

832. Charles Henry (D. D. S.), who married Josephine ^I. Deane. 

Resided in Xew York. 

GUYSBERT BOGERT VrOOM (580), (sOX OF JaMES HoRXE), 

HAD issue: 

833. Schuyler C, born September 24, 1865, single.' 

834. Cathleen ]\I.. born 1867. died in infancy. 

835. Gertrude A., bom ^lay 30, 1868, married J. B. T. Tuthill, 

had three children. 

836. Jessie X., born June 18, 1870. married Joseph G. Enright. 

837. Grace E., born June 2, 1873, married William H. William- 

son, had one child. 

James Watts (582), (sox of James Horxe), had issue: 

838. Eucretia Eliza, bom October 31, i860, married John Ives, 

April 12, 1866. 

839. ]Vlary Cornelia, born April 16, 1862. married John C. A. 

Pickett, September 11, 1879. 

840. Evelyn Catalina, born July 26, 1864. married AMlliam F. 

Vallandyham, September 11, 1884, had one child. 

841. Guysbert Watts, born July 20, 1866. 

842. Schuyler Beekman, bom July 26, 1868. 

843. Erskine Grant, born X'ovember 14. 1874. 

William Gardixer (591), (sox of Johx), had issue: 

844. 3ilaria Alexina. born December 8. 1875, died in infancy. 

Jehiel (599), (sox OF Jacob), had issue: 

845. Cornelia, bom April i, 1862. married Frederick A. Ryer, 

had one child. 



536 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Jacob H. (600), (son of Peter), had issue: 

846. Frederick, born 1861, married Hattie A. Root, 1884. Re- 

sided in Hiimphreysville. 

John (618), (son op' Wieeiam), had issue: 

847. Henrietta, born June 4, 1861. 

848. David J., born April 11, 1863. 

849. William Rubens, born March 22, 1866. 

850. Mary, born May 17, il '" 



Julius S. (619), (son of Smith), had issue: 

851. Eldredge. 

852. Anna. 

WiEEiAM H. (621), (son of Smith), had issue: 

853. Henry Sabine, born November 5, 1850, married Mary Wat- 

son, November 4, 1874, had one child. 

854. Louise Celesta, born May 3, 1853, married James Riley, 

July II, 1870, had four children. 

Horace N. (622), (son of Smith), had issue: 

855. Albert W., born April 17, i860. 

856. Alfred, born September 16, 1866. 

857. Alonzo, born August 31, i< 



Joseph F. (623), (son of Smith), had issue: 

858. Fidelia, born March 3, 1864, died May i, 1877. 

859. Florence, born March 13, 1864. 

James M. (627), (son of Smith), had issue: 

860. Etta. 

861. Minnie. 

862. Charles. 

863. Elvina. 

864. Bertie. 

865. ?. 

Lucius B. (629), (son of Smith), had issue: 

866. Edwin James. 

867. Telia Adella. 

George (631), (son of Smith), had issue: 

868. Florence, born September 5, 1872, married Thomas Tewks- 

bury, had two children. 

869. Charles, born December 12,1874, married Orpha Moody, had 

two children. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 537 

870. Sarah, born April 26, 1877, deceased. 

871. Maud, born July 15, 1879, married Edgar Hoyt. She de- 

ceased. 

872. Mamie, born June 18, 1882. deceased. 

873. George, born February 19, 1884. 

John E. (634), (son of Smith), had issue: 

874. Emma, born October 15, 1874, died April, 1883. 

875. Maggie, born February 4, 1875, married Cornelius Clark, 

had two children. 

876. Bert, born April 9, 1878, married Lulu Trim, had one child. 

John (643), (son of John), had issue: 

877. DeWitt Clinton, born January i, 1844, married Kate Hewitt, 

January i, 1866, had one child. 

878. John Luther, born October 4, 1845, married Sarah E. San- 

ford, September 14, 1868, had two children. He deceased. 

879. Cynthia Louisa, born September 20, 1847, married Bradley 

M. Delamater, Jr., had two children. She deceased. 

880. Sarah Odelia, born July 25, 1850, married John C. Covert, 

September 16, 1873, had three children. 

881. Lillie D., born September 29, 1853, married James H. Dres- 

ser, September 6, 1883, had two children. 

882. Zoe Alida, born September 29, 1856, married Bradley M. 

Delamater, Jr., April 2, 1897. 

883. Myra Eugenia, born 1859, married J. W. Palmer, November 

9. 1 88 1, had one child. 

884. Julia Phebe, born June 10, 1862, died 1863. 

885. Mary Jane, born November 9, 1865, unmarried (1902). 

Isaac (646), (son oe Stephen), had issue: 

886. Calista, born January 10, 1846. 

887. Webster, born September 6, 1848. 

888. Endell, born June 25, 1850. 

889. Elmer Ellsworth, born April 14, 1861. 

James M. (652), (son oe Nathan), had issue: 

890. Sarah, born August 23, 1837. 

Nathan (654), (son oe Abraham), had issue: 

891. Helen Ursula, born September 19, 1842, married Milan 

Fowler, had two children. 

Nathan (654) had issue by second wife : 

892. Ruby Maria, born January 18, 1850. 

893. John, born September 3, 1851, died August 11, 1852. 

894. Rosett, born June 13, 1853. 



538 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Lorenzo D. (657), (son oi? Abraham), had issue;: 

895. Merrick L., who married Eliza Wade, August i, i860, had 

two children. 

896. Henlen E., who married Warren R. Vincent, had three 

children. 

Bradley M. (658), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

897. Thomas, who died young. 

898. Bradley M., Jr., born October 24, 1847, married first, Cyn- 

thia Louise De Lamater, had two children. He married 
second, Zoe Alida De Lamater, June 2, 1897. 

Benjamin C. (660), (son oe Abraham), had issue: 

899. Charles Fremont, born December 15, 1856, at Fox River 

Township, Davis County, Iowa. 

Edward (664), (son oe Isaac), had issue: 

900. Henry Columbus, born April 19, 1838, married Laura Smith. 

901. Jane E.. born February 7, 1846. 

Washington (666), (son oe Isaac), had issue: 

902. Bellona, born October 17, 1846, married Joseph S. Choat,. 

June 4, 1864, had four children. 

903. Julia, born August 24, 1848, died in infancy. 

Washington (666) had issue by second wife: 

904. John, born September 12, 1850, died June 30, 1874. 

905. William (Dr.), born February 2, 1852. 

Charees (669), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

906. Maria E., born June 11, 1866. 

907. George L., born June 29, 1874. 

Jackson (670), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

908. Newell, born May 14, 1864. 

909. Frank, born September 21, 1865. 

910. George, born May 6, 1868, died September 8, 1870. 

911. Florence E., born July 23, 1870. 

912. Edith May, born October 2, 187 1. 

913. George Albert, born November 14, 1876. 

William Wallace (672), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

914. Henry, born January 9, 1861, at Columbia, Michigan. 

915. Homer, born March 3, 1868, at Columbia, Michigan. 

916. Willis, born April 22, 1872, at Columbia, Michigan. 

917. Freddy, born September 14, 1874, at Columbia, Michigan.. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 539 

Isaac Neweli, (673), (son 01^ Isaac), had issuu: 

918. Diadema, born August 2, 1879. 

Anson White (677), (son of Anson), had issue: 

919. James Willard, born November 16, 1848. 

Dr. Jacob (681), (son oe John), had issue: 

920. Annie, born May 2, 1842, died April 29, 1849. 

921. Georgie, born April 12, 1848, married G. A. Hamlin, Feb- 

ruary 12, 1873. 

922. George, born September 25, 1854, married Ida A. Gilbert, 

September 26, 1882, had one child. 

James (707), (son oe Lafayette), had issue: 

923. George Wright, born February 7, 1859, ^^^ o^^ child. He 

deceased. 

924. Grace Maria, born March 30, 1862, died October 27, 1864.. 

John Adams (708), (son oe Lafayette), had issue: 

925. John Wheeler, born March 2y, 1863, died in infancy. 

926. Anna Wheeler, born April 25, 1865, died January 17, 1868. 

927. John A., Jr., born September 30, 1867, married Minnie 

Muckudge. 

Stephen Truesdaee (709), (son oe Lafayette), 
had issue: 

928. Grace, born January 9, 1865, married Ward. 

929. Sarah Fayette, born November 3, 1867, married Charles 

Pratt, had three children. 

930. Ezra Lee, born February 13, 1870, died November 5, 1870. 

931. Stephen Truesdall, Jr., born February 25, 1877, 

JoFiN M. (727), (son of Ira M.), had issue: 

932. Ira M., born December 10, 1863, died December 20, 1863. 

933. Walter James, born January 2, 1866. 

934. Ada Belle, born July 22, 1868. 

935. Edith L., born July 22, 1868. 

936. Mattie F., born September 8, 1870. 

937. Horace William, born May 26, 1872. 

938. Earl Mott, born March 23, 1878. 

Austin (732), (son of Marcus R.), had issue: 

939. Edna, born October 2, 1878. 

940. Frank, born November 15, 1880. 

Frederick (734), (son of Marcus R.), had issue: 

941. Melvin Van Valkenburgh, born December 15, 1878, died 

April 18, 1879. 



540 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Lucius (737), (son of Henry), had issue: 

942. Mary Helen, born September 21, 1846, married George 

Mackey, February 28, 1869, had two children. 

943. Charles H., born November 22, 1847, married Dora Gifford, 

September 20, 1870, no issue. 

944. Frank L., born December 18, 1851, married Josephme In- 

galls, July 16, 1873. had one child. 

Titus (738), (son oe Henry), had issue: 

945. Julia, born August 9, 1853, married Lewis Litchfield, had 

two children. 

946. William, born March 18, 1859, married Nettie A. Cleve- 

land, had two children. 

iZebueon (739), (son oe Henry), had issue: 

947. Ira E., born September 10, 1853, married Mary C. Bouton, 

December 24, 1874, had one child. 

948. Oscar Z., born November 13, 1855, married Anna Brouk, 

April 4, 1876, had two children. 

949. Wilson T., born October i, 1862. 

950. Cora C, born July 30, 1865. 

Isaac (744), (son oe Henry), had issue: 

951. Roscoe Winans, born January 9, 1879. 

WiLEiAM Waeeace (75o), (son oe Wileiam), had issue: 

952. Edward Sellew, born August 30, 1875. 

Lucius Matthews (751), (son oe Wileiam), had issue: 

953. Anna, born September 2, 1863, married Emory G. Tomp- 

kins, had one child. 

954. Emeline, born April 20, 1874, died April 14, 1875. 

Horace L. (757). (son oe Uriah), had issue: 

955. Bertie, born June 26, 1878. 

George Benjamin (760), (son oe Thomas), had issue: 

956. George Wallace, born March 31, 1849, married Mary E. 

McFarland, November 23, 187 1, had two children. 

957. Thomas Albert, born December 7, 1850, married Sarah 

Elizabeth Richmond, June i, 1871, had two children. 

958. Susan Adelaide, born March 27, 1859, married Lewis 

Walker, October 4, 1877, had three children. 

959. Victor Morris, born November i, i860, married Frances 

Josephine Forkes, September 25, 1884, had two children. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 541 

Chari.e;s Day {762), (son 0^ Thomas), had issue: 

960. Mary Esther, born August 26, 1849, married George Brice. 

961. Walter Henry, born May 29, 1852, married twice, had one 

child. 

Lai^ayette; {762,), (son of Thomas), had issue: 

962. Flora Eva, born February 22, 1853, married Judson C. 

Sayer, July 2, 1871. 

963. Ella Sarah, born July 21, 1854, married Laverne Devilier 

Aiken, October 9, 1876. 

964. Albert Laverene, born October 4, 1856, married Sarah Em- 

ma Bentley. 

965. Alice Martha, born 'October 4, 1856, married Wilham Gus- 

tavus Bentley, March 15, 1878. 

Rev. Thomas Henry (764), (son oe Thomas), had issue: 

966. Melva Maria, born March 17, 1858. 

967. Emma Florence, born December 13, 1859. 

968. Almon Herman, born December 31, 1862, died August 3, 

1864. 

969. Martha May, born June 15, 1868, died October 5, 1869. 

970. Henry Bruce, born March 22, 1876. 

John (765), (son oe Thomas), had issue: 

971. Susan Frances, born December 22, 1857, married John 

Thomas Hill, October 17, 1879, had one child. 

Aemon (766), (son oe Thomas), had issue: 

972. Grace Laura, born November 29, 1872. 

973. Sylvia Maude, born September 21, 1875. 

974. Leonie, born June 16, 1881. 

Leonard (768), (son oe Abee), had issue: 

975. William. M., born December 13, 1857. 

976. Horace L., born December 30, 1859. 

977. Jennie M., born May 16, 1862, married Albert L. Bowman, 

August 14, 1880. 

978. Amelia, born July 21, 1864. 

979. Franklin W., born October 10, 1870. 

980. Sarah A., born January 14, 1874. 

Reid a. (790), (son oe Abraham Howard), had issue: 

981. Harry A., resided at Addison, N. Y. 

982. Florence A., resided at Addison, N. Y. 



542 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

William B. (793), (son oi? Peter), had issue: 
■983. Harry B., born August 29, 1872. 

984. Fred'M., born February 3, 1874. 

Isaac A. (794), (son of Peter), had issue: 

985. Louie J., born July 29, 1872. 

Rev. Louis (798), (son oe Peter), had issue: 

986. Eric, born February 18, 1880. 

987. Elsie, born April 11, 1883. 

988. Donald L.. born May 4, 1885. 
•989. Luella M.. born March 8, 1889. 

Edward B. (800), (son oe Radceiee), had issue: 

990. Luella E. L., born February 10, 1862, died February 17, 

1866. 

991. John W., born May 3, 1863, married Emma J. Smith, No- 

vember 7, 1883, had three children. 

992. Cora B., born April 20, 1870, married Walter Howard, 

August 24, 1894, had one child. 

993. Frederick R., born August 4, 1874, married Clara Johnson, 

April 15, 1896, have one child. 

Charles K. (801), (son oe Radcliee), had issue: 

994. Carrie, born June 16, 1867, married Freeman Straight, Jan- 

uary I, 1900, no issue. 

995. Irving, born August, 1870. 

Elting (804), (son oe Radcliee), had issue: 

996. James C, born September 29, 1873, died young. 

997. William, born June 10, 1875, married Ethel Oakley, Feb- 

ruary 28, 1900, no issue. 

998. Elting R., born June 23, 1870. 

Radclieee (805), (son oe Radcliee), had issue: 
999. Hildreth, born November 28, 1875, <^i6d young. 
1000. Claude Fay, born October 7, 1877. 
I OCT. Ethel, born January 20, 1879, died young. 

Peter (818), (son oe Jacob), had issue: 

1002. Mary F., born December 23, 1855, died unmarried, May 

II, 1873. 

Eliphaz (820), (son oe John), had issue: 

1003. Emmett, resided in Dutchess County, N. Y., deceased. 

1004. John Oscar, single, resided in Dutchess County, N. Y. 



DELAMATER FAMILY. 543 

1005. Harold Waldo, resided in Dutchess County, N. Y. 

1006. Mildred, resided in Dutchess County, N. Y. 

1007. Wilfred Schuyler, resided in Dutchess County, N. Y. 

1008. Cornelia, resided in Dutchess County, N. Y. 

NeIvSon (826), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

1009. Stephen, of Cayuga County, N. Y. 

loio. Phebe, who married John W. Bibbins, and resided at 

Brutus, N. Y. 
loii. Fanny, resided at Brutus, N. Y., married Frank Jacobs. 

1012. Royal, died in 1892. 

Henry Sabine (853), (son oe William H.), had issue: 

1013. Willard, born August 15, 1876. 

Charles (869), (son of George), had issue: 

1014. Edgar. 

1015. Hazel. 

DeWitt Clinton (877), (son of John), had issue: 

1016. Bell, born July 20, 1868, at Paw Paw, Michigan, married 

David Kay, 1896, had two children. 

John Luther (878), (son of John), had issue: 

10 1 7. Zella L., born August 17, 1870, at Brooklyn, Michigan, 

married Fred Adams, had one child. 

1018. Anson, born June 13, 1874, at Columbia, Michigan, married 

Flora Miller, and had one child. 

Merrick L. (895), (son of Lorenzo D.), had issue: 

1019. Minnie Helen, born January 10, 1867. 

1020. Nellie Josephine, born August 24, 1869, died August 15, 

1876. 

Bradley M., Jr. (898), (son of Bradley M.), had issue: 

1021. Allie, born November 27, 1873, married E. R. Nash, June 

7, 1899. 

1022. Edna Louise, born January 13, 1877, died January 5, 1882. 

George (922), (son of Dr. Jacob), had issue: 

1023. Foster Beckwith Gilbert, born July 9, 1885, died February 

2Z, 1886. 

Frank L. (944), (son of Lucius), had issue: 

1024. Hattie C, born October 7, 1876, married Burton C. Dinius, 

October 14, 1897, no issue. 



544 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

William (946), (son of Titus), had issue: 

1025. Leroy, born July 22, 1880, married Sarah Winne. 

1026. Grace, born June 22, 1888, resided in Greene County, N. Y. 

Ira E. (947), (SON of Zebulon), had issuer: 

1027. Lottie, born February 12, 1877. 

Oscar Z. (948), (son of Zisbulon), had issue: 

1028. Isabella, born March 23, 1877. 

1029. Frederick, born June, 1879. 

George Wallace (956), (son of George Benjamin), 
HAD issue: 

1030. Susie Louisa, born April 17, 1873, married Shirley P. Aus- 

tin, February 15, 1897, have one child. 

103 1. James Scott, born June 15, 1877, married Jennie Hutton, 

April 12, 1900, no issue. 

Thomas Albert (957), (son of George Benjamin), 
HAD issue: 

1032. Grace Adelaide, born October 29, 1874, married Willis 

McDowell, June 4, 1899, had one child. 

1033. George Richmond, born October 14, i< 



Victor Morris (959), (son of George Benjamin), 
HAD issue: 

1034. Adelaide, born May 10, 1889. 

1035. Mary Forkes, born October 8, 1894. 

John W. (991), (son of Edward B.), had issue: 

1036. Ada S., born September 25, 1884, died October 22, 1896. 

1037. Harold E., born October 10, 1890, resides in Dutchess 

County, N. Y. 

1038. Helen O., born April 16, 1896, resides in Dutchess County, 

N. Y. . 

Frederick R. (993), (son of Edward B.), had issue: 

1039. Edward Radcliff, born December 13, 1897. 

Anson (1018), (son of John Luther), had issue: 

1040. Anneke, born April 5, i! 



DYCKMAN FAMILY. 545 

DYCKMAN- 

Jaii Dyckman, — Deekman, as then pronotmced, — the ances- 
tor of the Dyckmans of Kingsbridge and vicinity, and ultimately 
one of the wealthiest of the patentees, came, as already stated, 
from Bentheim, in Westphalia,* probably in company with his 
early and life-long friends, Adolph Meyer and Arent Bussing, 

* Johannes Dvckman, father of Cornelis, ancestor of the Bloomingdale family, 
was the son of Joris Dyckman and Aeltie Root, of Amsterdam, and not related, so 
far as appears, to Jan Dyckman, of Kingsbridge. He had been "first clerk" to the 
West India Company, came out in 165 1, and served as clerk and commissary at Fort 
Orange of Albany, but in 1655 was laid aside by insanity. He died in 1672, leaving 
by his wife, Maria Bosyns, who survived him, two sons, said Cornelis, born 1647, 
and Johannes, born 1662. The last married Jannetie, daughter of Cornelis Viele, of 
Schenectady, and by her received land at the All Plaats, on which they had lived but two 
years, when the French and Indian massacre of i6go happened. Dyckman and family 
made their escape to Albany, and went to Dutchess County, but in 17 15 removed to 
the Manor of Livingston, where he enjoyed some prominence and left posterity. He 
had a son, Johannes, born 1690, and one daughter. 

Cornelis Dyckman, some of whose descendants write the name Dikeman, married 
Jannetie, daughter of Dirck Claessen, potter (see p. 234), and settled in Albany County 
at Canistigione (Niskayuna), buying lands, which he occupied five years or more, 
but abandoned in 1690, on the French and Indian invasion, finding a temporary home 
in Bergen County, New Jersey, but removing thence to Harlem, where he lived in 
1694, and was made constable in 1698. He was still here on September 5, 1701, 
when he and wife sold 80 acres of their Niskayuna lands to Evert Van Ness. Cor- 
nells finally buying a farm at Bloomingdale, there died, leaving children Johannes, 
Derick, George, Cornelius, Nicholas, Wyntie, married Johannes Ivortright; "Cornelia, 
married Jacob Harsen; Geertie, married Derick Vander Haan, and Elizabeth, married 
John Sprong. By his will, made November i, 171 1, when he was "sick and weak," 
Cornelis left his farin to his sons George and Cornelius, who were to remunerate 
the other children. But "the executors not sworn, and no administration granted," 
we infer that Derick and Nicholas bought it, as they owned parts of this farm, subse- 
quently, of about equal size and extending together from 70th to 78th street, on 
North River, and from 68th to 77th on 7th avenue. Johannes, the eldest son, born 
in Albany, leased a farm at Bloomingdale December 29, 1701, for six years, from 
Jurien Rynchout, and the next year married Rachel, daughter of Frederick De Voe, 
by whom he had Elizabeth, born 1703; Janneke, 1705; Cornelius, 1707; Hester, 1709; 
Frederick, 171 1; the last two baptised at Hackensack, whither Johannes seems to 
have gone when his lease expired. Derick learned the art of weaving from Hendrick 
Brevoort. He married, 171 1, Wilhelmina Bass, from Newtown. His will, dated 
February 16, 1730, was proved October 12, 1762. He left his farm at Bloomingdale 
to his widow and children. The latter were: Cornelius, born 1713; Anna, 17 16; 
Cornelia, 1718; Johannes, 1720; Derick, 1723; Aaron, 1726, and George, 1729. His 
daughter Anna married Jacobus Myer, and daughter Cornelia married, 1745, Teunis 
Somerindyke. Nicholas, born in Bergen, 1692, married, 1716, Anneke, daughter of 
John Sevenhoven, who by her father's will received half of the Fabricius farm on 
the East River side, and which she and Nicholas sold in 175 1. Dyckman's homestead, 
at Bloomingdale embraced 94 acres, which ran up to 73rd street at 7th avenue, and 
a little higher on the river. Pursuant to his will, dated May 29, 1752, it was sold 
March i, 1763, by his executors, John Harsen and Garret Cozine, to Jacob Harsen, 
who, two days later, reconveyed the northern half to said John Harsen (nephew of 
Dyckman, and also married to his daughter Rachel), and the southern half to said 
Cozine, whose wife was Jannetie Dyckman. The southern half, with east portion of 
the northern, formed the well-known Harsen estate. 

George Dyckman married, May 17, 17 12, Catalinav daughter of Teunis Idens 
\'an Huyse, of Bloomingdale, and went to Bergen County, but returned to occupy 115 
acres conveyed to him, June 23, 1720, by his father-in-law, from off his farm. (See 
\'an Huyse.) In 1729 he bought an adjoining section of the farm from his 
brother-in-law, Abraham Montanye, with 20 acres in the rear, lying within the Har- 
lem line; also Montanye's erf, at Harlem. In 1748 he sold the erf and 20 acres to 
Adolph Benson and Jacob Dyckman, Jr. Jacob sold his 10 acres to Mrs. Mc- 
Gown, being the place in which she lived at McGown's Pass. (See Benson family.) 
George ^Dyckman owned a part of the old Tourneur Meadows on the little Mill 
Creek, "two acres, more or less," gotten, we presume, with Montanye's land, and 
bought by Montanye when the adjacent Tourneur farm, to which it had belonged, 
was sold to the Kortrights. Dyckman sold these meadows, October 19, 1734,° to 
Nicholas Kortright, married to his niece, whence they passed to Abraham Myer, June 
12, 1740, and from Myer to Peter Bussing, April 16, 1753. Dyckman died January 
16, 1753- He had issue, Jannetie, born 1714; Teuntie, born 1716; Cornelius, born 
1718; Maria, 1720; Teunis-Eidesse, 1722; George, 1725, and John, 1728. John Dike- 
man, last named, first a baker in New York, with wife Rebecca (who was a daughter 



546 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

jointi}' with whom he first became a landholder, March 13, 1666, 
by the purchase of Simon De Ruine's farm. But with little means 
of their own, the borrowed purchase money, 2,000 guilders, was 
apparently too heavy a burden to carry, for the associates, on 
April 7, ensuing, turned over their bargain to Captain Delavall. 
Dyckman united with the church at New York, on February 26, 
1673, together with Bussing and others, his young acquaintances, 
of both sexes, to one of whom, Madelaine, daughter of Daniel 
Tourneur, Dyckman -was married during the next summer. Ob- 
taining by her a farming lot upon Montanye's Flat, and two of 
the out-gardens on which to build and begin domestic life, Dyck- 
man bought of Meyer, November 2, following, "a certain hook 
of marsh land," on the north end of lot 4, Van Keulen's Hook. 
We have taken notice, page 344, of his grant and purchase at 
Spuyten Duyvel in 1677, in connection with Jan Nagel. The lat- 
ter died in 1689, and the next year, May 19, 1690, Dyckman, then 
living at Spuyten Duyvel, married his widow, Rebecca, who was 
a daughter of Resolved Waldron. By this means the union of 
the Dyckman and Nagel estates was maintained. They drew 
jointly of the common land in 1691, but in 1712, the Nagel heirs 
being of age, the drafts were made in separate lots, in the names 
of Jan Dyckman and Jan Nagel respectively. 

The land drawn in 1691 lay in two places; one parcel, No. 
14, of 20 morgen, being on Jochem Pieters' Hills (see Appendix 
J), and the other. No. 24, drawn mainly on their joint rights at 
Spuyten Duyvel, embracing all the common land north of Sher- 
man's Creek, as shown by the annexed extract from the deed 
(groundbrief), having the written consent of the freeholders, 
and signed by the town officers, March 21, 1701. 

No. 24. 

There is set off for Jan Dyckman and Jan Nagel, on account of 26 
morgen and 2 erven,* a piece of land upon the end of York Island, north 
of the Round Meadow and the Half Creek, commonly called Pieter 
Tuynier's Fall, till to the little Sand Bay lying at the North River; all 
the common land north of this above written boundary; also a suitable 
King's Way shall remain over the said land. 

The quantity of land strictly due upon the given erf and 
morgen rights was 49 acres, but the grant was estimated at 149. 
The additional 100 acres, with 16 more on Jochem Pieters' Hills 
(known as Lot 17, Last Division), all woodland, were gotten 
by agreement between Dyckman and the town, in exchange for 

of John Buys), sold their city property in 1759 and returned to Bloomingdale. He was 
alderman of the Out Ward, 1769 to 1773, and died some years after the Revolution, 
leaving children Teunis-Eidesse, Matthew, John, Catherine and Rebecca. Catherine 
married, m 1780, Peter Grim, Jr. These divided the paternal lands in 1793. Of 
this family and branch, we believe, was Judge John Dikeman, of Brooklyn. 

* These erf and morgen rights had been adjusted as early as 1686. How they 
were made up is shown in a note in Appendix J. 



DYCKMAN FAMILY. 547 

cleared land on Jochem Pieters' Flat (29 acres), which had 
belonged to Nagel, but was now wanted in order to make up 
the quantity claimed by the heirs of Captain Delavall, in that 
tract. In this exchange Dyckman got four acres of woodland for 
one of tillable land, being the relative value of the two at that 
date. See this matter further explained in Appendix E. 

The deed of necessity included the lands covered by the old 
Jansen and Aertsen patent, and known latterly as the Dyckman 
Homestead. Dyckman and the Nagels also bought in company 
three lots, Nos. 11, 12, 13, adjoining their lot 14, on Jochem 
Pieters' Hills. Thus in 1715, when Dyckman died, his estate and 
Nagel's together were rated at 300 acres ; which was exclusive of 
the said lots 11 to 14, being 90 acres, then held in his own name by 
Dyckman's son Gerrit, and also of the three Nagel lots on Jochem 
Pieters' Flat, except 11 acres, also of the Dyckman lot on Mon- 
tanye's Flat, which had passed to Zacharias Sickels, and the Nagel 
drafts in the four divisions which had been disposed of to Abra- 
ham Myer and Johannes Waldron. 

Jan Dyckman's death, in 171 5, was followed after four years 
by that of his widow. 

The Dyckman and Nagel children, under the marriage articles 
between Dyckman and Mrs. Nagel, dated May 12, 1690, and their 
joint will of November 2, 1702, were to share equally of the 
patrimonial estates. Before Dyckman died his eldest son, Gerrit, 
as already seen, had come to possess the 90 acres, or lots ii to 
14, on Jochem Pieters' Hills; and other of the separated parcels 
had been disposed of. But the ample domain above Sherman's 
Creek, and Dyckman's drafts in the four divisions, remained 
intact and undivided till November 10, 1719, when the heirs of 
both names made a settlement. Gerrit Dyckman took 30 acres 
more of his father's estate, embracing his lots in ist and 4th 
Divisions, and half of No. 17 Last Division, being eight acres near 
Kiersen. Jacob Dyckman and John Nagel, Jr., on the date afore- 
said, bought the interests of their co-heirs respectively in the 
remaining lands, which gave Dyckman 120 acres and Nagel 151 
acres ; the latter taking the Dyckman lots in 2d and 3d Divisions. 
Each had an equal quantity above Sherman's Creek, to wit, 112 
acres, and these lands, excepting the homesteads, were held in 
joint tenancy for another ten years. Their possessions were made 
up thus : 

NAGEL: Half the s lots of 1677 38 a. q. or. 

Half No. 24 of 1691 24 " 2 " o " 

Half 100 acres So " o " o " 

2d Div., No. 17 19 " o " 39 " 

3d Div., No. 10 8 " 3 " II " 

On Jochem Pieters Flat 11 " " " 

151 a. 2 q. 10 r. 



548 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

DYCKMAN: Half the 5 lots of 1677 38 a. o q. r. 

Half No. 24 of 1691 24 " 2 " o " 

Half 100 acres 50 " o " o " 

Half No. 17, Last Division 8 " o " o " 

120 a. 2 q. r. 

Jan Dyckman (i) married first, Madeline Tourneur, June 
15, 1673, had six children. He married second, Rebecca Nagel 
(nee Waldron), May 19, 1690, had two children, and died 171 5. 
His second wife was the widow of Jan Nagel and daughter of 
Resolved Waldron. 

He had issue by first wife : 

2. Daniel, baptized December 3, 1673, died young. 

3. Maria, baptized April 26, 1676, married first. Captain James 

Hewett, September 17, 1695, had one child. She married 
second, Peter Ulregh, June 22, 1713. 

4. Gerrit, baptized March 6, 1678, had two children, and died 

1729. 

5. Magdalena, baptized March 27, 1680, married John Nagel, Jr., 

January 2, 1708, had seven children. 

6. John, baptized May 6, 1682, married Deborah Nagel, March 2, 

1702, had one child. 

7. Grietie, baptized January 11, 1685. 

Jan Dyckman (i) had issue by his second wii^E;, viz.: 

8. Jacob, born May 18, 1692, married Jannetie Kiersen, June 6, 

1716, had seven children. 

9. Rebecca, born 1695, married Joseph Hadley, May 8, 1716. . 

Gerrit (4), (son of Jan Dyckman), was constable in 1710-11. 
He died in 1729, his property being held by his widow till 1748, 
when her son Jan Dykman, who dropped the c from his name, 
came in possession. 

Gerrit (4) had issue : 

10. Jan, who married Maria, daughter of Abraham Meyer, about 

1728, had two children, and died about 1771. 
•II. Jacob, who married Rebecca Vermilyea, had eleven children. 

John (6), (son op Jan Dyckman), had issue: 

12. Johannes, Jr., born June 5, 1702, married Eliza Buys, April 

2, 1750, had one child, and died April 23, 1782. 

Jacob Dyckman (8), (son of Jan), born 1692, and from whom 
the late Isaac, of Kingsbridge, was descended, married, June 6, 
1 7 16, Jannetie, born 1693, daughter of Jan and Gerritie Kiersen. 



DYCKMAN FAMILY. 549 

He and Nagel, joint owners of all the lands from Sherman's Creek 
to Kingsbridge, passed deeds May 15, 1729, for their homesteads, 
then computed at 38 acres each ; parted by the creek at 211th Street 
(where on either side near Harlem River stood their respective 
dwellings), and a line running westerly, in the direction of said 
street, to 12th Avenue. The Dyckman tract so conveyed was 
limited south by the Kingsbridge Road, which then deviated from 
its present course at 204th (say In wood) Street, and ran nearly 
straight to the foot of 208th Street, at Harlem River; then for 
some distance northward followed the shore. On June 9, 1744, 
Dyckman and Nagel completed the division of their lands, passing 
deeds. Dyckman took the 16 acres at the extreme end of the 
island ; Nagel the next 38 acres, which came down to his homestead 
farm, also estimated at 38 acres, and Avhich Nagel now transferred 
to Dyckman, though he or his sons subsequently bought it back. 
The highlands next the Hudson, from Tubby Hook upward, 
which had been set off by a line run from the little Sand Bay, 
north 59 degrees east, to the Spuyten Duyvel Creek, and surveyed 
into six lots singularly corresponding in contents to the parcels 
before disposed of on Jochem Pieters' and Montanye's Flats, were 
also divided on the above date. 

Jacob Dyckman took part with others, in 1758, in building a 
free bridge over Harlem River. By a letter from him to Sir 
William Johnson, the Indian Agent on the Mohawk, dated March 
22, 1675 (see Documental History New York, Vol. ii, page 816), 
it appears he gave attention to raising choice fruit trees, and farm 
stock "of the right old England breed." He lived to a good age, 
his will being dated August 10, 1767, and admitted to probate 
June 16, 1774. 

Jacob (8), (son of Jan Dyckman), had issue: 

13. John, baptized November 9, 1718, died young. 

14. Jacob, born March 12, 1720, married Catalina (Tryntje) 

Benson, about 1742, had ten children, and died 1773. 

15. William, born August 23, 1725, married Mary Tourneur, 

1747, had nine children, and died August 10, 1787. 

16. Magdalena, who married Evert Bruyn. 

17. Gerretie (Charity), who married John Vermiiyea, about 1736, 

had seven children. 

18. Rebecca, born December 10, 1727, married Abraham Odell, 

April 12, 1761, had seven children, and died April 16, 
1821. 

19. Margaret, born about 1732, married Jonathan Odell, had 

twelve children, and died March 20, 1783. 

Jan (10) was constable in 1734-5, being chosen May 10, 
1744, with Jacob Meyer and Benjamin Benson, to sell certain 



550 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

remnants of common land, and in 1753 was acting as an elder. 
Dyckman sold lots Numbers 20, 21, First Division, to Lawrence 
Low, and bought instead Number i9,FirstDivision, from the heirs 
of Johannes Waldron. But now on November 13, 1767, he sold to 
John Watkins his farm, with its several appendages, including, on 
the north side, lots No. 15, 22 acres, the Lawrence Low homestead, 
which he had lately purchased of John Low. John Dykman died 
five years before the Revolution, and on October 8, 1770, his sons- 
in-law, Benson and Meyer, were appointed his administrators. His 
residence, a substantial stone house, built by him or his father, is 
yet standing on Kingsbridge road, west side, corner of I52d 
Street (1881). 

Jan (10), (son oi? Gerrit), had issui;: 

20. Rebecca, who married Samuel Benson, March 3, 1763, had 

four children. 

21. Eve, who married John Myer, had five children, and died 

November i, 1809. 

Jacob (ii), (son op Gerrit)> h^d issue;: 

22. Jesyntje, baptized October 26, 1737. 

23. Gerrit, baptized June 6, 1741, served in First Regiment, West- 

chester County militia, New York. 

24. Isaac, baptized April 30, 1743, served in Westchester County, 

New York, militia. 

25. Rebecka (Rebecca), baptized April 20, 1745. 

26. Jacob, born July i, 1747, baptized July 26, 1747. 

27. Marytje, born June 1.9, 1749, baptized June 21, 1749. 

28. Helena, born August 19, 1751, baptized October 8, 1751. 

29. Jan (John), born January 20, 1752, baptized April 4, 1753, 

married Antie Ecker, December 3, 1774, had one child. 

30. Maria, born September 2, 1755, baptized September 9, 1755. 

31. Aeltie, born November 29, 1757, baptized April 25, 1758. 

33. Petrus, born July 22, 1760, baptized September 13, 1760. 

Johannes, Jr. (12), (son oe John), had issue: 

34. John, born May 3, 1757, married Leah Acker, December 9, 

1776, had three children. Was ensign in the Revolution- 
ary War. Died in Sugar Hane Basin, New York City. 

Jacob Dyckman, Jr. (14), (son of Jacob), born March 12, 
1720,^ a person of prominence in the town, married about 1742, 
Catalina, daughter of Samson Benson, and at first lived near 
his father at Spuyten Duyvel. In 1748 he and his brother- 
in-law, Adolph Benson, bought from George Dyckman 20 acres 
of land adjoining the highway, in the rear of the Benson Point 
farm, which they divided ; and here Dyckman kept a pubHc 



DYCKMAN FAMILY. 55i 

house for about ten years, till he sold his place to Mrs. McGown 
(see Benson family, and note, Dyckman family), and returned to 
Spuyten Duyvel. It was here that the Colonial Assembly met in 
1752, from October 24 to November 11 ; the Governor and Council 
while in attendance staying at the neighboring house of Benjamin 
Benson, which stood where is now (1881) the residence of S. 
Benson McGown, Esq. Jacob Dyckman obtained from his father 
the 16 acres lying next to Kingsbridge, and from Nagel, 14 acres 
adjoining, giving him 30 acres; whereon he built the tavern since 
kept up, which, on account of the free bridge, became popular, 
but not a financial success for Dyckman, who, becoming insolvent, 
made an assignment. His farm, then occupied by his son, Sam- 
son, was advertised and sold at the Merchants' Coffee House, 
September 30, 1772 (deed given February 11, 1773), the pur- 
chaser being a New York innkeeper, Caleb Hyatt, whose son, 
Jacob Hyatt, owned it after him. (See note, page 345.) 

Jacob (14), (son o^ Jacob), had issur;: 

35. Sampson (Samuel), born September 12, 1748, married Re- 

becca Odell, August 27, 1770, had two children, and died 
in 1792. She was a daughter of Isaac Odell. 

36. Staats Morris, born i7S57-married Eliza Corne, had two chil- 

dren, and died August 14, 1806. 
^ty. Benjamin, who married Martha Lent, had five children, and 
died about 1833. He a post-rider. Served as first lieu- 
tenant under Lewis Morris. Joined the Reformed Church 
at Cortlandtown, N. Y., October 23, 1793. 

40. Jacobus, who married Margaret Post, had eight children. He 

served in Third Regiment, Westchester County, New 
York, militia. She a daughter of Martin Post. 

41. John, who married Aletta Goetchius, had two children. 

42. Garret, born March 3, 1756, married Joanna Odell, April 23, 

1783, had three children, and died May 17, 1816. She 
a daughter of Jonathan Odell, born December 28, 1755, 
died April 12, 1832. 

43. William Nagel, who married Rebecca Odell, had five children, 

and died about 1834. 

44. Maria, who married John Clark, 1771, had four children. 

45. Jane, who married John Van Vredenburgh, December 9, 1777. 

46. Catalina (Catherine), who married Daniel Hale, had one 

child, and died March 24, 1829. 

William Dyckman (15), (son of Jacob), and grandson of Jan 
Dyckman, was born August 23, 1725, and married Mary, daughter 
of Michael Tourneur, 1747. She was born February 4, 1728. 
William succeeded to the homestead at Sherman's Creek, occupy- 
ing the old residence which stood on 210th Street, near Harlem 



552 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

River. In the times which tried men's souls, the patriotic Dyck- 
man and his family warmly espoused the cause of their country, 
and upon the invasion by the British army left their home for a 
seven years' exile. The sons, very active during the war in aiding 
the American operations, immortalized themselves as the "West- 
chester Guides." The survivors returned at the peace, and their 
dwelling having been burnt by the enemy, built another on a new 
site, where it yet remains on Kingsbridge Road, west side, between 
2o8th and 209th Streets, or more properly a little north of Haw- 
thorne Street. Here William Dyckman closed his life, August 
10, 1787, and his widow, February 14, 1802. 

WlIvIvIAM (15) HAD issue: 

47. Jacobus, born September 18, 1748, married Hannah Brown, 

September 10, 1773, had eleven children, and died August 
20, 1832. 

48. Mary, born June 2, 1752, married Jacob Vermilyea, June 15, 

1773, had nine children, and died February 2^, 1826. 

49. Abraham, born August 25, 1754, served in Second Regiment, 

Orange County, New York, militia, in the Revolutionary 
War, and was lieutenant in the Line, New York, in 
Revolution. He died single, March 9, 1782. 

50. Michael, born August 9, 1756, married Sarah Oakley, had 

two children, and died January, 1808. 

51. Jane, born June 26, 1759, died unmarried, March 24, 1772. 

52. William, born December 9, 1762, married Maria Smith, Feb- 

ruary 23, 1786, had five children. He served in Second 
Regiment, Orange County, New York, militia, in the 
Revolutionary War. Removed to Western New York, 
and died in Pan Pan, N. Y., either 79 or 85 years of age. 

53. John, born July 28, 1764, died April 15, 1774. 

54. Jemima, born February 25, 1765, married Evert Brown, had 

ten children. 

55. Charity, born May 18, married Benjamin Lent, had five chil- 

dren. 

Jan (29), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

56. Jacob, baptized June 17, 1775. 

John (34), (son of Johannes,, Jr.), had issue: 

57. Abraham, born January 13, 1777, married first, Latty Lent, 

had seven children. He married second, Eliza Dusen- 
berry, September 30, 1838, no issue by second wife, and 
died Januarv 2, 1856. 

58. Jacob, 

59. Catherine, born August 5, 1782, married Seneca Stewart, 

1800, had fifteen children, and died February 5, 1865. 



DYCKMAN FAMILY. 553 

He was born April 2, 1780, and died August, 1861, at 
Cairo, N. Y. 

Sampson (Samue;Iv) (35), (son 01^ Jacob), had issue: 

60. Hannah, born May 2, 1780, married Richard Covert, June 20, 

1 80 1, had two children. 

61. Catherine, who married ]\Iatheas Valentine. 

Staats Morris (36), (son op Jacob), had issue: 

62. Peter Corne, born about 1797, married Susan Matilda Whet- 

ton, had one child, and died April 20, 1824. 

63. Letitia Catelina, born June, 1799, died July 29, 1800. 

Benjamin (37), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

64. Jacob, mentioned in his father's will, dated 1833. 

65. William, who married Mary Post, had seven children. 

66. John, who married L,eah Goetschius, had four children. 

67. Sampson Benson, who married Rachel Goetschius, had seven 

children. 

68. Jane (Jannetje), born February 8. 1783, died unmarried. 

Jacobus (40), (son oe Jacob), had issue: 

69. Martin. 

70. Sampson. 

71. Benjamin (Benson), married Maria Lent. 
yz. Catherine, who married Pell C. Vought. 

y^. Martha Maria, who married Isaac Mandeville. 

74. Elmira, who married Louis Levines. 

75. Elizabeth, born November 26, 1803, baptized October 13,1805. 

76. Staats Morris. 

John (41), (son oe Jacob), had issue: 
yy. Sampson. 

78. Rachel Goetschius. 

Garret (42), (son oe Jacob), had issue: 

79. William N., baptized May 7, 1787, married Eliza A. Honey- 

well, September 25, 183 1, had two children. 

80. Jacob G., who married Mary Eliza Prestwick, had three chil- 

dren. He lived in Morristown, N. J. 

81. Catalina Benson, born December 30, 1791. 

WiEEIAM NaGEE (43), (son OE JaCOb), HAD ISSUE: 

82. Sampson B., born November 5, 1793, baptized April 21, 1794, 

died, 1877. 

83. Jonathan Odell, who married Sarah Ann ?, died, 1878. 



554 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

His will was proved May 6, 1878, no children named in 
will. 

84. William W., his will was proved December 11, 1883, no chil- 

dren named in will. 

85. Maria, will proved September 28, 1859. 

86. Rebecca, died in 1859. 

Jacobus Dyckman (47), (son of William), married Septem- 
ber 10, 1773, Hannah Brown, and became chief owner of the 
Kingsbridge estate, to which he added the Courtright farm (see 
note, page 265), and several lots in Third Division. He was a 
member of the Constitutional Convention in 1821, and alderman 
in 1822. He died in his 84th year, August 20, 1832. 

Jacobus (47) had issue:: 

87. William, born about 1775, died single, August 31, 1803. 

88. Frederick, born December 4, 1776, married Eva Myers, had 

three children, and died October 20, 1809. 

89. John No. I, born February 10, 1778, died September 9, 1778. 

90. Michael, born September 22, 1797, died November 24, 1854. 

91. Hannah (Annatje), born February 3, 1782, married Caleb 

Smith, January 26, 1804, had ten children. 

92. Abraham, born March 14, 1784, married Margaret Honey- 

well, had three children, and died April 26, 181 5. 

93. Maria, born December 25, 1786, died, unmarried, January 10, 

1816. 

94. Jacob, born October 11, 1788, was a physician, and at one 

time Health Commissioner of New York. He died sin- 
gle, December 8, 1822. 

95. James, born December 10, 1790, died single. 

96. Isaac, born November 17, 1794. He and his brother, Michael, 

being the only surviving sons, took all the real estate under 
their father's will, and of which, on the death of Michael, 
in 1854, Isaac became sole owner. The latter dying un- 
married, January 6, 1868, his nephew, James F. D. Smith, 
was made principal heir, and took the name of Isaac 
Michael Dyckman, but since deceased. 

97. John No. 2, born March 15, 1799, died June 28, 1803. 

Michae;l (50), (son of William), had issue: 

98. Sarah, who married Samuel Thompson, had three children. 

99. Maria, who died, unmarried, at the Dyckman homestead, Feb- 

ruary 23, 1863. 

William (52), (son 01^ William), had issue:: 

100. Maria, who married first, ? Danforth, had one child. 

She married second, John A. Smith. 



DYCKMAN FAMILY. 555 

loi. William, born November 24, 1788, had six children. 

102. Aaron Smith, born September, 1790, baptized September 28, 

1790, resided in Michigan. 

103. Jane, born September 11, 1797, married first, Barney Hicks, 

had four children. She married second, Owin Church, 
and had five children. 

104. Evert Brown, born September 25, 1799, married Harriet 

Hinckley, had six children. He resided in the West. 

Abraham (57), (son of John), had issue by his 
i^iRST wife;: 

105. John, born May 24, 1801, deceased. 

106. Isabel, born July i, 1803, married Augustus T. Lent, March 

II, 1823, had one child. 

107. Jacob, born August 20, 1805. 

108. Emeline, born August 3, 1807. 

109. William Henry, born October 4, 1809. 

no. Maria (Jane Maria), born December 17, 181 1. 

111. Abigail, born April 5, 1814, married Wesley Haines, April 

15, 1834. 

112. David Waters, born January 20, 1818, married first, Harriet 

Dyckman, June 16, 1838, had one child. He married 
second, Catherine A. Tuttle, November 25, 1857, had one 
child. 

Peter Corne (62), (son oe Staats Morris), had issue: 

113. Eliza, who married Colonel John P. Cruger. 

WiELiAM (65), (son oe Benjamin), had issue: 

114. Cathrina, born November 17, 1806, baptized April 20, 1807. 

115. Martin Post, born November 8, 1808, baptized January 19, 

1812. 

116. Sampson Benson, born Januarv 13, 181 1, baptized March 15, 

1812. 

117. Harriet Douglas, born March 10, 1813, baptized June 26, 

1816. 

118. Patty Maria, born October 20, 181 5. 

119. States Morris, born February 4, 1821, baptized July 5, 1829, 

married Rebecca ?, and died 1873. 

120. Jane Almira, born August 4, 1824. 

John (66), (son oe Benjamin), had issue: 

121. Garret (Garnet), born May 30, 1814, married Martha Eliza- 

beth Tucker, February 11, 1848. 

122. Martha Margaret, born March 3, 1817. 

123. Betsy Mary, born March 3, 1817. 



556 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

124. Peter B., born March 27, 1827, married Mary A. Savage, 

March i, 1847. 

SaxMpson Benson (67), (son op^ Benjamin), had issue: 

125. CataHna, born November 26, 1808, baptized July 30, 1809. 

126. Jane Maria, born July 20, 1811, baptized January 26, 1812. 

127. Peter Goetschius, born July 19, 1814, baptized May 11, 181 5, 

married Sarah P. ?, had one child. Will proved 

March 28, 1874. 

128. Benjamin Benson, born January 4, 18 17, baptized February 

II, 1818, married Maria ?, will proved April 25, 1891. 

129. Susan Matilda, born August 8, 1819, baptized April 4, 1821. 

130. Walter James, born January 6, 1822, baptized iVugust 21, 

1822. 

131. Aletta Eliza, born August 2, 1824, baptized June 15, 1825. 

William N. (79), (son oe Garret), had issue: 

132. William. 

133. Susan. . 

Jacob G. (80), (son oe Garret), had issue: 

134. Johanna, who married Peter Morris, no issue. 

135. Eliza. 

136. William Henry, born November 28, 1823, married Frances 

Naomi McKenzie, had seven children, and died January 
II, 1901, at Orange, N. J. 

Frederick (88), (son oe Jacobus), had issue: 

137. Mary, born September 27, 1805, unmarried. 

138. Maria, born September 20, 1806, died, unmarried, February 

8, 1878. 

139. Cornelia, born November 7, 1809, unmarried. 

Abraham (92), (son oe Jacobus), had issue: 

140. Jane Odell, who died, unmarried, February i, 1840. 

141. John Honevwell, born May 5, 1813, died single, April 6, 

1879. 

142. Isaac Vermilye. 

William (ioi), (son oe William), had issue: 

143. Jane, who married George Brown. 

144. Julian. 

145. Barney. 

146. Evert. 

147. Michel. 

148. Betsey Taylor. 



DYCKMAN FAMILY. 557 

Eve;rt Brown (104), (son of William), had issue: 

149. Prudence Hale. 

150. Elizabeth Cobb. 

151. Maria Portland. 

152. Harriet De Puy. 

153. Smith. 

154. Esther Rick. 

David Waters (112), (son of Abraham), uab issue 
BY FIRST wife: 

155. Jacob W., born November 28, 1840, married Mary Williams, 

November 25, 1865, had five children. 

David Waters (112) had issue by his second wife: 

156. Myron Horton, born September 3, 1865, married Lena B. 

Lounsbury, July 13, 1877, have two children. 

Peter Goetschius (127), (son of Sampson Benson), 
had issue: 

157. Sarah Catalina. 

William Henry (136), (son of Jacob G.), had issue: 

158. Mary, who married Alexander Land, had one child. 

159. Lizzie, who married Edward Dickinson, have three children. 

160. Harry. 

161. Frank N., born November 6, 1862, married Lou Heroy, have 

two children. 

162. Helen. 

163. William. 

164. Isabel. 

Jacob W. (155), (son of David Waters), had issue: 

165. Lillie. 

166. Louis. 

167. Edith. 

168. Harry. 

169. Percy. 

Myron Horton (156), (son of David Waters), had 
issue: 

170. Blanche L.. born July 27, 1888. 

171. Amy M., born October 16, 1896. 

Frank N. (161), (son of William Henry), had issue: 

172. Mary. 

173. Lang. 



558 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

HALDRON. 

William Haldron, referred to on page 297, etc., first comes 
to notice in 1685, as the owner of a house and lot (erf), by virtue 
of which he was numbered with the patentees. By a clerical 
error, as we must regard it, his name is entered in the official 
record of the Dongan Patent as Waldron ; but fortunately con- 
temporary records remove all doubt of Haldron's identity as the 
patentee. Being a blacksmith, he made most of the iron-work 
for the church built in 1686, but the next year he was unfortun- 
ately drowned in the river, on or about December 7, 1687, date 
of the coroner's inquest. His widow survived him but a short 
time, for in April, 1690, the town court ordered "that the property 
found in the house where William Haldron's widow died, accord- 
ing to the inventor}^, and also the smithshop, shall be given over 
to the deaconry of New Harlem and to Johannes Vermilye." 

On June i, 1693, Zacharias Sickels, a smith from Albany, 
was put in possession as tenant of the "house, with smithshop and 
garden" (smith tools included), by the deacons, who on April 
18, 1694, gave him a formal lease for three years from the date 
of occupancy. 

We find the following, written in English, signed and dated 
April 17, 1696: "I, Henry Haldron, son of William Haldron, 
deceased, do hereby acquit and discharge the Overseers and Poor- 
masters of Harlem, and by these presents do give them full power 
to sell and dispose of all the goods and movables that did belong 
to my father, William Haldron, deceased." It was soon after 
this that Jan Kiersen bought the Haldron property, in which was 
included lot No. 17, on Jochem Pieters' Hills, set ofif to Haldron's 
erf right in 1691. 

William Haldron (i) had issue:: 

2. Henry. 

3. John, who married Cornelia Van Tienhoven Hoist, May 18, 

1707, had eight children. Removed to Tappan, N. Y., 
about 1713. She was the daughter of Dr. Lucas Van 
Tienhoven, and widow of Andries Hoist. 

4. Anna (Johanna), who married first, John Allen, of Milford, 

June 28, 1705, had three children. She married second, 
Thomas Cox, September 4, 1720, had one child. Her 
second husband was a widower, of Boston, Mass. 

John (3), (son 01^ William), had issue: 
5. William (Willem), baptized May 16, 1708, married Mar- 
grietie Peters, 1734, had nine children. He purchased 
lands in Harington Township, N. J., about 1745. She a 
daughter of Claes Peters, of Rockland Countv, N. Y. 



HALDRON FAMILY. 559 

6. Elizabeth, baptized October 5, 1709. 

7. Lucas (Luykus), baptized June 14, 171 1. 

8. Elsie, born January 13, 1713, baptized January 13, 1713. 

9. Sarah, born September 5, 1716, baptized October 29, 1716, 

married Andries Pieterse, had ten children. 

10. John, born April 21, 1719, baptized June 30, 1719. 

11. Cornelius, born August i, 1721, baptized August 2, 1721. 

married Antje (Anna) Aleyer, had five children. 

12. Hester, who married William AVinter, and had three children. 

William (5), (sox of John), had issue: 

13. Jan (John), born September 11. 1735, baptized October 5, 

1735- 

14. Cathlyntie, born October 12, 1737, baptized November 20, 

1737- 

15. Cornelia, born April 18, 1739, baptized April 29, 1739. 

16. Claes (Nicholas), born November 12, 1740, baptized Decem- 

ber 14, 1740, married Alarretye Janse, had one child. 

17. Willim (William), born February 15, 1742, baptized ]\Iarch 

7, 1742, married Margrietye Alyie, had two children. 

18. ]\[aria, born J\Iay 19, 1745, baptized June 30, 1745, married 

Arie Ackerman, had two children. 

19. Abraham, born February 27, 1747, baptized ]March 22, 1747. 

20. Cornelius, born October 22, 1749, baptized December 3, 1749, 

married Elizabeth Haring, had three children, and died 
Alay 31, 1831. 

21. Catharine, born May 29, 1751, baptized June 20, 1751. 

Cornelius (ii). (son of John), had issue: 

22. Cornelia, born May 31, 1740, baptized June 15, 1740. 

23. Jan (John), born September 8, 1744, baptized October 7, 

. 1744- 

24. AVilliam, born November 25, 1746, baptized January 25, 1747. 

25. Anatye (Anna), born January 24, 1748, baptized Februarv 

12, 1749. 

26. ]\Iarvtve (]\'Iarie), born Julv 24, 1750, baptized October 7, 

1750. 

Claes (Nicholas) (16), (son oe William), had issue: 

27. Wlllem (Wilham), born November 6, 1766, baptized Novem- 

ber 23, 1766, married Catriena ?, about 1794, had 

six children. 

W^iLLiM (William) (17), (son oe William), had issue: 

28. William, born February 14, 1776, baptized March 10, 1776, 

married Aaltje Merselis, April 13, 1816. 

29. Annatje, born February 5, 1778, baptized March 15, 1778. 



56o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Corne;lius (20), (son 01^ Wiluam), had issue;: 

30. James C. (Jacobus C), born December 21, 1785, married 

Margaret Demarest, August 26, 1804, had two children, 
and died October 5, 1877. 

31. WilHam C. 
^2. Cornehus C. 

Wiu,e;m (William) (27), (son 01^ Clae^s) (Nicholas), 

i-iAD issue; : 

(All baptized at Paramus, N. J., Reformed Church.) 

33. Johannis, born June 3, 1796, baptized July 3, 1796. 

34. Lena, born February 28, 1798, baptized April i, 1798. 

35. Catriena, born September 16, 1799, baptized October 6, 1799. 

36. Elizabeth, born July 7, 1801, baptized August 2, 1801. 

^y. Nicholas, born January 19, 1806, baptized February 9, 1806. 

38. Marytje, born February 28, 1808, baptized March 20, 1808. 

James C. (Jacobus C.) (30), (son of Corne;lius), 
HAD issue;: 

39. Cornelius J., born March 6, 1806, married Elizabeth De Pew, 

June 16, 1 83 1, had five children. 

40. Rachel, who died April 26, 1881. 

Cornelius J. (39), (son oe James C), had issue: 

41. Martha, born August 20, 183 1, married Abram P. Jerse}^, 

October i, 185 1, had one child. 

42. James C, born November 6, 1832, married Ellen M. Haring, 

April 25, i860, had three children. 

43. Catherine Ann, born May 24, 1834, married John J. Demarest, 

November 20, 1873, had six children. 

44. Abram Cornehus (Hon.), born September 2^, 1837, married 

Mary Leah Hopper, January, 1872, have two children. 

45. John C, born April 19, 1850, married Catherine D. Haring, 

November 14, 1877, had two children, and died March 
16, 1897. 

James C. (42), (son oe Cornelius J.), had issue: 

46. Mary Elizabeth, born June 25, 1862, unmarried. 

47. James Demarest, born October 18, 1865, married Ida May 

Long, April 6, 1896, have four children. 

48. Estelle, born January 9, 1880, unmarried. 

Abram Cornelius (44), (son oE Cornelius J.), had issue: 

49. Bessie C, born 1876, married Edwin St. George Hardin, Jan- 

uary 18, 1900, have one child. 

50. Garrett's. M., born 1881. 



HALDRON FAMILY. S6i 

John C. (45), (son of Corneuus J.), had issue: 

51. Emily, born January 20, 1879, unmarried. 

52. Jessie Louise, born September i, if'^ 



James Demarest (47), (son oe James C), had issue: 

53. Percy Long, born March 12, 1897, died March 14, 1897. 

54. Marie Roseland, born January 8, 1899. 

55. Edith May, born May 13, 1900. 

56. Adele Ethlyn, born June 24, 1902. 

KIERSEN. 

Jan Kiersen claims a notice among the patentees as the direct 
successor of William Haldron. He chose to write his name 
Ciersen, a departure neither warranted by the derivative word 
nor followed by Kiersen's children, for which reasons we adopt 
the usual spelling of the records. He was the son of Kier Wol- 
ters, and was born at Arnhout, in Drenthe, about 1655. Sep- 
tember 8, 1685, at about 30 years of age, he married Gerritie, 
daughter of Captain Jan Van Dalsen. She was born in New 
England. The next year Kiersen and his father-in-law obtained 
from the town a lease of part of the Great Maize Land, on Jochem 
Pieters' Hills (Harlem Heights, below Fort Washington), for 
a term of 12 years. But the lands there being laid out and 
allotted to the inhabitants in 1691, Kiersen, on July 2, 1694, 
bought, "for 1000 guilders in money," the lots, Nos. 16 and 18, 
from Thomas Tourneur, as purchased by him from Holmes and 
Waldron, the original drawers. In March, 1696, Kiersen obtained 
the signatures of ''every inhabitant of the town" to a paper grant- 
ing him "n. half morgen of land from the common woods, lying 
at the southeast hook of the land that Samuel Waldron has drawn 
out of the common woods, which half morgen of land he may 
build upon, thereon setting a house, barn and garden, for which 
he promises to let lie a morgen of land upon the northeast hook 
of the aforesaid lot ; leaving a suitable road or King's way betwixt 
his house and the lot of Samuel Waldron." Kiersen built his 
house, etc., and on March 7, 1700, the town officers gave him a 
deed. This was the first settlement on the well known Jumel 
homestead, and we believe the first spot permanently occupied on 
these heights. Kiersen, by purchasing the lands and patentee 
rights of William Haldron, deceased, came to own the lot lying 
between his two, west of the road, and which lot (No. 17) Henry 
Haldron, eldest son of William, released to Kiersen, November 7, 
1701. A resurvey of that tract, in 1712, united those three in one 
lot, as No. 18, and it was subsequently called 40 acres. Kiersen 
sold Haldron's smithshop lot to Samuel Waldron, as it joined 
southerly on Waldron's meadows, but reserved the erf, on which 



562 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

he drew land in 171 2. When those drafts were made, Kiersen 
enlarged his half morgen or house lot, east of the road, to 8 acres, 
but from whom he got it is not a matter of positive record. To 
this, in 1720, he added an adjoining 4 acres, being a remnant left 
after the ist Division was laid out. He afterward got the Ver- 
milve lot, No. 6, 2d Division, which joined his homestead on the 
north, and which gave him 20 acres east of the road. For his 
drafts in 1712, etc., see note, page 298, and Appendix J. 

Kiersen joined the church in 1682, and later served as dea- 
con. He was also town collector and constable, and was a party, 
in 1738, to the Mill Camp grant. When he died does not appear. 
His 90 acres (upland) stand in the tax lists in the name of "Jan 
Kiersen," down to 1753, but we might conclude that John senior 
was not living at so late a date, and that his son, John, born 1690, 
had succeeded him. Yet, if we mistake not, we find the peculiar 
signature of John senior to a town document of March 28, I749- 
If his, he lived to a great age. His children were Jannetje, bap- 
tized March 13, 1687, died unmarried; Grietje, baptized Novem- 
ber 25, 1688; John, Abraham, baptized October 6, 1695, and Jan- 
netie, baptized May 25, 1693, who married Jacob Dyckman, of 
Kingsbridge, May 16, 1716, had seven children. John and Abra- 
ham, on April 23, 1756, join in selling part of their salt meadow, 
at Kingsbridge, which the elder John bought of Johannes Wal- 
dron, January 16, 1703. 

The names of the two sons appear upon the roll of Captain 
Stuyvesant's company in 1738; but devoted to husbandry, their 
quiet, unobtrusive lives seldom bring them into notice. John, 
especially, is rarely named otherwise than herein stated, nor is 
there any intimation that he left descendants. His brother, Abra- 
ham, born 1695, was constable in 1728, and probably had no 
family. He acts alone with the freeholders in signing deeds, etc., 
in 1747 and 1753, neither his father nor brother being named. It 
would seem that his sister, with her husband and children, had 
either purchased, or been empowered to sell (perhaps by the will 
of John senior), the Kiersen property in Harlem, because these 
join in a deed, January 29, 1763, conveying said lands to James 
Carroll, of New York, for i 1,000. Abraham Kiersen is named 
therein as a grantor, but does not subscribe. A clause in Jacob 
Dyckman's will of August 10, 1767, devising a share of his prop- 
erty to John and Abraham Kere, and directing that they "be 
supported as I have done," shows a state of dependency in their 
old age, whatever else it may imply. With their descendants, the 
name disappears here, though probably perpetuated in the West- 
chester branch. From Carroll the Kiersen property passed to 
Colonel Roger Morris, whose stately mansion, better known as the 
Jumel house, still remains, being owned and occupied by Mr. 
Nelson Chase (1881.) 



KORTRIGHT FAMILY. 563 

KORTRIGHT. 

Cornells Jansen, with whom the preceding pages have made 
us acquainted, will be further named only as introductory to a 
notice of his descendants, who composed the principal part of the 
late Kortright family of Harlem. Born in 1645, ^t Beest, in 
Gelderland, he came out with his father, Jan Bastiaensen, in 1663 
(see pages 67, 95, 204, and note, page 258), and on November 
8, 1665, married Metje, daughter of Bastiaen Elyessen, and widow 
of Claes Teunisz van Appeldorn ; a lady who, after Jansen's early 
death, in 1689, proved her ability both to manage his business and 
enhance his estate, the use of which, under his will, dated Febru- 
ary 25, of said year (but not proved till March 18, 1706), she was 
to eiijoy till her death or remarriage. Having been a trooper, he 
gave his eldest son, Johannes, "the best horse, and the best saddle, 
and the best boots, and the best pistols, and holsters, and carbine 
and cutlass." He also left him, over and above his share of thie 
estate, "the lot of land at Jochem Pieters, to wit, the lot by the 
great gate."' This was No. 3 of the old lots (afterward Sickels'), 
and the gate must have stood at the upper corner of the Church 
Farm, where the road going north to Myer's narrowed from 4)^ 
to 3 rods, as finally fixed by a vote of the town in 1744. 

The widow, from her husband, is usually called Metje Cor- 
neHs, once Metje Jansen, and sometimes, from her father, Metje 
Bastiaens. As the Hsts show, she drew largely of the common 
lands in the several divisions; but survived those of 1712 only 
a short time. Under that of 1691 she obtained an annex to the 
farm on Montanye's Flat; in the deed dated March 21, 1701, 
"bounded by a line leading from the southwest corner of the 
kitchen as the fence runs, to a small brook, and along the brook 
till it meets with the patent line of Harlem, thence along said 
line northerly till it meets with the old lots of Cornells Kortright, 
deceased." In 171 5 her family held 246 acres, of which Laurens 
Cornelissen held exclusively "j"] ; and he and the other heirs 
jointly 169, which, from 1715 to 1726, stood in the name of 
"Metje Cornells" heirs." Laurens' JJ acres included 30 acres 
sold by him the same year, and since in the Race Course Farm 
(see Benson family), with No. i, 2d Division, and half of No 17, 
3d Division, both of which finally passed to the Nutters. In the 
169 acres was the farm on Montanye's Flat (since Nutter's), 
rated as 36 acres, the adjoining Tourneur farm (later of Peter 
Bussing), 36 acres; No. 10, Jochem Pieters' Flat; No. 16, Van 
Keulen's Hook; No. 6, New Lots; No. 10 of 1691 ; No. 5, ist 
Division, and half of No. 17, 3d Division. Widow Tiebout and 
her son, John Lewis, in 1715, held each 13^ acres in the four 
Divisions ; the widow's lots reverting the same year to John Van 
Oblienis, in whose name thev had been drawn. 



564 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Cornelius Janseii left six children, at first called Cornelissen, 
viz. : 

2. Aefie, baptized May 30, 1666, married first, Jonas Lewis, Feb- 

ruary 5, 1688, and second, Marcus Tiebout, May 29, 1698, 
but died in 1714 without issue. 

3. Johannes No. i, baptized July 30, 1671, died young. 

4. Johannes Cornelissen No. 2, baptized April 24, 1673, married 

VVyntie, daughter of Cornells Dyckman, May 26, 1701, 
had three children, and died in 171 1. She married 
second, Zacharias Sickles, in 1717. 

5. Maria, baptized April 2, 1679. 

6. Laurens Cornelissen, baptized August 20, 1681, married first, 

Helena, daughter of Captain Johannes Benson, October 
22, 1703, had two children. He married second, "Mar- 
garet, daughter of Arent Bussing, about 1708, had five 
children. He was father of the main branch of the Har- 
lem family of this name. Served as constable in 1708-9, 
and succeeded to the homestead on Harlem lane, which, 
at his death (1726) fell in the division to his widow. 

7. Annetie, who married Adrian Quackenbos,* August 22, 1701, 

had two children. He of Albany, N. Y. 

Johannes Cornelissen (4), (son of Cornelius Jansen), was 
appointed constable in 1702, and died in 171 1. He had issue: 

8. Metje, baptized February 27, 1702, married John Bussing, 

September 2, 1723, had one child. (See Bussing.) 

9. Nicholas, who married first, Elizabeth, daughter of Eide Van 

Huyse, of Bloomingdale, February 5, 1731, had one child, 
and second, Elizabeth Peltrong (Conteyn), April 15, 
1739, had two children, and died November 19, 1751. 
10. Jannetie, who married Johannes Van Wyck, September 2, 
1723, had one child. 

Laurens Cornelissen Kortright (6), from whom sprang the 
main branch of the family at Harlem, was born here August 20, 
168 1. On December 9, 1704, his mother leased him for four years 
the farm "lying on the flats about New Harlem," and also "the lot 
on the Maize Land," or Jochem Pieters' Hills. Laurens served 
as constable in 1708-9. He succeeded to the homestead on 
Harlem Lane (since Nutter's), which at his death, in 1726, fell 

* John I^ewis was born at Harlem, married, May 22, 1713, Hester, daughter of 
Jan Delamater, and the next fall was chosen constable. He succeeded to the allot- 
ment drawn m 17 12 by Marcus Tiebaut, his step-father, from the common lands; 
but not to the half-erf and three morgan on which it was drawn. His house lot was 
on the north side of the Church Lane, and has since formed the easterly lot of the 

Brady plot. (See notes, pages — • .) In 1740 Lewis sold his lot in ist Division 

to Adolph Myer, and m 1748 the rest of his property in Harlem to Dr. Josiah Pater- 
son. It included two house lots (erven) besides that he occupied, one of which he 
bought of Simon Johnson, in 1747, out of Pipon's estate. One of Lewis' daughters, 
Tanneke, married Abraham Montanye, and another, Ruth, married John Ewouts. 



KORTRIGHT FAMILY. 565 

in the division to his widow, Grietie, together with the upper 
Tourneur lot, and Nos. 19, 20 (the last got in 1720), on Van 
Keulen's Hook, No. i, 2d Division; half of 17, 3d Division, and 
3}^ acres of No. 6, 3d Division, bought 1726 from John Lewis. 
In 1740 she bought from Nicholas Kortright the Sickels lot on 
Montanye's Flat, and in 1747, from Simon Johnson, the parcels 
below Montanye's Flat, and being part of No. 8, ist Division, 
and mostly within the late Valentine Nutter farm. These lands 
(except Nos. 19, 20, Van Keulen's Hook, sold, 1730, to Derick 
Benson) descended to her surviving sons Aaron and Lawrence 
Kortright. Lawrence took the homestead and No i, 2d Division; 
the upper Tourneur lot was sold to Peter Bussing, and the ad- 
joining Sickels lot, February 9, 1755, to Benjamin Benson, the 
deed also covering the next lot, which Benson had inherited from 
his father, bounded by Vandewater's gore in the rear. 

Laurens Corne;ussen (6), (son of Cornelius Jansen), 
had issue by his eirst wiee : 

11. Cornelius, baptized May 30, 1704, married Hester, daughter 

of John Cannon, of New York, November 11, 1727, had 
seven children, and died April 15, 1745. 

12. Ehzabeth, baptized November 3, 1706, married Gilbert Gar- 

rison, of New York, April 19, 1753. 

Laurens C. (6) had issue by his second wiee: 

13. Aaron, born 1710, married about 1733, had three children. 

He married second, Margaret, daughter of John Dela- 
mater, 1762, had six children, and died November 19, 
1789. 

14. Lawrence, who died single, 1761. 

15. Eve, who married Adolph Benson, about 1732, had two chil- 

dren. (See Benson.) 

16. Mattie, who married Abraham Meyer, had five children. 

(See Meyer.) 

17. Susannah, who married Aaron ]\Ieyer,* had two children. 

Nicholas (9), (son of Johannes), was constable of the town 
in 1729, and afterward collector. On the death of his uncle 
Laurens, in 1726, the Kortright lands were divided, and Nicho- 
las took as his portion loi acres, viz., 10 acres from the south 
lot of the Tourneur farm. No. 10, of 1691 ; 40 acres. No. 10, 

iT ^'^J'^" Quackenbos, or Quackenbush, was born at Albany, and probably the 
brother of Wouter (married Cornelia, daughter of Tan Louwe Bogert), a son of Pieter 
Quackenbos, bnckmaker, from Oestgeest, in Holland, the common ancestor. (See 
Pearson.) Adrian married Annetie Kortright, August 22, 1701, and for some years 
occupied the Kortright lot. No. 10, on Tochem Pieters Hills, being part of the' Dr. 
?^"^T ^i"^dhurst tract. He had a son, Cornelius, who married Cornelia Delamater, 
and Metje, who married Resolved Waldron, afterward of Haverstraw, N. Y. Cor- 
nelius had a son, Adrian, born 1728. 



566 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Jochem Pietcrs' Flat; 12 acres, No. 5, ist Division, and half 
of No. 17, 3d Division. The middle lot of the Tourneur farm 
(on which were the buildings), and 2 acres of the south lot, 
making 14 acres, were set off for the use of his mother, Wyntie 
Sickels. In 1729 he bought his stepfather's, Sickels, lands, 
No. 5, Jochem Pieters' Flat, 2 q. 23 r. of 16, ist Division; No. 
12, 2d Division, and a lot on Montanye's Flat, in all 42 a. 3 q. 
19 r. This gave him 144 acres. In 1730 he bought Nos. 2 
and 18, 2d Division, from M. Benson, and in 1739 succeeded to 
the Tourneur middle plot, 14 acres. In 1729 he sold No. 6, New 
Lots, to Isaac Delamater; in 1731, Nos. 5, 10, Jochem Pieters' 
Flat, and No. 12, 2d Division, to Abraham Myer; in 1733, No. 
5, 1st Division, and upper 6 acres of 17, 3d Division, to Johannes 
Benson; in 1737, No. 10 of 1691, to Lawrence Low; in 1740, 
the Sickels lot on Montanye's Flat to widow Grietie Kortright, 
and the remnant of his lands, being the two southerly Tourneur 
lots, and Nos. 2, 8, 2d Division, to Abraham Myer. Kortright 
again, in 1742, bought 21 acres of land in Harlem, which at his 
death passed to John Van Zandt. He died November 19, 1751. 

Nicholas (9) had issue by his first wife;: 

18. John, born 1732. 

Nicholas (9) had issue by his second wife: 

19. Frances (Francyntie), baptized October 4, 1741, married 

John Norris, a peruke maker. 

20. Nicholas, baptized December 26, 1743, married Elizabeth 

?, had two children. He a sailmaker, was vestryman 

of Trinity Church, 1789-92, and died 1820. Owned 
property in New York, where he lived. His wife, Eliza- 
beth, died in 1789, aged 46 years. 

CorneHus (11) owned property in Queen (now Pearl) Street, 
where he carried on the baking business. He was assistant alder- 
man of Montgomery Ward, 1738-40. His two slaves, implicated 
in the Negro Plot, in 1741, were transported to San Domingo. 
After his death, which happened April 15, 1745, his business was 
continued by his widow and son Cornelius. 

Cornelius (ii), (son of Laurens C), had issue: 

21. Lawrence, baptized November 27, 1728, married Hannah 

Aspinwall, May 6, 1755, had five children. He was a 
merchant of New York, and died in 1794. 

22. John, baptized January 3, 1731. 

2^. Cornelius, baptized December 17, 1732. 

24. Maria, baptized October 3, 1736, married John Wilkinson 
Hanson, merchant, January 29, 1763. 



KORTRIGHT FAMILY. 5^7 

25. Helena, baptized April 18, 1739, married Abraham Brasher, 

merchant, July 13, 1758, had ten children, and died No- 
vember 3, 1819. He died at Morristown, N. J. 

26. Margrietze, baptized October 14, 1741. 

27. Elizabeth, baptized June 30, 1745, married William Ricketts 

Van Cortland, merchant, January 3, 1765. 

Aaron (13) had purchased, March 15, 1742, the Delamater 
farm on Montanye's Flat, and accompanying lands. The latter 
embraced all Isaac Delamater's draft lots of 1712, and Aeltie Ver- 
milye's, of 1691 and 1712, except No. 20, ist Division (see Ap- 
pendix J)\ We believe two acres of No. 5, Van Keulen's Hook, 
were also included. Of these Aaron sold No. 10, ist Division, 
to Adolph Myer, in 175 1 ; part of the large Molenaor tract. He 
sold No. 5, of 1691, to Jonathan Odell, May 11, 1753, since of 
Jacob Schieffelin ; and No. 6, 2d Division, to John Kiersen. 
He recovered, by purchase from Peter Waldron, the lower half 
of the Delamater farm, which together now embraced 12 acres east 
of the Lane, on which were the buildings, and west of the Lane, 40 
acres on the Flat, and 19 1-3 acres (in it part of No. 8, ist 
Division) on the heights. In 1762 and 1765 Aaron gave liens 
on some of the lands bought of Delamater to his nephew Law- 
rence Kortright, of New York, merchant, and finally the two 
made an exchange, April 28, 1772, Lawrence taking the farm 
and some woodlands, and giving Aaron and his wife a deed for 
241 acres of the Wawayanda patent, in Orange County, — to go 
after their death to their sons, Lawrence, John, and Aaron Kort- 
right, — whither they removed, and where their descendants are 
still found. 

Aaron (13), (son of Laurens C), had issue: by his 
FIRST wife;: 

28. Benjamin, born about 1731, married Catharine Cudabee, had 

three children. Settled in Wyoming Valley. 

29. Elisha, born about 1740, married Huldah Dingman, had seven 

children. Settled in Wyoming Valley. Killed in mas- 
sacre there in 1821. 

30. John, born 1741, settled in Wyoming Valley, died July 13, 

1778. 

Aaron (13) had issue by second wife: 

31. Eve, born July 21, 1752, married Casper Writer, September 

8, 1772, had eight children, and died December 21, 1830. 
2,2. Lawrence, born December 21, 1758, married Mary Cox, June 

4, 1782, had five children, and died February 11, 1843. 
ZZ- John, born 1761, married Susannah Kittel, November 30, 

1782, had three children, and died February 16, 1824. 



568 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

34. Aaron, who married Heyltje Van Garden, had three children. 

35. Ann EHzabeth, who married Henr}^ Sherman, May 15, 1766, 

had one child. 

36. Susannah, who married ? Spinksted, had three children. 

Lawrence Kortright (14), last of the name to hold the home- 
stead, died in 1761, unmarried. He had devised all his estate to 
one Sarah Gilmore, wife of William Nutter, and afterward, on 
April 5, 1760, gave her a deed for the farm (which is described, 
from the old groundbriefs, as in four contiguous parcels) and two 
woodland lots. But by another will, of November 8 ensuing, 
he revokes, to quote his words, "a. pretended last will and testa- 
ment said to have been made by me in favor of Sarah Nutter, 
which last will and testament (if any such there be), and also 
certain deeds of lease and release for my real estate (if any such 
there be), pretended to have been made and executed by me to 
her, I do hereby, on the faith of a christian, declare to have been 
obtained from me by fraud and circumvention, and without any 
valuable consideration received by me for the same." By this 
second will he divides his property among his kindred. The 
Kortright heirs refusing to give up the premises, Valentine Nut- 
ter, only child and heir of Sarah, brought an ejectment suit in 
1771 ; but after "divers differences, controversies, and disputes 
about the said lands," a compromise was made, Aaron Kortright 
(13) and his co-heirs, for a consideration, releasing their claims, 
by deeds dated September 12, 1789, and February 28, 1799. Upon 
getting possession, Mr. Nutter erected a new dwelling-house and 
outbuildings (see page 390) ; living here till 90 years of age 
(1831), when he went to pass his remaining days with his grand- 
son, Gouverneur M. Wilkins, Esq., at Westchester, where he 
died in 1836, aged 95 years. 

NlCHOIvAS (20), (son 01? NlCHOI^AS), HAD ISSUE: 

;^'/. Nicholas. 

38. James, who married Elizabeth Warner, May 21, 1794. 

Lawrence (21), also a merchant, became wealthy and 
prominent. In the old French war he was part owner of sev- 
eral privateers fitted out at New York against the enemy. He 
was one of the founders of the Chamber of Commerce, in 1768. 
He had a large interest in Tryon County lands, and on his pur- 
chase the township of Kortright was settled. He had identified 
himself with the Episcopal Church, and during the Revolution 
remained quiet at his residence, 192 Queen Street; but his sym- 
pathies were with his country. In ^778, partly on his surety. 
Judge Fell, then a prisoner in the provost, obtained his release. 
Before his death he conveyed his farm at Harlem, with some 



KORTRIGHT FAMILY. 569 

woodland, to his only son, John. Mr. Kortright died in 1794. 

IvAwre;nce (21), (son gb* CorneIvIus), had issub: 

39. John (Capt.), who married Catherine, daughter of Edmund 

Seaman, May 2, 1793, had six children, and died in 1810. 
She married after his death, Henry B. Livingston, Esq. 

40. Sarah, who married, 1775, Col. John Heyliger, of Santa Cruz. 

41. Hester, who married Nicholas Gouverneur, 1790. 

42. Elizabeth, who married Hon. James Munroe, 1786, had two 

children. He was President of the United States. 

43. Mary, who married Thomas Knox, 1793. 

Benjamin (28), (son op Aaron), had issue: 

44. Cornelius, born May 7, 1764, married Catherine Kennedy, 

had nine children. Settled in Luzerne County, Pennsyl- 
vania, and died May 25, 1848. 

45. John, who married Mary Abbott, had seven children, and 

died in 1822. 

46. Henry. 

Elisha (29), (son of Aaron), had issue: 

47. Cornelia, born October 20, 1768, married Emanuel Hoover. 

48. Abram, born 1769, married Sarah Bouchter, about 1794, had 

six children. 

49. Euphemia (Eva), born March 4, 1774, married ? Drake. 

50. Isaac, born 1776, married Mary Dodson, had eight children, 

and died 1852. 

51. Andrew, born about 1780, married Matilda Bowman, had 

seven children. 

52. Ellen, who married Joseph Rhoads. 

53. Margaret, who married Samuel Seely, had five children. 

Lawrence (32), (son oe Aaron), had issue: 

54. Lydia, born July 25, 1787, married Richard Holley, had eight 

children, and died March 6, 1838. 

55. John Cooper, born October 15, 1788, married Almira Jack- 

son, April 28, 1841, had two children, and died August 
20, 1845. 

56. Samuel Delamater, born October 15, 1788, died single, June 

14, 1830. 

57. Aaron, born August 13, 1793, married first, Sarah Writer, 

August 2, 1817, had eight children, second, Elizabeth 
Brown, April i, 1824, had six children, and third, Helen 
O. Horton, December 31, 1839, had two children, and 
died July 10, 1867. 

58. Nancy, born August 13, 1793, died unmarried, September 23, 

184.1. 



570 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Captain John (39), (son of Lawrence). His farm on Har- 
lem Lane, with the new mansion built west of the Lane, descended 
to his children, who were: 

59. John L. 

60. Edmund. 

61. Robert. 

62. Nicholas G., who married Sarah Allaire, had one child, and 

died in 1874. 

63. Eliza, who married Nicholas Cruger. 

64. Hester Mary, who married Billop B. Seaman. 

Cornelius (44), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

65. Mary, born July 29, 1787, married ? Murphy. 

66. Benjamin, born March 19, 1789, married Clara Williams, had 

five children. 

67. Catherine, born October 11, 1790, married ? Tyson. 

68. John, born October 11, 1790, married Louisa Searle, had four 

children. 

69. Hannah, born 1789, married John Abbott, had three children. 

and died May 3, 1892. 

70. Helen, born 1802, married William Abbott, had four children, 

and died 1883. 

71. Elizabeth, born 1807, married Charles Wright, had five chil- 

dren. She was living in 1892. 
y2. Henry, who married Sarah Bidleman, had ten children. 
y^. Milton, who married Hannah • Passmore, had four children. 

John (45), (son 01* Benjamin), had issue: 

74. Hannah, born June 9, 1801. 

75. Cornelius, born May 28, 1803, married first, Harriet Bailey, 

July 10, 1827, had eleven children. He married second, 
Susanna Luther, in 1852, by whom he had no issue, and 
died March 22, 1895. 

y^. Roxanna, born October 12, 1805. 

JJ. Charles, born March 4, 1807. 

78. John, born December 29, 1808. 

79. Volney, born June 17, 181 1. 

80. Eliza, born May 14, 18 14. 

Abram (48), (son oe Eeisha), had issue: 

81. Elisha, born 1795, married Sarah Klinetop, had ten children. 

82. John B., born November 16, 1796, married first, Nancy 

Santee, had three children, and second, Eliza Pollock, 
had three children, and died March 29, 1874. 

83. Margaret, born 1800, married Solomon Parker. 



KORTRIGHT FAMILY. 57 1 

84. Ellen, born 1806, married first, Martin Line, had five chil- 

dren, and second, Gerad Harrison. 

85. Isaac, born November 11, 1808, married Mary Pollock, 

March 21, 1833, had nine children. 

86. Joseph, born 1810, married Lydia Klinetop, had one child. 

Isaac (50), (son of Elisha), had issue: 

87. Elisha, born 1803, married Martha Cole, had three children. 

She deceased. 

88. Mabel Dodson, born November 25, 1805, married first, John 

Ramsey, had one child, and second, Samuel Ransom, in 
1836, had three children, and died October 8, 1902. 

89. Nancy, born 180S, married Barton Mott, had six children, 

and died in 1891. 

90. Thomas Dingman, born 18 10, married Lydia Bidlack, but 

died without issue. 

91. Huldah, born 1813, died, unmarried, in 1834. 

92. Nathan D., born 181 5, married INIargaret L. Harlan, Feb- 

ruary 6, 1845, had six children, and died October 11, 
1902. He of Mauch Chunk, Pa. 

93. Abraham D., born 1817, married Elizabeth Lerch, November 

6, 1844, had four children. He deceased. 

94. Rachel, born 1819, died unmarried. 

Andrew (51), (son oe Elisha), had issue: 

95. Fletcher. 

96. Pamelia. 

97. Dingman. 

98. Christian. 

99. Jesse D., born 1819, married first, Mary Cortright, had one 

child, and second, Martha Turner, had five children. 
100. Susannah, 
loi. Ashbel Morris. 

John Cooper (55), (son oe Lawrence), had issue: 

102. Mary, born August 16, 1843, married Oscar Halstead, Octo- 

ber 29, 1862, had seven children. 

103. John Jackson, born December 18, 1844, married Mary Grey, 

March 30, 1865, had six children. 

Aaron (57), (son of Lawrence), had issue by his 
FIRST wife, Sarah Writer: 

104. Charles A. 

105. Mary H. 
ig6. Matilda E. 

107. Aaron Writer, born March 14, 1818, married Hester Mid- 



572 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

dag-h, December 31, 1842, had three children, and died 
July II, 1894. 

108. John Benson, born September 6, 1819, died February 2, 1820. 

109. Maria Elizabeth, born February 5, 1821, died unmarried, 

July, 1897. 
no. Samuel Denton, born December 18, 1822, married first, Juh- 
ette Phillips, August 5, 1843, had one child, and second, 
Harriett Devoe, September 17, 1852, had one child. 

111. Lawrence W., who married first, Sarah A. Nichols, and 

second, Emma Johnson. 

Aaron (57) had issue by his second wiEe, Ei^izabeth 

Brown : 

112. Sarah Eliza, born February 5, 1825, died April 23, 1825. 

113. Lawrence William, born November 28, 1826, married Har- 

riet Eaton, April 28, 1855, had three children. 

114. Sarah Caroline, born January 19, 1829, married Andrew T. 

McLaughlin, November 18, 1855, had two children, and 
died February 11, 1896. 

115. Matilda Ellen, born May 11, 1831, died, unmarried, Feb- 

ruary 20, 1 87 1. 

116. John C, born February 23, 1834, married first, Julia Vidella 

Smith, November 7, i860, had one child, and second, Mrs. 
Hannah A. Weymer, March 28, 1883. He married third, 
Susan ?. 

117. Thomas Brown, born March 7, 1838, died September 4,1840. 

Aaron (57) had issue by his third wiee, Heeen O. 

HORTON : 

118. Mary Helen, born April 15, 1842, married George McCul- 

lough, April 23, 1858, had thirteen children. 

119. Charles Augustine, born October 30, 1843, single. 

Nicholas G. (62), (son oe Captain John), had issue: 
119a. Lawrence M. 

Benjamin (66), (son oe Corneeius), had issue: 

120. John Milton (Hamilton), was living in 1892, deceased. 

121. Frank, was living in 1892. 

122. James, born November 3, 1831, had one child. Was living 

in 1892, but now deceased. 

123. Thomas, was living in 1892. 

124. Mary, was living in 1892. 

JoEiN (68). (son oe Corneeius), had issue: 

125. George. 



KORTRIGHT FAMILY. 573 

126. Cornelius. 

127. Louisa, deceased. 

128. Hannah, deceased. 

Henry {J2.), (son oi^ Cornelius), had issue: 

129. Winfield Scott, who was Hving in 1892. 

130. Wilham, was hving in 1892, now deceased. 

131. Charles, was living in 1892, now deceased. 

132. Henry Harrison, was living in 1892, now deceased. 

133. Elizabeth. 

134. Catherine, deceased. 

135. Roseanna, deceased. 

136. Margarette, deceased. 

137. Mary, deceased. 

138. Ellen, deceased. 

Milton {y-^), (son oe Cornelius), had issue: 

139. Norman. 

140. John. 

141. Elizabeth. 

142. Alice. 

Cornelius (75), (son oe John), had issue: 

143. Louisa, born January 27, 1829. 

144. John, born August 6, 1830. 

145. Roxanna, born September 8, 1832. 

146. Horace, born August 18, 1834. 

147. Lidia, born June 13, 1836. 

148. Benjamin, born August 12, 1838. 

149. Harriett, born October 17, 1840. 

150. Carrie, born November 4, 1842. 

151. Cornelius, born September 19, 18/14. 

152. Charles, born January 30, 1847. 

153. Chester, born March 28, 1849. 

Elisha (81), (son oe Abram), had issue: 

154. John. 

155. Abram. 

156. Christopher. 

157. Jacob, born December 18, 1825, married Nellei ?, March 

25, 1858, had four children, and died December 24, 1897. 
She died October 23, 1900. 

158. Margaret. 

159. Lydia. 

160. Washington. 

161. Anna. 



574 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

162. Erastus. 

163. Ellen. 

John B. (82), (son ot' Abram), had issue: by his first 

wife: 

164. James, who died single. 

165. Abram, born 1829, married Lucinda Fortner, had one child. 

He deceased. 

166. Rachel Caroline, born 1832, married Tobias L. Garner. 

John B. (82) had issue by his second wife: 

167. Nancy Jane, born 1840, unmarried. 

168. Sylvester, born 1841, married Margaret Edwards, and died 

March 5, 1872. 

169. Theodore, born 1846, died young. 

Isaac (85), (son of Abram), had issue: 

170. Elisha Dingman, born January 3, 1834, married Margaret 

P. Potter, July 4, 1861, had six childen. 

171. William Pollock, born October 21, 1835, single. 

172. John Wesley, born October 13, 1837, married Mary A. Seitz, 

September 15, 1861, had eight children. 

173. Joseph Rhodes, born March 19, 1841, married Elizabeth 

Jane Burket, October 12, 1870, had six children. 

174. Richard Pollock, born August 31, 1843, married Anetta 

Simonson, November 22., 1876, no issue. 

175. Thomas Clinton, born Mav 6, 1846, died single, December, 

1868. 

176. Margaret Ellen, born May 5, 1849, married John Moore, 

had one child, and died in March, 1873. 

177. Nathan Alonzo, born September 27, 1852, married Catharine 

A. Burket, December 9, 1873, had six children. 

178. Frank Stewart, born September 29, 1854, married Harriet 

Trowbridge, had two children. 

Joseph (86), (son of Abram), had issue: 

179. Richard. 

Elisha (87), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

180. Elias. 

181. Mary. 

182. Huldah. 

Nathan D. (92), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

183. Harlen W., born November 14, 1845, married Eliza Le 

Fevre, had four children. 



KORTRIGHT FA^IILY. 575 

184. Nathan D., Jr., born November 24, 1847, married Margaret 

S. Kennedy, 1875, had six children. 

185. Gertrude M., born June 22, 1849, married Simon B. Cun- 

ningham, no issue. 

186. Samuel M., born November 28, 1852, died single, 1896, 

buried at Mauch Chunk, Pa. 

187. William A., born June 12, 1855, married Jennie Rawlings, 

June 5, 1883, had six children. 

188. Emma L., born September 15, 1857, married Edward F. 

Keen, no issue. 

Abraham D. (93), (son o^ Isaac), had issue: 

189. Milton Lerch, born September 14, 1846, married Mary 

Elizabeth Supplee, December 7, 1871, had three children. 

190. Mary, born March 29, 1848, married Townsend George 

Fulmer, 1879, had three children. 

191. Aseneth, born August 14, 1850, married Eugene J. Boyer, 

February i. 1877, had two children. 

192. Clara, born September 25, 1853, married Morris Kemerer 

Schweitzer, August 22, 1882, had one child. 

Jesse D. (99), (son oe Andrew), had issue by his 

FIRST wife: 

193. Helen Gertrude. 

Jesse D. (99) had issue by his second wife: 

194. Bowman, born 1856, married Laura Kingsbury, had one 

child. 

195. Miner. 

196. Benton. 

197. Alice. 

198. Elizabeth. 

John Jackson (103), (son of John Cooper), had issue: 

199. William Albert, born Llarch 4, 1866, married Alice Hal- 

■ stead, October 10, 1880, had one child. 

200. Ella Louise, born January 14, 1869, unmarried. 

201. Charles Franklin, born January 15, 1871, married Elizabeth 

Green, had three children. 

202. John Cooper, born June 10, 1873, married Ella Deyo, no 

issue. 

203. Lulu Elizabeth, born October 10, 1875, unmarried. 

204. Etta Carrie, born April 10, 1880, unmarried. 

Aaron Writer (107), (son of Aaron), had issue: 

205. Emma M., born March 16, 1857, married first, James Wood, 



576 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

January lo, 1893, no issue. She married second, Isaac 
Simons, had one child. 

206. George Denton, born December 13, 1859, married Frances 

Emma Cox, June 3, 1896, no issue. 

207. Sarah A., born January 21, 1845, married WilHam Ketcham, 

have three children. 

Samuel D. (ho), (son of Aaron), had issue by his 
FIRST wife: 

208. John Jaline. 

Samuel D. (ho) had issue by his second wife: 

209. Edgar, born August 26, 1857. 

Lawrence William (113), (son of Aaron), had issue: 

210. William T., born June 14, 1856, married Lillian Carr, March 

23, 1887, no issue. 

211. Frederick L., born June 10, 1867, married Flora Corwin, 

1892, no issue. 

212. Martha, died unmarried. Of Orange County, N. Y. 

John C. (116), (son of Aaron), had issue by his 
FIRST wife: 

213. Scott Elmer, born May 5, 1869, married Delia Smith. 

James (122), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

214. John Searles, admitted to the Bar (presumably at Luzerne 

County, Pa.), in 1876. 

Jacob (157), (son of Elisha), had issue: 

215. Mary E., born April 16, 1859, married Edward Simerson, 

had one child. 

216. A. Gussie, born March 8, 1861, married H. S. Edsall, had 

one child. 

217. Christopher Jacob, born July 5, 1863, married Jessie Sutphin, 

had two children. 

218. Phillip Lee, born April 7, 1867, single. 

Elisha Dingman (170), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

219. Joseph Daniel, born November 17, 1863, married Nora Muf- 

ley, had two children. 

220. Thomas C, born September 22, 1869, married Nellie M. 

Leavenz, had one child. 

221. Samuel, born October 16, 1871. 

222. Nathan D., born September 4, 1875, single. 

223. Isaac, born May i, 1878. 



KORTRIGHT FAMILY. 577 

224. John M., born September 19, 1879. 

225. Sarah H., born May 3, 1882. 

John Wi;sIvi;y (172), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

226. Teresa I., born June 10, 1862, married William Lough, had 

two children, and died October 11, 1890. 

227. Isaac H., born June 5, 1867, married Ada Flint, had one 

child, and died November 19, 1890. 

228. May, born March 26, 1869, married W. Q. Edson. 

229. William Eddy, born August 27, 1872. 

230. Anna V., born January 4, 1874, married R. W. Perkins, June 

17, 1900. 

231. Flora G., born October 7, 1875, married R. W. Dennis. 

232. Laura. 

233. Wilson Grant, born June 29, 1877. 

Joseph Rhodes (173), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

234. Molly J., born August 6, 1871, married W. G. Ross. 

235. Fannie F., born October 3, 1873, married A. E. Correll. 

236. Grace K., born March 7, 1877, married F. M. Mulford. 
2^'/. Maude B., born August 19, 1879. 

238. Josephine B., born January 27, 1882. 

239. Luther. 

Nathan Alonzo (177), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

240. J. Wilbur, born February 28, 1876, married Mary Smith, 

had one child. 

241. Charles N., born January i, 1878. 

242. Shelby M., born April 5, 1880. 

243. Nellie B., born January 25, 1883. 

244. Clyde C, born February i, 1885. 

245. Cecil J., born August 27, 1888. 

Frank Stewart (178), (son of Isaac), had issue: ' 

246. Harlen. 

247. Ethel. 

Hari^en W. (183), (son of Nathan D.), had issue: 

248. Mabel Louisa, born December 24, 1876. 

249. WiUiam Le Fevre, born December 3, 1879. 

250. John Harlan, born December 24, 1886. 

251. Abbie Hope, born February 26, 1889. 

Nathan D. (184), (son of Nathan D.), had issue: 

252. Charles, born 1878. 

253. Frank, born il 



578 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

254. Henry L., born July 14, 1882. 

255. Edgar, born 1884. 

256. Donald, born 1889. j 

257. Margaret, born 1895. 

William A. (187), (son o? Nathan D.), had issuk: 

258. Nannie Rawlings, born May 9, 1885. 

259. Edwin K., born January 18, 1887. 

260. Nathan Dodem, born January i, 1890. 

261. William Abram, Jr., born April 12, 1893. 

262. James, born March 11, 1896. 

263. Frances Whiley, born October 17, 1898. 

Milton Lurch (189), (son of Abraham D.), had issue: 

264. Grace Pearl, born September 11, 1872, married Herbert 

Stanton Balliet, had one child. 

265. Robert Milton, born December 29, 18^7, single. 

266. Florence Tear, born December 10, 1881. 

Bowman (194), (son of Jesse D.), had issue: 

267. Lawrence. 

William Albert (199), (son of John Jackson), had issue: 

268. Wardell, born November 30, 1889. 

CtiARLES Franklin (201), (son of John Jackson), had issue: 

269. Harold. 

270. Walter. 

271. John J. 

Christopher Jacob (217), (son of Jacob), had issue: 
'272. Paul A., born February 8, 1895. 
^J^i- Margaret Genevieve, born March 8, 1899. 

Joseph Daniel (219)., (son of Elisha Dingman), had issue: 

274. Archie. 

275. Carl L 

Tliomas C. (220), (son of Elisha Dingman), had issue: 

276. Blanche M. 

Isaac H. (227), (son of John Wesley), had issue: 

277. Emma. 

J. Wilbur (240), (son of Nathan Alonzo), had issue: 

278. Vernon Smith. 



LOW FAMILY. 579 

LOW. 

Laurens J,ansen, born in Leerdam, Holland, in 165 1, and an- 
cestor of the Low family of Harlem, was the youngest son of Jan 
Bastiaensen, whose two elder sons bore the name of Kortright. 
For notices of their emigration see pages 67, 95, 204, 258 ; other 
references to Laurens after he established himself at Harlem 
may be found in subsequent pages. His share of the De Meyei 
lands, bought jointly with his brother, Cornelis, laid the founda- 
tion for the ample estate he accjuired here ; but which, with his 
grandsons, passed out of the name. His election as an overseer, 
in 1677, and repeatedly afterward, and the other responsible 
duties entrusted to him, evince the respect in which he was held. 
Li the division of the De Meyer lands, Laurens took lot No. 2, 
on Jochem Pieters' Flat ; No. 6, on Van Keulen's Hook, the two 
north gardens, or orchard, and the two erven, on one of which 
the new church was built in 1686. To said Lot 6, on which 
he afterward built, he added the low^er half of No. 5 (rated at 
two morgen), by purchase from Paulus Richard, November 17, 
1677. (See note, page 338.) He drew 61 acres in the several 
divisions, for which' see Appendix J. Prior to 171 5 he sold 
No. 4, 2d Division, to Johannes Benson, and conveyed the orchard 
to Peter V^an Oblienis, the last the plot which passed to Peter 
Waldron, and since owned by James Chesterman, who built 
thereon the Chesterman house still standing (1881). Laurens 
married, in 1672, Mary, daughter of Albert Heymans Roosa, of 
Esopus. (See page 388.) On April 13, 1706, she and Laurens 
joined in the sale of her father's estate to her brother Arien Roosa. 
Laurens Jansen died in 1727. 

Laurens Jansen (i) had issue: 

2. Annatje, baptized July 8, 1674, married Gysbert Bogert, had 

six children. 

3. Albert, baptized November 11, 1676, married Susannah, 

daughter of John Delamater, October 2, 1702, had five 
children. Removed to Raritan, Somerset County, N. J., 
in .1709. Will dated September 24, 1739; probated Feb- 
ruary 20, 1 76 1. He died 1761. 

4. Wyntie (Lavinia), baptized April 23, 1679. 

5. Neeltie (Cornelia), baptized May 20, 1682, married Conrad 

Lamberts, May 27, 1703. 

6. Jan (John), baptized April 29, 1685, married Jannetie Cor- 

sen, June 20, 1707, had eight children. Resided in 
Somerset County, N. J. 

7. Gysbert, baptized August 14, 1687. 

8. Cornelis (Cornelius), born in 1691, married Judith Middagh, 

about 171 5, had nine children, and died in 1763. 



58o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

9. Belitic (Isabelle), baptized June 18, 1693. 

10. Lawrence, born in 1698, at Harlem, N. Y., married Jannetie 

Van Vleckerens, June 12, 1724, had three children, and 
died in 1755. 

Albert (3), (son of Laurens Jansen), served as a deacon 
at Raritan, N. J., and died in 1761, leaving his farm to his sons 
Abraham and Cornelius. 

Albert (3) pi ad issue: 

11. Marytje (Maria), baptized September 15, 1703, married Hen- 

drick Pettinger, about 1725, had seven children. 

12. Jan (John), baptized June 2, 1707, not mentioned in his 

father's will. 

13. Louwerens (Lawrence), baptized October 25, 1710, not men- 

tioned in his father's will. 

14. Abram (Abraham), baptized October 13, 1719, married Ida 

Stoothoff, January 23, 1753, had four children. Served 
in the Revolutionary War from Somerset County, N. J. 
Was elected deacon of the Neshanic, N. J., Reformed 
Church, April 27, 1780. 

15. Cornells (Cornelius), baptized October 13, 1719, married 

Catrina Van Duyn, September 27, 1746, had five children. 

Jan (John) (6), (son of Laurens Jansen), was deacon of 
the Reformed Church at North Branch, N. J., in 1721. 

Jan (John) (6) had issue: 

16. Gysbert, baptized October 9, 17 14, married Persila ?, 

had one child. 

17. Lawrence, born about 171 1, married Geertje Rosa, had seven 

children. 

18. Benjamin, baptized October 17, 1716, married Neeltje Van 

Nest, had eight children. 

19. Cornelius, born about 1718, married Johanna Jansen, had two 

children. 

20. Marytje, baptized April 4, 17 19, married Jan Kool, March 

19, 1749, had five children. 

21. Wenitje (Lavinia), baptized April 4, 1721. 

22. Metje (Mary), baptized August 18, 1723. 

23. Yeunis (Tunis), baptized April 3, 1728, married Maayke 

(Mary) Hall, had three children. 

CoRNEivis (Cornelius) (8), (son oe Laurens Jansen), 
HAD issue: 

24. Dirck, born September 26, 1717, married Rebecca Eiiiinons 



LOW FAMILY. 581 

(Emans), June i, 1747, had fourteen children, and died 
about 1804. He resided at Hillsborough, Somerset 
County, N. J. Was building master and trustee of the 
Neshanic, N. J., Reformed Church from 1759 to 1772, 
beingprominently identified with this church for many years. 

25. Marytie (Mary), baptized April 14, 1721, married Abraham 

Bodine, had seven children. 

26. Cathelyntje, baptized March 3, 1723, not mentioned in her 

father's will. 

27. Gysbert. baptized November 14, 1725, not mentioned in his 

father's will. 

28. Cornelis (Cornelius), baptized December 3, 1729, married 

Annatje Dildein, had six children. 

29. Judick (Judith), baptized October 25, 1730. married Johannes 

Van Nest. 

30. Jan (John), baptized February 4, 1733, married Catherina 

Emans, had four children. 

31. Gerrit (Garret), baptized August 3, 1735, married Rachel 

?, had five children. 

T,2. Antje (Anna), baptized January 21, 1739, married Abraham 
Van \^leet. 

Lawrence Low (10), born in Harlem, 1698, married on 
June 12, 1724, Jannetie, daughter of ]\Iarinus Roelofs Van Vleck- 
eren (whence Flackra and Flack), of Bloomingdale. He suc- 
ceeded to his father's lands at Harlem, as we have described 
them, and which his brother, Albert, as heir-at-law, released 
to him December 8, 1731. On May 22, 1732, he sold to 
widow ]\Iaria" ]\Iyer his lot and a half (now called nine acres) 
on Van Keulen's Hook, and built upon his Lot 15 of 1691, 
on the Heights, where he was living May 9, 1738, when he 
and his wife conveyed Lot No. 2, Jochem Pieters' Flat, to Isaac 
JMyer. Low also made several considerable purchases ; in 1737 
he bought Lot No. 10 of the division of 1691, to which, in 1747, 
he added the upper half of the adjoining Lot 9, laid out to Dela- 
vall, and called "the 33 morgen lot" (this half, with No. 10, 
forming the tract since of Samuel Bradhurst) ; and also half of 
Delavall's No. 9, 4th Division. Low made his will November 
25, 1754, which was proved November 4, 1755, and by which his 
widow was to enjoy his estate during her life. But ten years 
before her death, which happened in 1772, in her 70th year, her 
two sons made a formal division of the property, and sold some 
of it, whence it would appear that they had acquired the interests 
of their mother and sister. 

Lawrence (10), (son oe Laurens Jansen), had issue: 
T,T,. Dinah, baptized March 11, 1730, married Jacobus Tourneur, 
of Haverstraw, N. Y., had ten children. 



582 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

34. Marinus, born 1734, married Deborah, daughter of John 

ObHnus, February 7, 1754. See Vol. 19, page 327, of 
Wills in the New York Surrogate's office. 

On the division of the lands by Marinus and John, February 
2, 1762, embracing, as at their father's death, 149 acres, Marinus 
took the 73 acres in Lots 9 and 10 of 1691, with No. 18, ist Divis- 
ion, and No. 5, 3d Division. He conveyed to John No. 15 of 
1 69 1, being the homestead, Nos. 20 and 21, ist Division, and 
No. II and half of 9, 4th Division. Having given sundry mort- 
gages on his lands, he sold out, in 1766, to John Maunsell, Esq., 
afterward Lieutenant-General in the British army. 

35. Johil, who married Bridget, daughter of Adolpli Meyer, June 

22, 1765, had three children. 

He added considerably to his lands ; including No. 4, Second 
Division, 17 acres, originally of his grandfather Low, and 
which had passed from the Bensons to Johannes Myer. He 
also bought No. i. Second Division, 41 acres, and No. 16, Last 
Division, 31 acres. But he, too, sold out, in and between the 
years 1762 and 1767; his No. 11, Fourth Division, to Jacob Dyck- 
man; Lot 15 of 1691 to John Dykman; No. i. Second Division, 
to Benjamin Waldron, Sen., and Nos. 20, 21, First Division, No. 
4. Second Division, half of 9, Fourth Division, and No. 16, Last 
Division, to -John Watkins. Thus within a few years after get- 
ting possession, the brothers Low disposed of all their lands here. 
In 1776 they kept a public-house at Freshwater, in the suburbs 
of the city. 

This family must be distinguished from another of the 
same name, to which it bore no relationship, that of Ulster 
County, named page 184; members of which also lived in New 
York and New Jersey. It is indeed difficult to separate the two 
after the one left Harlem, and in regard to the latter family we 
should welcome further information. ^ 

Abram (Abraham) (14), (son op AIvBERT), had issue: 

36. Rem, baptized January 20, 1754. 

-^J. Abraham, baptized April 10, 1757, married Maria Garretson, 
had four children. She joined the Reformed Church at 
Neshanic, N. J., October 18, 1793. 

38. Marya (Maria), baptized August 10, 1760. 

39. Catreina (Catherina), baptized June 29, 1766. 

CoRNELis (Cornelius) (15), (son of Albert), had issue: 

40. Sara, baptized July 26, 1751. 

41. Cornelius, baptized April 2J, 1755. 



LOW FAMILY. 583 

42. Catrentje, baptized July 24, 1757, her will recorded at Tren- 

ton, N. J,, Book M, page in. 

43. Willem (William), baptized March 23, 1774. 

44. John, baptized October 20, 1776. 

Gysbert (16), (son of Jan) (John), had issue: 

45. Maria, baptized December 12, 1773. 

Lawrence (17), (son op Jan) (John), had issue: 

46. John, who married Mary Bodine. 

47. Guisbert (Gysbert). 

48. Henry. 

49. Yanaca (Jannetje). 

50. Elizabeth, baptized December 28, 1751. 

51. Charity. 

52. Wynca (Lavinia). 

Benjamin (18), (son oe Jan) (John), had issue: 

53. Pieter (Peter), baptized November 6, 1743, married first, 

Sarah ?, had one child, and second, Hannah Ten 

Eyck, had three children. 

54. Jan (John), baptized March 23, 1746, married Maria ?, 

had two children. 

55. Janneke (Joan), baptized March 31, 1748, died young. 

56. Cornelius, baptized May — , 1750, married Catlina Stryker, 

had five children. 

57. Jannetje (Jane), baptized March 13, 1755. 

58. Benjamin, baptized December 26, 1757, married Elizabeth 

?, had one child. 

59. Gisbert, baptized September 25, 1762. 

60. Isaac, baptized June 29, 1766. 

Cornelius (19), (son oe Jan) (John), had issue: 

61. Jan (John), baptized May 13, 1752, married Aeltie ?, 

had two children. 

62. Benjamin, baptized October 28, 1753. 

Yeunis (Tunis) (23), (son oe Jan) (John), had issue: 

63. Jan (John), baptized August 2, 1752, had one child. 

64. Thomas, baptized February 6, 1755. 

65. Metje (Mary), baptized March 21, 1756. 

DiRCK (24), (son oe Corneeis) (Cornelius), had issue: 

66. Maria, born February 23, 1748, married Joseph Carle. 

67. Dirck D., born November 27, 1749, married Dorothea Ten 

Eyck, had eight children, and died February 20, 1826. 



584 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

68. Johannis (John), born June 23, 1751, married Sarah ?. 

69. Teuntje (Eunice), born January 4, 1753, married ? Sut- 

phin. 

70. Cathehna (Catherine), born March 8, 1754, married ? 

Kimberl}^ 

71. CorneHus D., born December 27, 1755, was a private in Con- 

tinental Army from New Jersey. Single. 

72. Rebecca, born December 12, 1757, married William Verbryck, 

had one child. 
J'l. Gisbert, born October 19, 1759, married Margaret Emery, 
had two children. 

74. Ann, born October 20, 1761, married ? Hall. 

75. Judith, born September 11, 1763, married John T. Hall. 

j(). Abraham, born September 10, 1765, married first, Mrs. Stev- 
enson (nee Jones). 

yj. Jacob Derrick, born May 12, 1767, married first, Martha 
Perlee, March 6, 1796, had six children, second, Martha 
Edgar, October 5, 181 1, had one child, and third, Frances 
Wilds, March 23, 181 5, had two children. He removed 
to N. W. Territory, Ohio, about 1800, and died December 
9, 1839. 

78. Sarah, born January 15, 1769, married Peter Stryker, had 

three children. 

79. Isaac, born February 25, 1772, married first, Elizabeth Hall, 

had three children. He married second, Jane Sutphen, 
and had four children. 

CoRNEUS (Cornelius) (28), (son of Cornelis), had issue: 

80. Cornelius, baptized September 9, 1750, married Sara ?, 

had one child. 

81. Cathelyntje, baptized November 10, 1751, married ? 

Vlereborne. 

82. Judick, baptized September 8, 1754. 

83. Gysbert, baptized October 24, 1757. 

84. Maria, baptized March 4, 1759. 

85. Rebecca, baptized June 21, 1761, married Jacobus Emans, 

had one child. 

Jan (John) (30), (son oe Corneeis) (Cornelius), 
HAD issue: 

86. Johannes, baptized May 22, 1757, married Maria Stryker, 

had one child. 

87. Abraham, baptized July 15, 1759, married Phebe Bodine, had 

four children. 

88. Tuentje, baptized October 13, 1765. 

89. Judick, baptized June 12, 1768. 



LOW FAMILY. 585 

Gerrit (31), (son of Cornelis) (Cornelius), had issue: 

90. Judith, born July 24, 1756, married Christopher Stryker, had 

five children, and died November 20, 1830. 

91. Cornelius, baptized February 12, 1758, married Jane Allen, 

October 5, 1788, had three children. 

92. Sara, baptized April i, 1764, married Cornelius Emans, had 

three children. 

93. Gysbert, baptized February 16, 1766. 

94. Abraham, baptized August 7, 1768. 

John (35), (son oe Lawrence), had issue: 

95. Adolf, born April 30, 1771. 

96. Saartje (Sarah), born April 4, 1773. 

97. Brechje (Bridget), baptized December 14. 1782. 

Abraham (37), (son of Abram) (Abraham), had issue: 

98. Abraham, baptized February 20, 1780. 

99. Gerrit, baptized July 31, 1785. 

100. Pieter (Peter), baptized July 6, 1788, married ]\Iartha Ter- 

hune, December 7, 1809, had one child, 
loi. Cornelus (Cornelius), baptized July 27, 1791. 

Pieter (Peter) (53), (son oe Benjamin), had issue 
BY his first wife: 

102. Daniel, baptized Alarch i, 1767. 

Pieter (53) had issue by his second wife: 

103. Cornelius, baptized December 10, 1780. 

104. Andries Ten Eyck, baptized September 21, 1788. 

105. Rebecca, baptized August 22, 1792. 

Jan (John) (54), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

106. Isaac, baptized May 2, 1773. 

107. William, baptized ]\Iay 16, 1776, married Frances Hoff, had 

five children. 

Cornelius (56), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

108. Cornelius, baptized March 27, 1774. 

109. Dene3's Stryker, baptized October 19, 1777. 
no. Lena, baptized September 28, 1783. 

111. Catlina, baptized July 2, 1786. 

112. Barent, born August 27, 1795. 

Benjamin (58), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

113. Elesebath (Elizabeth), baptized June 14, 1777. 



586 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Jan (John) (6i), (son of Cornewus), had issue: 

114. Cathlintie, baptized December 4, 1774. 

115. Bengemen (Benjamin), baptized August 28, 1780, married 

Annie Trimmer, January 14, 1802. 

Jan (John) (63), (son of Yeunis) (Tunis), had issue;: 

116. David. 

DiRCK D. (67), (son of Dirck), had issue: 

117. Rebecca, born April 28, 1775, died young. 

118. Debora, born April 28, 1778, married Derrick Sutphen, Sep- 

tember I, 1799. had four children, and died August 10, 

1857- 

119. Dirick (Richard D.), born June 3, 1780, went West and mar- 

ried there. Returned and died January 9, 1866. Had 
surviving issue. 

120. Maria, born May 23, 1782, married Abraham R. Sutphen. 

121. Rebecca, born June 6, 1785. 

122. Nelly (Eleanor), born May i, 1788. 

123. Annie Van D., born March 25, 1792, married Peter Clover 

Schenck, February i, 1812, ancl died March 5, 1867. 

124. Peter Ten Eyck, born July 2, 1794, married first, Sarah Ott, 

had three children, and second, Parmelia Ott, by whom 
he had four children. 

GiSBFRT {7z)- (son of Dirck), had issue: 

125. Mary, born January 29, 1795. 

126. Cornelius, born March 9, 1797, buried March 10, 1841, at 

Readington, N. J. 

Jacob Derrick {yy), (son of Dirck), had issue by 
FIRST wife: 

127. Rebecca J., born July 2, 1797, married James Kemper, had 

eight children, and died April 3, 185 1. 

128. Jacob J., born March 21, 1799, died single, July 30, 1825. 

129. Peter Perlee, born June 11, 1801, married Ann Bomberger, 

May 4, 1830, had four children, and died August 7, 1866. 

130. Derrick J., born in Ohio, May 21, 1803, married ? 

Duval, and died April 25, 1856. 

131. Ralph Phillips, born November 24, 1805, married Phebe 

Carlton, had nine children. 

132. Isaac, born September 22, 1807, died single, February 16, 

1815. 

Jacob Derrick {yy) piad issue by his second wife: 

133. James Edgar, born July 22, 1812, died September 2, 1812. 



LOW FAMILY. 587 

Jacob Derrick {jj) had iSvSud by his third wife: 

134. James Kemper, born June 25, 1816, died July 6, 1816. 

135. John Gilbert, born September 25, 1817, married Marianna 

Louise Thurston (nee Phillips), 1843, had five children, 
and died July 30, 1892. She died September 7, 1896. 

Isaac (79),, (son of Dirck), had issue by first wife: 

136. Mary, born December 25, 1799, deceased. 

137. Martha, born August 20, 1803, married Dennis Wyckofif. 

138. Elsey, born August i, 1807, married John B. Hoagland, had 

one child. She deceased. 

Isaac (79) had issue by second wife: 

139. Peter, born January 13, 1814, married Sarah Van Arsdale. 

1835, had seven children. He deceased. 

140. Isaac, born March 12, 1816, married Rachel Young, Sep- 

tember 24, 1836, had six children. He deceased. 

141. Rachel, born October 25, 1818, married Aaron H. Trimmer, 

but died without issue. 

142. John, born April 29, 1827, died single. 

CORNEEIUS (80), (son of CoRNELIS), HAD ISSUE: 

143. Sara, baptized December 22, 1782. 

Johannes (86), (son of Jan) (John), had issue: 

144. Gerrit, born June 26, 1797, baptized September 7, 1798. 

Abraham (87), (son of Jan) (John), had issue: 

145. John, born September 20, 1789. 

146. Esther, born January 2, 1791, married David P. Schamp, 

had eight children. 

147. Peter Bodine, who married Harriet Van Home, had three 

children. He kept a store at Centerville, N. J. Moved 
to Texas, and died in Illinois. 

148. Catherine, born May 15, 1804, married Cornelius Booraem. 

Cornelius (91), (son of Gerrit), had issue: 

149. Garret, born July 13, 1789. 

150. Robert Allen, born September i, 1791, married Maria Voor- 

hees, January 19, 1820. 

151. Elizabeth, born July 20, 1796, unmarried. 

PiETER (100), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

152. Cornelius Terhune, born October 7, 1810. 

William (107), (son of Jan) (John), had issue: 

153. Abraham Huff, baptized July 23, 1788. 



588 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

154. Hannah, born June 8, 1791. 

155. Hendrick, born July 6, 1793. 

156. Neeltje, baptized January 24, 1796. 

157. George Huff, who married Hannah Randolph, had three 

children. 

Peter Ten Eyck (124), (son oe Dirck D.), had issue 
by his eirst wife: 

158. Nathaniel Hilyer, born July i, 1817, married Catharine 

?, had six children, and died February 15, 1853. 

159. Rachel Ann, born April 2, 1819, died, unmarried, October 

2J, 1843. 

160. Nicholas Ott, born August 2, 1820, married Elizabeth Lud- 

low, November 10, 1847, had two children, and died April 

11, 1854. 

Peter Ten Eyck (124) had issue by his second wiee: 

161. Dorothy, born June — , 1823, died unmarried. 

162. Richard, born January 8, 1829, married first, Sallie M. 

Hoagland, had two children, and second, Hannah Hoag- 
land. No issue by second wife. 

163. Sarah, born May 24, 1830, married John I. More, November 

24, 1863. 

164. John M., born September 5, 1837. 

Peter Pereee (129), (son oe Jacob Derrick), had issue: 

165. Sarah Perlee, born July 6, 183 1, died, unmarried. May i, 

1880. 

166. Jacob Derrick, born September 15, 1833, died single, March 

12, 1859. 

167. William Bomberger, born September 13, 1835, married 

Anna P. Findlay, January 20, 1859, but died without 
issue in September, 1889. He was captain in the nth 
Infantry, in the United States Army, during the Civil 
War. 

168. Anne, born July 19, 1838, at Dayton, Ohio, married Joseph 

H. Rieman, October 3, 1861, had seven children, and died 
in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Raeph Phieeips (131), (son oe Jacob Derrick), had issue: 

169. Carlton, who died single. 

170. Glenn, single. 

171. CHfton. 

172. Kate, who married George Kendall, January 20, 1868, had 

three children. 

173. Lemoni, who died single. 



LOW FA^IILY. 589 

174. Ralph, who died single. 

r >- - Peter. 

176 Nellie, who married Gabriel F. Johnston. ' 

177. Xathaniel Edson, who was a missionary m South America. 

^Married twice. 

JoHx Gilbert (135)- (sox of Jacob Derrick), had issue: 

178. Frances Kemper,, born September i, 1844, married Charles 

Newbold, had six children. , ^ t- , c. ^ 

179 Elizabeth W., born June 17, 1846, married E. Fowler Stod- 
dard Xovember 10, 1868. had five children. _ 

180. Henry Clay, born February i, 1848, married Ella Harries, 

had one child. . , ^ • xt 

181. Houston, born September 18, 1849, married Carrie Harries, 

December 28, 1871, have five children. ^ n a 

182. Marv D.. born December 4. 1857, married Thomas f. Uad- 

dis, April 16, 1878, had one child. 

Peter (139),- (sox of Isaac), had issue: 

183. John B., born December 31, 1836, married :Martha \ . N. 

Sebring, had two children. , . , ' 

184. Ann ^laria, born 1838, married Peter Laub. 1861, had three 

children. 

185. Sarah Jane, born 1840, married A\'illiam H. Dudley, ibOo, 

have four children. 

186. Peter, born 1843, married in 1864. 

187. Rachel Trimmer, born 1845, married Samuel Chevalier, 

1869, had one child, and died in 1872. 

188. ^lary Louisa, born 1848, died, unmarried, 1869. 

189. Rulof, born 1850, died young. 

Isaac (140), (sox of Isaac), h-\d issue: 

190. lane A., born September 25, 1839, married December 7, 

1859. 

191. :\Iary C, born July 7. 1839, married December 28, 1854. 

192. Loretta L., born May 3, 1841. 

193. John T., born September 28. 1845. 

194. Tacob S., born December 31, 1847, married Jane A. V oor- 

hees, September 20, 1871. had six children. 

195. Simeon D., born ^larch 23, 1855. married ^lay 12, 1883. 

Peter Bodixe (147), (sox of Abraham), had issue: 

196. Abraham, single. 

197. John, single. 

198. Phebe Elizabeth, who married ? Pmnell, now deceased. 



590 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

George Huee (157), (son of Wiluam), had issue: 

199. Ezekiel F. R., born January i, 1830, married Lucy A. Low, 

1876, no issue. 

200. David. 

201. John R. 

Nathaniel Hilyer (158), (son of Peter Ten Eyck), 
HAD issue: 

202. Henry O., born June 9, 1841. 

203. Samuel E., born June 4, 1843, ^lied September 10, 1857. 

204. Peter B., born August 29, 1845, died in August, 1886. 

205. Josiah A., born November 4, 1847, had one child. 

206. Sarah Ann, born February 10, 1849. 

207. Nathaniel H., born April 19, 1852, died March 14, 1877. 

Nicholas Ott (160), (son o^ Peter Ten Eyck), 
HAD issue: 

208. Susan Ludlow, born June 30, 1849. 

209. Helen, born October 12, 1853, married Charles Sloan, Oc- 

tober 12. 1875, "o issue. 

Richard (162), (son oe Peter Ten Eyck), had issue 
BY EiRST wife: 

210. Mary Anna, born February 2, 1863, married James S. Hall, 

November 31, 1884, uo issue. 

211. Amelia Aletta, born September 21, 1866, unmarried. 

Henry Clay (180), (son oe John Gilbert), had issue: ' 

212. Marianna Louise, born June 14, 1876. 

Houston (181), (son oe John Gilbert), had issue: 

213. Charles Harries, born June 24, 1873. 

214. Ella Harries, born January 15, 1875, married Lewis W. 

Gunckel, November 7, 1895, no issue. 

215. Elizabeth, born February 18, 1877. 

216. Henrietta C, born November 20, 1882. 

217. John Gilbert, born March 2, 1884. 

John B. (183), (son of Peter), had issue: 

218. Vanny B., born June 8, 1862, married Addie H. Praul, 1881, 

had three children. 

219. Isaac S., born' August 5, 1866, married Margaret H. Pol- 

hemus, 1893, ^^d one child. 



LOW FAMILY. 591 

Jacob S. (194), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

220. Anna Maria, born July 27, 1872, married Theodore S. Harm, 

December 25, 1891. 

221. Isaac J., born April 25, 1876. 

222. Loretta L., born November 9, 1879. 

223. Cora R., born October 21, 1885. 

224. Madeline B., born September 21, 1890. 

225. Clara S., born February 17, 1894. 

JosiAH A. (205), (son of NathanieIv Hilyer), had issuk: 

226. Josiah Appleton, born September 12, 1874. 

Vanny B. (218), (son of John B.), had issue: 

227. Martha S., born 1885, married William Van Middlesarth, 

February 6, 1902. 

228. Mary P., 'born 1887. 

229. Isaac J., born April 21, 1891. 

Isaac S. (219), (son of John B.), had issue: 

230. Ethel H., born June 16, 1897. 

MONTANYE. 

Abram De La Montanie, — he so wrote his name, — claims 
a separate notice here as one of the patentees, though repre- 
senting only a lesser branch of this numerous family, of which 
more extended notes will be found in Appendix B. The prefix 
De La, adopted by all the sons of Dr. Johannes La Montagne, 
was more generally retained, perhaps, by his descendants of this 
branch than of any other, but still was so far common to all of 
the name, and yet so generally treated as of doubtful utility, — 
to be used or omitted at pleasure, — that it becomes a very unre- 
liable means of identity. (See note, page 107.) 

Abram Delamontanie, born in 1664, baptized March 16, 1664, 
and but eight years of age when his father, John, died, was the 
only son that remained at Harlem. He was bred a weaver, and 
afterward gave instruction in that handicraft to other young men 
of the town. He married, March 27, 1689, Rebecca, eldest daugh- 
ter of Theunis Idens Van Huyse, of Bloomingdale, and by the 
death of his mother soon after, near the close of that year, suc- 
ceeded to her house and lot in the village. His rights as a pat- 
entee were by virtue of this freehold ; and upon this he drew, in 
1691, lot No. 23, five morgen, which .in the deed given by the town 
March 21, 1701, is described as follows: 

There is set off to Abraham de La Montanie (for the right of one erf), 
a piece of land lying west of the King's way, bounded against the Harlem 



592 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

limits to a steep rock standing in the run, upon it four rods northerly a 
small maple tree of Aletje Cornells; and southerly on along the King's 
way to a run where the King's way passes over. 

This piece of land, now within Central Park, lay opposite to 
and below the old McGown place, stretching along the west side 
of the road from 99th to 104th Street, or thereabouts, and upon 
its southern end afterward stood the Black Horse Tavern, of 
Revolutionary notoriety. The west side of this grant lay in 
proximity to the lands of his father-in-law, Theunis Idens. 
Samuel Waldron, in 17 12, had drawn No. 7 in ist Division, which 
was in two parts, one of nearly 10 acres, being identical with the 
McGown place aforesaid ; the other, some 2 J^ acres, lying oppos- 
ite, west of the road, between Delamontanie's grant above de- 
scribed, and a lot laid out to the Delavall heirs, and later included 
in the Nutter farm. Delamontanie, by an exchange, added Wal- 
dron's lot to his own, giving Waldron his drafts in 2d, 3d, and 
4th Divisions. His lot in ist Division, No. 17, containing 3 a. i q. 
24 v., lay on the hill about 145th Street, on the east side of Kings- 
bridge Road. He sold this to Barent Waldron, from whom it 
passed with his farm, in 1740, to John R. Myer, and from him 
to Abraham Myer; being the piece improperly described as in 
"first fourth division," and which experts even have been puzzled 
to locate. Delamontanie's lands in Harlem continued to be rated 
at 20 acres. On June 22, 1720, his father-in-law conveyed to 
him and his wife an eighth part of his farm, said part being 57^ 
acres, running in a strip from near Delamontanie's land north- 
westerly to Hudson River.* 

There is not a circumstance to show that Abraham Delamon- 
tanie ever set up any claim to the lands sold and conveyed by 
his parents to Bogert ; but he early conceived the idea, drawn 
apparently from some clause in his father's will, as well as the 
tenor of the deed to Bogert, that said deed merely conveyed the 
Point and meadows attached, but did not carry the morgen right, 

* Theunis Idens, as his autograph is, but also called Theunis Eidesse Van Huyse, 
has been noticed as the owner of a large farm between 89th and 107th streets, on the 
North River side. He was born in 1639, probably in Holland, being son of Iden Van 
Huyse, by his wife Tryntie Jacobs, afterward married to Jacob Helliker (or 
Hellaker), alias Swart, who has descendants of both names. Theunis spent his early 
life on Long Island. A curious account of him there and after he came to New York 
is given by Bankers and Sluyter of his reckless youth and his reformation. He be- 
came a church member June 17, 1680. When and from whom he purchased at 
Bloomingdale is not ascertained; the line between his land and Harlem patent was 
run in 1690, the town paying 24 guilders toward the survey. In his old age Theunis 
had his farm laid off by Peter Berrien into lots of syVa acres each, being in breadth 
42 rods, or thereabouts, at the river and rear, and numbered i to 8, from south to 
north. On June 22 and 23, 1720, he and wife Jannetie (daughter of Thys Van Pelt), 
conveyed these several parcels to their children as follows (giving possession, after the 
ancient usage, "by turf and twig") : No. 8 to their son-in-law, Abraham Delamontanie, 
and his wife aforesaid; Nos. 6, 7 fo their son-in-law, George Dyckman, married to 
their youngest daughter, Catalina; Nos. 4, 5, to their son, Eide Van Huyse; No. 3 
and 1-3 of 2, to their son-in-law, Myndert Burger Van Evera, married to their daughter 
Sarah, and No. i and 1-3 of No. 2, to their son-in-law, Marinus Roelofse Van Vleck- 
eren, married to their daughter Dinah. Of these lots, Nos. i to 5 were owned sub- 
sequently by Charles Ward Apthorpe, and Nos. 6 to 8 were held many years by the 
Dikemans, descendants of Joris Dyckman. To his daughter Maria, married to Jurien 
Rynchout. Theunis gave the farm noticed page 545. 



MONTANYE FAMILY. 593 

or a share in the undivided common lands. This gave rise to 
the following letter: 

N. Haarlem, 5 December, 1700. 
To the Overseers of N. Haarlem. 
Honorable Sirs. 
Abram de Lamontanie, inhabitant of this town, inquires of your 
Honors whether you or vour predecessors have laid out any ground or 
land for the deed of John de La Montanie, deceased, which deed is re- 
mainincr on the records of this town, and dated 8 February, 1672. 

Abram de La Montanie. 

To this, two days after, the following reply was given : 

N. Haarlem, 7 December, 1700. 
We Laurens Jansen, Jacques Tourneur and Peter Van Oblienis, Over- 
seers of N Haarlem, having read the writing of the 5 December, 1700, 
sent to us by Abram de La Montanie, think proper to answer that the 
before named La ]\Iontanie mav examine whether he can obtain any ad- 
vantage from the deed which John Louwe Bogert shall get from our 
hands. Also, he can then take a copy thereof. Witness, 

Adr: YermEueE, Secretary. 

It was a disturbing question to Bogert, who had drawn lot 
No. 25, adjoining his farm, and which now seemed to be menaced. 
Not to'relv wholly on the deed given him March 21, 1 701, he took 
occasion to fortify himself by another from Joost Van Oblinus, 
the surviving Nicolls patentee, dated February 14, 1702, and still 
another from the town trustees, September 14, 1706, soon after 
which he sold out to Benson. The question was not put to issue 
during the lifetime of the latter, but enough of uncertainty hung 
over it to make Benson unwilling to pay quit rent on that part 
of his farm. After Samson Benson came in possession, Delamon- 
tanie entered an action of ejectment in the Supreme Court of the 
Province, October 5, 1723, which came to trial at New York, 
November 29, following, in the name of John Simson, "on the 
demise of Montanve," against Samson Benson. Lewis Morris, 
Chief Justice, and Robert Walters, Second Justice, presided. The 
best counsel were employed on both sides. Defendant confessed 
lease, entry, and ouster.* Delamontanie had clothed himsdf with 
due power in the premises, by deeds obtained from his elder 
brother, John, and several other of the co-heirs. These and vari- 
ous public records and writings were read, including the pro- 
ceedings of the freeholders, the agreements subscribed to, and 
rules adopted, for the division of the common lands. A number 
of witnesses were also sworn. Mr. Abraham Gouverneur acted 

* This presupposes that Montanve had forcibly entered, or by a legal fiction was held 
to have so entered upon the land; 'that he had given Simson a lease and entry of the 
premises; and that Simson had thereupon been ousted by Benson All this taking 
place, entitled Simson, as Delamontanie's tenant to his action of ejectment. To 
avoid beins non-suited, Benson must have applied to be made a defendant, which 
could only^be allowed upon condition that he comply with a rule of court to confess 
at the trial of the cause, the lease, entry, and ouster, as aforesaid, these making three 
of the four requisites for the maintenance of the plaintiff s action, and which being 
done the trial stood solely upon the merits of the title. (Blackstone.) 



594 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

as interpreter, ex parte, for the prosecution. Mr. Edward Blagge, 
Zacharias Sickels, and Johannes Waklron were called to testify 
for plaintiff, and Peter Van Oblienis, Samuel Waldron, and 
Barent Waldron, for defendant. But Delamontanie failed to 
make out a title, and the jury found for the defendant. This was 
final, and we hear no more of the matter. 

In 1729 Abraham sold out to his brother-in-law, George 
Dyckman, who owned an adjoining part of the Van Huyse farm. 
(See note on Bloomingdale Dyckmans, Dyckman family.) Abra- 
ham was living January 16, 1734, having a second wife named 
Aeltie Hoogland. His grave, as believed, was in the old ceme- 
tery, beneath a rude stone inscribed A. L. M., February 12, 1733-4. 
A marked taste for the sea and relative pursuits is noticed among 
the descendants of Abraham Delamontanie. 

Abraham Montanye (i) married first, Rebecca Van Huyse, 
March 2^, 1689, had eight children. He married second, Aeltie 
Hoogland, and died February 12, 1734. 

Abraham (i) had issue: 

2. John, baptized October i, 1693. 

3. Tennis, baptized July 24, 1695, married first Geesie Bussing, 

November 15, 17 18, had three children. He married 
second, Rebecca ?. 

4. Isaac, lived in 1738 near his brothers-in-law, Devoor and Al- 

body, at Turtle Bay, noted for its shipyards, in which he 
was probably employed. 

5. Jacob, who married Maria Pell, April 6, 1729, had six children. 

A blockmaker at New York. Was appointed fireman in 
1738. Some of his kinsmen, the Pells, being shipbuilders 
at the Smith's Fly.* 

6. Ide, who married Elizabeth ?, had two children. 

7. Jannetie, who married David Devoor, July 18, 1750, had three 

children. 

8. Maria, who married John Bass, November 6, 1714, had four 

children. 

9. Hannah, who married first, John Buys, December 30, 1727, had 

two children. She married second, Andries Albody 
(alias Anderson), in 1732, had three children. 

Tennis Delamontagnie (3), baptized July 24, 1695, bought a 
place in Harlem village, in 1719, having married the year previous, 
November 15, 1718, Geesie Bussing (see pages 433, 483.) He 
and Ide were living in Somerset County, N.. J., in 173 1 ; the 
latter had sons Abraham and Ede, or Edward, who bore arms in 
the Revolution. In 1735, Tennis owned 100 acres in Franklin 

* John Pell and his brothei-s, William, Thomas and Samuel, of New York, were 
sons of Samuel, of Harlem, shipcarpenter, named page 302, etc., who was from Lon- 
don. Thomas was father-in-law of said Jacob Delamontagnie. 



MONTANYE FAMILY. 595 

township, and had a second wife, Rebecca. He seems to have 
returned to New York. 

Tjsunis (3), (SON OF Abraham), had issue: 

10. Elder, who was the father of four children. 

11. Bregie, born 1723, baptized Alay i, 1723, married Peter Zen- 

ger, October 26, 1751. He son of the famous printer. 

12. Jacobus, born December 19, 1731. 

Jacob Delamontagnie (5), blockmaker, married April 6, 
1729, Maria Pell. He was one of the city firemen, appomted m 
1738! all "strong, able, discreet, honest, and sober men." 

Jacob (5), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

13. Abraham No. i, baptized April 29, 1730, died March 25, 1731. 

14. Aaltje, baptized January i, 1732. 

15. Abraham No. 2, baptized January 16, 1734, married Mary 

Remsen, 1755. had seven chilcren, and died in 1774. 

16. Thomas, baptized March 24, 1736. died December 18, 1791. 

17. Rebecca, baptized September 26, 1739, married Christian 

Diemer, had one child. 

18. James, born April 17, 1744. 

Ide (6), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

19. Abraham, baptized May 28, 1727. 

20. Eide, baptized April 9, 1732, married Elizabeth ? ,had 

three children. 

Elder (10), (son of Tennis). There are reasons for believ- 
ing that the father of Teunis, Robert, Joseph, and William Dela- 
montagnie, all, except Robert, members of the New York Marine 
Society, and shipmasters in the Bermuda and West Indian trade, 
was an elder son of Teunis. But unfortunately neither his worthy 
descendants, living in New York, nor the parish registers of Ber- 
muda, where he resided when his children were born, are able 
to tell us any more about the father of these brave "toilers on 
the sea." He had issue: 

21. Teunis, born 1744, married Sarah, daughter of Edward 

Nicoll, named on page 321, January 14, 1771, and the 
next year was admitted to the Marine Society, but died 
prior to 1783. 

22. Robert. 

23. Joseph (Capt.), born November 10, 1747, in Bermuda, mar- 

ried Elizabeth, daughter of Teunis Tiebout, had six chil- 
dren, and died in New York April 16, 1820. He born 



596 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

at Bermuda. Was a member of the New York Marine 
Society. 

24. William, born June 27, 1750, was a member of N. Y. Marine 

Society in 1774, also Shipmaster in the Bermuda trade. 
His daughters, Mrs. Woodward and Mrs. Asson, of Phila- 
delphia, still survive (1881). 

Abraham Delamontagnie (15), as he called himself, took the 
trade of his father, Jacob, a blockmaker. He was admitted to free- 
manship in 1769, and also to honorary membership in the Marine 
Society. He married, in 1755, Mary, daughter of Jacob Remson, 
of Brooklyn, and ultimately became a "vintner," or innkeeper, in 
which he was engaged in 1769, his house being near the Com- 
mons, and then and thereafter a famous resort for the "Liberty 
Boys." It was probably the same place, "opposite the Green, 
near the Bridewell," or, to exactly locate it, at the corner of 
Broadway and Murray Street, where he leased, March 25, 1773, 
five lots of ground from Trinity Church, for 99 years. Abraham 
did a good thing for his heirs, but he himself died the very next 
year, aged only 40, and on October 17, 1774, letters of administra- 
tion were taken out by his widow. She continued the house, 
253 Broadway, married, in 1777, John Amory, whipmaker, and 
died in 1797, in her 66th year. 

Abraham (15), (son of Jacob), had issue;: 

25. Maria, baptized September 22, 1756, died July 22, 1762. 

26. James No. i, baptized August 21, 1758, died August 15, 1759. 
2,2. James No. 2, born December 6, 1760, died August 6, 1762. 

28. Abraham, born July 4, 1763, died August 29, 1764. 

29. James No. 3, born September 4, 1764. 

Jacob (30), born September 15, 1765, is remembered as one 
of the best of men. He studied law, opening an office at 9 
Beekman Street, but removed before his mother died to 253 
Broadway. He had married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Cap- 
tain John Armour, shipmaster. In 1792 he was lieutenant 
and adjutant of the First New York Regiment, was alderman 
much of the time from 1796 to 1806. and in 1798 member of 
assembly. The 99 years lease being sold in 18 12, Jacob Avas one 
of three purchasers, but sold out, 1817, to Benjamin Ferris and 
Amos Butler. He died at his residence in Beaver Street, April 
9, 1823, without children, and leaving large legacies to members 
of the Armour and Moore families, besides providing amply for 
his wife, Mary E. Delamontagnie. She survived him twenty-five 
years, and died at Belleville, New Jersey. For a portrait of Mr. 
Delamontagnie, see Documentary History of New York, Vol. 4, 
page 1024. He had issue: 



^lOXTAXYE FAMILY. 597 

31. Rebecca, born June 5, 1766,, died August 23,, 1767. 

EiDE (20), (sox OF Ide), had issue: 

32. Eide, baptized February 20, 1762, married Cathrina Young, 

had one child. 

33. Anate (Anna), baptized November 24. 1766. 

34. Yacobes (Jacobus), baptized December 2, 1767. 

.Joseph (2^'), (son of Elder), had issue: 

35. Sarah, born October 7, 1785, married Rev. Wilham Gray. 

36. Anna, born jSIarch 24. 1878. married AVilHam J. Crohus. 

T^y. AA'ilHam. born November 11, 1788. was the father of four 
children, and died June 15. 1877. Was the veteran boat- 
builder of AA'ater Street. 

38. Edward, born ]\Iay 5, 1792, had two children, and died ]\Iarch 

19. 1872. Was a boatbuilder. 

39. Elizabeth, born December 27, 1794. died in infancy. 

40. Joseph, born January 8, 1796, died single, September 23, 1826. 

Eide (32), (sox of Eide). had issue: 

41. I\Iaria. born June 19, 1785. 

William (sy), (sox" of Joseph), had issue: 

42. William. 

43. John. 

44. Joseph E. 

45. Albert. 

Edward (38), (sox of Joseph), lead issue: 

46. Robert. 

47. Alexander, born 1824, married ]\Iary Jane Cox. July 8, 1847. 

MYER. 

Adolph Meyer, the ancestor of the Myer family of Harlem 
(whose name, at first pronounced ]\Iayer, has changed its sound 
as well as form), emigrated, as before noticed, from Ulsen, a 
parish of Bentheim. in the German province of Westphalia. He 
arrived at Harlem in 1661, where he gained a good standing; 
and April 29, 1671, married j\Iaria, daughter of Johannes Ver- 
veelen. Three years later he united with the church, his wife 
having done the same some months before. At their marriage, 
Verveelen gave them the two out-gardens, Nos. 7, 8, with most of 
the land in the Hanel patent, the rest being promised, and the pat- 
ent eventually transferred to Meyer, October 13. 1683. Meyer sold 
the lot on i\Iontanye's Flat, January 28, 1673. Adrianus Jansen 



598 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



Van Westerhoiit built him a house 25 by 18 feet, with a leanto ; 
the contract dated August 18, 1675. It cost 360 guilders, as 
appeared at their settlement January 6, 1676. Meyer bought the 
Demarest lot, No. 5, on Jochem Pieters, August i, 1677. On 
September 4, 1679, he and John Delamater leased for 10 years 
the Slot lands on Van Keulen's Hook, with house lots, garden 
and meadows; but just before the lease expired Meyer, whose 
house and barn had been burnt, stating to his father-in-law that 
he wished to build a new barn, but was afraid of another accident, 
as he and Joost Van Oblinus were living so near, Verveelen sold 
him the Slot patent, June 3, 1689, for 300 guilders, "silver money 
or in wheat as silver," Meyer engaging, should Verveelen die 
before receiving the money, to pay Daniel Verveelen and his sister 
Anna their respective shares of 1,000 guilders each. Meyer no 
doubt met his engagements, as he continued in possession, and 
later, Daniel released to his sister, Mrs. Meyer, all his interests 
at Harlem, by deeds of June 12, 1710, and June 30, 1712; in the 
latter expressly including all "the right and property of Johan- 
nes Verveelen deceased, by reason of his being patentee of said 
town and patent." The Hanel and Slot patents laid the founda- 
tion of the large Myer estates.* 

* The Hanel patent is unrecorded, and I am but too well convinced that the 
original (in fragments when I saw it) has perished. Luckily a copy was taken which 
saves to us the text of this ancient Dutch grant : 

Wy Petrus Stuyvesant, Directeur-Generael ende Raeden, wegens de Ho: Mo: Heere 
Staaten Generael der vereenighde Nederlants, zyn Hoogheyt van Orantjie, pnde Edele 
Heere Bewinthebberen der geoctroveerde West Indien Compagnie, in Nieuw Neder- 
lant residerende, oirkonde en verclaren mits deesen, dat wy. op huyden dato onder- 
geschreeven, hebben toegestaen en vergunt aen Juriaen Hanel, resident van het 
eylant van Manhatans, en in de dorp Nieuw Haerlem, een parceel lant gelegen op 
Van Keulen's Hook, geteykent No. 4, suylen wederzyde zuyden, breet twaelf roeden, 
groot drie morgen; alzo een stuck op Jochem Pietersen's Lant, tusschen Hendrick 
Carsense en Jan Le Roy, suylen wederzyden west wel so noordelyk, breet sestien 
roeden, groot ses morgen vier hondert roeden; alzo een stuck lant op Montague's 
Lant, geteykent No. 7, breet seven en twintigh roeden, vier en een lialf voeten suylen 
van de kil tot het gebergte west, groot vyf morgen en vier hondert roeden; een 
erf bezuyden Montague, laugh seven roeden negen voeten, breet seven roeden ses en 
een half voeten; item een tliuyn bewesten Jan Pietersen, beoosten Nicholaes de 
Meyer, breet v-f roeden. langh twintigh roeden; item een stuck valey getuykent No. 
5, gemeen met Lubbert Cerritsen, synde het noordelyk streek tot eylant by 't Springh, 
als mede het noordelyk streek in de Groot Valey. Met expresseerde conditie ende 
voorwaarde dat hy Juriaen Hanel, of die uyt krachte deses syn actic macht genomen, 
de Ed: Pleeren Bewinthebberen voornaemde voor syn heeren en patroonen sal 
erkennen, onder de souvereignteyt van hare Hooge Moogende de Heeren Staaten 
Generael, en hier haren Directeur ende Raeden en alles gehoorzamen als goede 
ingezetenen schuldig syn te doen, mits hem wyders onderwerpende al sulcke lasten 
ende gerechticheden, als by de Ed: Heeren reets is beraemt ofte noch te beraemen; 
Constitueerende oversulcx den voornoemde Juriaen Hanel in onze staet reele en 
actueele possessie vant voornoemde parceel lants, hern gevende m.its desen volkomen 
macht, authoriteyt, ende speciael bevel, omme t voorschreeven lant te moogen aen- 
vaerden, bebouwen, bewoonen ende gebruycken, gelyck hy met andere syne patri- 
moniale landed ende effecten doen sonde moogen, sonder dat wy cedenten inde 
C|ualite als vooren. daer aen eenige part actie oft gesacht int minste meer syn hebben 
te reserveren oft behouden, maer ten behoeve als vooren, van alles te desisteren, van 
nu en voor eeuwigh, beloovende voorts dit transpoort vast, bondich, onverbreckelyk 
ende irevocabel te behouden, naer te komen ende te volbrengen, alles ondert verbout 
naer rechten daer toestaende. 'tOirkonde is desen by ons geteekent en met zegel 
bevestight; actum int Fort Amsterdam in Nieuw Nederlant. 16 Ma-, 1664. 

P. STUYVESANT. 
Ter Ordonnantie van den E: Hr: Dr: Generael 
ende Hoose Raeden van Nieuw Nederlant, etc. 
CORNELIS VAN RUYVEN, Secretaris. 

Mr. Meyer often held office in the town, was assistant alder- 



MYER FAMILY. 599 

man of the Out Ward, 1693-95 ; also served as an elder. Between 
1 69 1 and 1 70 1, chosen with others for that purpose, he had much 
to do with the first allotment of the common land under the Don- 
gan patent, and signed the deeds. The first four lots in that allot- 
ment embraced that part of Harlem Flats which lay north of the 
Samson A. Benson line, and extended up between the two roads 
to the point or forks at 131st Street. (See list of these lots in Ap- 
pendix J). Myer drew lot No. 4, at the forks, in conjunction 
with his son, Johannes, who owned a 73^2 morgen right upon the 
lots on Van Keulen's Hook, which came from his grandfather, 
Verveelen. Here, at the fork of the roads, Adolph or Johannes 
built a substantial stone house, as early as 1706. Mr. Meyer died 
in February, 1711. By his will, made the 13th of that month, he 
left the use of his property to his widow. To his grandsons, 
named for him, he gave each a pair of gold buttons, and to Jiis 
granddaughters, named for his wife, each a gold ring. 

The Myer estate was much increased, both by purchase and 
by the drafts from the common lands, before Mrs. Myer died, 
which was not till 1748. We except the Delavall lands, the bulk 
of which was bought by the Myers, but held separate from the 
common inheritance. Adolph Myer's will was proved September 
2, 1748, after the death of the widow, but when his children were 
all yet living, and by whom a final division of the property was 
made November 15, 1748, and deeds passed. How the lands were 
parcelled out will be shown as we speak of the sons respectively ; 
here we need only mention that Benjamin Benson, grandson of 
Adolph ~ Myer, succeeding to his mother's share, took 35 acres, 
which included Lots 7, 8, 9, Van Keulen's Hook ; and another 
grandson, Johannes Sickels, intended by his uncle Myer as his 
sole heir, received said uncle's portion, to wit: No. 3, Jochem 
Pieters, No. 40, 2d Division, and No. 14, 4th Division, as also 
the remaining north garden, which Sickels sold July i, 1758, to 
John Livingston. No. 2, Jochem Pieters, and No. 6, half of 5, 
Van Keulen's Hook, he took under Isaac's will. 

Adolph Meyer (i) married Maria Verveelen, April 29, 1671, 
had nine children, and died in February, 171 1. 

ADOI.PH MUYKR (l) HAD issue: 

2. Johannes, baptized August 13, 1671, married Tryntie, daugh- 
ter of Jan Van Dalsen,* January 30, 1702, had five chil- 
dren, and died in 1755. 

* Capt. Jan Gerritsen Van Dalsen, elsewhere called de Vries (see pages 93, 
236), was a shipcarpenter, and married, 1660, at New Amsterdam, Grietie, daughter 
of Teunis Cray. After the Dutch lost New York he lived somewhere in New IJngrand; 
there his daughter, Mrs. Kiersen, was born. But coming, 1667, to Harlem for the 
inducement, possibly (see page 311), he put up a house, and built one or more vessels 
here. In 1670 he sold his place to Resolved Waldron, but subsequently owned an- 
other, , and appears among the erf-holders, 1681-83, having his home here, and sailing 
an "open boat" out of New York. While thus engaged he is noticed as follows in the 
Council minutes, January 28, 1684: "John de Vries desired that he might have some 



6oo HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

3. Hendrick, baptized September 3, 1673, married Wyntie Ray 

(Rhee), December 10, 1697, had ten children, and died 
October 31, 1753. 

4. Anna Catrina, baptized March 12, 1677, married Abraham 

Lent, December 24, 1698, had eleven children, and died 
July 21, 1762. Anna Catrina's name, derived from the 
Verveelens, is yet worthily borne by descendants of her 
granddaughter, Anna Catrina Riker ; an example of the 
almost religious adherence, in our Dutch families, to the 
ancestral Christian names. 

5. Maria, baptized April 26, 1679, married Samson Benson, July 

29,1699, had nine children. 

6. Abraham, baptized March 3, 1682, married Engeltie Bussing, 

May 10, 1706, had five children, and died in 1757. 

7. Isaac, baptized April 13, 1684, purchased from Gideon and 

Bernardus Verveelen, in 17 10, jointly with his brother, 
Jacob, a tract of land in Bergen County, New Jersey, 
Jacob selling him his share in 1743. By his will, dated 
September 12, 1743, he gave "all his lands in the provinces 
of New York and New Jersey" to his nephew, Johannes 
Sickels. He could have left no children ; maybe he was 
called "Widower Myer." It would appear that he lived 
with Sickels, on the lower street, I think on the old Laur- 
ens Jansen place, at the north end of No. 6, Van Keulen's 
Hook, the lots attached to which, half of 5, 6, his mother 
bought of Lawrence Low in 1732, and conveyed to Isaac 
in 1735. Low sold him No. 2, Jochem Pieters, in 1738. 
But it is singular that Isaac's name never occurs in the 
tax lists. 

8. Jacob, baptized May 16, 1686, married first, Annatie Hendricks 

land at Harlem. They at Harlem said he formerly had land and sold it; he said he 
bought it; they said it was given to him, and he was obliged to sell it (if he parted 
with it) to no stranger. He, not being able to produce any witness or writing of said 
purchase, it was agreed by those of Harlem to give him a piece of ground, for him 
and his children; provided that he should not sell it, but for want of heirs it should 
relapse to the township." After this he and Kiersen got a lease of the Great Maize 
Land. (See page 408.) Capt. Van Dalsen subscribes to Dominie Selyns' salary in 
1685 and '86, and was living in 1692. His children (omitting the first two who died 
young) were Teunis, born 1664; Gerritie, born 1667, married Jan Kiersen; Annetie, 
born 1669, married Johannes Waldron; Peter, born 1671; Tryntie, born 1674, married 
Johannes Meyer; Jacob, born 1679; Lysbet, born 1682; Jannetie, born 1685. 

Teunis Van Dalsen, in an olaituary published at the "time of his death, is stated 
to have been "the first male person born in this city (New York) after it was ceded 
to the English by the Dutch;" and with this the family tradition accords. He lived at 
Harlem when he married Sarah, daughter of Capt. Johannes Vermilye, in the fall 
of 1696, having, on May 21, preceding bought No. 8 of the New lots from Joost Van 
Oblinus. This he sold, January i, 1701, to Barent and Johannes Waldron, for 1070 
guilders; in 1721 was a farmer at Mamaroneck, in Westchester, but removed to 
Goshen, Orange County, where he died August 30, 1766, aged 102 years. The Dolsens 
of that county are his descendants. They were great Whigs in the Revolution, and 
from them Dolsentown takes its name. (See Eager's Orange County, page 412.) We 
are not to confound with these the numerous Dolsens of Rockland and other counties, 
descendants of Jan Van Dalfsen, from Haarlem, Holland, who, bringing certificates 
from that place, with wife, Anna Van Raasvelt, joined the cliurch in New York. 
February 27, 1702. He died ten or fifteen years later at Tappan, where he had 
served as voorleser. 



MYER FA^IILY. • 6oi 

Kammega, 1710, had six children, and second, Rachel 
Baton, September 16, 1725, had three children. 

9. Adolph, baptized Jul}^ 24, 1692, married first, Margaret, 

daughter of Johannes Waldron, October 25, 17 16, had 
five children. He married second, Catherine, daughter 
of Peter Haring, April 26, 1723, had five children. 

10. Anneke (Anna), baptized August 3, 1698, married first, Jo- 

hannes Sickels, May 2, 17 18, and second, Thomas Storm. 

Johannes (2) became a large landholder; his first acquisition 
being a share of Lot No. 4, in the Division of 1691, drawn in 
partnership with his father, the whole of which he ultimatel}^ 
owned. On February 21, 1701, the Brevoort farm, on Jochem 
Pieters' Hills, being Lots 6, 7, of 1691, was purchased in his 
name, and on March 11, 1712, he bought of Derick Benson, No. 
I, New Lots, also once Brevoort's. See page 430. Johannes 
Myer drew jointl}^ with his mother of the common lands in 1712,. 
on his jYi morgen right, which entitled him to just 17 a. i q. 
22 1/^ r. They agreed that he should hold No. 15, ist Division 
(all but 10 acres at the lower end), with No. 6, of 1691, and that 
she should hold in her name the lots No. i and 7, aforesaid ; 
however, on November 10, 1713, she conve3'ed the 10 acres to 
Johannes, and in 1715 gave him possession of the No. i. New 
Lots. Among Myer's purchases was Sickels' lot, No. 16, ist 
Division, on March 3, 1722. See also page 431. He bought 
114 acres of the Delavall lands from Abraham Gouverneur, March 
25, 1720, btit Philip Pipon reclaimed this land, on his arrival the 
next year. After Pipon and Gouverneur had had their claims 
settled by a legal decision, the latter sold Myer, on May i, 2, 
1725, the three most southerly of the "Nine Lots," on Jochem 
Pieters' Flat, with a third of the Delavall drafts from the com- 
mon lands. Johannes ultimately got a full half of the Delavall 
drafted lands ; for more of which see Appendix L Simon John- 
son, assignee of Elias Pipon, also sold him that part of "that 
piece of land formerly belonging to the heirs of James Carteret," 
which lay at the west end of the "Three Lots," but separated by 
the road, and which Myer sold to John Sickels, April 4, 1754, 
called five acres more or less ; Sickels the next year buying the 
Three Lots, when the road was altered and carried around this 
piece. See page 397. 

Johannes Alyer living to take part in the settlement of his 
father's estate in 1748, came in legal possession of the homestead 
(No. 4 of 1691), and No. 7 of the same allotment. He then 
gave his sons, Jacob and John, his half of No. 9, 1691, and of 
No. 15, 3d Division, both Delavall land. In 1750, he further con- 
veyed to Jacob No. 6, 1691, and No. 15, ist Division. On May 
5j i753j he conveyed to Jacob No. 6, 1691, and to his other son, 



6o2 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

John, No. 7, adjoining; the latter sold his lot to Jacob, March 
12, 1758. Johannes Myer died in 1755 in his 84th year. His 
will, dated February 7, 1729, was admitted to probate April 5, 
1756. He devised all his lands, after the decease or remarriage of 
his widow, equally to his two sons, but required them to satisfy 
their sisters, by paying each £100, so that all should have an equal 
share of his estate. 

Johannes (2), (son 01^ AdoIvPh), had issue: 
ir. Jannettie, born about 1705, married Resolved Waldron, Janu- 
ary 25, 1722, had four children. 

12. Jacob, baptized May 8, 1709, married Aeltie, daughter of 

Peter Bussing, 1730, had two children, and died Novem- 
vember 25, 1758. 

13. Maria, baptized IVIay 6, 171 1, married Aaron Bussing, Octo- 

ber 24, 1730, had six children. 

14. Elizabeth, born 1714, married Petrus AA^aldron, had four chil- 

dren. 

15. John, born about 1716, married first, Cornelia, daughter of 

John Delamater, July 20, 1738, had three children. He 
married second. Amy ?, and died in 1773. 

Hendrick Myer (3) bought the farm of Barent Waldron, 
Gloudie's Point ; but the deed, dated August 6, 1740, was made 
in the name of his son John (or properly John R.) aforesaid. 
He sold it, July 21, 1743, to his uncle Abraham, who bought it 
for his son Arent Myer, and to whom Abraham gave a deed 
March 21, 1747.* Hendrick Myer died in New York, October 
31, 1753, aged 80 years. 

Hendrick (3), (son of Adolph), had issue: 

16. Maria No. i, baptized May 14, 1699, died young. 

17. Adolph, baptized October 29, 1701, died October 7, 1732. 

18. Johannes No. i, baptized January 27, 1703, died young. 

19. Johannes No. 2, baptized July 9, 1704, died young. 

20. Abraham, baptized July 8, 1705. 

The Gloudie Point Title has its beginnincrs set forth on pasre 394. Barent Wal- 
dron drew, in 1691, a piece of land between his Point and lot No. 10, which in his 
deed of March 21, 1701, is thus described: "There is set off to Barent Waldron, for 
J morgen, more or less, a piece of land north of his house lot (erf), east of the 
King's Way; saving that a suitable road remain along the swamp (creupelbosch), to 
the meadow of Isaac Delamater, as the fence at present stands." ** 

The Bussing Point farm was therefore made up of five parcels, viz. : The Point 
and adjoining tract above described, with lots 10, 9 and V-y of 8 of the New Lots. 
(See account of Johannes Waldron.) This is exclusive of' Barent Waldron's drafts 
m the I-our Divisions and the lot 17, ist Division, lying on the hill, "four acres more 
or less," which he got of Abraham Delamontanie. Barent owned No. 3, 1691 (late 
Mclenaor 17 acre tract), bought of his brother Samuel prior to 1715, and not sold 
\yith the farm, 1740, but apparently to Aaron Bussing, 1746, who sold, 1747, to 
Adolph Myer. 

• **j^''' "^^'^^"S the four divisions in 1712, all the lots embraced in this farm 
enioyed the morgen right, and drew of the common land, except this single piece, 
winch, as drafted land, bore no such right; a curious distinction. 



^lYER FA:MILY. 603 

21. 3,Iaria Xo. 2, baptized September 14, 1707, died young. 

22. Hendrickus Xo. i, baptized August 10. 1712, died young. 

2^. Hendrickus Xo. 2, baptized July 26. 1713, married Maria 
Gouverneur, September 23, 1735, had one child, and"died 
December 15, 1740. 

24. Johannes Xo. 3, baptized April 15, 1716, died young. 

25. Johannes Xo. 4 (John Ray), baptized July 5, 1719, married 

first, Anna, daughter of Charles Crommelin, of Xew 
York. October i, 1747, had three children. He married 
second. Helen Rutgers Scott, and died August 13. 1807. 

Abraham [Nlyer (^6), baptized ^larch 3, 1682. married Engel- 
tie, daughter of Arent Harmans Bussing, ]\lay 10, 1706. ^ On 
August "12, 1713, he bought from John Van Oblienis Lot Xo. i, 
Jochem Pieters, with the one morgen houselot attached, both 
owned originally by Daniel Tourneur. This became Abraham's 
home. In 171 5' he had acquired 85 acres, which included Xo. i 
of 1691, late Thomas Tourneur's, with Jan Xagel's First Division, 
and half of his drafts in Second, Third and Fourth Divisions. 
In 1722 he bought from Xagel 11 acres on Jochem Pieters, and 
from Zachariah Sickels, Xo. 4, First Division. In 1731 he 
bought Xos. 5, 10, Jochem Pieters, and Xo. 12, Second Division, 
from X^'icholas Kortright ; and, probably at this date exchanged 
with his mother Xo. i, 1691, for X^o. 4, Jochem Pieters. Before 
1748 he had evidently anticipated by possession what land was 
due him from his mother. Subsequently buying another lot on 
Jochem Pieters, he held, under Xos. 5, 7, 10, lying together, and 
then called 40 acres (see Appendix E), the tract later known as 
"the homestead farm of Lawrence Benson," containing 42 acres, 
2 q., 16 r., the title to wdiich, after six years' litigation, was set- 
tled by the Supreme Court of the United States, January 19, 1863. 
]\Ir. ]Myer was appointed clerk of the town, ]\Iay 11, 1747. He 
made his will April 3, 1754. which was proved February 18, 1756. 
]\Ir. Mver had also purchased from Xicholas Kortright, June 11, 
12, 1740, for his eldest son Abraham, 40 acres of the old Tour- 
neur farm, on ]\Iontanye"s Flat, with some meadow east of the 
creek, and Lot 18, Second Division. He had also provided for 
his younger son Arent, as we have seen, by the purchase, in 1743, 
of the Gloudie Point farm, of which Arent took immediate pos- 
session. 

Abr-\ham (6), (sox OF Adolph), had issue: 

26. Abraham, baptized February 8, 17 16, married ]\Iattie Kort- 

right, 1740, had five children, and died in 1772. 

27. Arent, born 17 17, married Susannah, daughter of Lawrence 

Kortright, 1735, had four children. 

28. Susannah, born 17 19, married Peter Bussing, February 19, 

1753, had three children. 



6o4 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

29. IMaria, born 1720, married John Dykman, about 1738, had two 

children. 

30. Eve, born 1726, deceased. 

Jacob Myer (8), born 1686, baptized May 16, 1686, married 
Anna, daughter of his cousin Hendrick Cammega, about 1710, 
and settled at Closter, Bergen County, New, Jersey, where, losing 
his wife he married secondly, September 16, 1725, Rachel Baton. 
Jacob was a purchaser of some of the Delavall lands in 1747. 

Jacob (8), (son of AdoIvPh), had issue by his i^irst wife: 

31. Adolph No. I, baptized March 4, 171 1, died young. 
^2. Adolph No. 2, baptized May 18, 1712, deceased. 
^^. Maria, born January 4, 171 5. 

34. Tryntie (Cathrina), born January 15, 1717, married Klaas 

(Nicholas) Pieterse, had four children. 

35. Adolph No. 3, born March 20, 1720, married Lena Ridnaer, 

had four children. 

36. Annatie, baptized May 20, 1722. 

Jacob (8) had issue by his second wiee: 

37. Jacob, baptized July 30, 1726. 

38. John, born December 21, 1728, removed to Fishkill, N. Y. 

39. Margrietje, born October 25, 1730. 

Adolph (9) made his first purchase of land in 171 5, when he 
bought from Samson Benson Lot No. 2 of 1691, his father, as 
we have seen, having drawn No. 4 of the same tract. Adolph 
eventually acquired Nos. i, 3; as also the several parcels beyond 
the highway to the westward, originally Nos. 8 to 14, First Divis- 
ion, laid out to Captain Delavall's heirs and others, and forming 
the 84 acre tract, afterward sold, with Lot 3, etc., by his son 
Adolph, to Charles Duryee, and purchased soon after by William 
Molenaor. To specify: Adolph bought several lots in the 84 
acre tract in 1733 (see page 484), and in 1740, No. 14, from John 
Lewis. He had already built on his No. 2 of 1691, and in 1747 
bought No. 3 from Aaron Bussing. In 1748 he got from his 
mother's estate No. 16, Third Division, and by pre-arrangement 
with Abraham, No. i of 1691, which gave him Nos. i, 2, 3 in that 
tract. These lands, excepting the "homestead," or Lots i, 2 of 
1 69 1, fell to Adolph third under his father's will, dated May 10, 
1760, and proved May 5, 1762. 

Adoeph (9), (son oe Adolph), had issue: 

40. John, 1717, married Antie Waldron, July 11, 1761, had three 

children, and died in 1767. Succeeded to the homestead 
of 28 acres. On August 10, 1768, his brother Adolph, 



MYER FAMILY. 605 

as executor, sold the homestead (the rights of dower 
having been released) to Rev. Martinus Schoonmaker, 
then pastor at Harlem. 

41. Adolph, born 1718, married Maria Bussing, September 12, 

1740, had eight children. He added Nos. 9, 10, _ First 
Division, and some other parcels of land, in addition to 
those described above. 

42. Ann (Anna), born 1720, married William Waldron, August 

24, 1744. 

43. Isaac, born 1721, deceased. 

44. Abraham, born 1723, deceased. 

45. Margaret, born 1725, married John Sickels, 1745. 

46. Peter (Petrus), baptized October 22, 1729, married Mary 

Bunn (Maria Bon), April 16, 1762, had one child. 

47. Mary (Maria), baptized August 9, 1724, married Benjamin 

Vandewater, 1750. 

48. Sarah, born 173 1, married Elias De Crush, Jr., October 17, 

1761. 

49. Bregie, born 1733, married John Low, June 22, 1765. 

Jacob (12), by lease and release from Simon Johnson and 
others, trustees of Elias Pipon, dated February 11, 12, 1741, Jacob 
Myer came to own that part of the Delavall estate called the Six 
Lots, with two-thirds of the adjacent Carteret Lot. This pur- 
chase, with the adjoining Lot No. i, New Lots, which Jacob re- 
ceived from his father, gave him that large square tract since 
known as the Myer farm, bounding upon the Harlem River, its 
lower angle on 128th Street just west of 7th Avenue; its upper 
angle on 139th Street, a little east of 6th Avenue. The fine large 
tract on the heights which Johannes Myer had gotten from Bre- 
voort came, as we have seen, to be vested in Jacob, and reached 
(where intersected by the Bloomingdale branch of the Kings- 
bridge Road) from just below 136th Street to 139th Street. His 
son, John, added the Bussing lot, next north, 28 acres, by deeds 
dated 1790 and 1791. Jacob Myer, at forty years of age, was 
a prominent man in the town, and at a later period its treasurer. 
He died November 25, 1758, leaving all his property to his widow, 
who survived till 1765, when his son, John, born 1731, came in 
possession, either under his mother's will, or as heir-at-law. 
John provided in his will for an unmarried sister, Rebecca, who 
lived with him. 

Jacob (12), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

50. John, born 1731, married Eve, daughter of John Dyckman, 

had five children. 

51. Rebecca, who died tmmarried. 

John (15) was constable in 1 740-1. In the division of their 



6o6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

inheritance, between him and his brother Jacob, John obtained 
the "Three Lots," which he and wife sold, October, 1755, to 
John Sickels, and which subsequently formed the well-known 
Richard Harrison and Gabriel Furman tracts. John Myer's 
home was afterward on the west side of Kingsbridge Road, 
near Breakneck Hill (on Lot 16, First Division, reaching from 
140th to 145th Streets, and part of Lot 9 of 1691, in the rear, 
in all about 20 acres, which had fallen to his share), and here 
he kept a public house till his death, in 1773, at about the age of 
57 years. A second wife, Amy ?, survived him. 

John (15), (son of Johannes), had issue by his 
FIRST wife: 

52. John, Jr., married Susannah Bussing, December 15, 1785. 

53. Acolph, baptized November 27, 1743, deceased. 

54. Catherina, baptized June 28, 1752, married Jonathan Ran- 

dell,* July 5, 1770, had thirteen children. 

Hendrickus (23), (son of Hendrick), had issue: 

55. Henricus, baptized August 4, 1736, deceased. 

Johannes (25), (son of Hendrick), became a wealthy New 
York merchant, and having outlived his second wife (Helena 
Rutgers, widow of Hon. John Morin Scott), and attained to 
near go years, as one who knew him informed us, died August 
31, 1807. He had issue: 

56. Henry R., of New York, merchant, 1774. 

57. Anna, baptized August 10,-1748, married Thomas Sowers, 

of New York, June 23, 1769. He "Capt. of Engineers 
in His Majesty's service," who died 1774. 

58. Mary, who married Henry Bowers, Jr., January 8, 1772. He 

of Swansea, Mass. Mrs. Bowers inherited her father's 
estate under his will. 

Abraham Myer (26), baptized December 8, 1716, married 
Mattie Kortright, sister of Arent's wife, in 1740. He succeeded 
to his father's lands, having sold his farm on Montanye's Flat. 
(See page 488.) Abraham served as deacon. He died in 1772, 
his wife, Mattie, surviving, and also five children. The first 
three, with the widow and executor, Adolph Myer, conveyed the 
42-acre tract, April 20, 1773, to John Bogert, Jr., whose heirs 
sold it to Lawrence Benson. 

* Jonathan Randell came from Greenwich, Connecticut, being by trade a car- 
penter. After his marriage he lived for some time upon Harlem Heights, but on 
November 29, 1784, purchased Randell's Island for £2,400, and by his energy and in- 
dustry as a farmer paid for it in ten years. Here he resided, greatly respected, till 
his death at the age of 88 years, January 17, 1830. L,eaving tiiis fine property to his 
heirs, these sold it, five years later, to the Corporation of New York, for $50,000. 



MYER FAMILY. 607 

Abraham (26), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

59. Abraham, born 1741, married Agnietie Roome, June 29, 1771. 

Was a weaver. 

60. Lawrence, born 1742, married Engeltie, daughter of Samuel 

Waldron, November 16, 1766, had one child. He a 
blacksmith. 

61. Margaret, born 1744. 

62. Engeltie, born 1745. 

63. Bregie, born 1747. 

By Arent Myer's {2"/) will, made November 23, 1773, and 
proved September 21, 1784, he left half his estate to his grand- 
children, Arent and Susannah Bussing, and half to his grand- 
daughter, Susannah Waldron. 

Arent (27), (son oi? Abraham), Hx\d issue: 

64. Engeltie, born 1736, married Peter Waldron, January 24, 

1765. 

65. Margaret, born 1737, married Abraham Bussing, December 

27, 1764, by license, and Bussing's bondsman was no 
less a person than George Clinton, afterward Governor. 

66. Arent, born 1739, deceased. 

67. John, born 1741, deceased. 

Adolph (35), (son 01^ Jacob), had issue: 

68. Jacob, born January 19, 1744. 

69. Anatje No. i, born October 12, 1746, died young. 

70. Anatje (Anna) No. 2, born September 8, 1748. 

71. Catherina, born July 31, 1752. 

John (40), (son oe Adoeph), had issue: 
^2. Mary (Maria), born 1762, baptized February 17, 1762. 

73. Catherine, born 1764. 

74. Adolph, born 1766. 

Adolph (41), (son of x\dolph), was an elder at Harlem, anrl 
signed the articles of union in 1772 which healed the divisions 
in the Dutch church. He occupied his lands, aforesaid, till the 
Revolution, when, being a Whig, he retired to Dutchess County, 
and, at the close of the war, concluding to remain there, traded 
farms, May i, 1784, with Charles Duryee, of New York, mer- 
chant ; as shown by the deed from Duryee to Myer, for his lands 
in Rombout Precinct, given, as it states, "by virtue of a mutual 
exchange of farms" ; the fact of said exchange being also cor- 
roborated by the late Simeon De Witt.* 

* William Molenaor, in some records called Miller, this being- the English of his 
name, was a .descendant of Joost Adraens Molenaer, who was born at Pynacker, a 



6o8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Adolph (41) HAD issue;: 

75. Adolph, born 1741. 

76. John, born 1742. 
yy. Mary, born 1743- 

78. Peter, born 1745. 

79. Isaac, born 1747. 

80. Anna, born 1749. \ ^^-^^^^ 

81. Gertrude, born 1749. \ 

82. EHzabeth, born April 18, 1751, married John Backhouse, 

April 12, 1770, had four children. 

Peter (46), (son ot* AdoIvPh), had issue: 

83. Adolph, baptized March 2, 1763. 

John Meyer (50) was many years town clerk, we believe the 
last holding that office here. He married Eve, daughter of John 
Dykman, who died in her 78th year, November i, 1809. Pie 
died, aged 86 years, February 23, 181 7. From Johannes, if not 
from Adolph, the ancestors down, this branch of the family all 
occupied the old stone house which stood, till of late, at the north- 
ern angle of Lot 4 of 1691, at the junction of the two roads; or 
to otherwise locate it, about a hundred and fifty feet west of 
8th Avenue, on the lower side of 131st Street. 

John (50), (son oe Jacob), had issue: 

84. Jacob, born April 23, 1757, married Cornelia ?, June 15, 

1780, had five children, and died October 29, 1813. 

85. John Dyckman, born December 25, 1759, married Catherine 

Ackerman, December 19, 1782, had four children, and 
died May 4, 1802. 

village three miles east of Delft, and came to this country in the ship Faith, which 
sailed from Amsterdam, December 23, 1660. At Esopus, where he went to live, 
he married. May 20, 1663, Femmetie Hendricks, froin Meppel. On June 7, ensuing, 
the Indians rose against the white settlers and killed and wounded many, carrying 
others into captivity, among whom was Molenaer's wife. She was soon ransomed, 
and a year later their first child, INIarritie, was born. Joost married a second wife, 
Lysbeth, davighter of William Krom, October 28, 1668, having first, on September 2, 
made his will. By this wife he had issue, Jane, born 1672, who married Jellis de la 
Grange, of Albany; Adrian, born 1675; William, 1678, and Henry, 16S1. He 
served as deacon, and from 1672 to 1678 as schepen. On July 9, 1681, he married 
his third wife, Maria, daughter of Jacob Hayes, and widow of Philip Eeeuw, or Lyon. 
By this wife he had a daughter, Sarah, born 1682. Removing to a farm in Bushwick, 
of so acres, he and his wife joined the church at New York, May 30, 1683, but he died 
that same year (his will being admitted to probate at Kingston, October 17, 1683), 
and the next year his widow married Capt. Peter Praa. (See Annals of Newtown, 
page 382, and Stiles' Brooklyn, volume ii., page 321, etc.) Adrian Molenaer married 
at Kingston, in 1700, Anna de la Grange. Did he not settle on the Raritan? William 
Molenaer married, 1704, Gertrude, daughter of Caspar and Maria Springsteen, and 
died in Newtown, "an aged man," May 11, 1753. His son David, who married Catherine 
Meserole, was the father of William Molenaor, born 1754, the first of the name at 
Harlem. The latter, then living in Bushwick, bought the Adolph Myer farm, April i, 
1790. He died in 1812, leaving by his wife, Mercy, issue, David, William DeWitt C, 
and Catherine, wife of Charles W. Gordon. Dr. William Molenaor, long a prac- 
titioner at Harlem, married but left no children, now living; his brothers have 
deceased. We remember the old Molenaor house, while yet standing, but in ruins. 
It stood in a hollow, on the north side of 124th street, 200 feet west of 8th avenue. 



MYER FAMILY. 609 

86. Peter, born August g, 1761, married Mrs. Sarah Westervelt 

(Banta), had three children, and died March 4, 1834. 

87. Abraham, born January 20, 1767, died single, April 2, 181 9. 

88. Garret, born March 20, 1775, married Jane Bogert, December 

18, 1799, had three children, and died January 6, i860. 
Resided at Hackensack, N. J. 

Lawrence (60), (son 01^ Abraham), had issue: 

89. Samuel, a carpenter, who married Mary, daughter of Captain 

John Waldron, had one child. He removed to Claverack, 
N. Y. Last of the family to occupy the ancient stone 
house, removed by Judge Ingraham when 125th Street 
was opened, the well remaining on the south side of the 
street, and in use until a few years ago (1881). 

This house stood on the Tourneur home-lot, bought by Abra- 
ham Myer in 1713, and which Samuel sold to Alexander Phoenix, 
March 27, 1806, with the old church lot joining it on the easterly 
side ; his father, Lawrence, holding that the fee of the last-named 
lot (whereon the first church had stood) was in his father, Abra- 
ham Myer, and passed by devise to his children. These two lots 
have since formed the Eliphalet Williams plot. There was a 
house of later construction on the adjoining farm lot, probably 
built by Johannes De Witt before the Revolution, which was 
burned in 181 1, and on whose site Nathaniel G. Ingraham erected 
the present Judge Ingraham house. 

Jacob (84), (son of John), had issue: 

90. Peter, who married Margaret Yan Bussin. 

91. John, who married Mary Amanda, but died without issue. 

92. Phebe, who married Francis Swords, but died without issue. 

93. Marcy, born April 5, 1781, married Smith Valentine, but died 

August 18, 1802, without surviving issue. 

94. Eve, who married first, Frederick Dyckman, had three chil- 

dren. She married second, Edward Riker. 

John Dyckman (85), (son oe John), had issue: 

95. John, born September g, 1783, married Elizabeth Johnson, 

had five children. Lived at Leonia, N. J. 

96. Gilbert, born September 14, 1785, married Mary Delancey 

Hammond, June 8, 1841, had five children. 

97. Hannah, born June 25, 1794, married David D. Meyer, No- 

vember 30, 1814, had three children. 

98. Peter, born November 15, 1800, married May A. Totten, had 

three children. 

Peter (86), (son oe John), had issue: 
. 99. Eve Maria, who married Capt. Joseph P. Dean, no issue. 



6io HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

100. Cornelia Frances, who married John G. Dietz, no issue. She 
deceased. 

loi. Abraham Dyckman, who married Kehoe, had two chil- 
dren. 

Garret (88), (son of John), had issue: 

102. John G., born August 30, 1800, married Ellen Kip, Novem- 

ber 3, 1825, but died without issue, Ma.rch 15, 1834. 

103. Harriet, born June 7, 1803, married first, John C. Z. Ander- 

son, November 26, 1823, had five children. She married 
second, Robert C. A. Ward, September 2, 1841, and died 
October 2^, 1873, without issue by second husband. 

104. Eve, born June 11, 1807, married Adolph W. Campbell, Sep- 

tember 28, 1826, had seven children, and died April 17, 
1854. Buried at Hackensack, N. J. 

SamueIv (89), (son oe Law^rence), had issue: 

105. Abraham. 

John (95), (son oe Jopin Dyckman), had issue: 

106. Maria. 

107. John, born February 10, 1810, married* Amelia Purdy, June 

14, 1831, had three children, and died May 5, 1887. He 
of Boonton, N. Y. 

108. Livingston. 

109. Catherine, who married George Doremus. 

no. Eve, born 1819, married Daniel Riley, no issue. 

Gilbert (96), (son oe John Dyckman), eiad issue: 

111. Amanda Fitzallen, born October 2, 1819, married De Witt 

C. Hays, had seven children, and died March 3, 1890. 

112. Harvey Elliot, born May 27, 1822, married Eleanor A. 

Pomeroy, had two children. He deceased. 

113. Rachel Hammond, born May 2y, 1822, married Jeremiah 

Bush, 1844, had one child, and died 1845. 

114. Catherine, born March 6, 1824, unmarried. 

115. Henrietta, born December 2, 1828, unmarried. 

Peter (98), (son oe John Dyckman), had issue: 

116. E. George, who married Charlotte ?. 

117. James S. (M. D.). 

118. Rebecca S. 

Abraham Dyckman (ioi), (son oe Peter), eiad issue: 

119. Mary Matilda, who married Dr. William T. Lusk. 

120. Anna Maria, who married Orlando Lines. 



MYER FAMILY. 6ii 

John (107), (son o^ John), had issue: 

121. John, born May 5, 1832, married Sarah Whitehead, October 

22, 1854, had five children, and died October 22, 1879. 
Resided at Boonton, N. J. 

122. Emory, born August 8, 1846, died December 8, 1847. 

123. Oscar W., born December 13, 1835, married Louisa A. 

Briggs, July 31, 1859, had three children. 

Harvey EivUot (112), (son ot? Gii.bert), had issue: 

124. Charles A., born 185 1, married Ella Hays, had two children. 

125. Nellie M., who married Richard H. Lippincott, had three 

children. 

John (121), (son of John), had issue: 

126. Ellis G., born November 26, 1855, married Frances Beddon, 

October 14, 1880, have four children. 

127. Oscar, born January i, 1858, died in February, 1862. 

128. Enoch G., born January 21, 1862, single. 

129. John, born December 16, 1865, married Bertha Jacobus, 

November 7, 1895, had two children. She died April 6, 
1901. 

130. Harry, born September 16, 1872, died March 30, 1894. 

Oscar W. (123), (son oe John), had issue: 

131. Emory Wallace, born April 17, 1863, married Lena L. Pat- 

terson, October 8, 1889, had two children. 

132. Amelia P., born July 30, 1864, unmarried. 

133. Helen B., born December 16, 1873, married Arthur H. Tem- 

ple, June 7, 1899, no issue. He died Ma}^ 23, 1903. 

Charees a. (124), (son oe Harvey Eeliot), had issue: 

134. W. H. H., born 1881. 

135. Charles A., Jr., born 1889. 

Eleis G. (126), (son oe John), had issue: 

136. Alivia, born 1881, died December 15, 1901. 

137. John, born August 25, 1890. 

138. Caroline, born July 8, 1896. 

139. Sarah, born October 31, 1897. 

John (129), (son oe John), had issue: 

140. Florence, born March 28, 1897. 

141. Marian J., born April 3, 1899. 

Emory Waeeace (131), (son oe Oscar W.), had issue: 

142. Oscar P., born July 25, 1890. 

143. Lois Nye, born January 10, 1894. 



6i2 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



NAGEL. 

John Nagel has no descendants of the name at Harlem, 
though yet to be found in Rockland County and other localities.* 
The name is now oftener written Nagle or Naugle, the last ex- 
pressing its original sound. Jan Nagel, born in Holland, 1645, 
having been "a soldier in the service of the honorable West India 
Company," up to the surrender to the English, in 1664, then quit 
the service and retired in disgust to Harlem, with avowed inten- 
tion to leave the country. He saw fit to remain, but was slow in 
becoming reconciled to the English rule. His first essay as a free- 
holder and marriage, August 27, 1670, with Rebecca Waldron 
(see page 267) require no further notice. On the division, in 

1677, of the lands bought jointly with John Delaniater (see pages 
272, 495), Nagel took lot No. 6, Jochem Pieters' Flat, with out- 
garden No. 13, and half the meadovv's. In 1679 he bought the 
adjoining garden. No. 14, with the dwelling-house on it (see page 
353), which he may have occupied thereafter. On August 16, 

1678, he bought a third lot on Jochem Pieters. (See Appendix E.) 
His acquisitions at Spuyten Duyvel have been noticed, pages 341, 
343. In 1675 Nagel was chosen deacon, and he seems to have 
been a man of sterling principles. Owing probably to his known 
dislike of the English government, his nomination for office was 
several times rejected by the Mayor's Court, but at length he was 
confirmed as constable in 1677, and later served twice as com- 
missioner. He died in 1689. The next year his widow became 
the wife of Jan Dyckman, then of Spuyten Duyvel, and there they 
were married. Their marriage contract, made at Harlem, May 
12, 1690, says: "As it is found by the testament of Jan Nagel 
that his surviving children should receive the exact half of his 
estate, part of which is lying here at this dorp, and the other part 
at Spuyten Duyvel, but, as is thought, the part of the aforesaid 
estate lying at the dorp is the greater part ; yet Rebecca Waldron 
assigns to her children by Jan Nagel, deceased, all that is situated 

* Jan Gerritsen Hagel — Hagel is often written for Nagel in our early records, a 
mistake easily made — was a passenger by the ship Faith, which left Amsterdam Decem- 
ber 2i,_ 1660, bringing also the Molenaor and Bush ancestors. Prior to this date our 
Nagel is not named, while another Jan Nagel of that period, whom we shall presently 
notice, had just died, and therefore was not the passenger referred to. Was this 
passenger our Nagel ? As against it, apparently, Nagel calls neither of his sons 
Oerrit, but his eldest, Barent, which would indicate that his own patronymic was 
Barentsen, judging from common usage. In such case, and considering his relations 
to the Waldrons, he might be taken for a brother of Tanneke Barents Nagel. But, 
on the other hand, those relations may have been alone d^ie to his marriage with 
Rebecca Waldron, and the child's name, Barent, have come from her brother Barent. 
Further, we notice that Nagel, though a church member, is not enrolled on the very 
full register extant, either as Hagel, Nagel, or Barentsen, while the najne Jan Gerrit- 
sen occurs twice, at the same date with those of persons uniting, from Harlem, in 
1670 and 1673. The presumption is that one of these was Nagel, and renders probable 
his identity with the emigrant of 1660. But with the uncertainty as to, our Nagel's 
patronymic, whether Gerritsen or Barentsen — or again, since he called his second son 
John, whether he may not have been a son of Sergt. Jan Nagel. hereafter mentioned — 
we will not assume to decide the question. 



NAGEL FAMILY. 613 

and lying at this dorp." These lands, for a time, stood in the 
name of her son Barent. 

Jan Nagel (i), born in Holland, about 1645, married Re- 
becca Waldron, August 27, 1670, had ten children, and died in 
1689. 

Jan (i)* had issue: 

2. Barent No. i, baptized July 23, 1671, died young. 

3. Jannetie, baptized November 2, 1672, died young. 

4. Jan (John), baptized February 24, 1675, married Magdalena 

Dyckman, January 2, 1708, had seven children, and died 
in 1763. 

5. Anna Catherina, baptized November 29, 1676, married Jo- 

hannes Berck, December 4, 1702. 

6. Barent No. 2, baptized December 18, 1678, married Sarah 

Kiersen, 1708, had seven children, went to Rockland 

* Jan Nagel — not ours, for he, as well as Dyckman, had a contemporary of like 
name — was also a soldier; but nothing is found to prove a relationship between the 
two Nagels, or any intercourse between the families. Sergt. Nagel was from Limborg, 
and is called an Oosterling. After five years or more of military service at New 
Amsterdam, he married Grietie Dircks, . in 1652. It may be that he had a former 
wife in Europe, as in his marriage record the customary mention whether he was a 
;i oung man or widower is omitted. It was usual for persons coming out as soldiers 
to leave their family at home. His present wife was a daughter of Dirck Volkertsen, 
Norman, .of Bushwick, and her uncle, John Vinge, was the first male person born in 
the State of New York.** Grietie was the young widow of Nagel's fellow-soldier, 
Sergt. Jans Hermans Schut, married but three years before, and lately murdered by 
the Indians, leaving her with a child, Phebe, born 1651, afterward wife of the Con- 
selyea ancestor. (See page 204.) By Nagel she had two children, viz.: Juriaen, born 
1653, and Christina, born 1655. Nagel was enrolled as a burgher, April 13, 1657, 
but died soon after, and in 1658 his widow married Barent Gerritsen. Christina 
married William Aertsen, of New York. Juriaen Nagel, born in New York, but living 
at Bushwick, married, 1679, Jannetie, daughter of Philip Langelaan. That year Mrs. 
Nagel joined the church at New York, as did Juriaen in 1683, when they went to live 
there, but subsequently returned, and, in 1695, transferred their connection to the 
Bushwick church. Nagel, in i68g, and '90, served 22 months as a soldier under 
Leisler. How his independence revolted at the official exactions of his time appears 
from an incident in Stiles' Brooklyn, volume ii., page 352, where he is called Hagell.- 
He served as deacon at Bushwick, and took part in building the new church there in 
1706; then owning a farm of 95 acres. He died in 1732. His children were John, 
born 1679, died young; Philippus, born 1682; Margaret, born 1684, who married 
Conselyea and Covert; Jacobvis, born 1687; Benjamin, born i6go; John, born 1695, 
and Cornelia, born 1697, who married Andries Stockholm. In Lieutenant Philippus 
Nagel the military taste still showed itself. He settled in Flatbush, and was super- 
visor in 1719, constable 1731, etc. By his wife Anna, whom he married in 1703, he had 
sons Juriaen, Cornelius and Philip, besides daughters. Philip was long a judge of 
Kings County, and county treasurer. He died May 11, 1797, aged 84 years. (See 
Strong's Flatbush.) Some of his family early migrated to Bucks County, Pa., and 
have descendants in and about Philadelphia. 

** Is there not room to distrust the accuracy of the Labadist travellers as 'to John 
Vinge's age? (Dankers and Sluyter's Journal, page 114) inasmuch as he — and an 
older sister, Rachel, born in Europe, and afterward wife of Cornells \''an Tienhoven — • 
were minors and yet to be educated and put to trades, on the date of April 30, 1632, 
when their mother, Adriana Cuvilly, contracted a second marriage with Jan Jansen 
Damen. (New York Colonial Manuscript, volume i., page 6.) On the assumption 
that John's birth was as early as 16 14, eleven years must have transpired (a remark- 
able interval if there were families here thus early) before a girl was born, that girl 
being Sarah Rapelye. Our opinion is that Gulian Vinge came over with the first 
Walloon colonists in 1623, and that his son John was born in that or the ensuing year. 
It might otherwise have been rather stale news which was sent to Holland, September 
23, 1626, that "the women also have borne some children here." (Colonial Historv 
New York, volume i., page 37.) What has been said on page 117 must be our 
apology for alluding to this matter. Vinge was an ancestor of Gulian C. Verplanck- 



6i4 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

County with his brother, Resolved, and purchased i,ooo 
acres of land from Lancaster Sims. 

7. Johanna, baptized November 25, 1680, married William Wal- 

dron, March 10, 1705, had live children. 

8. Jacobus, baptized January 10, 1683, died young. 

9. Debora, baptized February 23, 1684, married Robert West- 

gate, had two children. 

10. Resolved, baptized August 4, 1687, married Clara, daughter 

of Gerrit Ley decker, May 9, 1713, had seven children, 
joined church at Hackensack, N. J., on certificate from 
Harlem, in 17 13. 

11. William, born 1689, died young. 

John Nagel (4), of Harlem, was taught to weave by Abra- 
ham Delamontanie. He married, January 2, 1708, Magdalena 
Dyckman, and on November 10, 1719, became sole owner of the 
paternal lands, by deed from his brothers and sisters ; Jacob Dyck- 
man and his sister, Mrs. Hadley, also joining in the conveyance. 
On May 15, 1729, and June 9, 1744, Nagel and Dyckman passed 
partition deeds. (See Dyckman family.) In 1736 Nagel built 
him a stone dwelling, which continued to be the residence of the 
family, and is that yet standing on the bank of Harlem River at 
213th Street, arid known as the "Century House" (1881). Nagel 
was constable in 1712, signed the Mill Camp grant in 1738, and 
deeds given for common lands, sold in 1747. His will, made 
when "far advanced in years," December 14, 1754, was proved 
October 11, 1763. 

The Nagel estate descended by devise from the other brothers 
to William, the youngest, who in his will, dated August 31, 1806, 
left all his property to his four nephews, Hendrick, Dennis, and 
Abraham Post, and Henry Tison, and to his niece, Lena Post, 
living with him. Making ample provision, in money, for Abra- 
ham and Lena Post, he distributed the real estate as follows : 
To Henry Post, "the upper lot of land of my farming, running 
from the Post Road to Harlem River ; likewise the opposite lot 
of land running from the Post Road westerly to Spuyten Duyvel 
Creek, with the salt meadow joining to the said lot on Spuyten 
Duyvel Creek ; likewise that lot of land adjoining said lot, bounded 
north to land of Caleb Hyatt, near Kingsbridge ; also two lots 
of woodland, the one adjoining the Fishing Rock, at the North 
River, the other the last lot of woodland adjoining Spuyten Duy- 
vel Creek." To Dennis Post, "all the lands belonging to the 
homestead whereon I live, except about ten rods square of the 
burying ground, with free access from the road to the same for 
interments ; also the Clove lot of woodland ; also that lot of land 
known by the name of the Barrick, with the three Huckleberrj 
Islands, and the salt meadow called Mindersche Fly." To Henry 



NAGEL FAMILY. 615 

Tison, "the house and lot of land whereon John Oblenis now 
lives, and a woodlot lying between the lots belonging to Jacobus 
Dyckman, joining the North River; also a lot of salt meadow 
lying near the Round Meadow Creek, three acres, more or less." 
He empowered his executors to sell his meadow, lying on the 
other side of Harlem River, opposite his house. 

Jan (4), (son oi? Jan), had issue: 

12. John, baptized December 30, 17 16, died single, 1786. 

13. Jacob, who died single in 1806. 

14. William, who died single in 1808. 

15. Rebecca, who married Hendrick Post, 1737, had six children. 

16. Magdalena, who married John Nagel, September 23, 1754. 

17. Deborah, who married Benjamin Waldron, July 23, 1762. 

18. Catherine, who died unmarried. 

Barent (6), (son of Jan), was a justice of the peace in 1731. 
He had issue : 

19. John, born about 1709, married first, Elizabeth Blauvelt, had 

eleven children. He married second, Magdalena Nagel, 
September 23, 1754. 

20. Rebecca, baptized April 14, 1713, married Gerrit Bruyn, had 

one child. 

21. William, baptized April 10, 1716, married Lena Alger, April 

16, 1748, had seven children. 

22. Hendrick, born March 10, 17 18, married first, Catherine Blau- 

. velt, 1745, had seven children. He married second, Mary 
De Clark, November 22, 1764, and died January 7, 1806. 
Buried at Closter, N. J. 
2^. Sarah, who married Peter Oblinus, 1732, had six children. 

24. Johanna, baptized April 24, 1724, married Nicholas D. 

Demarest, 1743, had one child. 

25. Jacob, baptized June 8, 1729, married Margaret Lozier, No- 

vember 19, 1752, had eight children. 

Resolved (10), (son of Jan), in 1729, was elder and trustee 
at Orangetown. He had issue : 

26. Cornelia, baptized May 2, 1714, married Arie Arieyanse, had 

seven children. 

27. Rebecca, baptized May 20, 1716, married Teunis Van Houten, 

had six children. 

28. Catrina, born 1717, married Roelof Van Houten, 1742, had 

six children. 

29. Elizabeth, baptized January 13, 1719, married Stephanus 

Stevenson, 1743, had three children. 

30. Marrittie, baptized October 15, 1723, married Petrus Van 

Houten, 1742, had eleven children. 



6i6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

31. Johanna, baptized February 6, 1726, died unmarried. 

32. Janneke, born 1728, married Hendrick Stevenson, September 

19, 1 75 1, had five children. 

John (19), (son oi? Barejnt), had issue by his :^irst wife: 

33. Sarah, baptized January 24, 1731, died unmarried. 

34. John, baptized July 29, 1733, married Elizabeth Leydecker, 

July 7, 1756, had nine children. 

35. Barent, baptized November 24, 1734, married first, Angenietje 

Dirge, December 15, 1763, had four children. He mar- 
ried second, Jannetie Westervelt, had three children. 

36. Catherine, baptized September 5, 1736, died unmarried. 

■;>^y. Maria, baptized March 12, 1738, married Albert Leydecker, 
1759, had two children. 

38. Elizabeth No. i, baptized November 4, 1739, died in infancy. 

39. Hendrick, baptized September 6, 1741, died in infancy. 

40. Rebecca, baptized July 24, 1743, married Tunis Quackenbush, 

1770. 

41. David No. i, baptized March 31, 1745, died in infancy. 

42. Elizabeth No. 2, baptized April 20, 1747, married Peter Loz- 

ier, June 26, 1764. 

43. David No. 2, baptized October 7, 1750, married Dirkie Har- 

ing, 1775, had four children, and died May 29, 1831. 

WiiviviAM (21), (son of Barent), had issue: 

44. Sarah, born April 4, 1749, married Daniel De Klerck, Sep- 

tember 26, 1766, had two children. 

45. Petrus,' baptized March 17, 175 1. 

46. Margritye, baptized February 4, 1753, married Gerardus 

Ryker, had four children. 

47. Rebecca, baptized March 31, 1755, married Cornelius Blau- 

velt, April 16, 1773, had five children. 

48. Lena, baptized May 30, 1757, married Thomas Demarest, in 

August, 1779, had four children. 

49. Maria, baptized October 5, 1759. 

50. Barent, baptized February 21, 1762. 

Hendrick (22), (son oe Barent), had issue by his 
FIRST wife: 

51. Sara, born April i, 1747, married Abraham Haring. 

52. Elizabeth, born November 30, 1749, married Jacob Voorhees, 

had six children. 

53. John, born 1751, married Elizabeth Riker, had nine children. 

54. Isaac, born April 26, 1753, married first, Maria Arieyanse, 

had three children. He married second, Leah Powles, 
had one child. 



NAGEL FAMILY. 617 

55. Barent, born April 26, 1753, married Maria Benson, January 

I, 1779, had two children. Was a deacon at Tappan, N. 
Y., in 1783, and died October 14, 1834. Buried at Closter, 
N. J. 

56. Annetye, baptized March 14, 1756, married Matthias Riker, 

had two children. 

57. Maria, baptized July_ 29, 1759. 

Jacob (25), (son of Barent), had issue: 

58. Sara, baptized October i, 1753. 

59. Antie No. i, baptized October 12, 1755, died young. 

60. Barent No. i, baptized September 17, 1758, died 3^oung. 

61. Antie No. 2, baptized September 17, 1758, married Jacob 

More, had seven children. 

62. Niclaes (Nicholas), baptized November i, 1761, married 

Frenke Nagel, had two children. 

63. Rebecca, baptized November i, 1761, married Philip Ryck- 

man, had four children. 

64. Marya, baptized December 18, 1763, married Simon Carlock, 

had three children. 

65. Barent No. 2, baptized July 13, 1766. 

John (34), (son of John), had issue: 

66. Elizabeth No. i, born December 9, 1757, died young. 

67. Wyntie, baptized April 16, 1759, married William D. Camp- 

bell, had two children. 

68. Magdalena, baptized January i, 1761, married Joseph Demar- 

•est, had one child. 

69. Maria, baptized October 31, 1762, married Jacob I. Blauvelt, 

had nine children, and died January 18, .1849. 

70. Catherine, baptized September 30, 1764, married William 

Harven. 

71. John J., baptized November 2, 1766, married Cornelia Auryan- 

sen, November 11, 1791, had five children. 
^2. Gerrit, baptized November 13, 1768, married Elizabeth De 

Graw, November 10, 1798. 
Jl- Elizabeth No. 2, baptized February 3, 1771, married Daniel 

Vanvalen, had one child. 

74. Geertye, baptized June 13, 1773, married David Anderson, 

October 14, 1791. 

Barent (35), (son of John), had issue by his first wife: 

75. Jan, baptized April 21, 1765. 

76. Tryntje, baptized April 19. 1767. 

jy. Hendrick, baptized December 3, 1769. 
78. Wyntje, baptized January 26, 1772. 



6i8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

BaRENT (35) HAD issue; BY HIS SECOND WIFE I 

79. x-\ngenitje, baptized June 22, 1777. 

80. Jan, baptized November 22, 1778. 

81. Trvntje, baptized November 12, 1780. 

David (43), (son of John), had issue: 

82. Jan D., baptized June 2, 1776, married Sarah Mabie, October 

12, 1796, had five children, and died October 22, 1831. 
Buried at Closter, N. J. 

83. Rachel, baptized February 7, 1779, married Henry Montague, 

April 2, 1802, had three children, and died July 22, 1859 

84. Frederickus D., baptized August 20, 1780, married Margaret 

Bogert, January 5, 1804, but died without issue. Buried 
at Tappan, N. Y. 

85. Elizabeth, baptized March 31, 1790, married Peter Black- 

ledge, January 17, 1812, had three children, and died 
March 7, 1868. Buried at Closter, N. J. 

John (53), (son oe Hendrick), had issue: 

86. Hendrick, baptized November 12, 1775. 

87. Abraham, baptized December 7, 1777. 

88. Barent, baptized April 4, 1779. 

89. William, baptized April i, 1781. 

90. Sarah, baptized September 15, 1782, married Bernardus Van- 

valen, September 14, 1805. 

91. Grietye (Margaret), baptized July 4, 1784, married Matthew 

Conklin, December 19, 1801, had two children. 

92. David, baptized April 8, 1787. 

93. Jacob, baptized June 28, 1789. 

94. Wyiitje, baptized June 22, 1794. 

Isaac (54), (son oe Hendrick), had issue by his eirst 

wiEe: 

95. Catherine, baptized March 17, 1776, married Barent Kool. 

96. Cornelia No. i, baptized October 29, 1780, died unmarried. 

97. Cornelia No. 2, baptized February 13, 1785, married Henry 

Verveelen, August i, 1801, had one child. 

Isaac (54) h:ad issue by his second, wiee: 

98. Henry I., born March 9, 1794, married Hester Westervelt, 

August 10, 1816, had four children, and died January 

13, 1831. 

Barent (55), (son oe Hendrick), had issue: 
99. Catherine, baptized September 16, 1781, married Peter Huy- 



NAGEL FAMILY. 619 

ler, March 5, 1803, had five children, and died January 4, 
1867. Buried at Bergenfields, N. J. 

100. Ehzabeth, born September 11, 1786, married John Ferdon, 

November 27, 1806, had four children, and died April 7, 
1862. Buried at Closter, N. J. 

NicivAES (62), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

10 1. Jacob, born April 19, 1784. 

102. Annatie, born April 21, 1786. 

John J. (71), (son o:e John), had issue: 

103. Elizabeth, baptized August 8, 1793, married Gabriel Hill, 

but died without issue. 

104. Resolvert, baptized May 10, 1795, married Mary Lozier, 

November 11, 181 5, had four children, and died January 
25, 1868. Buried at 01d*Hook, N. J. 

105. Maria, baptized March 8, 1801, married James Haring, had 

three children. 

106. Deetje (Deborah), baptized September 9, 1804, died unmar- 

ried, August II, 1880. 

107. Geertje, baptized November 29. 1807, married Abraham 

Haring, but died without issue, March 17, 1875. Buried 
at Old Hook, N. J. 

Jan D. (82), (son oe David), had issue: 

108. David No. i, born 1792, died in infancy. 

109. David No. 2, baptized February 7, 1798, died young. 

no. Sarah, born March 19, 1799, married Peter B. Westervelt, 
March 29, 1817, had six children, and died December 28, 
1870. 

111. Rachel, born May 3, 181 1, married George F. Brickel, April 

5, 1838, no issue. 

112. John J., born July i, 1818, married Hannah Maria Eckerson, 

August 8, 1839, had eight children, and died January 27, 
1882. 

Henry I. (98), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

113. Leah, born September 4, 1817, married Jacob Mabie, had six 

children, and died January i, 1886. 

114. James Westerfield, born July 23, 1824, married Maria 

Christopher, November i, 1845, had five children, and 
died October 14, 1856. Buried at Bergenfield, N. J. 

115. Ehza (Elizabeth), born March 31, 1828, married Hilde- 

brant Naugle, August 18, 1845, had six children, and 
died February 17, 1889. 

116. Catherine, born December 13, 1830, died August 13, 1832. 



620 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

ResoIvVERT (104), (son of John J.), had issue: 

117. William, born May 25, 1817, married Sarah Demarest, Jami- 

ary 2, 1839. had six children, and died May 12, 1886. 
Buried at Old Hook, N. J. 

118. Cornelia, born April 24, 1820, at Closter, N. J., married Peter 

Merseles, November 19, 1836, had four children, and died 
December 5, 1856. Buried at Old Hook, N. J. 

119. Hildebrandt, born October 28; 1823, married Elizabeth 

Naug-le, August 18, 1845, had five children, and died 
April I, 1899. 

120. Elizabeth, born September 27, 1829, married Stephen Bogert. 

March 7, 1850, had six children, and died January i, 1902. 

John J. (112), (son of Jan D.), had issue: 

121. David, born August 2, 1841, married Ella Wordsworth, 

November 10, 1862, had two children. 

122. Elizabeth, born June 5, 1845, died in infancy. 

123. Margaret A., born May 25, 1847, married Abraham Van 

Valen, November 30, 1867, had three children. 

124. Rachel, born March 25, 1850, married James Kipp, 1872, had 

three children. 

125. Sarah Elizabeth, born March 25, 1853, married William De 

Graw Kipp, had seven children. 

126. Frederick, born March 3, 1856, married Emily Augusta 

Corning, February 10, 1881, had six children. 

127. James, born May 10, i860, married Lillie ?, no issue. 

128. William H., born October 25, 1864, married Jeanette Pitot, 

no issue. 

James WesterEieed (114), (son of Henry I.), had issue: 

129. Hester Louise, born August 5, 1848, married Abraham J. 

Adriance, December 30, 1866, had three children. 

130. John Henry, born September 15, 1850, married Maude Jas- 

lin, June 25, 1885, had two children. 

131. Margaret J., born September 11, 1852, unmarried. 

132. David F., born March 31, 1854, single. 

133. Matthew Bogert, born December 23, 1856, died single, Sep^ 

tember 13, 1881. Buried at Bergenfield, N. J. 

WiEEIAM (117), (son of ReSOEVERT), HAD ISSUE: 

134. Mary A., born 1840, married Leroy Goodrich, had five chil- 

dren, and died July 6, 1893. 

135. Matilda, born about 1852, married Nicholas B. Van Houten, 

M. D., had one child, and died June 3, 1884. 

136. Resolvert, who died young. 

137. Three other children (names not found). 



XAGEL FA^IILY. 621 

HiLDEBRANDT (1I9), (sOX OF ReSOI^VERT), HAD ISSUE: 

138. Debbie (Deborah), born August i8, 1847, married Thomas 

Tate, December 27, 1863, had five children. 

139. AVilHam Henry, born i\Iay 20, 1850, died October 13, 1851. 

140. Leah, born June 18, 1852, married Henry Craft, December 

25, 1871, had two children. 

141. Mary, born November 10, 1862, unmarried. 

142. Resolvert, born July 20, 1865, married Hattie Bell, Septemx- 

ber 21, 1887, had one child. 

David (121), (son of John J.), had issue: 

143. :Margaret ]\Iarvine, born 1863, unmarried (1902). 

144. Annie, born 1872, unmarried (1902). 

Frederick (126), (son of John J.), had issue: 

145. John J., born December 10, 1881, single (1902). 

146. Samuel A., born September i, 1883, single (1902). 

147. Angle, born 1885, unmarried (1902). 

148. Edith, born 1887. 

149. David, born 1889. 

150. Jeanette P., born 1891. 

John Henry (130), (son of James Westerfield) , 
had issue: 

151. Pauline JNL, born March 24^1886. 

152. Harry D., born July 28, iT 



Resolvert (142). (son of Hildebrandt), had issue: 
153. Leroy Bell, born March 25, 1894. 

OBLENIS. 

Toost Oblinus, or, as his autograph is, Van Oblinus, being 
the person named in the patents of Xicolls and Dongan, was born 
in Holland, 1640, was the son of Joost, who bought out the heirs 
of Philip easier, November 8, 1663 (see pages 198, 205), and 
who with his wife, Martina, and a younger son soon after dis- 
appear from our records. Probably they returned to Europe, 
w^here some of the children seem to have remained ; as in a letter 
written by the younger Joost, after the English took New York, 
to his ''virtuous, well-beloved brother and sisters" — ^the first of 
whom he calls Jan Van Oblinus — he says: "Know, my beloved 
brother, that we are here in a land before this called New Nether- 
land and now New England, by the English mastered, being to 
the injury of our Dutch nation," etc. Joost, second, succeeded 
to his father's property aforesaid, and made large additions 



622 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

thereto (see pages 269, 333, 337, 342, 348, and the Appendix). 
It was a deserved tribute to his worth when in 1666 he was made 
a magistrate, and soon after one of the five patentees. To the 
former office he was often chosen, besides serving as deacon and 
elder, and it was his pecuHar fortune to be the last survivor of 
the Nicolls patentees. He married Maria Sammis, in 1661, and 
died in 1706. 

JoosT (i) HAD issue;: 

2. Peter, born at Mannheim, in 1662, married first, Cornelia, 

daughter of Resolved Waldron, June 8, 1685. He mar- 
ried second, Agnietie Brett, in 17 15, but died without 
issue in 1743. 

3. John, born 1664, died single, 1717. 

4. Maria, born 1668, married first, Thomas Tourneur, April 5, 

1692, had four children, and second, ? Aldrich. 

5. Hendrick, baptized February 18, 1672, married Jannetie Tie- 

bout, August 28, 1692, had seven children, and died in 

1745- 

6. Josina, baptized August 21, 1678, died young. 

7. Josyntie, baptized February 19, 1685, married , first, Teunis 

Corssen, May 29, 1702, had one child. She married 
second, Isaac Vermilye, January 16, 1707, had eight chil- 
dren. 

Peter Van Oblienis (2), (son of Joost), as he wrote his sur- 
name, was born at Mannheim, in 1662, the year before his par- 
ents emigrated. He was bred a weaver. At nineteen years of 
age he became a church-member, afterward serving many times 
as deacon and elder, and for most of his life, protracted to over 
80 years, took the lead in all the affairs both of the church and 
town. On June 8, 1685, he was joined in marriage by Dominie 
Selyns to Cornelia, daughter of Resolved Waldron. Three years 
later, namely, on April 21, 1.688, he bargained with Jan Dela- 
mater for the house and lot in the village, originally Jaques Cres- 
son's, for 400 guilders, and on the same date his father leased 
Delamater's lots on Van Keulen's Hook, Nos. 10 to 12, next his 
own. This resulted, May 10, 1690, in an exchange of property, 
Delamater giving Peter Oblinus 1,100 guilders and deeds for 
these thr.ee lots and the Cresson place, and taking a deed for the 
farm on Hoorn's Hook. Oblienis sold the house and lot to 
Jacques Tourneur, August 7, 1691 ; his father turning over to 
him three erven, two originally bought from the estates of Casier 
and Karstens, and one (joining the Karstens lot), gotten by Joost 
from lyubbert Gerritsen, in exchange for another bought of the 
Casiers. Peter sold the Karstens and Gerritsen lots to Captain 
Johannes Benson. (See page 429.) In the division of 1691 



OBLENIS FAMILY. 623 

Peter Van Oblienis drew lot No. 20, being 10 morgen, "by the 
Round Meadow" ; and the town gave him a deed for it March 
21, 1 70 1. On September 19 ensuing he conveyed it to Bastiaen 
Kortright, in whose family it remained till after the Revolution. 
It formed a part of the late Dyckman "Fort George Tract." (See 
page 267.) On August 24, 1705, Joost Van Oblinus, being near 
his last days, conveyed to Peter, for £425 : 

All his certain dwelling house, bam and orchard, in the Town of Har- 
lem, aforesaid, being formerly called four lots, and containing between 
two and three acres of ground, lying between the lot of Arent Harmense 
and the Town lot. Also three lots of land in said Town lying together, 
having the lot of said Peter van Oblienis joining to the eastward, and the 
lot of Metje Cornelisse adjoining to the westward. Also another lot of 
land on the north side of Harlem aforesaid, lying between two lots belong- 
ing to Barent Nagel. Also a piece of meadow joining to the meadow which 
did formerly belong to Thomas Delavall. Also another piece of meadow 
at Spuyten Duyvel, joining meadow of Johannes Waldron. As also all 
his right in the undivided lands under the Patents of Nicolls and Dongan. 

The homestead named in this deed, and where Peter after- 
ward lived, comprised four of the buyten tuynen, or out-gardens, 
being Nos. 12 to 15 ; the three lots of land were Nos. 13 to 15 of 
Van Keulen's Hook, and the lot described as between two of Bar- 
rent Nagel, was No. 7 Jochem Pieters. The next day Peter con- 
veyed to his brother Hendrick the meadow at Spuyten Duyvel, and 
half the right in the undivided common lands named in said deed 
from his father. But after the death of Joost, the brothers and 
sisters of Peter gave him, September 6, 1706, a quit-claim of all 
the property covered by the deed from his father, which restored 
the whole to Peter again, and hence he is credited in the quit-rent 
list of May 24, 1708, with his father's full rights ; saving one erf 
right then held by John and Hendrick, but in 171 2 by John alone. 

As eldest son and heir of the last survivor of the Nicolls 
patentees, Peter Van Oblienis held a commanding position, when 
the great division of the common lands was made, in 1712, all 
the deeds for which had to have his approval and signature. 
Those allotments lay in four general divisions, and in each of the 
four every freeholder drew a lot, which were scattered from 94th 
Street to Sherman's Creek. Oblienis alone enjoyed the privilege 
of drawing his four shares in one parcel, and this he located at 
an intermediate point near Fort Washington, adjoining the farm 
of his brother Hendrick, to whom he sold it. Before this date, 
as we conclude, Peter had secured for his own special use and 
behoof the 100 acres lying at Manhattanville (since of Lorillard 
and others), of which he was certainly the recognized owner in 
1712. (See Appendix J.) The adjoining meadow, called 
Moertje David's Fly, Oblienis must have gotten from his brothers- 
in-law, Samuel and Johannes Waldron, to whom it had been sold 
January 15, 1702, by their brother Barent. On October 18, 1715, 



624 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Abraham Goiivernenr conveyed him a piece of the adjoining Dela- 
vall woodland, being a part of No. 8, First Division. In 1718 
Obhenis tarnsferred all his lands in Harlem to Samuel Waldron, 
reserving only ten acres, not till then named in the tax lists, and 
not located with entire certainty, but we believe forming the 
island adjoining to Gloudie's Point and Oblienis' meadows. This 
also he passed to Waldron two years after; but in 1728 Oblienis 
regained possession of his lands, said ten acres only excepted. 
Certain suits brought against him, at this period, may explain 
these transfers. 

Peter Van Oblienis, who died in 1743, left no children, 
though twice married, his last wife being Agnietie, widow of 
William Brett, married 171 5, whom he survived, and of whose 
six children by Brett he made kind remembrance in his will, 
dated September 20, 1742, when he was in health. He further 
left his niece, Tanneke Benson, £50, to his "well-beloved brother 
Hendrick, one British shilling," and his whole estate otherwise to 
his nephew, Peter Waldron, to whom, on the same date, in con- 
sideration of good causes and £700, he gave a deed for the real 
estate, all therein described. (Deeds, Secretary of State's office, 
Liber 26, page 219.) This deed did not cover the two home-lots 
(four acres) on the north side of the Church Lane, bought by 
Oblienis from Laurens Jansen, and since Chesterman's, nor the 
lot on Jochem Pieters' Flat ; but all these, if not already sold to 
Waldron, he must have taken under the will, which was proved 
January 17, 1744. 

John Oblienis (3), (son of Joost), brother of Peter, was 
made poundmaster in 1699, but took no prominence in town 
affairs. He made weavers' reeds, and was apparently well to 
do, owning a house and lot in Smith (now Cedar) Street, which 
he bought March 27, 1707, and an erf at Harlem village, on which 
he and Marcus Tiebaut drew land together, in 1712. Marcus' 
step-son, John Lewis, became the owner in 1714. (See notes, 
pages 348, 393, 564, and Appendix J.) That Oblienis purposely 
had nothing to do with making the four divisions, in which his 
brother Peter bore so important a part, would appear from his 
not signing the preliminary agreements, nor any of the patentee 
deeds. He subscribed to articles of May 2, 1713, by which the 
freeholders bound themselves to pay their proportions of quit- 
rent, and to defend their titles. He died at Harlem, in 1717, 
without issue. We judge favorably of his character and tastes 
from the items in his inventory: "The Book of Martyrs in 
Dutch ; a Dutch Psalm Book, with silver clasps ; one book of 
poetry, one book of history called Eupheme, one book of Com- 
mon Prayer." In his will, dated May 11, and proved August 
10, of that year, he made various bequests of £25, gave others 
gold rings, to brother Peter a shilling, to brother Hendrick his 



OBLENIS FA^IILY. 625 

clothing and sleigh, and the rest of his estate equally to ''brother 
Hendrick Oblienis, Alary Alderick, and Josantia Vermillia." 
The last was his sister, but if Mary Alderick was, she must have 
married again after the death of her husband, Tourneur, and we 
notice that Laurens Jansen's wife was commonly called Mary 
Aldricks. 

John Oblienis' lands stood in his name, intact, for thirty 
years, his brother Hendrick and brother-in-law A'ermilye,' named 
as his executors, in the meantime paying ]\Iary Alderick "her pro- 
portion."' On November 17, 1747, John Romer bought lot No. 
II, Second Division, being six acres nine rods, from Isaac Ver- 
mih'e and Johannes Oblenis, the last acting instead of his father, 
Hendrick, then deceased. His lot 9, First Division, was sold to 
Adolph ]\Iyer, but those in Third and Fourth Divisions, held in 
common with John Lewis, who sold his shares to Dr. Paterson, 
we have not traced later than 1753. 

Hendrick Oblienis (5), (son of Joost), baptized February 
18, 1672, married August 28, 1692, Jannetie, daughter of John 
Tibout, and was the only son of Joost who left descendants. He 
bore his part in town affairs, being constable in 1705, etc. His 
father gave him his allotment of 1691, being No. 19, containing 
22^ morgen, "upon the south end of the Long Hill," or just 
below Fort Washington. Here he had built and was living when 
his father died. In 1712 he added the larger tract adjoining, as 
before stated (see Appendix J), and which increased his farm 
to 130 acres, salt meadows excluded. In 1709 he was a peti- 
tioner, with others, for 1,500 acres of land in the Highlands. At 
his death, in 1745, his fine property in Harlem passed to his son 
Johannes. He had issue : 

8. Sarah, baptized November 19, 1693, married Teunis Devoor, 

November 11, 1731, had three children. 

9. ]\Iary, baptized December 29. 1695, married ]\Iichael Tour- 

neur, February i, 1717, had eight children. 

10. Jacomina, baptized May 4, 1698. married Jacobus Tourneur, 

Mav 26, 1720, had six children. AA'ent to Haverstraw, 
N. Y. 

11. Josyntie. born 1700, married Benjamin De Voe, February 8, 

1726. He of Westchester County, N. Y. 

12. Lucia, born 1703, married John Brown. 

13. Peter, born 1705, married Sarah, daughter of Barent Nagel, 

April 10, 1731, had seven children, and died in 1764. 
'\^''ent to Rockland County, N. Y., and settled on part of 
the Kakiat patent, at New Hempstead, now Ramapo. 

14. Johannes, born 1710, married Mary Devoe, 1731, had four 

children, and died in 1775. 



626 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Peter (13), (son oi? Hendrick), had issue: 

15. Hendrick, born April 5, 1732, married first, Antie Lydecker, 

January i, 1757, had seven children; second, Catrina 
Blauvelt, December 10, 1792, and third, Bridget De Clark. 
He died December 14, 181 5. 

16. Sarah, born December 4, 1733, married first, James Tour- 

neur, March 26, 1752, had one child, and second, Abra- 
ham Steve. 

17. Jannetie, born July 26, 1735, married Andris Van Orden, De- 

cember 15, 1756, had four children. 

18. Barent, born May 8, 1737, died before 1764. 

19. Maria, born October 5, 1739, married Johannes Blauvelt. 

20. John, born June 26, 1743, settled in Pennsylvania. 

21. Jonitia (see 1276, Calendar of Wills). 

Johannes Oblenis (14), (son of Hendrick), was constable in 
1736. Coming into possession of the paternal farm at Fort 
Washington, which he occupied many years, he sold 100 acres 
of it, May 23, 1769, to Blazius Moore, of New York, tobacconist; 
and conveying the remainder, the lower part, to his son Hen- 
drick, he removed to the Manor of Cortlandt, where he died in 
1775, leaving him surviving his wife, Mary Devoe, whom he 
married 1731. He gave his lands to Dennis and John. He had 
issue : 

22. Hendrick, born 1732, married Maria Devoe, November 12, 

1753, had two children. Held his farm on the Heights 
at the opening of the Revolution, but it subsequently 
passed to Jacob Arden. 

23. Deborah, born 1735, married Morinus Low, February 7, 1754. 

24. John, Jr., born 1737, was the father of one child. 

25. Dennis, born July 14, 1740, married Catharina Parsells, May 

16, 1764, had eight children, and died May 2, 1825. 

Plendrick (15), (son of Peter), was alive during the Revolu- 
tion, when he had a son wounded in the service of his country. 
He had issue by second wife : 

26. Petrus, "born December 10, 1757, married Maria Brytseit, 

had nine children, and died May 29, 1831. 

27. Gerrit, born March 27, 1760, married Verontjer Blauvelt, but 

died without issue, March 4, 1839. 

28. Maria, born November 22, 1762, married Philip Demarest, 

had seven children. 

29. Albert, born July 3, 1765, married Aletta ?, had two 

children, and died October 24, 1806. 

30. Wyntje, born April 16, 1768, married William House, No- 

vember 8, 1792, had two children, and died March 5, 1797. 

31. Barent, born March 20, 1771, married Gertrude Sanders, had 



OBLENIS family. 627 

four children, and died September 11, 1825. Was clerk 
of police from 1805 to 1819. 

32. Sarah, born July 30, 1774, died September 4, 1776. 

Hendrick (22), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

33. John, born 1756, married Elizabeth Ostrom, July 29, 1783, 

had ten children, and died in 1808. 

34. Helen, who married John Ostrom, February 5, 1782. 

Dennis (25), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

35. Elizabeth, born December 22, 1764, married first, Joseph Ver- 

milyie, 1782, had three children. She married second, 
Grands T. Willsey, 1793, had five children, and died Janu- 
ary 20, 1825. 

36. Mary, born November 11, 1766, married Jesse Thorn, 1791, 

had six children, and died February 22, 1837. 
^fj. Catherine, born December 9, 1768, married Thomas E- 
Powell, 1793, had live children, and died May 22, 1847. 

38. John, born September 27, 1770, married Anna Sorless, 1792, 

had eight children, and died March 5, 1820. 

39. Nancy, born December 9, 1772, married first, Simon Wyman, 

1792, had eight children ; second, John Pool, 1820, and 
third, Samuel Jaycox. She died December 19, 1858. 

40. Deborah, born April 27, 1775, married Frederick Powell, had 

four children, and died October 30, 1835. 

41. Sarah, born April 27, 1777, married Daniel Sorless, 1804, had 

six children, and died August 3, 1846. 

42. Henry \ ., born February 22, 1782, at Manor of Cortlandt, 

married Elizabeth Powell, May i, 1804, had eight chil- 
dren. Moved to Albanv Countv (now Greenville, Greene 
County), N. Y. 

Petrus (26), (son of Hendrick), had issue: 

43. Maria, who married Charles Deady. 

44. Antje No. i, born November 15, 178 1, died young. 

45. Johannis, born January 19, 1784, married Elizabeth Van 

Orden, June 30, 1802, had one child. 

46. Antje No. 2, born March 21, 1786, married Jacob Meyers, 

had one child. 

47. Hendrick, born December 16, 1787. 

48. Leah, born November 12, 1790, married David Van Orden, 

had seven children, and died February 12, 1862. 

49. Sarah, born July 31, 1792, married Daniel Talman, November 

24, 1810, had four children. 

50. Garret, born 1802, was the father of four children. 

51. Bridget, who married Lavinus Pruyn, of Albany, N. Y. 



628 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Barent (31), (son 01^ Hendrick), had issue: 

52. John, born 1801, married Maria Lydecker, had one child. 

53. WilHam, born 1803, married first, Ann Smith, had nine chil- 

dren, and second, Margaret Codington, by whom he had 
one child. He died March 3, 1881. 

54. Maria, who died unmarried. 

55. Henry, who died single. 

John (33), (son of Hendrick), had issue: 

56. Mary, born June 12, 1785, married Elisha Keely, July 30, 

1806. 

57. Henry, born September 19, 1788, was the father of two chil- 

dren. 

58. Elizabeth, born June 26, 1787, married John Francis, had 

nine children. 

59. Catherine, born May 30, 1792, married Richard Gilmore, had 

seven children. 

60. Anna, born March 24, 1794, married Henry Ward, had five 

children. 

61. Charlotte, born March 15, 1796, died unmarried. 

62. Mahala, born March 5, 1798, married John Sowarby, about 

1820, had seven children. 

63. John, born May 24, 1800, married ? Holly, had one child. 

64. Dammas, born August 14, 1802, died in infancy. 

65. Abraham, born March i, 1804, married Catherine Quane, had 

three children, and died July 12, 1876. 

John (38), (son of Dennis), had issue: 

66. Dennis, born February 10, 1796, married Elizabeth Russell, 

January 12, 1817, had six children, and died February 
16, 1879. 
dj. John, born May 20, 1798, married Sarah Pearsall, had two 
children, and died May 11, 1862. 

68. David, born 1799, died young. 

69. Daniel, born March 25, 1800, married Catherine Powell, in 

March, 1822, had one child, and died March 30, 1863. 

70. Catherine, born August 29, 1801, married Matthew Hollack, 

March 18, 1829, had two children, and died May 27, 1877. 

71. Henry, born March 12, 1803, married Hannah Palmer, Sep- 

tember 2, 1823, had eight children, and died in 1876. 

72. Jesse, born November 28, 1808, married Sarah Nelson, De- 

cember 6, 1826, had ten children, and died in 1873. 
y^,- Maria, born July 17, 1809. . 

Henry V. (42), (son oe Dennis), had issue: 
74. Oliver, born January 31, 1805, married Mary Ann Bloomer, 
September i, 1824, had nine children. 



OBLENIS FAMILY. 629 

75. Sarah A., born October 14, 1806, married John C. Nelson, 

April 8, 1828, had nine children. 
j6. Lewis v., born November 21, 1810, married Catherine 

Powell, June 5, 1838, had five children. 
jj. Mary Ann, born May 7, 1814, married William M. Palmer, 

October 16, 1837, had two children, and died September 

10, 1844. 

78. Elizabeth Ann, born February 28, 18 16, married Thomas H. 

Powell, September 12, 1838, had ten children, and died 
March 22, 1887. 

79. Catherine, born October 5, 1818, died December 21, 1821. 

80. Henry P., born December 22, 1822, married first, Caroline E. 

Holley, August 29, 1849, had one child. He married 
second, Nancy A. Newman, September 27, 1853, had one 
child. 

81. Elisha P., born June 18, 1825, married Louisa A. Crum, June 

18, 185 1, had four children. 

Johannes (45), (son gi^ Petrus), had issue: 

82. Peter, born August 10, 1802, married first, Martha Mode 

Ackerman, February 17, 1821, had two children; second, 
Eliza Galagar, January 26, 1833, had one child, and third, 
Maria Leefoy, May 11, 1845, had one child. 

John (52), (son oe Parent), had issue: 

83. Bernard, who married Elizabeth Haring, had two children. 

WiEIvIAM (53), (son OE BarENT), HAD ISSUE BY EIRST WIEE : 

84. Henrietta, born 1823, married John Hutton, had three chil- 

dren. 

85. Charles McK. (Capt.), born February 28, 1825, married 

Sarah Vanderbilt, April 8, 1846, had one child. 

86. Smith, born 1827, married Letitia Vanderbilt, 1846, had three 

children. He deceased. 

87. Mary, born 1829, married Samuel G. Elsworth, had one child. 

88. Gertrude, born 183 1, married John Tenyke, had one child. 

89. John, born 1833, died single. 

90. Henry, born 1835, married Elizabeth Gurney, no issue. 

91. William, born 1837, married Annie ?, had four children. 

92. Edward, born 1843, died single. 

Abraham (65), (son oe John), had issue: 

93. John, who died in infancy. 

94. Peter Van, born December 21, 1862, married Mary Dugen, 

had five children. 

95. Abraham, born December 23, 1864, married Ellen E. Dugen, 

had five children. 



630 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

De;nnis (66), (son of John), had issue: 

96. Alpheus, born 1819, married Mary Shaw, had three children, 

and died April 11, 1870. 

97. Francis, born May 3, 1822, married Helen Kendall, 1870, 

had one child, and died October 19, 1879. He a lawyer. 

98. Catherine Ann, born October 26, 1826, married Aaron Cor- 

nish, i860, had one child. 

99. Lewis, born May i, 183 1, married Jane Brown, 1870. 

100. Elizabeth, born September 21, 1833, died June 18, 1863. 

Was an invalid for some time. 
loi. Lucinda, born August 29, 1838, unmarried (1887). 

John (67), (son 01^ John), had issue: 

102. Ambrose. 

103. Anna Maria. 

Daniel (69), (son op John), had issue: 

104. Frederick, who died at the age of twelve years. 

Henry (71), (son oe John), had issue: 

105. John, born August 28, 1827, drowned in lake at Milwaukee, 

Wisconsin, November 9, 1850. 

106. David, born July 9, 1829, married Ruth Ann Babbitt, De- 

cember 18, i860, had seven children, and died January 
19, 1883. 

107. Louisa, born September 10, 1830. 

108. William, born August 6, 1831, died November 9, 1850. 

109. Harriet Miera, born February 28, 1834, married Charles 

Holley, September 6, 1853, had four children, 
no. Japhet H., born September 24, 1836, died November 21, 1843. 

111. Henry C, born January 12, 1840, married Catherine J. 

Philips, May 28, 1864, had two children. 

112. Dennis, born January 21, 1842. 

Jesse {72), (son oe John), had issue: 

113. Lewis, born November 27, 1827, married Ervilla Carr, had 

three children. 

114. Anna, born April 22, 1829, married John Brower (Brew- 

ster) . 

115. John M., born July 5, 1830, died young. 

116. Hannah Jane, born July 21, 1833, married Peter Mannes. 

117. Sarah Ann, born July 4, 1836, married Shubel Simes, had 

one child. 

118. Joshua Nelson, born January i, 1840, married Lucinda 

Madison, 1866. 

119. Fidelia, born April 15, 1842, married Gilbert Crane. 



OBLENIS FAMILY. 631 

120. Pamelia, born March 18, 1846. 

121. Cornelia, born March 18, 1846. 

122. Stephen J., born June 26, 185 1. 

OivIve;r (74), (son 01^ Henry V.), had issue: 

123. Catherinre A., born June 20, 1825, married Gilbert Bogardus, 

had three children. 

124. William, born December 2, 1826, married Jane Rowe (Roe), 

1850, had one child, and died May 17, 1871. 

125. Lewis P., born June 24, 1830, married Eunice Kimball, had 

four children. 

126. Oliver, Jr., born October 16, 1832, died in Civil War in 

Virginia, about 1863. 

127. Matthew B., born August 2, 1834, married Elizabeth Tib- 

bets, had two children. 

128. Henry H., born July 12, 1836, died single, i860. 

129. Mary A., born May i, 1838, married Amos Tibbets, had two 

children. 

130. Thomas, born July 12, 1844, married Josephine Devoe, had 

two children. 

131. Alpheus (Alfred P.), born October 4, 1847, married Phebe 

C. Bogardus, had one child. 

Lewis V. (76), (son oe Henry V.), had issue: 

132. Eliza Maria, born July 4, 1839, ^^^^ November 16, 1862. 

133. Emma L-, born April 24, 1841. 

134. Hannah E., born September 9, 1843, married James H. 

Powell, October 5, 1865, had three children, and died in 
1874. 

135. Josephine, born December 11, 1849, married Oliver Miller, 

April 7, 1886. 

136. Willard, born July 16, 1859, married Anna Matthews, Feb- 

ruary 8, 1887. 

Henry P. (80), (son oe Henry V.), had issue by 
EiRST wife: 

137. Charles Adelbert, born August i, 1850, married first, Alice 

Wood, December 18, 1872, had one child. She died No- 
vember 14, 1876. He married second, Caroline Halstead, 
September 19, 1881, had one child. 

Henry P. (80) had issue by second wiee : 

138. Caroline, born May 22, 1855. 

Eltsha p. (81), (son oe Henry V.), had issue: 

139. Franklin H., born September 6, 1852, married Sarah H. 

Loyd, January 2, 1872, had two children. 



632 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

140. Martin Krum, born August 21, 1857, married Romette Chi- 

chester, February 17, 1884. 

141. Rossettatnine, born November 4, 1863, unmarried (1887). 

142. Rosella, born November 4, 1863, unmarried (1887). 

Peter (82), (son oe Johannes), had issue by first wiee: 

143. Hester Ann, born March 11, 1823. 

144. Henry, born May 2, 1826. 

Peter (82) had issue by second wiee: 

145. Sarah E., born October 9, 1834. 

Peter (82) had issue by third wife: 

146. Emma Jane, born March 19, 1846. 

Charles McK. (85), (son of Wieeiam), had issue: 

147. Charles, born February 5, 1847, married Juha Stodard, 1872, 

had two children. 

Smith (86), (son of Wieeiam), had issue: 

148. George. 

149. Henry. 

150. Annie. 

Wieeiam (91), (son of Wieeiam), had issue: 

151. Annie. 

152. Minnie. 

153. Edna. 

154. Nettie. 

Peter Van (94), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

155. Catherine, born 1891. 

156. Mary. 

157. Henry. 

158. John, died in infancy. 

159- ? (boy), died in infancy. 

Abraham (95), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

160. Clara E., born January 19, 1889. 

161. Peter H., born September 13, 1890. 

162. Abraham J., born September 25, 1892. 

163. Charlotte, born June 11, 1896. 

164. S. Joost, born November 3, 1898, died 1902. 

Aepheus (96), (son of Dennis), had issue: 

165. Mary. 



OBLENIS FAMILY. 63: 



166. Minnie. 

167. Phila. 



Francis (97), (son of Dennis), had issue: 

168. Frank Annettie. 

David (106), (son of Henry), had issue: 

169. Carlisle, born November 26, 1866. 

170. Hannah, born September 11, 1868, died in infancy. 

171. Carrie A., born November 29, 1869, died March 19, 1872. 

172. Maggie C, born April 28, 1873, died May 26, 1873. 

173. Anna L., born October 17, 1874. 

174. Lottie E., born May 6, 1877. 

175. May v., born June 28, 1880, died February 5, 1885. 

Henry C. (hi), (son of Henry), had issue: 

176. Frederick, born June 18, 1866. 

177. Olivia Agnes, born June 26, i( 



Lewis (113), (son of Jesse), had issue: 

178. James Edward, born 1846, single (1887). 

179. Charles Orthezo, born 1849, married first, Sevilla Sellar, and 

second, Lois Rogers. 

180. Ray Rudolphus, born 185 1, married Jennie Barbarer, had 

three children. 

WiEEiAM (124), (son of Oliver), had issue: 

181. Alzinia, who married Alexander Palmer. 

Lewis P. (125), (son of Oliver), had issue: 

182. George K. 

183. William. 

184. Charles. 

185. Fred. 

. Matthew B. (127), (son of Oliver), had issue: 

186. Delia. 

187. Henry. 

Charles Adelbert (137), (son of Henry P.), had 

ISSUE BY FIRST WIFE : 

188. Alice Wood, born November 14, 1876. 

Charles Adelbert (137) had issue by second wife: 

189. Robert Henry. 



634 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

FRANKI.IN H. (139), (son of EuSHA P.), HAD ISSUE): 

190. Waldo K. 

191. Ada. 

CharIvE^s (147), (son of Cpiarles McK.), had issue: 

192. Ora May, who married Karl Seager. 

193. Edward, born 1881. 

Ray Rudolphus (180), (son of Lewis), had issue: 

194. Bertie, born 1879. 

195. Minnie, born 1881. 

196. Erville, born 1884. 

The Oblenis name, now quite extinct on Manhattan Island 
(1881), is yet found in other sections of our State, taking in 
some cases, by an odd fancy, an Irish form, O'Blenis ! 

TOURNEUR. 

Daniel Tourneur being deceased at the date of the Dongan 
patent, his widow, Jacqueline, represented his rights among the 
patentees ; while her son Daniel was named in virtue of an erf, 
and six morgen lot, which he owned on Montanye's Flat. The 
peculiar circumstances under which the elder Tourneur left his 
native Picardy and retired to Leyden, with his mother in that city, 
and departure for this country a few months after the baptism, 
July 30, 1651, of his son Daniel at the Walloon church, are 
already familiar to us. On coming here he first lived at Flatbush, 
where a daughter, Maria, was born, being baptized March 4, 1654, 
who died in infancy, and where Tourneur, with some military 
prestige, as would seem, was made corporal of a company formed 
April 7, 1654, for protection against marauders. Soon after this 
he was granted a corner lot in New Amsterdam, with a view to 
put up a house, but a year or more passing before the timber was 
ready, he renewed his request, April 11, 1657, for leave to build, 
but, we suspect, without success. He afterward built a house 
on the Prince's Graft, where he had bought a lot, May 31, 1660, 
and on August 16 of the same year was appointed a magistrate 
for Harlem ; but probably yet continued in business at New Am- 
sterdam, as, on October 15 ensuing, he was made one of the 
"sworn butchers." The next winter he put a barn on his village 
plot at Harlem, where he had already built a house, and whither 
he soon removed, serving in the magistracy at various periods, 
and for several years as deputy sheriff. He was repeatedly 
chosen deacon, besides which he was a delegate to the General 
Assembly of 1664, and also one of the Nicolls patentees. He 



TOUJRNEUR FAMILY. 635 

died in 1673, leaving a goodly estate, as heretofore particularized. 
(See pages 379, 380.) The widow Toiirneur survived her hus- 
band 2.y years, and died in 1700, and her personals, as per inven- 
tory taken August 22, that year, were divided November 16 en- 
suing, each child (Daniel's heirs in his stead) getting in cash 
167 guilders with a fifth part of the goods. 

Daniel Tourneur (i), born at Aniens in Picardie, France, 
in 1626, married Jacqueline de Parisis, September 5, 1650, at 
Leyden, Holland, had seven children, and died at Harlem, N. Y., 
in 1673. 

Daniei. (i) had issue;: 

2. Daniel, Jr., baptized July 30, 1651, married Ann Woodhull, 

had three children, and died in 1690. 

3. Maria, born at Flatbush, N. Y., baptized March 4, 1654, died 

in infancy. 

5. Marretje, baptized September 4, 1661. 

6. Jacques, born at Harlem, N. Y., married first, Aefie, daughter 

of Michael Kortright, June. 7, 1683, had seven children. 
He married second, Engeltie Thomas, widow of Gregoris 
Storm, of Philips Manor, May 29, 1714. 

7. Thomas, born at Harlem, N. Y.. in 1665, married Maria, 

daughter of Joost Van Oblenis, April 5, 1692, had four 
children, and died in 1710. 

8. Madeline, who married John Dyckman, June 15, 1673, had six 

children. 

9. Esther, who married Frederick de Vaux, June 24, 1677, had 

thirteen children. He of Westchester County, N. Y. 

Daniel Tourneur (2), (son of Daniel), was made "a free 
denizen of this place and province," by special letters, dated Janu- 
ary 13, 1672, he having been born in Holland, with which England 
was now at enmity. He served as magistrate, and was lieuten- 
ant of militia, still holding the latter office under Leisler, whose 
cause he actively supported, and by whom he was sent to Hart- 
ford, in March, 1690, to arrest Robert Livingston. But his death 
the ensuing fall spared him the pain of witnessing the tragic fate 
of his chief captain, perhaps of sharing it. His inventory, taken 
October 13, begins with "The bouwery lying upon Montanye's 
Vlackte, consisting of three lots of land, house and barn, orchard, 
and a piece of meadow lying on the kill of the Vlacte. Also an- 
other three lots of land lying upon Hoorn's Hook." (See page 
355.) By his wife, Ann Woodhull (see page 379) he had issue: 

10. Dorothea, baptized June i, 1684, deceased. 

11. Woodhull, born about 1685, married Hannah Lawrence, May 

13, 171 5, had four children. 



636 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

12. Daniel, who owned lands in Westchester Comity, N. Y., which 

he sold in 1727. 

Jacques (6), (son of Daniel), served as a deacon, and also 
as constable and overseer of the town, succeeding, in 1691, to 
that part of his father's lands on Van Keulen's Hook known as 
Lots 17, 18, but in quantity three lots, and since the Bussing or 
Storm farm. On August 7, 1691, he bought from Peter Van 
Oblienis, for 60 guilders, the old Jaques Cresson residence, which 
became his home. On May 27, 1698, he sold his lot No. 7, of 
the draft of 1691, to Johannes Myer. His death is not noticed, 
but his farm, and lots in the several divisions, in all 60 acres, were 
sold to Peter Bussing in 1726. 

The Turnures of Rockland County, N. Y., were good Whigs 
in 1776, as the lists of associators witness. The name took that 
and other forms. 

Jacques (6) had issue: 

13. Anna, born 1686. 

14. Adriana (Ariaentie), baptized August 4, 1686, married Jacob 

Gerritsen, June 27, 1712. 

15. Maria, baptized July i, 1691. 

16. Michael, born 1693, married Maria, daughter of Hendrick 

Oblenis, February i, 1717, had eight children, and died 
i^i 1775- Settled at Haverstraw, N. Y. 

17. Jacobus, baptized November 20, 1695, married Jacomina, 

daughter of Hendrick Oblenis, May 26, 1720, had six 
children, and died at Haverstraw, N. Y. 

18. Abraham (Abram), baptized May 25, 1698. 

19. Isaac, baptized February 12, 1701, was living at Fordham 

in '1733.* 

Thomas (7), (son of Daniel), had just come in possession of 
his share of the paternal lands, embracing lots No. 19 Van Keu- 
len's Hook and No. i Jochem Pieters, with the adjoining "or- 
chard," or one morgen lot, reaching from the latter down to the 
Church Lane, and on which stood the house and barn. The out- 
gardens, Nos. I to 4, also fell to his share; and prior to 1701 he 
became the owner of the Bosch or Bush farm, on the North River 
side. Thomas seems to have inherited largely the tastes and 
spirit of his father. Besides filling lesser town offices, he was 
the alderman of the Out Ward in 1696-7. Being appointed sur- 

* The Turner family, of Westchester County, are not to be mistaken for the Tourneurs. The 
former were descendants of Lawrence Turner, who. as early as 1646. had dealings with English resi- 
dents at Manhattan. He removed from Newport to Greenwich, and thence into " the borough and 
town of Westchester," where he died in 1668, leaving a widow, Martha. His daughter Mary mar- 
ried John_ Ferguson, Jr., and his son. Dsniel Turner, of Westchester, yeoman, died May 24,1705. 
leaving his widow Margaret, a son Daniel, and daughters Martha, Mary and Rebecca, the last of 
whom mried Eleazar Gedney, of Mamaroneck. 



TOURNEUR FAMILY. 637 

veyor of highwa3'S in 1707, he sided with the Harlem people, who 
■ felt aggrieved because required by the mayor and aldermen to 
join in working the newly surveyed roads outside of their limits, 
and Tourneur, refusing, was fined six shillings by Constable 
Sickles, who levied on his goods. Tourneur thereupon procured 
a writ of the Supreme Court, and had the constable arrested for 
trespass. The mayor and aldermen resolved to defend the con- 
stable. It caused much excitement, but pleased the inhabitants, 
and the next year Tourneur was made constable. But the city 
council, on the plea of his "having served in the office of alder- 
man," declared him exempt, and ordered a new election. On 
September 29, 1709, he was chosen town collector. Tourneur 
probably died in 1710, as his son Jacobus is charged for back quit- 
rent in his stead, and that year all his lands were sold. His farm, 
last named, was bought by Capt. Jacob De Key, his Van Keulen 
Hook lot by John Dyckman, his out-gardens by Maria Meyer, and 
his lot No. I, etc., by Capt. Charles Congreve. The latter sold, 
in 1713, to John Van Oblenis, and he directly to Abraham Myer. 
The children and their mother are remembered in John Oblienis' 
will in 1 71 7. Jacobus, familiarly called Cobus, to whom his uncle 
John Oblienis left a legacy of £25, was probably the "chirurgeon," 
Jacob Tourneur, who practiced in the families of Frederick De 
Voe, Louis Guion, and other French residents of Westchester, 
and died March 9, 171 9, at the house of Frederick Bolt, at New 
Rochelle. 

Thomas (7), (son of Daniel), had issue: 

20. Jacobus, born 1693, died March 9, 1719. 

21. Magdalena, born 1695, baptized June 26, 1695. 

22. Martina (Martyntie), baptized January 30, 1698. 
2.-}^. Thomas, baptized February 15, 1702. 

WoodhuU (11), (son of Daniel, Jr.), by trade a weaver, is 
named in 1706 and 1708 as holding his late father's farm on Mon- 
tanye's Flat, but in 1711, he sold it to Samson Benson and went 
to Newtown, L. I., where he is found the next year, and on Janu- 
ary 27, 1713, bought the farm since of Cornelius Purdy. Here 
he married. May 13, 171 5, his cousin Hannah Lawrence, but sold 
his farm April 8, 1714, and removed to Rockland County, whither 
most of the Tourneurs, on leaving Harlem, seemed to gravitate. 
He was living in 1728. He had issue: 

24. Anna, baptized June 10, 1717, deceased. 

25. Daniel, born November 2, 1718, deceased. 

26. Jacobus (James), born 1720, married Sarah Oblenis, March 

26, 1752, had two children. 
2'j. Benjamin, baptized June 25, 1727, deceased. 



638 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Michael Tourneur (16), (son of Jacques), married Maria 
Oblenis, February i, 1717. In 1743 he bought the old residence 
of his father and twelve acres of his land, being lot No. 2, Third 
Division, and nine acres of No. 14, Second Division. He got 
from Bussing, in 1750, the remaining six acres of the last-named 
lot. (See Benson.) But selling out within ten years he re- 
moved, and died at Haverstraw in 1775, aged about 82 years. 

MiCHAEiv (16), (son 01^ Jacques), had issuer: 

28. Jacobus, who married Dinah, daughter of Lawrence Low, of 

Harlem, had ten children. 

29. John, deceased. 

30. Aefie, who married Derrick De Clerck, had ten children. 

31. Sarah, who married Edward Salyer, had five children. 

32. Hendrick, who married Margaret Blauvelt, April 28, 1758, 

had four children. Succeeded to the homestead part of 
the paternal farm. 
^,7,. Jannetie, who married John Tourneur, had two children. 

34. Mary, born February 24, 1728, married William Dyckman, 

had nine children, and died February 14, 1802. 

35. Jeminia, who married William Chappell, April 13, 1751, had 

one child. 

Jacobus (17), (son of* Jacques), had issue: 

36. Jacobus, who married first, Grietie Kuyper, had two children, 

and second, Grietie Blauvelt, August 9, 1753, by whom 
he had three children, and died in 1773, at Haverstraw, 
N. Y. 
^y. Hendrick, who married Mary Kuyper, September 23, 1753. 

38. John, who married Jannetie Tourneur, had three children. 

39. Aefie, who married Johannes Van Dalsen, December 20, 175 1, 

had two children. 

40. Sarah, born February 23, 1736. 

41. Jannetie, who married Teunis Blauvelt, had eight children. 

Jacobus (James) (26), (son oe Wooihui.Iv), had issue: 

42. Sarah, born January 13, 1753, married John Stegg, had six 

children. 

43. Woodhull, born October 28, 1754, married Elizabeth Steve, 

had two children. 

Jacobus (28), (son oe Michaee), had issue: 

44. Jannetje (Jane), born June 17, 1758, married Lucas Camp- 

bell, had seven children. 

45. Maria, born October 4, 1760. 

46. Mary (Marretye), born August i, 1762. 



TOURNEUR FAMILY. 639 

47. John, born November 8, 1764. 

48. Sarah, born November 5, 1766. 

49. Hendrick, born October 4, 1769. 

50. Breghie, born November 16, 1771, married Barent Gardinier, 

had three children. 

51. Michael, who married Leah Hennion, December 29, 1775, had 

one child, and died in 1817. 

52. Lawrence. 

53. Jacobus, who married Elizabeth Secor, December 13, 1792, 

had one child. 

H^JNDRICK (32), (son of MiCHAEIv), HAD ISSUE: 

54. Maria, born April 2.y, 1759. 

55. Annaetjie, born April 10, 1761. 

56. Michiel, born October 2, 1763, married Geertje Blativelt, June 

15, 1786, had one child. 

57. Elizabeth, born January 30, 1771. 

Jacobus (36), (son of Jacobus), had issue by his 
FIRST wife: 

58. Jacobus, born February 28, 1747. 

59. Grietye (Margaret), born August i, 175 1. 

Jacobus (36) had issue by his second wife: 

60. Rachel, born December 8, 1760, married first, John Van 

Orden, had five children, and second, Abraham Polhemus, 
April 8, 1803. 

61. Jacomina, born October 7, 1764, married Jacobus Vanderbilt, 

June 6, 1799, had three children. 

62. David, born June 23, 1768. 

John (38), (son of Jacobus), had issue: 

63. John, born December 28, 175 1, married Hannah Bugby, April 

26, 1776, had children. 

64. Jacobus, born November 17, 1755. 

65. Daniel, born May 30, 1763. 

WooDHuivU (43), (son of Jacobus), had issue: 

66. Sarah, born November 7, 1776. 

67. Jacobus, born June 28, 1783. ^ 

MiCHAEiv (51), (son of Jacobus), had issue: 

68. Cornelius, born September 30, 1776, married Peggy Baldwin, 

February 13, 1794, had one child, and died July 7, 1852. 

Jacobus (53), (son of Jacobus), had issue: 

69. Dinah, born April 10, 1794. 



640 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

MiCHAE^iv (56), (son of Hendrick), had issue:: 

70. Margritje, born March 18, 1790. 

Cornelius (68), (son of Michael), had issue: 

71. Michael, born October 20, 1797, married Margaret Wilkins, 

had seven children, and died in 1863. 

Michael (71), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 
. 72. Cornelius Bush, born Septepiber 9, 1841, married Kate Gerst, 
July 15, 1872, had five children. 
j-^. John Henry, born April 25, 1844, married Emma Onderdonk, 
October 24, 1869, had five children. 

74. Irving, born April 26, 1846, married Ellen Drain, 1872, had 

four children. 

75. Edward T., born December 25, 1847, married Julia Quacken- 

bush, December 23, 1873, had four children. 

76. Peter J., born April 18, 1853, married Margaret E. Torrens, 

July 15, 1875, had four children. 
yj. Aaron, born May i, 1856, married Elizabeth Garrabrandt, 
July 25, 1880, had eleven children. 

78. Julia Etta, born March 27, 1859, married F. Smith, September 

12, 1870, no issue. 

Cornelius Bush {'72^, (son of Michael), had issue: 

79. Mary Lillian, born March 14, 1874, married Thomas James 

Worse}^, February 20, 1902, no issue. 

80. Adolphena, born June 26, 1878, unmarried. 

81. Julietta, born January 16, 1880, unmarried. 

82. Elmer, born September 2, 1881, single. 
83. ? 

John Henry (73), (son of Michael), had issue: 

84. William Henry, born July 2, 1870, married in 1890, father of 

three children. 

85. Frank, born December 2, 1871,, married in 1899. 

86. Charles J., born March 30, 1873, single. 

87. John Lester, born May 9, 1880. 

88. Elizabeth Morton, born July 10, 1890. 

Irving (74), (son of Michael), had issue: 

89. Nettie. 

90. Margaret. 

91. Olive. 

92. Ethel. 

Edward T. (75), (son of Michael), had issue: 

93. Arthur, born May 12, 1881, deceased. 



TOURNEUR FAMILY. 641 

94. Florence M., born August 15, 1884, married Benjamin Don- 

nison, October 29, 1902. 

95. Clarence E., born June 6, 1887. 

96. Elsie E., born November 14, 1895. 

Peter J. (76), (son of Michael), had issue: 

97. Williarn. 

98. Lillian. v 

99. Jean, 
^loo. Harold. 

Aaron {yy), (son oe Michael), had issue: 
loi. Julia, born February 4, 1882. 

102. Edward, born March 9, 1884. 

103. Frances (Mary), born November 15, 1885. 

104. Jeannette, born August 20, 1887. 

105. Delia, born March 14, 1891. 

106. Emma, born August 28, 1893. 

107. John, born August 11, 1895. 

180. Georgiana, born August 11, 1895. 
109. Alfred, born October 29, 1896. 
no. Sophronia, born February 25, 1899. 
III. Russell, born November 19, 1900. 



VERMILYE. 

Johannes V^ermilye, the patentee, was common ancestor of 
all who in this country bear the name of Vermilye or Vermilyea. 
His father, Isaac Vermeille, has been already the subject of notice, 
before as well as after he emigrated with his family, in 1662. 
Welcomed to Harlem by some of his former acquaintances, Ver~ 
meille's worth was recognized by an appointment to com.mand 
a military company in 1663. Later he served two terms as magis- 
trate. Buying the northern end (a morgen) of lot No. 5, Van 
Keulen's Hook, probably from Montagne, his son-in-law, he 
built a house, planted fruit trees, and here made his home. His 
house occupied a spot nearly central of the block between First 
and Second Avenues and I22d and 123d Streets. Vermeille held 
no other farming land, no doubt having some other calling suited 
to his now advanced years, perhaps with his son in the brewery. 
He was living August 29, 1676, when he witnessed the will of ■ 
Aert Pietersen Buys and wife, Jenneke Cornehs, of Fordham, 
and on September 4, ensuing, Vermilye, either father or son, is 
called "clerk". Observing that on the death of Jean le Comte, in 
1675, there was paid "To Isaac Vermeille, for the burial, f. 12," 
we think he performed the office of "clerk" for the French resi- 



642 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

dents at Harlem. He probably died in 1676, and is not among 
the proprietors, February 19, 1677, when his house and lot stand 
in the name of Johannes.* Isaac's children were Johannes, afore- 
said; Abraham, who had no issue; Maria, born 1629, who mar- 
ried John La Montagne and Isaac Kip, and Rachel, born 1637, 
who married John Terbosch and Derick Wessels. 

Johannes Vermel je, as he wrote his name, was born in 1632 
at Leyden.* Coming here in ripe manhood, and uniting in his 
character the sterling traits of the French and Dutch, he was 
made a court messenger in 1665, and constable in 1667, being for 
this year also farmer of the excise ; previous to which he had set 
up a brewery. August 27, 1670, then holding the position of 
magistrate, he married Aeltie, daughter of Resolved Waldron ; 
when he probably built upon an erf, procured some years before, 
but which is first taxed in 1671. It lay in the Judah plot. (See 
pages 236, 237, 285.) Mr. Vermilye took a leading part both in 
civil and church affairs. In the political crisis of 1689 he was 
chosen one of the Committee of Safety, which, on June 8 of that 
3^ear, appointed Capt. Jacob Leisler to be "captain of the fort", 
and oh August 16 signed his commission as "commander-in-chief" 
of the province. Taking a seat in Leisler's council, December 
II ensuing, he was sent soon after upon an embassy to New 
Haven. He continued a member of the council till a sudden end 
was put to Leisler's rule by the coming of Col. Sloughter, March 
20, 1691, by whose orders Leisler and his council (Vermilye in- 
cluded) were "committed to the guards", on a charge of high 
treason. The execution of Leisler and Milborne, but two months 
later, seemed to Vermilye and his fellow-prisoners to forebode a 
similar fate. But after a painful suspense of over seventeen 
months they were liberated by Governor Fletcher, on his arrival, 
and were pardoned by the king February 20, 1693. Vermilye 
survived this trying ordeal but a short period, as he was deceased 
in March, 1696. His widow sold out her lands at Harlem in 
1715 to her nephew, John Delamater (see page 499), and died 
at Yonkers in 1734. 

Johannes Vermilye (i), born at Leyden, Holland, in 1632, 
married Aeltie Waldron, August 27, 1670, had ten children, and 
died in 1696. 

Johanne;s (i) had issue: 
2. Rebecca, baptized December 17, 1671, married Peter Bussing, 
June 7, 1700, had seven children. , 

* Bolton, History of Westchester County, volume ii. page 327, under date of 
1694, copies the name of Capt. Isaac Van Vleck as Vermilyea! Such carelessness is 
reprehensible. 

* The letter j (with Hollanders) having the sound of our English y when the 
latter begins a word _ or synable;_ Johannes only conformed to the Dutch mode of 
writing _ his name, without changing its terminal, pronunciation, which is well pre- 
served in the modern spelling Vermilye, but better (since e in Dutch, as in French, 
takes the sound of a) by Vermilyea. 



VERM IL YE FAMILY. 643 

3. Sarah, baptized October 4, 1673, married Teunis Dolsen, 

August 28, 1696, had one child. 

4. Rachel, baptized November 10, 1675, married Charles Vin- 

cent, 1694. 

5. Abraham No. i, baptized December 19, 1677, died young. 

6. Abraham No. 2, baptized January 24, 1680^ was the father of 

seven children, and died in 1734. 

7. Isaac, baptized April i, 1682, married Josyntie Oblinus, Janu- 

ary 16, 1707, had eight children, and died in 1767. 

8. Maria, baptized April 13, 1684, married Peter Kierse, 1704. 

9. Jacob, baptized November 24, 1686, died young. 

10. John, who married first, Sarah Odell, October 29, 171 3, had 

twelve children. He married second, Maritie ?, and 

died in 1782. 

11. Hannah, born 1690, married Johannes Odell, October 29, 

1713, had four children. 

Isaac Vermilye (7), (son of Johannes), married January 
16, 1707, Josyntie. daughter of Joost Van Oblinus, and widow 
of Teunis Corssen, who left her with a child, Teunis, living in 
1748. Isaac was an executor of his brother-in-law, John Van 
Oblinus, and well sustained the good reputation so generally 
characteristic of the family. His will, made March i, 1748, was 
proved March 5, 1767. He had issue: 

12. Isaac, born June 10, 1708, married Mehitabel Hadley, had 

eight children. Of Croton Valley. 

13. Maritie, born May 12, 1711, married Jacobus Teller, had nine 

children. 

14. John, born April 7, 17 14, married Charity, daughter of Jacob 

Dyckman, had seven children. Of Kingsbridge (Yon- 
kers) ; succeeded to the land his father bought of An- 
thony Basley. 

15. Peter, born 1725, married Alary (Polly) Pinckney, had ten 

children. Of Croton Valley. 

16. Aeltie, who married John Teller, had ten children. 

17. Sarah, who married ? Valentine. 

18. Rebecca, who married Jacob Dyckman, had eleven children. 

19. Hannah, who married Isaac Odell. 

John Vermilye (10), (son of Johannes), became rich in 
landed property, by buying up farms in Yonkers, about Kings- 
bridge, from William and Benjamin Betts, Anthony Basley, etc. 
He lived till 1782, "far advanced in years," as he says in his will, 
dated June 3, 1776, and proved November 2, 1786. He married 
Sarah Odell, October 29, 17 13, but before his death contracted 

a second marriage with Maritie ?. He distributed his lands 

among his sons. He had issue by first wife : 



644 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

20. Antie (Anna), born 1719, married Abraham Brown, had two 

children, and died February 28, 1801. 

21. Johannes (John), who married twice. His second wife was 

Jacomina Corsa, by whom he had two children. 

22. Abraham, who married Mehitabel ?, had six children, 

and died at Yonkers in 1784. 

23. Joshua, who married Sarah Emans, had four children, and 

died in Westchester County in 1782. 

24. Frederick, who married Catherine Nodine, May 27, 1763, had 

two children, and died in 1814. 

25. Maritie, who married Dirck Van Arsdalen, January 29, 1767, 

had three children. 

26. Sarah, who married Roger Downing, September i, 1757, had 

two children. 

27. Rebecca, who married George Wherts, had one child. 

28. Aeltie, who married John Kortright. 

29. Benjamin. 

30. David, who married Patience ?, had four children. 

31. Gerardus, who married Jane Valentine, August 5, 1762, had 

seven children. He contributed toward building the Re- 
formed Dutch Church at Hopewell, N. Y. 
Some of these removed to New York as early as 1792. John, 
Gerardus and David, before the Revolution, removed from Yon- 
kers to Lagrange, Dutchess County. They, in common with their 
kindred, had now yielded their French characteristics, at least 
as to their speech, for it is known that John, called Honnes (Jo- 
hannes), was wont to ask blessings in Dutch. 

Isaac (12), (son op Isaac), had issue: 

32. John, who married first, Mary Vermilye, had six children. 

He married second, Rachel ?, and died in 18 12. 

23- Isaac, who married Mary • ?, had one child. 

35. Joseph, who married Elizabeth Oblinus, 1782, had three chil- 

dren. 

36. Rebecca, deceased. 

Sy. Cynthia, who died unmarried. 

38. Hannah. 

39. Nancy, who married Solomon Owens, had one child. 

40. Hester (Mehitabel), who married Ely Reynolds, had three 

children. 

John (14), (son of Isaac), had issue;: 

41. Jacob, born 1740, married first, Susannah Dyckman, April 10, 

1766. He married second, Mary Dyckman, June 15, 
1773, having ten children by both marriages, and died 
January 31, 1814. 



VERMILYE FAMILY. .645 

42. William, born 1749, married first, Mary Brower, April 10, 

1773, had two children, and second, Mary Taylor, by 
whom he had four children. He died March 8, 1822. 

43. Isaac, who married Susannah, daughter of Jacob Myer, April 

2, 1756, had six children. Of Yonkers. 

44. Jane, who married Edward Prior, April 13, 1767, had seven 

children. 

45. Rebecca, who married William Maharry, October 15, 1765. 

46. Cynthia, who married Timothy Hunt, had twelve children. 

47. Aletta, who married James Teller, had two children. 

Peter (15), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

48. Isaac, deceased. 

49. Mary (Polly), born 1751, married John Vermilye, had six 

children. 

50. Susan, born 1758, married John Shear, had ten children, and 

died in 1838. 

51. Philip, baptized September 6, 1758, married Rebecca Elliott, 

had eleven children. 

52. Peter, born July 31, 1760, married Mary Jewell, had seven 

children. 

53. John, born 1763. 

54. William, born 1765, married Cynthia Simons. 

55. Abraham, born March 20, 1768, married Jemima Travers, 

1 79 1, had twelve children, and died December 18, 1831. 

56. Anna, born 1770, married Jesse Travers. 

57. Aeltje (Ally), born 1773, married Obediah Avery. 

Johannes (21), (son oe John), had issue: 

58. Benjamin, born August 13, 1759. 

59. Jacomina, baptized March 27, 1768. 

Abraham (22), (son oe John), had issue: 

60. John, born about 1750, married Mary (Polly) ?, had five 

children. 

61. Edward, born June 12, 1759, married Sarah Hyatt, April 10, 

1790, had nine children, and died July 19, 1832. 

62. William, who married Phebe Husted, had ten children. 

63. Abraham, who married Mary Brower, had one child. 

64. Sarah, who married Solomon Hustis. 

65. Margaret, who married Abraham Sloote, August 24, 1788. 

Joshua (22,), (son oe John), had issue: 

66. Anna, born 1772, married James Jarvis, September 10, 1796. 

67. Thomas, born 1774. 

68. Mary, born 1778. 

69. Isaac, born 1782. 



646. HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Frederick (24), (son of John), had issue: 

70. John. 

71. Frederick. 

David (30), (son of John), had issue: 

72. Benjamin, born 1759, married Sarah Downing, September 22, 

1 78 1, had two children. 
jTy. David, born about 1765, was the father of eight children, and 
died in 1848. 

74. John, born 1767, married Aeltie Jewell, February 14, 1788, 

had four children, and died January 26, 1838. 

75. Isaac Dyckman, born 1771, married Maria Jewell, April 11, 

1792, had eight children, and died in 1853. 

Gerardus (31), (son of John), had issue: 

76. Mary, born 1765, married Jonathan Brooks. 

jy. Isaac G., born 1768, married Catherine Kipp, had nine chil- 
dren, and died in 1846. 

78. John G., born 1770, married Elizabeth Asten, December 27, 

1797, had six children, and died in 1828. 

79. Sennai, born 1774, married Joseph Noxon. 

80. Rebecca, born April 6, 1776, died unmarried. 

81. Gerardus, born July 25, 1777, married Charlotte Palmer, 

September 26, 1807, but died without issue in 1808. 

82. Jane, born 1779, married Lewis Davenport, October 24, 1797. 

John (32), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

83. Mehitabel, baptized May i, 1774, married Montgomery 

Moore, had four children. 

84. Mary, born December 28, 1778, married Evander Childs, May 

18, 1800, had six children. 

85. Emily, born 1808, died unmarried, February 10, i860. 

86. Aletta, died unmarried. 

87. Betsy, died unmarried. 

88. John, who married Mary Hewson, had five children. 

Isaac (33), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

89. Mary, baptized July 2, 1783. 

Joseph (35), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

90. Catherine, born 1783, married James Willeey. 

91. Hetty, born 1785, married Arnolds. 

92. Elizabeth, born 1787, married Arnolds. 

Jacob (41), (son of John), had issue: 
93. John, born January 2, 1768, married Rebecca Fowler, had 
nine children, and died October 15, 1823. 



VERM IL YE FAMILY. 647 

94. Gerardus, born June 3, 1771, died single, August 3, 1823. 

95. William, born about 1776, died single, March 8, 1822. 

96. Susannah Maria, born February 5, 1777, married Jacob 

Cregier, had one child. 

97. Jacobus, born March 8, 1779, deceased. 

98. Michael, born August 31, 1781, married Susan Vermilye, 

had two children. 

99. Isaac, born 1785, married Deborah ?, had five children. 

100. James, who married Mary Greenway, had six children, 
loi. Jane, died unmarried. 

102. Rebecca, died unmarried. 

William (42), (son of John), went to New York as early 
as 1792, was a builder, and from 18 12 till his death surveyor for 
the Eagle Insurance Company. He died March 8, 1822, aged 
y-^ yekrs, 11 months. He had issue by first wife: 

103. Maria, who married William W. Chardavoyne, had nine 

children. 

104. Gerritie (Charity), baptized February 27, 1774, died young. 

William (42) had issue by second wife: 

105. William W., born December 24, 1780, married Mary Mont- 

gomery, January '11, 1800, had twelve children, and died 
November 14, 1849. Began business in New York as 
a printer with Langdon & Son. 

106. Thomas B., born August 29, 1784, married first, Mary Hoag- 

land, September 26, 1804, had eight children. He mar- 
ried second, Jane Rebecca Mattocks, October 18, i860, 
but died without issue by second wife. 

107. Robert, deceased. 

108. Joanna, born 1799, married George B. Smith, had nine chil- 

dren, and died July 30, 1883. 

Isaac (43), (son of John), had issue: 

109. William, born 1757, married Fannie Bonnet, had one child, 

and died in 1799. 
no. John, who married Effae Clark, had one child. 

111. Jacob Meyer, who married Phebe Vail, had one child. 

112. Susan, who married Michael Vermilye, had three children. 

113. Isaac, born 1769, married Jane Odell, had one child, and 

died in 1855. 

114. Jane, who married Benjamin Fowler, had three children. 

Philip (51), (son oe Peter), had issue: 

115. Nathaniel Drake, who married Jane Eliza Ackley, October 

28. 1809, had fourteen children, and died February 2, 
1826. 



648 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

116. Elizabeth (Betsey), who married John Cure. 

117. Polly, born March 15, 1784, deceased. 

118. Nancy, born September i, 1786, married Lyons. 

119. Rebecca, born April 11, 1788, married Staats Dyckman. 

120. Jenny, born September 14, 1790. 

121. Frances, born September 14, 1790, married Peter Shapter, 

had seven children. 

122. James, born October 25, 1792, married Rebecca Fisher, 

November 25, 18 17, had five children, and died April 20, 
1832. 

123. Philip, born November 12, 1794, married Ann ?, had 

three children. 

124. George, born March 27, 1796, married Mary Peck, May 10, 

1821. 

125. Sally (Sarah), born November 12, 1799, married John S. 

Jones. 

Petejr (52), (son of Peter), had issue: 

126. William, who married August 30, 1809, had one child. 

127. Peter, who married Margaret Schenck, had seven children. 

128. Walton. 

129. Mary. 

130. Ann. 

131. Sarah. 

132. Solomon. 

Abraham (55), (son of Peter), had issue: 

133. Millicent, born May 31, 1792, died in 1843. 

134. Mary (Polly), born July 24, 1795, married Peter D. Taylor," 

had three children, and died in 1873. 

135. David, born May 11, 1797, died in 1869. 

136. Amy, born March 30, 1799, died in 1876. 

137. Petty (Martha), born April 28, 1801, married John Shears, 

Jr., and died March 29, 1896. 

138. Philip, born February 2, 1803, married first, Jane Calden, 

had five children, and second, Lucy Higginbotham, by 
whom he had two children. He died in 1876. 

139. Daniel, born January 26, 1805, was the father of one child, 

and died in 1867 or 1879. 

140. Livingston, born June i, 1807. 

141. Abraham, born November 17, 1809, married Elizabeth A. 

Showers, had nine children. 

142. Gilbert, born June 2^, 181 1, married Eliza Edwards, June 

II, 1834, had one child, and died in 1873. 

143. Abel, born November 25, 1813, died in 1879. 

144. Betsey (Elizabeth), born January 14, 1817. 



VERMILYE FAMILY. 649 

John (60), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

145. John, born about 1770, married Abigail Baxter, had four 

children. He a blacksmith of Kingsbridge, N. Y. 

146. James. 

147. William. 

148. Mehitabel. 

149. Phoebe, baptized May 31, 1793. 

Edward (61), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

150. Mary, born December 22, 1791, married William Brady, 

June 6, 1807, had twelve children. 

151. Abraham, born June 5, 1793, married Mary Seamore, and 

died July 20, 1832. 

152. Mehitabel, born May 15, 1795. 

153. Eliza, born June 10, 1797. 

154. William, born August 16, 1798, died single, 1826. 

155. Catherine Ann, born March 17, 1801, deceased. 

156. Edward, Jr., born April 21, 1803, married Aurelia A. Jones, 

August 20, 1829, had nine children, and died December 
22, 1855. 

157. Sarah, born October 19, 1805, married Andrew Howe, 

March 14, 1824, had three children. 

158. James, born June 17, 1809, married Mary Ann Hall, January 

3, 1841, had three children. 

William (62), (son oe Abraham), had issue: 

160. Solomon, born November 6, 1784, married Susan Mulner, 

had nine children, and died June 18, 1872. 

161. Samuel, born January 8, 1793, married Catherine Robinson, 

181 5, had six children. 

162. Elizabeth, who married Amos Sniffen. 

163. Jonathan, who married Margaret Petrie, had thirteen chil- 

dren. (Not here named.) 

164. Jesse, who married Elizabeth Vail, had twelve children. 

165. John, who married, but left no surviving issue. 

166. William, who married Abigail Whitney, had six children. 

167. Abram, who married Charity Molineaux, had eight children, 

and died in 1822. 

168. Mehitabel, who died young. 

Abraham (63), (son oe Abraham), had issue: 

169. John Bruce, born September 30, 1808. 

Benjamin (72), (son oe David), had issue: 

170. George, baptized July 15, 1784. 

171. Anna, born July 15, 1785. 



650 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

172. Joseph, born 1788, married Susannah Pinckney, had eleven 

children. 

173. Hannah. 

174. Betsey, deceased. 

175. Gilbert, married Polly Dyer, had six children. 

176. Benjamin. 

177. David. 

178. John D. 

179. Isaac. 

John (74), (son of David), had issue: 

180. Letitia, born 1788, married John T. Griffen, December 13, 

1805, and died January 28, 1839. 

181. Catherine, born 1794, married Samuel Flagler, and died 

February 8, 1833. 

182. Nancy, born 1796, married Walen Patrick, July 2, 18 14., 

183. Aletta, born 1798, married John Townsend, had four chil- 

dren, and died June 24, 1861. 

Isaac Dyckman (75), (son of* David), had issue;: 

184. Jane, born 1797, married first, John Booth, September 12, 

18 18, had three children. She married second, John Van 
Nostrand, had two children. 

185. Patience, born 1802, married John N. Jewell, March 27, 

18 17, had four children. 

186. Gideon Townsend, born 1803, married Eliza Van Voorhis, 

1826, had three children, and died February 4, 1865. 

187. Letitia, born 1805, married Richard Weeks, April 19, 1821, 

had seven children. 

188. Jerome, born March 20, 1808, married Phebe Palmer, had 

five children, and died in December, 1889. Was a mem- 
ber of the police force of New York City for many years. 

189. Sarah A., born 181 1, married first, Sylvester Potter, had two 

children. She married second, Daniel Wickes, had two 
children, and died June 12, 1832. 

190. Maria, born 1813, married Farrington Ferguson, had four 

children. 

191. Catherine, born 18 16, married Isaac Sebring Vermilye, Oc- 

tober 3, 1841, had four children. He of Cold Spring, 
N. Y. 

Isaac G. {yy), (son of Gerardus), had issue: 

192. Elizabeth, born October 23, 1794, married Daniel Billings, 

about 1820, had four children, and died March 6, 1878. 

193. Jane, born March 2, 1796, married Alexander Homans, 

about 1820, had three children. 



VERMILYE FAMILY. 651 

194. Peter I., born September 25, 1797, married Rosamia Van 

Nostrand, had five children. 

195. Maria, born April 7, 1799, married Enoch G. Dorland, No- 

vember 14, 1822, had five children. 

196. Gerardus, born January 26, 1801, married Maria Van Nos- 

trand, had eight children. 

197. John Kipp, born September 16, 1802, married Catherine 

Livingston Hamlin, 1832, had four children, and died in 

1877. 

198. Catherine, born January 29, 1804, unmarried. 

199. Brooks, born February 27, 181 1, married first, Charity 

Sheav, and second, Lydia A. Donaldson, by whom he 
had three children. 

200. Valentine Mott (Dr.), born April 4, 18 18, married Phebe 

Ann Davids, November 5, 1845, had seven children. 

John G. (78), (son oi? Gerardus), had issue: 

201. Abraham, born 1798, deceased. 

202. John, born 1803, died single, 1850. 

203. Jane, who married Baiters S. Velie, had one child. 
204/ Eliza, who married George Upton, had four children. 

205. Crumeline Verplank, died unmarried, 1838. 

206. Maria, who married Lewis Wright, had two children. 

John (88), (son of John), had issue: 

207. Mary, born December 25, 1809, married James Ward, Feb- 

ruary 9, 1829, had seven children, and died June 14, 1884. 

208. Isaac, born 1811, married Mary Lambet, 1842, had three 

children, and died in 1875. 

209. Sarah, born December 15, 1816, married Jackson P. GaNun, 

March 23, 1842, had six children, and died June 5, 1902. 

210. Richard, who died young. 

211. Cynthia or Asenath, who married Edwin Augustus Firby, 

July 16, 1834. 

John (93), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

212. Dorothea, born 1797, died, unmarried, 1861. 

213. Jacob, born 1799, died single, 181 5. 

214. Benjamin, born 1801, died single, 1854. 

215. Susan, born 1803, died unmarried, 1854. 

216. Gerardus (Garrit), born 1806, married Charity Guyon, had 

two children, and died in 1881. 

217. Maria, born 1808, died unmarried, 1883. 

218. Rebecca Jane, born 18 10, died 18 10. 

219. Abraham F., born 1812, married Louisa Oakley, November 

9, 185 1, had five children, and died in 1879. 

220. Isaac, born 1815, died single, i860. 



652 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

MiCHAE)L (98), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

(son of Jacob), had issue: 



221. 


Abraham. 


222. 


Isaac. 




Isaac (99) 


223. 
224. 


William. 
Isaac. 


225. 


Snsan, unmarried. 


226. 

227. 


Julia. 

Jane, unmarried. 



James (100), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

228. Julia A., born 1800, died, unmarried, September 20, 1877. 

229. Jane Rebecca, born 1809, married William D. Smith, and 

died August 9, 1855. 

230. Susan, unmarried. 

231. Michael, single. 

232. Euretta, died, unmarried, 1894. 

2'^'^. Charity, who married Patrick McGee, had two children. 

William W. (105), (son of William), had issue: 

234. William Montgomery, born September 30, 1801, married 

Hester Ann De P^eimer, April 4, 1827, had fi^)e children. 
Founder of the banking house of Vermilye & Co., to- 
gether with his brother Washington R., who also was 
colonel of the Seventh Regiment, New York Militia. He 
died June 18, 1878. 

235. Thomas Edward (Rev.), born February 27, 1803, married 

Eliza B. Hazard, had three children. Senior pastor of 
the Collegiate Reformed Church of New York. 

236. Joanna Maria, born July 26, 1804, married Benjamin B. 

Ruton, May 23, 1838, had three children, and died Janu- 
ary 4, 1877. 

237. Alargaret Louisa, born July 23, 1806, died August 31, 1874. 

238. Robert George No. i, born June 24, 1808, died Januarv 20, 

1810. 

239. Washington Romeyn, born September 29, 18 10, married 

Elizabeth Dwight Lathrop, had five children, and died 
December 23, 1876. 

240. Robert George No. 2 (Rev.), born March 3, 1812, married 

Anna McCarty, had three children, and died July 5, 1875. 

241. Mary Ann, born April 19, 1814, died October i, 1838. 

242. Jacob Dyckman, born July 15, 1817, married first, Mary 

Cornelia Lathrop, had three children. He married 
second, Mrs. Baldwin, no issue by second marriage. Was 
a Presbyterian clergyman, at one time professor in Hart- 
ford Theological Seminarv. President of the Merchants' 
Bank (1881). 



VERMILYE FAMILY. 653 

243. Rebecca, born November 15, 1818, married Fergus A. 

Hathorn, had six children. 

244. Erskine Rock wood, born December 20, 1821. 

245. Ebenezer, born January 20, 1823, died January 20, 1823. 

Thomas B. (106), (son of William), had issue: 

246. Robertanna, born September .15, 1804. 

247. Thomas Edward, born January 15, 1809, married Jane Mag- 

dalena Chardavoyne, April 14, 1834, but died without 
issue, November 25, 1841. 

248. William Henry No. i, born August 25, 1812, died young. 

249. William Henry No. 2, born February 12, 1814, married first, 

Ann Maria Van Wart, February 16, 1841. He married 
second, Phebe Louisa Babbitt, February 3, 1853, had two 
children. 

250. John Robert, born August 9, 1816, died April 3, 1883. 

251. Isaac Dyckman (Rev.), born June 19, 1819, married Jose- 

phine Ward, October 5, 1842, had twelve children, and 
died August 24, 1864. Was a Protestant Episcopal 
clergyman and educator of note. 

252. John Hoagland, born September 26, 1822, married first, 

Phebe Ann Lippincott, February 4, 1847. He married 
second, Sarah Elizabeth Hatch, January 12, 1848, had 
four children, and died May 17, 1889. Was president of 
Stock Yards National Bank of Chicago, 111. 

253. Theodore Chardavoyne, born December 18, 1824, married 

Hannah Minthorn Tompkins,* May 24, 1848, had six 
children, and died November 13, 1879. Was a lawyer 
and judge in New York City. 

William (109), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

254. Peter Bonnett, born 1788, married first, Elizabeth Van 

Wart, had one child. He married second, Murtha See, 
had one child, and died in 1864. 

John (ho), (son oe Isaac), had issue: 

255. Jacob Meyer, baptized May 21, 1797. 

Jacob Meyer (hi), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

256. Elizabeth, baptized May 31, 1793. 

Isaac (113), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

257. Rebecca, who died unmarried. 

* Granddaughter of D. D. Tompkins. Vice-President of the United States of America. 



654 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Xathaniel Drakjj (115), (SON OF Philip), had issue;: 

258. John Akley, born May 20, 1833, married Mary E. Duryea, 

September 10, 1857, and died March 27, 1903. 

259. Jane EHza, born March 25, 1835, died May 2, 1838. 

260. Iviary EHzabeth, born July 11, 1836, died May 9, 1838. 

261. Martin Van Beuren, born April 17, 1838, died March 25, 

1839. 

262. Nathaniel Drake, Jr., born March 13, 1840. 

263. Sarah Lavinia, born January 25, 1842, married Almerson 

Gwynne, had seven children. 

264. Charlotte Nelson, born November 18, 1843, married George 

W. Phillips, had twelve children. 

265. Andrew Jackson, born August 15, 1845, married Belinda 

Cruse. 

266. William Henry, born October 10, 1847, died May i, 1900. 

267. Benjamin Franklin, born October 19, 1849, married Anna 

?, had fourteen children, and died November 29, 

1895. 

268. James Martin, born August 3, 185 1, died October 10, 1864. 

269. Maria Rebecca, born August 27, 1853, married first, ? 

Barnet, and second, Rev. A. A.- Robertson. 

270. Catherine Matilda, born March 29, 1856, married Oscar 

Waldemar Vonder Bosch, April 26, 1877, had one child. 

271. Julia Augusta, born January 6, 1858, married Lewis Van 

Whicklen, December 22, 1879, ^^^1 three children. 

James (122), (son of Philip), had issue: 

272. Sarah Ann, born July 7, 18 18, married Henry Taff, January 

I, 1839, had six children, and died June 8, 1885. 

273. Jackson, born October 19, 1819, married Amelia ?, 1856. 

274. Hannah Maria, born January, 1824, married first, Leonard 

R. Rhodes, February 16, 1841, had five children. She mar- 
ried second, Charles D. Van Dyke, had two children, and 
died July 8, 1875. 

275. Jane, born February i, 1827, married John H. Depuy, De- 

cember 14, 1842, and died May 6, 1896. 

276. William Pierce, born January 31, 1829, married Rachel 

Beach Clark, had five children, and died July 5, 1865. 

Philip (123), (son of Philip), had issue: 
2'j'j. ]\Iary, born March 17, 1827. 

278. Edward, born December 9, 1828. 

279. Richard, born July 19, 1833. 

William (126), (son of Peter), had issue: 

280. Peter. 



VERM IL YE FAMILY. 655 

Peti^r (127), (son of Pjster), had issui;: 

281. Sarah Maria, born July 14, 1810, died September 24, 1812. 

282. Richard Jewell, born June 2, 1813, married first, Ann Barnes, 

and second, Sarah Jane Serine. He deceased. 

283. Isaac Sebring, born March 20, 1817, married Catherine Ver- 

milye, October 3, 1841, had four children. 

284. Sarah, born July 25, 1820, unmarried. 

285. Maria Schenck, born March 25, 1823, died, unmarried, 

August 25, 1840. 

286. Jane Elinor, born October 5, 1825, married David St. John. 

287. Ralph Schenck, born September 29, 1830, married Fanny J. 

KnifTen, had two children. 

Philip (138), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

288. Marion Anne,, born December 13, 1825, married Thomas 

Fitzgerald, December 9, 1845, had three children. She 
deceased. 

289. Abraham Augustus, born October 12, 1827, married first, 

Julia Crispell, and second, Sarah Groves, March 7, 1858, 
by whom he had six children. He died in January, 1897. 

290. Rachel Elizabeth, born February 4, 1829, deceased. 

291. Joseph Calder, born September 8, 1830, married first, Isa- 

bella Bassett, October, 1859, had five children, and second, 
Mary Barnum. He died in February, 1894. 

292. Elizabeth Rachel, born September 10, 1833, married Abner 

Lewis, had four children. 

Phiup (138) had issue by second wife: 
292a. Aribell Jane, born July 9, 1855, married Charles Frink, had 

two children. She deceased. 
292^. Anna M., born December 14, i860, married J. S. Gault, 

1876, had seven children. 

Daniee (139), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

293. Daniel. 

Abraham (141), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

294. George H., born July 8, 1848, married Romelia F. Scott, 

1868, had five children. 

295. Gilbert. 

296. Mary, who married Joel Smith. 

297. Ann. 

298. Jane, Avho married Sylvester Cooper. 

299. John. 

300. Daniel. 

301. David. 

302. Charles. 



656 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



Gilbert (142), (son o? Abraham), had issue: 

303. Jemima, born August 18, 1836, married Roland Simpson, 

February 16, 1853, had five children. 

John (145), (son oe John), had issue: 

304. Tames Hustis, born April 11, 1801, married Maria Warner, 

had three children, and died in 1894. 

305. William, died single. 

306. Mary, who married Garret Holmes, October 12, 1835, had 

two children. 

307. John, who married Harriet Brown, had five children. He 

deceased. 

Edward, Jr. (156), (son oe Edward), eiad issue: 

308. Fanny Jane, born 1830, married Homer Ruggles, April 24, 

1867, but died without issue in April, 1900. 

309. Martha Woodward, born 1832, died in 1855. 

310. Edward Lyman, born 1835, married Mary E. Russell, No- 

vember 16, 1859, had six children. 

311. Amos Jones, born 1837, died April 23, 1851. 

312. Aurelia Emma, born 1840, died October 11, 1846. 

313. Charlotte Amelia, born 1842, married B. J. Cruser, March 

29, 1867, had four children. 

314. Henry Marcellus, born 1845, married Mary L. Graff, April 

2T,, 187 1, had six children. 

315. Sarah Hester, born 1847, married William Garretson, No- 

vember 18, 1868, had eleven children. 

316. Aurelia Emily, born 1849, ^^^^ April 8, 1862. 

Edward (159), (son oe Wileiam), had issue: 

317. Phebe, born 1795, married David Burr, but died without 

issue, February 20, 1837. 

318. Rachel, born 1799, died young. 

319. Banheba, born 1800, died young. 

320. Robert Wright, born December 19, 1801, married Malvina 

Phelps, May 4, 1826, had seven children, and died No- 
vember 15, 1842. 

321. John Cole, born September 11, 1803, married first, Catherine 

Murphy, 1823, second, Mary Ann Carter, December i, 
1846, had four children. He married third, Mrs. Car- 
penter, and died January 12, 1897. No issue by first and 
third marriages. 

322. Mehitabel, born May i, 1805, married first. Rev. Walter 

Benton, March 31, 1824, had nine children. She married 
second, Albert Banks, January i, 187 1, no issue, and died 
November 6, 1875. 



VERMILYE FAMILY. 657 

323. William, born May 31, 1807, married Sarah ?, had one 

child, and died October 26, 1835. 

324. Jesse, born May 18, 1809, married Maria M. Taggert, July 

4, 1832, had five children, and died August 11, 1846. 

325. Adeline, born June 2, 181 1, married Alexander Worth, had 

ten children. She deceased. 

326. Solomon, born March 2, 1813, married Mary Jane Wiley, 

November 18, 1835, had seven children, and died January 
21, 1849. 

327. Joanna, born 1816, married James Sweetser, July 23, 1837, 

had six children, and died October 31, 1877. 

SoivOMON (160), (son op* William), had issu:^: 

328. Noah D., born March 2.J, 1823, was the father of one child, 

died March 14, 1898. 

329. Levi. 

330. William D. ( ^^.^^_ 

331. Mary. [ 

332. Phebe. 
2iZZ- Anna. 
334. Emmeline. 
335- Eliff. 
336. Hannah. 

Samuel (161), (son of William), had issue;: 
'i,yj. Edward, born 1818, married Martha Whipple. 

338. Orville, born 1822, married Margaret Stone, had five chil- 

dren. 

339. William, born 1829, married Lydia Kelly. 

340. Melissa, born 1835, married Nelson Beardsley. 

341. Edgar A., born 1940, married Melissa C. Todd, 1864, had 

one child. 

342. Oliva S., born 1842, married first, John B. Elsmore, and 

second, Rex Hewitt. 

Ji;ssi; (164), (son of William), had issue;: 

343. Edward, born February 16, 1795, married first, Mary Went- 

worth, December 17, 18 17, had thirteen children. He 
married second, Lydia Higby, and died February 22, 
1890. 

344. Sarah, who married Joseph Wentworth, 1826, had one child. 

345. Emmeline, born 1811, married Ezra Howard, March 18, 

1834, had eight children. 

346. Angeline, who married William Cheney. 

347. Samuel, who married Rebecca St. John. He deceased. 

348. William, who married Hannah Hill. He deceased. 

349. John, who married Mary Bunnell. 



658 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

350. Hannah, who married Willard Benson. She deceased. 

351. Barnabas. 

352. Mehitabel. 

353. Chester. 

354. Phebe, who married ? Crandall. 

WiLUAM (166), (son of WiI^LIAm), HAD ISSUE: 

355. WilHam. 

356. Mary. 

357. Turney. 

358. Hanna. 

359. Arvilla No. i, died young. 

360. Arvilla No. 2. 

Abram (167), (son 01? WiIvLiam), had issue: 

361. Mercy, born 1809, married Erastus Dodge, had eight chil- 

dren. 

362. Solomon, born 181 1, married Deborah Pierce, had five chil- 

dren. 
262,. Phebe, born 1813, married Patrick Redman, had six chil- 
dren. 

364. Susan, born 181 5, married Abel Lawrence, February 15, 

1852, no issue. 

365. John, born 1816, was the father of two children. 

366. Cynthia, born 1818, married Samuel Gaskill, had six chil- 

dren. 
2,6y. Avery, born September 20, 1820, married Fanny Meade, 
March 20, 1844, had eleven children. 

368. Abram, born 1822, married Sarah Crriffen, had three chil- 

dren. He deceased. 

Joseph (172), (son oe David), had issue: 

369. David, born November 11, 1812, married Leney Dietz, had 

three children, and died December 11, 1848. 

370. John P., born October 5, 1813, died in 1884. 

371. Patience, born May 10, 1815, married ? Chatterton, had 

two children, and died in February, 1882. 
2y2. Gilbert H., born August 26, 1817, died single, November 15, 

1890. 
273. Maria, born February 14, 1820, married Robert Bogardus, 

and died January 19, 1882. 

374. George, born January 17, 1822, married Helen ?, had 

five children. 

375. Julia Ann, born November 21, 1824, married Charles Down- 

ing. 

376. Joseph, born August 7, 1825, married Louisa Van Luven, 

had five children, and died September 28, 1895. 



VERMILYE FAMILY. 659 

T^yj. Isaac, born May 19, 1827. 

378. Sarah L., born May 2, 1829, married Thomas Hyzer. 

379. Louise E., born May 15, 1832, married Lucius Merrihew. 

G11.BERT (175), (son of David), had issue: 

380. Emma, born 181 1, died in 1870. 

381. Catherine, born May 6, 1813, married Christian Dietz, May 

26, 1830, had nine children, and died August 23, 1871. 

382. Charles, born 181 5, married Maryette Fowler, 1841, had 

eight children, and died in 1895. 

383. Lucius. 

384. James, deceased. 

385. Gilbert, who married Jane A. Groat, had two children. 

Gideon Townsend (186), (son oe Isaac Dyckman), 
HAD issue: 

386. John, born Ocotber 5, 1831, married Catherine E. Jewell, 

October 5, 1859, had four children, and died October 19, 
1897. 

387. Maria, unmarried. 

388. Sylvester, who married Anna Goodwin, had five children. 

Jerome (188), (son oe Isaac Dyckman), had issue: 

389. Mary Jane, who died unmarried, September, 1838. 

390. George W., born May 26, 1833, married Jane F. Getston, 

1857, had three children, and died May 4, 1903. 

391. Charles B., born June 27, 1836, married Emma A. Hadley, 

March 7, i860, had three children. 

392. Franklin S., born August 3, 1839, married Elizabeth Tilton, 

had two children, and died January 23, 1903. 

393. Susan Elizabeth, who died unmarried in November, 1850. 

Peter I. (194), (son oe Isaac G.), had issue: 

394. George P., born 1852, married Nettie M. Myers, February 

21, 1872, had eight children. 

395. Paul, born June 28, 1854, married Lizzie Van. Vlack, June 

28, 1877, had ten children. 

396. Isaac v., born 1856, married Orpha J. Vandewater, had 

eight children. 

397. Mary K., born i860, married Julius O. Donald, had one 

child. 

398. John G., born 1863, single. 

Gerardus (196), (son of Isaac G.), had issue: 

399. Cromwell, who married Jessie Trembly Lynch, July 4, 1897. 

400. Isaac. 



66o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

401. Oscar, single. 

402. Walter. 

403. Callie, who married Irving Vermilyea 

404. Jane, unmarried. 

405. Minnie, unmarried. 

406. Catherine, who married George Holmes, no issue. 

John Kipp (197), (son op Isaac G.), had issue: 

407. Dupuyster (Rev.), born September 16, 1833, married Lea 

Aletta Zabriskie, had one child. 

408. Anna Romeyn, born 1839, niarried Ezra James Haight, 

about i860, had four children. 

409. Gerardus, born 1840, married first, Kate Kimbark, had one 

child, and second, Sarah E. Wilcox. 

410. Lucy David, born 1846, married Edwin J. Jones, had one 

child. 

Brooks (199), (son op Isaac G.), had issuer: 

411. Addison, born 1841, single. 

412. Irving, born 1843, married Callie Vermilyea, had one child. 

413. Abram, who died young. 

Dr. Vai.e;ntine^ Mott (200), (son op Isaac G.), had issue: 

414. Ino, born December 28, 1846, married Robert K. Woodward, 

December 28, 1868, and died February 14, 1882. 

415. Larry, born December 19, 1847, niarried Jennie Barnes, 

July 19, 1871. 

416. Phebe Catherine, born May 28, 1849, "^i^d June 2, 1853. 

417. Maria, born December 19, 1852, married Thomas A. Weir, 

May 18, 1883, had one child. 

418. Jessie, born January 17, 1857, married Robert K. Wood- 

ward, July 19, 1883, had four children. 

419. Oscar, born August 6, 1859, married Carrie Case, February 

27, 1882, had three children. 

420. Kate, born May 24, 1861, married John Potter, April 26, 

1883, had two children. 

Isaac (208), (son op John), had issue: 

421. Isaac, born 1848, married Mary White, 1876, had four chil- 

dren. 

422. Sarah Emma, who married Edward Bonnell, July 15, 1853. 

423. Mary Elizabeth, who married E. Turner. 

Gerardus (216), (son op John), had issue: 

424. Mary, who died unmarried, 1891. 

425. John, who died single. 



VERMILYE FAMILY. 66i 

Abraham F. (219), (son 01^, John), had issue: 

426. George H., born 1853, died single, 1877. 

427. Benjamin F., born 1855, married Clara A. Seeley, 1877, had 

six children. 

428. Clarence Oakley, born 1857, married Emily A. Seeley, 1878, 

had three children, and died in 1890. 

429. Irving, born 1863, marrried Ida Sammis, 1892, and died in 

1896. 

430. William E., born i860, married Carrie Graham, 1882, had 

three children. 

Wii^UAM Montgomery (234), (son oe William W.), 
had issue: 

431. Mary Anthony, born 1830, married Charles A. Davison, 

June 6, 1850, had two children. She deceased. 

432. William Edward, who was the father of one child. He de- 

ceased. 

433. Robert Montgomery, who married Amanda Conover, had 

one child. He married a second time, and is now de- 
ceased. 

434. Charles Augustus Morford, single. 

435. Louisa, who married John E. Burrill, had five children. She 

deceased. 

Rev. Thomas Edward (235), (son oe William W.), 
had issue: 

436. Ashbel G. (Rev.), married Helen ?, had three children. 

437. Thomas E., single. 

438. . Ehzabeth, who married Edward Smith. 

Washington Romeyn (239), (son oe William W.), 
HAD issue: 

439. Washington Romeyn, who married Harriet Comstock, no 

issue. 

440. Emily Augusta, who married Elbert A. Brinckerhoff, had 

six children. 

441. Three other children (names not found). 

Rev. Robert George (240), (son oe William W.), 
HAD issue: 

442. Elizabeth, who died unmarried. 

443. Anna, who died unmarried. i 

444. Mary, unmarried. 

Jacob Dyckman (242), (son oe William W.), had issue: 

445. William Gerard, who married Cornelia Whitney Rowland, 



662 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

December 13, 1863, had five children, and died in 1901. 
Was treasurer of the Union India Rubber Company.* 

446. Louise C, who died young. 

447. Mary Anna, who married Henry W. Baldwin, had four chil- 

dren. 

WiLiviAM Henry (249), (son oi? Thomas B.), had issue 
BY second wife: 

448. Daniel Babbitt, born 1854, married first, Mary Cornelia 

Holmes, April 30, 1879, had one child. He married 
second, Elise Calame, July 3, 1886, had one child. 

449. Katharine Holmes, born 1856, unmarried. 

Rev. Isaac Dyckman (251), (son 01^ Thomas B.), 
had issue: 

450. Thomas Edward, born 1843. 

451. William Henry, born 1845, married Kitty Depew, July 24, 

1876, no issue. 

452. Isaac Ward, born 1846, died young. 

453. Henry Fisher, born 1848, married Anna Scofield, September 

17, 1870, had one child, and died February 3, 1872. 

454. Joseph Fenelon, born 1850, died single, August 17, 1884. 

455. Charles A. Townsend, born 185 1, died young. 

456. Lewis Chauncey, born 185 1, died young. 

457. Annie Ward, born 1853, married Walter Ruckel, had one 

child. 

458. Robert C. Halsey, born. 1855, married Rebecca Elizabeth 

Southard, September 28, 1881, had two children. 

459. Marion Hoagland, born 1865, married first, Hannah Earle, 

second, Josephine Ware, had two children. 

460. Hobart Potter, born 1858, married Elizabeth Wallace, had 

one child. 

461. Mary Josephine, born i860, died young. 

John Hoagland (252), (son oe Thomas B.), had issue: 

462. Thomas Bean, born 185 1, died young. 

463. Mary Caroline, born 1853, married John Rossiter Redfield, 

December 13, 1877, had one child, and died November 
I, 1887. 

464. John De Wint, born 1856, died young. 

465. William Gray (Dr.), born 1857, married first, Eva Viola 

Van Syckel, October 22, 1886, had one child. He had a 
second wife named Anna. 

* To the gentleman last mentioned, whose tastes and foresight led him years 
ago to investigate his family history, are we indebted for most of the later details 
here presented. 



VERMILYE FAAIILY. 663 

Theodore Chardavoyne (253), (son of Thomas B.), 
HAD issue: 

466. Theodore Chardavoyne, born September 27, 1849, married 

Jane Catherine Van Howenberg, August 27, 1876, had 
one child, and died in 1889. 

467. Mary Hoagland, born May 4, 185 1, married Samuel Russell 

Ludlow, January 30, 1878, had three children, and died 
November 16, 1884. 

468. Cornelia Tompkins, born December 16, 1852, married Ed- 

ward A.. Caner, June 4, 1877, "o issue. 

469. Hannah Tompkins, born August 23, 1855, married Frank 

E. Van Auken, had six children. 

470. Isaac Dyckman, born November 13, i860, died young. 

471. Sarah Hatch, born December 9, 1865, died young. 

Peter Bonnett (254), (son oe Wileiam), had issue: 

472. William, born 1822, married Maria Webb Sherwood, had 

seven children, and died in 1901. 

Peter Bonnett (254) h:\d issue by second wife: 

473. Jane, born 1852, died unmarried, 1892. 

Benjamin Frankein (267), (son of Nathaniel Drake), 

HAD issue: 

474. Charles H., born November 15, 1868. 

475. Benjamin F., born January 16, 1870, married Clara Wood- 

ford, November 28, 1891, had three children. 

476. William E., born September 22, 1872, married Bertha Eliza- 

beth Ralph, had three children. 

477. James M., born August 13, 1873, deceased. 

478. Sarah A., born September 24, 1874, deceased. 

479. Edith L., born August 20, 1876. 

480. Clara B., born March i, 1879. 

481. Thomas M., born July 25, 1881, deceased. 

482. Nathaniel D., born September 10, 1883. 

483. George W., born November 15. 1885. 

484. Gussie, born February 22. 1887. 

485. Mabel, born April 24. 1888. 

486. Eddie E., born January 7, 1891. 

487. Russel S., born December 8, 1892. 

Isaac Sebring (283), (son of Peter), had issue: 

488. Theodore, born 1844, single. 

489. Francis H.. born 1847, married Jane Van Arsdale. had three 

children. 



664 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

490. Eugene, born 1850, married Hannah Thompson, had two 

children. 

491. Mary Ida, born 1858, unmarried. 

Rai,ph Schenck (287), (son 01^ Pjster), had issue;: . 

492. Barent, who married Ruth E. Michaels, had one child. 

493. Howard, who married Georgie Williams, had one child. 

Abraham Augustus (289), (son of Phiup), had issud: 

494. Henry G., born July 8, 1859, married Anna Alwild Jones, 

had five children. 

495. Mary V., born January 8, 1865, married Virgil Pock, had 

six children. 

496. Joseph C., born December 19, 1869, married Florence Down- 

ing, had six children. 

497. Ira A., born April 5, 1872, single. 

498. Gertrude, born January 27, 1879, married Francis Morton 

David, April 12, 1897, had one child. 

499. Lewis M., born January 31, 1881, single. 

Joseph Cai,de;r (291), (son of PhiIvIp), had issue;: 

500. Jane, born July 6, i860. 

501. Piatt Bassett, born November 10, 1861, married Letitia 

Jones, November 9, 1887. 

502. Mary, born January 19, 1865, married Marvin H. Gesamin, 

January 25, 1888, had four children. 

503. Jessie, born October 17, 1874, married twice, her second 

husband being Frank C. Goodrich. 

504. Forest A., born May 19, 1879. 

Ge;orge; H. (294), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

505. Carrie B., born August 17, 1869, married Edward Scott, had 

three children. 

506. Frank S., born July 30, 1871, married Bertha Yeumans, had 

two children. 

507. George S., born December 6, 1873, married Nellie George, 

had two children. 

508. Nettie M., born February 14, 1878, unmarried. 

509. Anna E., born November 26, 1881, unmarried. 

James Hustis (304), (son of John), had issue: 

510. James Heustis, born April 14, 1836, married Sarah A. Ber- 

lin, November, 1865, no issue. 

511. Hannah Louisa, born about 1838, married Robert H. Ship- 

ley, about 1856, had two children, and died in 1872. 

512. John, died young. 



VERMILYE FA^IILY. 665 

John (307), (son of John), had issue: 
513. Ann Maria, who married Henry Newkirk. 
5r4. Helen Louisa, died young. 

515. William Henry, who married Eleanor U. Hawkins, had two 

children. 

516. John Gifford, who married Mary Cole, had two children. 

517. Edna, who married first, \'an Cleeve, and second, 

Loderbaugh. 

Edward Lyman (310), (son of EowAmj, Jr.), had issue: 

518. Lyman R., born 1861. 

519. Frank, born 1863. 

520. Mary C, born 1867. 

521. Fred, born 1869. 

522. Emily, born 1870. 

523. George Albert, born 1874. 

Henry ]\L\rcelIvUS (314), (son of Edwai^d, Jr.), had 

issue: 

524. Alvin Graft, born February 12, 1872, married Louise E. 

Gabelman, November 18, 1896, no issue. 

525. Herbert, born June 11, 1874, died July 11, 1874. 

526. Arthur Lewis, born August 19, 1875, married Aida Belle 

Fisher, December 31, 1901, no issue. 

527. Aurelia Abby, born May 24, 1878, married Edward R. 

JMould, October 17, 1901, have one child. 

528. Claude Kingdon, born April 2t^, 1880, single. 

529. Henriette, born November 16, 1882, unmarried. 

Robert Wright (320), (son of Edward), had issue: 

530. Eunice C, born April 15, 1828, died in infancy. 

531. Edward Alexander, born November 26, 1829, married first, 

Alarian Amanda Oviatt, January 4, 1853, had five chil- 
dren. He married second, Eliza Enoch, March 25, 1869, 
had three children. 

532. Joanna, born November 3, 1831, married Robert Shaw Gray. 

533. Adeline, born October 6, 1833, married Jacob ]yIcDonaUl, 

October 19, 1848, had four children. 

534. William Francis, born October 31, 1836, married Mary E. 

Dean, October 9, 1864, had one child, and died May 18, 
1879. 

535. Robert Davis Burr, born June 2^^, 1840, married Barbara C. 

Ramsey. December 23, 1864, had five children. 

536. A^irginia A'., born January 24, 1838, died in infancy. 

John Cole (321), (son of Edward), had issue: 

537. Ann Maria, born August 21, 1847, died November 18, 1849. 



666 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

538. Mary Catherine, born July 12, 1848. 

539. Delight Sweetser, born September 28, 1850, married Joseph 

Gardner Strong, August 27, 1868, had one child, and died 
December 27, 1886. 

540. Asenath Burr, born May 11, 1855, married Arthur Lee 

Brooks; September 4, 1876, had four children. 

William (323), (son op Edward), had issue: 

541. Lucinda. 

Ji;ss]5 (324), (son q-^ Edward), had issue: 

542. Burr, born 1833, died young. 

543. Marietta, born August 19, 1834, married Ezekiel Merrill 

Talbot, December 30, 1857, had two children. 

544. Adaline V., born December 30, 1837, married John M. Tur- 

ner. 

545. Ann Eliza, born May 16, 1840, married M. S. Robinson. 

546. Jessie Maria, born July 15, 1843, married Stephen B. Bond, 

had ten children. 

Solomon (326), (son gi? Edward), had issue: 

547. William Burr, born August 21, 1837, married first, Louisa 

Ellen Knox, June 21, 1866, had two children. He mar- 
ried second, Lorinda Ellen Driscoll, May 14, 1891, had 
two children. 

548. Phebe Burr, born January 19, 1839, married first, John An- 

drew Puffenberger, June 21, 1855, had six children. She 
married second, John Allen, January 16, 1870, had four 
children. 

549. Hetty Ann, born December 26, 1840, married Anthony Cyrus 

Willey, June 18, 1857, had eight children. 

550. Wright, born August 11, 1843, married Josephine E. Miller, 

September 2, 1869, had six children. 

551. Agnes Adaline, born June 6, 1845, married Dr. William H. 

Ireland, August 7, 1865, had three children. 

552. Edward, born February 10, 1847, died young. 
553- Joanna, born May i, 1848, died young. 

Noah D. (328), (son 01^ Solomon), had issue: 

554. William D. 

Orville (338), (son op Samuel), had issue: 

555. Mary Frances, born July 14, 1849, married William Henry 

O'Connor. 

556. Charles, born March 17, 185 1, married Loretta Doolittle, no 

issue. 



VERMILYE FAMILY. 667 

557. R. Willard, born November 9, 1853, married Almena Van 

Houten, October 29, 1883, had one child. 

558. Judson, born December 6, 1855, single. 

559. George, deceased. 

Edgar A. (341), (son of Samuel), had issue: 

560. Herbert Scudder, born September 26, 1867, married Augusta 

Maude Banker, June 20, 1894, had one child. 

Edward (343), (son of Jesse), had issue by first wife: 

561. Elvira, born February 11, 1819, married Aaron Christopher, 

May I, 1845, had one child, and died May 3, 1856. 

562. Melissa, born January 10, 1821, unmarried. 

563. George W., born March i, 1823, married Lavina White, 

October 8, 1848, had four children. 

564. Elijah Wentworth, born November 27, 1824, married Cyn- 

thia A. Leslie, April 27, 1852, had five children. 

565. Mary, born December 27, 1826, married Martin Marble, 

June 29, 1853, no issue. 

566. Edward, born December 27, 1826, married first, Eva A. 

Upton, September 9, 1855. He married second, Sarah 
Chapin, had six children. 

567. Emily, born May 25, 1829, married Aaron Christopher, 

August 25, 1851, had seven children. 

568. Helen, born April 23, 183 1, married Archibald B. Johnson, 

July 4, 1855, had four children. 

569. Harriet M., born November 27, 1832, married Joshua W. 

Thompson, January, 1858, had one child, and died August 
I, 1863. 

570. Jane M., born April 8, 1835, married James Neath, Septem- 

ber 7, 1857, had three children. 

571. John W., born March 13, 1837. married Flora A. Preston, 

June 30, 1866, had two children. 

572. Angelica, born June 10, 1840, died October 24, 1847. 

573. Charles Harbert, born April 16, 1843, died single, June 21, 

1864. 

Solomon (362), (son of Abram), had issue: 

574. Lonson, single. 

575. Delphine, who married Edwin Grant, had four children. 

576. Solomon, Jr., died in the army, 1863. 

577. Isa, who married Dell Sisson. 

578. Ella, unmarried. 

Avery (362), (son of Abram), had issue: 

579. David M., born June 9, 1845, married Catherine E. Walters, 

no issue, died in October, 1887. 



668 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

580. Abraham, born December 2, 1846, married Mary T. Bemier, 

had four children. 

581. James I., born November 30, 1848, married Mary Hinton, 

had four children. 

582. John K., born September 12, 1852, married Alice Whitney, 

had five children. 

583. Joseph, born November 29, 1854, married Martha Cham- 

berlain, had six children. 

584. Josephine, born November 29, 1854, married James L. Put- 

nam, had four children. 

585. Samuel E., born May 28, 1858, married Minerva A. Doyle, 

had one child. 

586. Orville, born April 25, 1861, married Samantha Morrow, 

had seven children. 

587. Jesse C, born June 26, 1863, married first, Anna T. Weide- 

man, had two children. He married second, Grace E- 
Huntoon, had one child. 

588. Eulalia E., born November 5, 1866, married N. A. Frost, 

had six children. 

589. Reuben, born January 5, 1869, married Rose Huntoon, had 

two children. 

Abram (368), (son of Abram), had issue: 

590. Mary. 

591. Ahce., 

592. Emily. 

Jose;ph (376), (son oi? Joseph), had issue: 

593. Harriet, born August 30, 1850, married H. Leslie Brown, 

no issue. 

594. Eugene, born June 2, 1852, single. 

595. Ella M., born February 15, 1854, married John W. Fox, no 

issue. 

596. Isabella, born 1856, married Frank Foster, no issue. 

597. Clinton I., born 1859, married Annie Adams, had three chil- 

dren. 

Charles (382), (son oe Gilbert), had issue: 

598. Patience, born July 29, 1842, died 1842. 

599. Le Roy, born November 21, 1843, married Eliza Ferguson, 

November 20, 1879, had two children. 

600. Phebe Elizabeth, born April 10, 1845, unmarried. 

601. Mary Helen, born March 17, 1847, died 1847. 

602. Emma Jane, born September 27, 1849. 

603. Sarahette F., born September 26, 1851, married Lawrence 

A. Hallenbeck, 1870, had two children. 

604. Charles W., born 1855. , 



VERMILYE FAMILY. 669 

605. Frank, born September 30, 1866, died April 15, 1899. 

Gilbert (385), (son of Gilbert), had issue: 

606. George, who died August, 1863. 

607. Eugene, born July 15, 1856, married Celia A. Small, No- 

vember 6, 1875, had ten children. 

John (386), (son oe Gideon Tovvnsend), had issue: 

608. Millard G., born December 13, i860, married Katharine Far- 

lev, no issue. 

609. Elmer J., born September 2. 1862, died September 22,, 1862. 

610. Luella, born June 6, 1864, died August 13, 1864. 

611. Mortimore, born April 30, 1866. died August 9, 1866. 

Sylvester (388), (son oe Gideon Townsend), had issue: 

612. Cornelia R., born i860, died February 20. 1866. 

613. Alphonso R., born June 8, 1861. 

614. Francis Goodwin, born January 24, 1867, married Eliza 

Wood, September 24, 1893, had three children, and died 
November 16, 1900. 

615. Svlvester P., born December 2. 1868, deceased. | ^^^^,^,^5 

616. Crucer McRae, born December 2, 1868. [ 

George W. (390), (son oe Jerome), had issue: 

617. George F. 

618. Jerome C. 

619. Lizzie. 

CtlARLES B. (391), (son OE JeROME) , HAD ISSUE: 

620. Hattie L., born January 20, 1864. 

621. Edward M. 

622. Ida A., born December i, 1869, married Walter S. Burdett. 

April 9, 1 88 1. 

Franklin S. (392), (son oe Jerome), had issue: 

623. John R., who was the father of one child. 

624. Phoebe Elizabeth. 

George P. (394). (son oe Peter I.), had issue: 

625. Grace P., born 1874, married William Palmer, had five chil- 

dren. 

626. Rov M., born 1878, died voung. 

627. George P., Jr., born 1897, married Annie J. Travaskus. 

628. Blanche R., born 188 

629. Goldie G., born 1883. 



6/0 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

630. Winslow S., born 1885, died young. 

631. Mary Case, born 1888, died young. 

632. Walter Ortis, born 1892, died young. 

PaUIv (395), (son op PeTUR I.), HAD ISSUE: 

633. Rosanna Martha, born April 2^, 1878, married Charles 

Storm, had one child. 

634. Clarence Edward, born September 10, 1880, married Ida F. 

Hall, had one child. 

635. Daisy May, born November 17, 1882, married Melvin Bas- 

sett. 

636. Edith, born October 7, 1885. 

637. Mildred, born April. 7, 1888, died May 21, 1891. 

638. Verdine, born March 6, 1891. 

639. Rufus Franklin, born February i, 1894. 

640. Elizabeth Pauline, born March 10, 1897. 

641. Paul, born April 11, 1901. 

642. Claude, born January 21, 1903, died March 15, 1903. 

Isaac V. (396), (son oe Peter I.), had issue: 

643. Martha J., born 1880. 

644. William I., born 1881. 

645. Vernon Lester, born 1883. 

646. Lois S., born 1885. 

647. Alfred, born 1887. 

648. Florence M., born 1896. 

649. Gladys Belle, born 1897. 

650. Abram Floyd, born 1899. 

Rev. Dupuyster (407), (son oe John Kipp), had issue: ■ 
.651. Eliza Pell, born 1873, married Bernard O'Blenis Bogert. 

Gerardus (409), (son oe John Kipp), had issue: 

652. Kate Estella, who married John R. Lovatt, had one child. 

Irving (412), (son oe Brooks), had issue: 

653. Horatio S. 

Oscar (419), (son oe Dr. Vaeentine Mott), had issue: 

654. Ino Louise, born January 14, 1886. 

655. Hazel, born February 8, 1889. 

656. Oscar Valentine, born September 16, 1892. 

Isaac (421), (son oe Isaac), had issue: 

657. Isaac, Jr., born January 24, 1877. 

658. Lester, born September 25, 1881. 



VERMILYE FAMILY. 671 



659. Millard, born November 29, 1885. 

660. Howard, born April 29, i['~ 



Benjamin F. (427), (son of Abraham F.), had issue: 

661. Lyouise, born 1878. 

662. Florence, born 1881, died in 1889. 

663. Bessie, born 1885. 

664. Frank, born 1887. 

665. Arthur F., born 1891. 

666. Herbert, born 1895. 

Clarence Oakley (428), (son oe Abraham F.), 
HAD issue: 

667. Edwin S., born 1879, ^^^^ single, 1902. 

668. George H., born 1881. 

669. William Russell, born 1885. 

WiEEiAM E. (430), (son oe Abraham F.), had issue: 

670. Irving, born 1890. 

671. Edgar, born 1892. 

672. Roy, born 1894. 

WiEEiAM Edward (432), (son oe Wieeiam Montgomery), 

BEAD issue: 

673. Frederick Montgomery. 

Rev. Ashbee G. (436), (son oe Rev. Thomas Edward), 
HAD issue: 

674. Thomas Edward, who marriel Gertrude ?, had one child. 

675. Helen, who married George Hutchings, had one child. 

676. Elizabeth, unmarried. 

WiLEiAM Gerard (445), (son of Jacob Dyckman), 
HAD issue: 
Gyy. William Gerard, Jr., born 1867, married Flora Sherwood, 
had three children. 

678. Henry Rowland, born 1869, married Nettie De Milt, had 

one child. 

679. Cornelia L-, born 1873, unmarried. 

680. Jennie T., born 1875, unmarried. 

681. Annie B., born 1877, unmarried. 

Daniel Babbitt (448), (son of William Henry), had 
issue by first wife : 

682. William Moorehead, born April 6, 1880. 



672 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

T 

Daniel Babbitt (448) had issue: by se:cond wi?e : 

683. Herbert Noble, born November 16, 1887. 

Henry Fisher (453), (son oe Rev. Isaac Dyckman), 
HAD issue: 

684. Anna Josephine, born May 28, 187 1. 

Robert C. Haesey (458), (son oe Rev. Isaac Dyckman), 
HAD issue: 

685. Emma Southard, born June 28, 1883. 
). Margaret Ehzabeth, born March 17, i 



Marion Hoageand (459), (son oe Rev. Isaac Dyckman), 

HAD issue: 

687. Hazel. 

688. Joseph. 

Hobart Potter (460), (son oe Rev. Isaac Dyckman), 
had issue: 

689. Hobart Potter, Jr., born 1900. 

Dr. Wieeiam Gray (465), (son oe John Hoageand), 
HAD issue: 

690. John Hoagland, born May 6, 1889. 

Theodore Chardavoyne (466), (son oe Theodore Char- 
da voyne), HAD issue: 

691. Theodore Chardavoyne, born 1886. 

Wieeiam (472), (son oe Peter Bonnett), had issue: 

692. Elizabeth, born 1848, died young. 

693. Peter Bonnett, born 1848, married Carrie M. Park, October 

19, 1869, had six children. 

694. Sarah Newman, born 1852, married William S. Hartwell, 

had one child. 

695. Samuel, born 1853, died young. 

696. Allen George Newman, born 1854, married Irene Norman, 

October 29, 1890, had four children. 

697. Mary, born 1857, died young. 

698. William, born 1859, died young. 

Benjamin F. (475), (son oe Benjamin Frankein), 
EiAD issue: 

699. George Washington, born February 22, 1893. 



VERMILYE FA^JILY. 673 

700. Frank, born February 3, 1899. 

701. Lillian, born December 3, i()oo. 

WiLLiA^i E. (476), (son 01^ Bkxjamix Franklin), 
HAD issue: 

702. George, born July 18, 1896. 

703. Willie, born September 11, 1898. 

704. Herbert, born May 24, 1902. 

Francis H. (489), (son of Isaac Sebring), had issue: 

705. Oscar. 

706. Frank. 

707. Florence. 

Eugene (490), (son op Isaac Sebring), had issue: 

708. Edward A., born 1881. 

709. Harold E.. born 1889. 

Barent (492), (son oe Raeph Schenck), had issue: 

710. Maude M., born August 20, 1884. 

Howard (493), (son of Ralph Schenck), had issue: 

711. Ralph, born December i, 1897. 

Henrv G. (494), (SON OF Abraham Augustus), had issue: 

712. Mabel. 

713. Robert. 

714. Fay. 

715. Abram A. 

716. ? 

Joseph C. (496), (son of Abraham Augustus), had issue: 

717. Russell L. 

718. Elva. 

719. Slye. 

720. Lnca. 

721. Forrest. 
^22. ? 

Frank S. (506). (son of George H.). had issue: 

723. Grey. 

724. Eillian. 

George S. (507). (son of George H.), had issue: 

725. Maurice. 

726. Ina. 



674 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

WiivUAM Henry (515), (son of John), had issue: 
^2"]. Jessie M. 

728. Irene H. 

John Gifford (516), (son of John), had issjei 

729. William, who married, but died without issue. 

730. John, who married, but died without issue. 

Edward Ai^exander (531), (son of Robert Wright), 

HAD issue by first WIFE : 

731. Robert Wright, born September 14, 1854, deceased. 

732. Edward Oviatt, born June 11, 1856. 
'j'^-^. Susan Adelaide, born October 10, 1858. 

734. Guy Ellsworth, born July 26, 1861, deceased. 

735. William Burr, born November 9, 1863, deceased. 

Edward Alexander (531) had issue by second wife: 
"JT^^. Charles, born July 9, 1873, deceased. 
j-^y. Persis Malvina, born May 28, 1875, deceased. 

738. Grace E., born March 16, 1877. 

William Francis (534), (son of Robert Wright), 
had issue: 

739. Victor v., born January 31, 1869, died August 30, 1891. 

Robert David Burr (535), (son of Robert Wright), 
had issue: 

740. Fred, born August 3, 1866. 

741. Ora, born April 7, 1871, died in infancy. 

742. Gertrude, born January 26, 1874. 

743. Robert, born March, 1880, died young. 

744. Anna, born November 6, 1883. 

William Burr (547), (son of Solomon), had issue 
by first wife : 

745. Cora May, born November 18, 1867, married Ora Maharry 

Brindle, February 14, 1887, had three children. 

746. Solomon Walter, born March 18, 1869, died August 12, 1869. 

William Burr (547) had issue by second wife: 

747. Ethel, born June 18, 1892. 

748. Wright, born December 12, 1893. 

Wright (550), (son of Solomon), had issue: 

749. Edwin L., born July 4, 1870, married Anna Stilwell, De- 

cember 2, 1894, had two children. 



VERMILYE FAMILY. 675 

750. Joseph Clyde, born April 26, "1872, married Anglie Hinder- 

lider, April 15, 1896, no issue. 

751. Solomon Earle, born November 18, 1874. 

752. William Ray, born January 22, 1877, married Bertha Truitt, 

January 22. 1903. 

753. Wright, born January 23, 1880, died September 27, 1883. 

754. Lilla Marie, born November 29, 1884. 

R. WlLLARD (557), (son of OrV1LI.k), HAD ISSUE: 

75^. Mabel, born August 31, 1886. 

Herbert Scudder (560), (son oe Edgar A.), n.\D issue: 

756. Macia AUeine, born December 21, 1900. 

George W. (563), (son oe Edward), had issue: 

757. Mark Edward, born November 12, 185 1. 

758. Mary Edith, born August 4, 1854, married Otto K. Dean, 

had two children. 

759. Rachel, born May 10, 1864, married J. Henry Loeb, had 

three children. 

760. George Orton, born March i, 1866. 

Elijah Wentworth: (564), (son oe Edward), had issue: 

761. Harriet Martin, born August 26, 1853. 

762. Milton Edward, born October 4, 1859. 

763. Ella Virginia, born March 20, 1862, married William Boe- 

ner, March 27, 1890, had three children. 

764. Martha Isadore, born March 15, 1864. 

765. Lois Cordelia, born March 23, 1867. 

Edward (566), (son of Edward), had issue: 

766. Daniel Irving, born November 21, 1859. 

767. Martha Evelyn, born March 28, 1861, married Arthur Toger. 

768. Willard Martin, born July 7. 1863, died !\Iay 9, 1865. 

769. Harry Lincoln, born June 21, 1865. 

770. Orilla v.. born June 2Ti, 1867. 

771. Allie, born January 24, 1874. 

John W. (571), (son oe Edward), had issue: 
yy2. Maggie B., born April 20, 1868. 

773. Charles H., born May 14, 1871. 

Abraham (580), (son oe Avery), had issue: 

774. Maude. 

775. Kathleen. 

776. George. 



676 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

jj'j. Jesse. 

Jar![e;s I. (581), (son of Avery)., had issue: 

778. Cora. 

779. Meade. 

780. Irving. 

781. George. 

John K. (582), (son oe Avery), had issue: 

782. Avery. • 

783. Earle. 

784. David. 

785. Emma. 

786. Fanny. 

Joseph (583), (son of Avery), had issue: 

787. Joseph, Jr. 

788. Isa. 

789. Paul. 

790. Silas. 

791. Seth. 

792. Hiram. 

SamueIv E. (585), (son of Avery), had issue: 

793. Frances D. 

OrvieIvE (586), (son of Avery), had issue: 

794. Blanche. 

795. Leo. 

796. Mabel. 

797. Glen. 

798. Dale. 

799. Orvis. 

800. Vera. 

Jesse C. (587), (son of Avery), had issue by first v^ife: 

801. Minerva. 

802. Leland. 

JeSvSE C. (587) HAD issue BY SECOND WIFE: 

803. Mildred. 

Reuben (589), (son of Avery), had issue: 

804. Gladys. 

805. Harold. 



VERAIILYE FAMILY. 677 

Clinton I. (597), (son of Josupii), had issue: 

806. Gilbert, born December 3, 1883. 

807. Rena. born March 28, 1887. 

808. Roy, born July 7. 1889. 

Le Rov (599), (son of Charles), had issue: 

809. Helen Ferguson, born August 26, 1882, died August 15, 

1889. 

810. Le Roy S., born ^larch 7, 1887. 

Eugene (607). (son of GiLnERx). had issue: 

811. George Gilbert, born February 14. 1877, married Jenny 

Krannear, have two children. 

812. Effie May, born October 15, 1878. married Andrew Mohr, 

have one child. 

813. Ernest, born July 22. 1880, married Florence \\'ait, have one 

child. 

814. Chester, born j\Iay 20, 1882. 

815. Eva G., born August 13. 1884. 

816. Eugene, Jr., born April 16, 1886. 

817. Rov Elbert, borii December i, 1888. 

818. Arthur Louis, born July 18, 1891. 

819. Wesley Floyd, born July 11, 1894. 

820. Lia Elizabeth, born August 8, 1889. 

Francis Goodwin (614), (son of Sylvester), had issue: 

821. Anna E., born November 19, 1895. 

822. Maria E., born March 28, 1897. 

823. ^lary Kate, born IMarch 2, 1899. 

John R. (623), (son of Franklin S.), had issue: 

824. Robert. 

Clarence Edward (634), (son of Paul), had issue: 

825. Ruth May, born j\Iay 18. 1903. 

Thomas Edward (674), (son of Rev. Ashbel G.). 
had issue: 

826. Ashbel G. 

William Gerard. Jr. (677), (son of Wh.liam Gerard), 
had issue: 

827. Katharine Rowland, born 1895. 

828. Sherwood, born 1901. 

829. \\'illiam Gerard, Jr. 



678 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Henry Rowland (678), (son of William Gerard), 
HAD issue: 

830. Louise Rowland, born 1894. 

Peter Bonnett (693), (son oe William), had issue: 

831. Arthur Park, born 1871, married Grace E. Hill, had three 

children. 

832. Herbert Marshall, born 1873, married Maud Smith. 

833. Frank Bayles, born 1876, married Anna O'Beirne. 

834. Percy Sherwood, born 1878, single. 

835. Helen Bonnett, born 1880, unmarried. 

836. Norman Loutrell, born 1884, single. 

Allen George Newman (696), (sonoe William), 
had issue: 

837. Sybil, born 1891. 

838. Allen Bonnett, born 1893. 

839. Norman Sherwood, born 1897. 

840. Aeltje, born 1900. 

Edwin L. (749), (son oe Wright), had issue: 

841. Wright, born January 16, 1897. 

842. Herschel, born October 28, 1898. 

Ernest (813), (son oe Eugene), had issue: 

843. Leona. 

Arthur Park (831), (son oe Peter Bonnett), had issue: 

844. Howard Hill. 

845. Wallace P. 

846. Jean. 

VERVEELEN. 

Johannes Verveelen,''' born about 16 16, in Amsterdam, held 
a prominent place in the history of the town, and was one of the 
five original patentees. As before stated, his ancestors were 
German, and citizens of Cologne, at the terminus of the highlands 
of the Rhine ; whence his grandfather, Hans Verveelen, with his 
family, removed, about 1610, to Amsterdam, obviously to escape 
the oppressive policy dealt out to those of the reformed faith at 
Cologne — a fact in the family history to be cherished by the pres- 
ent numerous descendants of Hans and Catrina Verveelen. To 
our account of Johannes, his birth and marriage at Amsterdam, 
emigration, and subsequent career at Harlem, a few particulars 

* This name has assumed various forms, as Vervalin, Vanvalin, Vanvaler, etc. 



VERVEELEN FAMILY. 679 

may be added. A first step after his arrival, with his wife, Anna 
Jaarsvelt, whom he married in 1637 at Amsterdam, was to enroll 
his name, April 24, 1657, among the bnrghcrs, and to unite with 
the church here, where Verveelen, whose social habits, if we 
rightly apprehend him, won him friends and popularity, soon 
found himself at home engaged in the brewing business in part- 
nership with Isaac de Forest. He also bought a house and lot 
in the Marckvelt-steeg from John La Montague, Jr., June 27, 
1659. Nominated for schepen, first in 1660, then in 1661, but 
not a successful candidate, he removed to Harlem, in which place 
from the first he had taken an interest, and where he was made 
a magistrate in 1663, a delegate to the General Assembly of 1664, 
and, as intimated, a patentee in 1667. By the purchase of the 
groundbriefs of Jan Pietersen Slot and Jurian Hanel, one dated 
January 4, the other May 16, 1664, Verveelen had become a large 
proprietor. For the subsequent history of these patents, see i\h-er 
family. The public duties intrusted to Verveelen, and his long 
retention, as ferrymaster, evidence the favor in which he was held. 
When his second lease of the ferry expired, his .son Daniel, in 
his behalf, petitioned Governor Dongan, April 2, 1688, for its 
renewal. He was told to "hold the premises until further order 
to the contrary". Four years later Frederick Philips brought a 
suit in the Supreme Court to eject V^erveelen from the island 
Papparinamin, which Philips claimed under a title derived from 
Vander Donck. Verveelen complaining, the council, February 
25, 1692, resolved to defend their tenant and his Majesty's title. 
But the same year the governor proposed that the city build a 
bridge across the Spuyten Duyvel ; the mayor and aldermen were 
quite wnlling to oust Verveelen, and hereupon Philips, on his 
petition, readily procured an order, January 19, 1693, for con- 
verting his lands in Westchester County, with the neck or island, 
Papparinamin, into the Manor of Philipsburgh, and empowering 
him to build a drawbridge, across the Spuyten Duyvel, to be 
called King's Bridge, and to collect certain tolls from passengers. 
This was amply assured by the charter of June 12, ensuing, 
erecting the said manor ; and the bridge was built forthwith. (See 
Bolton's History of Westchester County.)* 

Verveelen, now grown to be an old man, is known to have 
been living March 13, 1693, when, styling himself "of the county 
of Westchester, yeoman," he sold a house and lot in New York. 

* An application by Jasper Nessepott to the common council, Januarj' i6, 1700, 
for leave to build a grist-mill at Kingsbridge, was submitted to a committee, which re- 
ported in favor "on condition that he take cut of the way the stones and rocks on the 
other side thereof, that the same may not hinder the passage of boats and canoes, and 
when anv is to pass, at their reasonable request, he is to shut the sluices; and on 
the other side of the bridge erect a post in the water, and have a rope ready to assist 
them in passing." John Marsh, millwright, "being projector and contriver of the mill, ' 
Nessepott bought him out, when the mayor and aldermen formally granted Nessepott 
said "mill or" mills, under one roof," and "the ground whereon the said mill or 
mills doth stand," with toll for grinding, and other mill privileges: by deed of 
January 29, 1700, or 1701 (New Style) Grants, City Comptroller's Office, vol. 2, 
page 388. 



68o HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

On January lo, 1699, Johannes Verveelen brought a suit in the 
Mayor's Court against one HuHng, a citizen, to recover pay for 
eight barrels of beer. If this was our Johannes (and not his 
grandson) he was 83 years of age. Witnesses were cited, No- 
vember 24, 1701, to prove the deed last named, whence we con- 
clude he was then deceased, as he certainly was February 14, 1702, 
having outlived all but one of the Nicolls' patentees. He made 
a will, in which he gave his lands at Harlem to his daughter, 
Maria. (See page 95.) 

Johannes Verveelen ( i ) , born at Amsterdam, Holland, about 
1616, married there, Anna Jaarsvelt, had three children, and died 
in 1700. He had issue: 

2. Anna, born 1638, joined the church at New Amsterdam in 

1662, married February 9, 1664, Derick Looten, commis- 
sary, with whom, as before noticed, she returned to Hol- 
land. 

3. Daniel, who married Aletta Schaets, about 1662, had eight 

children. 

4. Alaria, born 1656, married Adolph Meyer, April 29, 1671, had 

nine children, and died in 1748. (See pages 273, 597.) 

Daniel Verveelen (3), (son of Johannes), who was nearly 
of age with his sister, Anna, preceded his parents to this country, 
coming, as is believed, in 1652, with Rev. Gideon Schaets, whose 
daughter he afterward married in Albany, about 1662. At Al- 
bany (then Beverwyck), Daniel, a mere youth, engaged in trade, 
as early as 1655, but several years later joined his father at New 
Amsterdam, uniting with the church there January 2, 1661. It 
was probably during the next summer (when he visited Albany, 
and on August 25 sold an interest in a house and lot there) that 
he married Aletta Schaets, who, as his wife, joine,d the church 
at New Amsterdam October 2 ensuing. The next month (Novem- 
ber 7) Daniel and his father secured a lot adjoining one owned 
by the latter, on the Prince's, now Beaver Street, and on February 
14 following they also bought out Isaac de Forest's interest in the 
brewery in Prince's Street, of which for some years Johannes 
had been part owner. At the surrender Daniel was opposed to 
resisting the English, and took the oath of allegiance. The next 
year he had a narrow escape from some riotous soldiers, one of 
whom cut him with his sword. Several years later he left the 
city, and went to New Utrecht, E. I., with his wife, taking letters 
to the church there, of which Verveelen, in 1678, was chosen an 
elder. He next went to Spuyten Duyvel, whether "to live at 
Fordham," as Archer had expected, does not appear. Subse- 
quently he and his family settled in the neighborhood of Hacken- 
sack, N. J., where Daniel was living in 1712. 



VERVEELEX FAMILY. 68i 

Dani-el (3) HAu issuk: 

5. Anna Maria, born April 2, 1663, died young. 

6. Anna ^laria No. 2, baptized January 10, 1666, married llen- 

drick Jansz Cammega, February 9, 17 1 7. 

7. Hendrick, born 1668, last mentioned in 168S. 

8. Gideon, born 1680, married first, Marritie Koch, March 23, 

1712, and second, Susannah De Oraef. 1714, had ten chil- 
dren. 

9. Bernardus, wlio married first, Evertie Delamater, had eight 

children, and second, Jannetie X'anderbeek, by whom he 
also had eight children. 

10. Reynier. We have failed to find evidence that he had a 

family. He was named for his uncle, Dr. Reynier 
Schaets, slain at the burning of Schenectadv.''"' 

11. Johanna, who married first, Johannes Schuerman, had four 

children, and second, Nicholas Peterson, January 19, 
1723. 

12. Johannes, born in New Utrecht, married Amelyntie Ileerte 

(Emeline, daughter of Hans Jacobs Harding), January 
2, 1703, had two children. His widow married Wouter 
Willemsen, in 1710. (See page 362.) 

Gideon A'erveelen (8), (son of Daniel), born 1680, at New 
Utrecht, married March 23, 1712, Marritie Koch, and in 1714 
Susannah, daughter of jMoses and Hester De Graaf. He re- 
moved from Rockland to Dutchess County, and, on May 20. 1740. 
bought 3,115 acres of land in Rombout Precinct, from which he 
sold ofif twelve parcels, but kept enough to give his four children 
each 252 acres. These, named in his will, dated January 25, 1755, 
and proved June 26, 1762, were Marritie, Hester, Alida and 
Moses. If all his other children were deceased without issue, at 
the date of his will, it appears remarkable ; if living, they nnist 
have been otherwise provided for. 

Gideon (8) had issue by second wife : 

13. ^Marritie, baptized April 12, 1715, married William Rogers. 

October 12, 1749. 

14. Hester, baptized Januar}- 15, 1717, married Johannes Rogers, 

had five children. 

* Rev. Gideon Schaets, the worthy minister of Albany, and of whose blood arc all 
the Verveelens, is too well known through the works of O'Callaghan, Itroadlicad and 
Pearson to require further notice here. But, strangely enough, all the printed ac- 
counts ignore his daup-hter ^\lida, who married \'ervcelen. Another mistake occurs 
in. regard to his son Bartholomew, who is confounded with a later person of th,-»t 
name. The first, said to have gone to Holland in 1670, died prior to 1680, when his 
widow, Willemtie, daughter of Hugh Barents de Kleyn (see page 97), married again. 
Bartholomew, who canie from All)any to the city of New York, in 1706. and whose 
posterity are noticed upon its records down to the Revolution, was probably the son 
of Gideon, son of Doctor Reynier Scliaets, as the name Reynier ran in the New York 
family. Doctor Schaets' first wife was .\gnietie Mi^riaens. He married his .second 
wife in 1683, survived her five years, and died I'ebruary J7, 1694. in his f'r'h ye:n. 



682 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

15. Alicia, baptized October 15, 1718, married Isaac Cole. 

16. Moses, born 1720, married Hester De Graaf, had seven chil- 

dren. The homestead farm was devised to Moses, but he 
died before his father. His son Gideon succeeded to 
the farm. 

17. Daniel, baptized January 15, 1723. 

18. Johanna, baptized October 29, 1725. 

19. Cloudie (Claude), baptized December 17, 1727. 

20. Jan (John), baptized June 27, 1731. 

21. Johannes, baptized October 18, 1733. 

22. Gideon, deceased. 

Bernardus Verveelen (9), (son of Daniel), joined the church 
at Hackensack, N. J., in 1704, at the same time with his brother, 
Reynier. In 1708 he obtained a patent for a large tract of land 
in Rockland County, described as between the Hudson and Over- 
peck Kill, part of which he sold his brother Gideon ; the two con- 
veying 1,000 acres to Lancaster Sims, in 1709. Bernardus mar- 
ried Evertie, or Titje Delamater (see page 497). He had issue: 

23. Alida, baptized January 14, 1714, married Hubartus Blauvelt, 

had ten children. 

24. Isaac, baptized April 12, 171 5, married Trintie Van Scheyren, 

August 12, 1736, had three children. Removed to the 
City of New York years before the Revolution. 

25. Cornelia, baptized January 15, 1717, married Pieter Van 

Scheyren, October 30, 1749, had eleven children. 

26. Daniel, baptized December 6, 17 19, married Jannetie Van 

Scheyren, had ten children. 

27. Johannes, born June 13, 1723, married Sarah Westervelt, 

had four children. 

28. Hester, baptized October 19, 1725, married Jacob Cool, had 

two children. 

29. Fredericus, baptized December 8, 1728, married Catryntje 

Pessel, July 31, 1752. 

30. Abraham, baptized May 16, 1731, married Elizabeth Allen, 

June 28, 1752, had three children. 

Bernardus (9) had issue by second wiEe: 

31. Jacobus, baptized September 22, 1734, married Sarah Nagel, 

had seven children, and died February 8, 1816, at 22 
Walker Street. Removed to the City of New York years 
before the Revolution. 

32. Lybetie (Elizabeth), baptized February 22, 1736, married 

William Persel, February 7, 1752, had three children. 

33. Bernardus, born October 30, 1737, married Mary Blauvelt, 

had five children, and died April 20, 1820; buried at Old 
Tappan, N. Y. 



\'ERVEELEN FAAIILY. 683 

34. Gideon, born August i, 1739, married ]vlaria Banta, May 5, 

1768, had six children. 

35. Jan (John), baptized August 2, 1741. 

36. Aengenietje, baptized March 27, 1743, married Abraham 

Persel, 1763, had three children. 
-^j. Cornelius, baptized September 15, 1745. 

38. Abram. 

Johannes (12), (son of Danuvi.), had issue: 

39. Alida, baptized January 11, 1704, married Rev. Fredericus 

Muzelius, and had one child. 

40. Francyntie, baptized June 28, 1706. 

MosES (16), (son oe Gideon), had issue: 

41. Gideon, baptized February 13, 1743, succeeded to the home- 

stead farm, and was an active patriot during the Revolu- 
tion. 

42. Moses, who married Annatja Cool, October 27, 1767, had 

eight children. 

43. John, baptized May 18, 1756. 

44. Daniel A., who married Rachel Volk, October 26, 1788, had 

nine children. 

45. Jeremiah. 

46. Elizabeth. 

47. Hannah. 

Isaac (24), (son oe Bernardus), had issue: 

48. Tittye, born May 12, 1738, baptized June 4, 1738. 

49. Jan, baptized April 15, i744- 

50. Isaac, baptized December 18, 175 1, married Margaretje 

Moore, had four children. 

Daniel (26), (son oe Bernardus), had issue: 

51. Tittve, born November 22, 1738, died unmarried. 

52. Geertye, born February i, 1741, married Jacobus Blauvelt, 

had eight children. 

53. Maria, baptized May 27, 1744, married Jan Arieyanse, had 

three children. 

54. Tietje, baptized December 6, 1747. 

55. Jan, baptized April i, 1750. • , T-r 1 .1 

56. Abraham, baptized December 25, 1752, married Elizabeth 

Benson, had one child. 

57. Jacobus, baptized August 31, 1755. 

58. Debora, born March 19, 1757, married Gcresolveert Ariey- 

anse, August I, 1773, had three children, and died Janu- 
uary 4, 1820. 



684 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

59. Elizabeth, baptized October 25, 1761. 

60. Catharine, baptized February 12, 1764, married Richard 

Blanch, February 22, 1788, had five children. 

Johannes {^j), (son of Bernai^dus), had issue: 

61. Titve, born June 28, 1746, married VVilhelmus Ferdon, had 

four children. 

62. Dirkie, born January 26, 1749, married Christian Cammel, 

August 25, 1766. 

63. Jannetie, baptized September 18,1757, married Jacob Paulisse, 

had three children. 

64. Jan (John), baptized September 18, 1760, married jMaria 

Banta, had four children. 

Abraham (30), (son oe Bernardus), had issue: 

65. Jannetje, baptized July 28, 1755. 

66. Petrus, baptized July 2, 1757. 

67. Catharina, baptized June 4, 1769. ' 

Jacobus (31), (son of Bernardus), was a grocer, and died at 
22 Walker Street, New York City, February 8, 1816. We pre- 
sume Henry and James, then of 20 Walker Street, were his sons. 
He had issue : 

68. Elizabeth, baptized August 11, 1756, married Abraham 

Ryken, had two children. 

69. Jan No. I, baptized February 11, 1759, died young. 

70. Jan No. 2, baptized December 14, 1760. 

71. Hendrick, baptized June 15, 1763, married Mary Drake, Jan- 

uary 10, 1789, had five children. 

72. Jannetje, baptized October 4, 1^67, married Arthur Smith, 

July 7, 1790, had four children. 
J2)- Sara, baptized July 30, 1769. 

74. Jacobus, baptized April 5, 1772. 

Bernardus ^ZZ)' (son oe Bernardus), had issue: 

75. Jacobus (James), born January 25, 1760, married Elizabeth 

Eckerson, had three children, and died August 10, 1786, 
at Clarkstown, N. Y. 

76. Cornelius, born May 14, 1762, married Antje Van Orden, 

March 17, 1783, had six children, and died April 19, 1820. 
yj. Jannetye, born April 30, 1765, married John Gilbert, had two 
children, and died October, 1786. 

78. Isaac, born June 30, 1768, marriecl Elizabeth Haring, January 

22, 18 14, had three children. 

79. Andrew. 



\'ER\'EELEX F.VMILY. 685 

Gideon (34). (son ok Ukkxardus), had issue: 

80. Lizabeth (Elizabeth), born February 21, 1769. 

81. Daniel, born January 3, 1772, married first Hannah (Annatje) 

Randall, April 24, 1796, had six children. He married 
second, Agnes Christie (N'olk), had two children, and 
died December 2, 1834. 

82. Jacob, born December 27, 1774. 

83. Jan (John), born January 5. 1778. 

84. Catlynte, born July 14, 1789. 

85. ]\Iaria, born January 18, 1793. 

Moses (42), (son of ]\Ioses), had issue: 

86. Hester, born August 27, 1768. 

87. j\Ioses, born October 5, 1770. 

88. Arie, born July 17, 1772. 

89. Annatie, born May 2, 1774. 

90. Gideon, born January 20, 1777. 
gi. Mary, born February 20, 1779. 

92. Elizabeth, born ]\lay 12, 1782. 

93. Benjamin, born June 6, 1784. 

Daniel A. (44), (son of ]\Ioses), had issue: 

94. Elizabeth, born January 4, 1790. 

95. Maria, born October 28, 1793. 

96. Abraham, born May 3, 1796. 

97. Jannetje, born July 17, 1798. 

98. Annaatje, born September 28, 1800. 

99. Hendrick, born June 16, 1802. 
100. Rachel, born Alay 5, 1804. 

loi. Eleanor, born December 9, 1806. 

102. Gerrit, born November 25, 1808. 

Isaac (50), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

103. Isaac, baptized June 3, 1778, married ]\Iargaret ]\Iyers, of 

Harlem, about 1799, had six children, and died December 
4, 1858. Was buried at Closter, N. J. 

104. Catrina, baptized February 15, 1784. 

105. John, born September 16, 1789, married Margaret Blauvelt, 

of Blauveltville. 

106. Margaret (Polly), born August 30, 1790, married John 

Blauvelt. 

Abraham (56), (son of Daniel), had issue: 

107. ]\Iaria, baptized November 6, 1795. 

Jan (John) (64), (son op Johannes), had issue: 

108. Sarah, baptized Alay 16, 1779, married Thomas Dubois, 

April 4, 1790. had four children. 



686 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

109. Hendrick, baptized April 21, 1783, married Cornelia Nagel, 

August I, 1801, had one child. 
no. Teitye, baptized June i, 1788. 

111. Johannis, baptized August 19, 1792. 

Hendrick (71), (son of Jacobus)., had issue: 

112. Martha, born December 3, 1789. 

113. James, born September 19, 1791. 

114. Sarah, born January 19, 1793. 

115. Phebe, born September 30, 1796. 

116. Elizabeth, born November 12, 1797. 

Jacobus (75), (son of Bernardus), had issue: 

117. Barnardus, born September i, 1782, married Sarah Nagel, 

September 14, 1805, had five children. 

118. Sarah, born January 13, 1784, married Henry Westervelt, 

February 14, 1807, had seven children, and died Decem- 
ber 17, 1871. 

119. Cornelius, born May 21, 1786, married first, Elizabeth Black- 

ledge, December 31, 1808, had three children. He mar- 
ried second, Jane Zabriskie, had five children, and died 
August 10, 1865. 

Cornelius (76), (son of Bernardus), had IvSSue: 

120. Marritye, born June 27, 1784, died April 22, 1850. 

121. Andrias, born October 24, 1786, married Hester Little, had 

six children, and died March 15, 1882. 

122. Jannetje (Jane), born July 24, 1789, married Nathan Ly- 

man, April 10, 1813, had ten children, and died March 2^, 
1879. 

123. Jacobus, born August 26, 1790, died May 26, 1869. 

124. Sara, baptized August 18, 1794, died February 6, 1795. 

125. Elizabeth, born May 29, 1796, married Fosdick, had 

one child, and died May, 1890. 

Isaac (78), (son of Bernardus), had issue: 

126. Barney, who married Margaret ?, and died April 17, 

i860, without issue. 

127. John I., born September 20, 1820, married Maria Post, had 

five children, and died December 3, 1899. 

128. Sarah, who married John Muckey, had two children. Lived 

at Binghamton, N. Y., and died August i, 1897. 

Daniee (81), (son of Gideon), had issue by first wife: 

129. Maria, born February 26, 1797, married first, Jeremiah 

Bogert, 1817, had five children. She married second, 
Robert Pitcher. 



VERVEELEX FAMILY. 687 

130. Elizabeth, born January 29, 1798, married John Campbell, 

had two children. 

131. Johannis, born January 11, 1802. 

132. Jenny (Jane), born March ii, 1804, married Albert Tall- 

man, January 7, 1821, had seven children, and died April 
2, 1893. 

133. Jacob, born May 2, 1807, married Hannah [Maria Wilson, 

had three children, and died in 1856. 

134. Fannie, born 1812, married Luther Shattuck, had three chil- 

dren, and died in 1842. 

Daniel (81) had issue by his second wife: 

135. William Christie, born May 26, 1823, died single, August 5, 

1840. 

136. Rachel Hannah, born September 12, 1825, married John T. 

Banta, had eight children, and died January 26, 1893. 

Isaac (103), (son oe Isaac), had issue: 

137. Abraham Myers, born 1802, married Nancy C. Sellick, had 

eight children. 

138. ]\Iaria, born March i, 1805, married Alva Lockwood, last 

heard of in Ohio. 

139. John, born September 14, 1806, married Jane Chatterton, 

had one child. He deceased. 

140. Samuel, born December 28, 1807, died single. 

141. Isaac, born February 26, 1810, married Elizabeth Naugel. 

March 16, 1830, had seven children, and died September 
10, 1852. 

142. Jacob, died single. 

Hendrick (109), (son oe Jan), had issue: 

143. Leah, born October 17, 1802, married David Haring, had 

two children. 

Barnardus (117), (son of Jacobus), had issue: 

144. Kobus (Jacobus), baptized December 21, 1806. 

145. Elizabeth, baptized December 17, 1808. 

146. John Gilbert, baptized April 14, 181 1. 

147. Jane Gilbert, baptized October 10, 1813. 

148. Cornelius, baptized August 20, 181 5. 

Cornelius (119), (son of Jacobus), had issue by 
FIRST wife: 

149. Catelyntie, born April 13, 1810, married David Lamberson, 

December 11, 1829, had six children. She deceased. 

150. James, born January 24, 182 1, died young. 



688 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

151. Cornelius, bom March 18, 1823, died single, November 29, 

1869. 

Cornelius (119) had issue by second wife: 

152. Eliza J., born June 22, 1840, at Teaneck, N. J., married Ed- 

ward Barr, September, 1862, had two children, and died 
April 3, 1867. 

153. James M. (Judge), born July 21, 1842, married Anna A. 

Smith, June 24, 1874, had nine children. 

154. Sarah A., born November 24, 1843, married Cornelius D. 

Schor, June 23, 1874, had two children. 

155. Carrie J., born November 23, 1862, married Mabie, had 

one child. 

156. Ella L., born February i, 1865, married Lindsay J. Riggins, 

had one child. 

Andries (121), (son oe Cornelius), had issue: 

157. Ann Maria, born May 27, 1809, married Archibald Scobey, 

had one child, and died November 4, 1866. 

158. Cornelius, born January 31, 1811, married Matilda Bush, 

November 25, 1829, had five children, and died June i, 
1854. 

159. Hannah, born March 9, 1815, died unmarried. 

160. Jane, born November 22, 1817, married William Knight, and 

died April 29, 1864. 

161. Sarah, born June 22, 1820, married David Swezey Mapes, 

1848, had one child, and died November 18, 1891. 

162. Hester, born July 10, 1826, married William E. Mapes, had 

two children, and died December 6, 1890. 

John L (127), (son oe Isaac), had issue:' 

163. Sarah Elizabeth, born March 12, 1843, married Joseph T. 

Healey, October i, 1862, had three children. 

164. Abraham, born February 25, 1847, ^^^^ single, October 10, 

1881. 

165. John J., born July 21, 1850, single. 

166. Hannah Jane, born March 22, 1856, married Henry J. Her- 

ing, April 10, 1889, no issue. 

167. Ralph, born March 27, 1858, single. 

Jacob (133), (son oe Daniel), had issue: 

168. Joseph Randall, born September 2, 1839, married Rachel 

Elizabeth Quackenbush, November 27, i860, had four 
children, and died September 15, 1895. 

169. Daniel, who died in infancy. 

170. Jacob, who died in infancy. 



VERVEELEN FAMILY. 689 

Abraham Mykrs (137), (son 01^ Isaac), had issue: 

171. Margaret, born September i, 1832, married Simon Dunn, 

October 5, 1857, had three children, and died October, 

1879. 

172. Annie, born March 26, 1835, married James D. Retallie, 

June I, 1854, had four children. 

173. Catherine, born February 25, 1837, married Lyman (Lysien) 

Van Alstyne, August 15, 1855, had one child. 

174. Mary, who married William T. Davis Walker, January 6, 

1856, had eight children. 

175. Isaac. 

176. Phoebe Jane, who married first, Samuel G. Walker, 1863, 

had one child. She married second, Thomas Palmer, 
1875, had five children, and is now deceased. 

177. Nancy, who married Jesse W. Spencer, had two children. 

She deceased. 

178. James Harvey, born February 16, 1850, married first, Sarah 

A. Hayner, October 7, 1874, had one child. He married 
second, Clara W. Baerr, September 24, 1883, had one 
child. 

JotiN (139), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

179. Mary Jane. 

Isaac (141), (son oe Isaac), had issue: 

180. Daniel, born May 2, 1832, married Mary E. Vanderbilt, 

March 23, 1854, had two children. 

181. Catherine, born September 18, 1834, married Abraham J. 

Smith, November 26, 1854, had four children. 

182. Euphemia, born October 3, 1836, married Cornelius H. 

Demarest, November 5, 1857, had three children. 

183. Richard, born May 26, 1839, married Henrietta Plunter, Oc- 

tober 12, 1 87 1, had five children. 

184. William, born January 31, 1842, married Emma Likely, 

May 28, 1873, and died July 31, 1877, without issue. 

185. Jane Elizabeth, born May 31, 1845, married Peter J. Ste- 

phens, September 8, 1880, no issue. 

186. Margaret Ann, born August 28, 1848, died unmarried, April 

27, 1900. 

James M. (153), (son oe Corneeius), had issue: 

187. James A., born October 13, 1877, married Elizabeth W. 

Walker, October 15, 1902. 

188. Garrett A., born November 16, 1881. 

189. Emma E., born October 31, 1884. 

190. Frederick M., born October 15, 1886. 

191. Raymond S., born October 17, iT" 



690 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

192. George W., born February 22, 1890. 

193. Arthur, born July 25, 1893. 

194. Howard W., born January, 1895. 

195. Anna E., born November 24, 1897. 

CoRNEIvIUS (158), (son 01? AnDRIAS), HAD ISSUE: 

196. Andrew, Jr., born September i, 1830, married, but died with- 

out issue, April 2^,, 1877. 

197. Peter, born January 8, 1832, married Sarah Knight, Septem- 

ber 24, 185 1, had four children. 

198. William Henry, born January 31, 1843, married Margaret 

B. Ridgeway, and died October 25, 1902. 

199. Nathaniel, born March 29, 1845, married Victoria Guiter- 

ray, January 31, 1884, had six children. 

200. Edwin E., born February 8, 1849, married Sarah Ridgeway, 

had two children, and died March 30, 1894. 

Jose:ph Randai.1. (168), (son of Jacob), had issue;: 

201. Carrie, born December 9, 1861, died August 22, 1868. 

202. Morris Bartow, born November 26, 1863, married May Con- 

ger Warner, November 3, 1886, had two children. 

203. William Randall, born May 29, 1866, married Alma C. Hart- 

man, July 21, 1892, no issue. 

204. Charles Banta, born August 5, 1869, married Jennie Eouise 

Sandford, October 19, 1892, had two children. 

James Harvey (178), (son of Abraham Myers), had 
issue by eirst wiee : 

205. Archie, born September 10, 1879, single. 

James Harvey (178) had issue by second wiee: 

206. Ellia May, born March 13, 1888, died September 8, 1889. 

Daniee (180), (son oe Isaac), had issue: 

207. George, born April 29, 1855, married Kate Dalton. 

208. Eugene, born December 13, 1856, single. 

Richard (183), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

209. Henrietta, born February 18, 1874. 

210. Richard, Jr., born November 18, 1875. 

211. Jane Elizabeth, born September 13, 1877. 

212. William, born August 21, 1880, married Elizabeth Connor, 

May 13, 1899, have one child. 

213. Grace, born'August 28, 1889. 

Peter (197), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

214. John K., born July 22, 1852, married Fanny R. Cass, July 



VERVEELEN FAMILY. G91 

22, 1889, had two children. 

215. Cornehus, born December 24, 1855, married Carrie V. B. 

Rea, April 21, 1898, but died July 14. 1901, without issue. 

216. Matilda, born February 6, 1854, niarried William D. Hall 

June 7, 1872, and died without issue, June 10, 1874. 

217. Eugenia A., born August 17. 1858, married Brewster S. 

Gurnee, September 29, 1881, had four children. 

Nathaniel (199), (son of Corxei.ius), had issue: 

218. Josephine, born November 21, 1885. 

219. William, born November 8, 1887. 

220. Alvin, born May 21, 1889. 

221. Victor, born October 4, 1890. 

222. Matilda, born July 2y, 1898. 

223. Victoria, born July 20, 1901. 

Edwin L. (200), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

224. Clarence. 

225. Claude. 

Morris Bartow (202), (son of Joseph Randall), 
HAD issue: 

226. ]\Iaud W.,, born November i, 1888. 

227. Morris Bartow, Jr., born jMarch 7, 1893. 

Charles Banta (204), (son of Joseph Randall), 
had issue: 

228. Joseph Randall, born January 5, 1894. 

229. Edward Sandford, born June 7, 1898, died February 23, 

1901. 

William (212), (son of Richard), had issue: 

230. Bessie Adelaide, born October 18, 1890. 

John K. (214), (son oF' Peter), had issue: 

231. Fanny R., born August 29, 1892. 

232. Helen, born December 13, 1897. 

WALDRON. 

Resolved Waldron, born jMay 10, 1610, the most noted, as 
he was one of the most intelligent, of the Harlem settlers, needed 
not the titular dignity of baron, which some of poetic humor claim 
for him ; yet might he well have graced the title. As we have 
seen, he had been in the printing business at Amsterdam, and 



692 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

emigrated with his family to New Netherland late in 1654. Re- 
ceived with his brother, Joseph, and their wives, to the fellowship 
of the church at New Amsterdam, the first care was to secure a 
home, and on April 3 ensuing the brothers bought a house and 
lot on Broadway, near Wall Street. Both entered the public ser- 
vice, Resolved being made "overseer of the workmen".* On 

* Joseph Waldron, "living near the hoeck of Passenger Street," in Amsterdam, 
and on the eve of his second marriage, appeared before the orphan master, May 12, 
1649, according to custom, and gave bonds for the maintenance of his two children 
by his late wife, Aeltie Hendricks; as "the children by the former marriage had no 
property." One of these perhaps was left at Amsterdam with its grandmother, Maria 
Goverts, since it is not named in our records here, and Waldron was wont to order 
part of his salary to be paid his said mother. The last time noticed was on August 
30, 1 66 1, being two months' wages, 48 florins. He was butler to the garrison, and had 
charge of the magazine of the company. Waldron died in 1663. Just before his 
end, sending for a notary to^ draw up his will, he said "there would be nothing left, 
but if anything should remain, it should not be touched, but go to pay the passage 
of his widow, who intended to leave for Fatherland." Upon these representations, 
and it appearing that there were "six minor children, two of whom are of a former 
marriage," the orphan's court of New Amsterdam, December 10, 1663, at the desire 
of the widow, Annetie Daniels, appointed Resolved Waldron, "her husband's brother," 
and Hendrick Tansen Vander Vin, "who is her oldest and most intimate friend," as 
guardians of her surviving children. It is uncertain whether she visited Holland, as 
she was inarried here, in 1668, to Harman Smeeman, and again, in 1682, to Coenraet 
Ten Eyck. Joseph Waldron's children known to us were Sarah, Daniel, Mary, Anna, 
Deborah and John. Deborah died in infancy, and John, when not quite 8 years old, 
was accidentally killed in his step-father's mill, January 23, 1669. Sarah, born about. 
1646, at Amsterdam, married, in 1662, Jan Gerritsen Van Voorst, and in 1666 L,aurens 
Jansen Colevelt, by whom she had children whose descendants are yet found. Mary, 
born 1652, married Hendrick Gerritsen Blauvelt (see page 363), and Anna, born 
1657, married John Delainontagne. To her son Daniel and son-in-law Delamontagne, 
Annetie Daniels, then for the third time a widow, conveyed some city property. May 
10, 1688. She was afterward allowed pay by government "for tending sick soldiers." 
Daniel Waldron, born 1650, at Amsterdam, married, in 1673, Sarah Rutgers,_ daughter 
of Rutger Willemsen. He was a gun-stock maker, but while serving in the city guards 
against I^eisler lost an eye and was otherwise badly hurt by the premature discharge 
of "a great gone," March ig, 1691. and which killed several persons, including Jacob 
De Key, the De Key ancestor, and Major Patrick MacGregory, from whom are 
clescendants, I believe, the Gregoi^y family of Orange County, of which was the late 
Dr. H. I-I. Gregory, of Harlem. Daniel Waldron and his son Joseph were admitted 
freemen August 30, 1698. He had children, Joseph, born 1674; Judith, born 1675, 
married Mr. Isaac Selover; Rutger, born 1677; Annetie, born 1681, married Francis 
Buys and Isaac Van Duersen; Sarah, born 1683, married Carsten Burger; John, 
born 1685; Maria, born 1686, married Frederick Williams; Cornelia, born 1688, 
married Gerrit de Forest; and Catharine, born 1689, married Isaac Boelen. The 
last died in her 83d year, in 1772, her sisters, Sarah and Cornelia, surviving her; 
and of the others, Judith lived to be 85, Annetie, 84, and Mary 80. Their mother 
died January 7, 1738, having reached her 95th year. Truly a long-lived race. 

* Joseph Waldron, a "cordwainer," married, in 1696, Anna Woodward; his will, 
dated New York, May 5, 1715, was proved October 10, 1722. His children that sur- 
vived infancy were Jannetie, born 1698, who married Henricus Boelen; Sarah, born 
1701; Catharine, born 1703, married, 1726, Hendrick Van Winckel, of Bergen, New 
Jersey; Joseph, born 1708, cordwainer, married, 1731, Efiie Hellacker, both living, 
1758, at "Pemberpogh, on Bergen Neck (parents of Jacobus, of Staten Island, black- 
smith, who married, 1762, Elizabeth Holland, vvidow, and had issue Joseph, 1765, 
etc.); Benjamin, born 1711, hatter, married Maria Debevoise (by whom a daughter, 
Maria, who married Isaac Meet), and was living in 1758 with his second wife, Bridget 
Haviland, at Newtown, L. I.; Daniel, born 1713, a cordwainer, admitted freeman, 
N. Y., 1737, where he died abottt 1756, having married three wives,_ viz.: Maria 
Pell, 173s; Maria Gautier, 1743; and Teuntie Bogert, 1746, and leaving two sons, 
Daniel, house carpenter (married, 1759, Catharine Turner), and Joseph, born 1740, 
feltmaker (married, 1761, Mary Foshay) ; and Jacobus, born 1717, who died July 
22, 1730. 

Rutger Waldron, a turner, made freeman February 3, 1699, married, 1700, De- 
borah Pell, and, 17 14, Cornelia Morse. He died, 1720, leaving Daniel, born 1703 
(father of William, of New York, baker, who married, 1752, Hillegond Minthorne, 
and died 1762, leaving children Jane, John, Daniel and Richard); Samuel, born 
1705, of New York, blockmaker, married, 1746, Mary Kip, and died Api'il 2, 1772, 
leaving son Richard; Richard, born 1707, made freeman, 1732, married, 1734, 
Anna de Graaf, widow of John Langedyke, made property as a baker and shopkeeper, 
and died January 4, 1775, without surviving children; Johannes, born 1713, married, 
1741, Margaret Van Ness, was living 1774, with children Christopher, born 1743! 
Deborah, born 1745; and Rachael, born 1746; Sarah, born 1716, liVing unmarried 



WALDRON FAMILY. 693 

April 17, 1657, he applied for the burgher right, and under May 3 
occurs this entry: "Resolved Waldron being admitted a burgher, 
hath on this date taken the oath of fidelity." His salary was in- 
creased soon after. Found to be efficient, the Director and Coun- 
cil, on May 25, 1658, appointed him deputy to the schout-fiscael, 
or attorney-general, de Sille ; the Ilurgomasters being ordered, 
October 28, to recognize him as deputy sheriff. Very exact in 
carrying out his orders and in enforcing the laws, he was charged 
by the Quakers, some of whom he. arrested, with being "hard- 
hearted". He visited, upon public errands, every part of the 
province, and even the neighboring colonies ; and in 1659 was sent 
with Augustine Heermans to Maryland, to vindicate the Dutch 
title on the Delaware. The next year the directors in Holland 
would have made Waldron sheriff of the Dutch towns on Long 
Island, but Stuyvesant wrote them, June 25, 1660: "Respecting 
the person, Resolved Waldron, we may be permitted to remark, 
that when appointed as a deputy to the fiscael, and as schout-by- 
nacht, in this city, he conducted himself v/ith so much fidelity and 
vigilance that he gave to us and the magistrates great satisfac- 
tion, so that his services, both as respects the Company and the 
fiscael, can hardly be dispensed with, besides that he would not 
be so well fitted for the shrievalty of the said villages, as he can- 
not well wield his pen ; wherefore, till your further orders on this 
point, we shall ask his continuance in that office." Stuyvesant 
was allowed to retain his favorite officer while his own rule lasted. 
On the accession of the English, Waldron took the oath of 
allegiance (October, 1664), but retired to private life at Harlem 
with the disappointment of one whose interests, as well as sym- 
pathies, all lay with the former government. It was still a pleas- 
ure to correspond with kindred in Holland. Mortien Govert, of 
Amsterdam, writing to Resolved, April 12, 1666, says, "Brother: 
Tall Anna has gone over with the supercargo who lived in 
Nicholas Carmen's house." Waldron had secured some property 
at Harlem (see pages 256, 264, 267), and was soon called to 
public office, from which he seldom had a respite for the rest of 
his life. He was one of the five patentees named in Nicolls' 
patent, and also served in the eldership. He died in 1690 ; his 
inventory taken that year. May 17, embraced lands, slaves, farm- 
stock, etc. The following items stand first: "Three lots of land 
lying upon Van Keulen's Hook, with one lot of land lying upon 

1774; and Cornelia, born 1718, who married Juriaen Blaau, issue William, Cornelia, 
Sarah and Henry ]jlaau, or Blaw. 

John Waldron was a turner, and married Rachel I,efFerts, daughter of Leffert 
Pietersen Van Haughwout, of Flatbush, to which place Waldron removed, and was 
there living in 1755. a fanner. He had issue Daniel, LefTirt. r.on.iamin, etc., of 
whom Leffert, who died 1748, was father of Johannes, of Middlclnish, New Jersey. 
(See I/cffert Genealogy, pages 28, 29, from which we differ somewhat.) , Daniel and 
liis wife, Hepzibali, also went to New Jersey, had Johannes, born 1737, etc.. and one 
of their younger sons, Leflert, born 1754. died August 20, 1847, was the father by 
his wife, Sarah Colthar. of the present respected Cornelius L. Waldron, of Martin- 
ville, New Jersey, father-in-law of Charles II. Horton, M. D. 



694 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Jochem Pieters, and a house with its lot (erf), comprising build- 
ings and plantation, as it is situate and lying at this village ; as 
also a piece of meadow lying in the Round Meadow."* 

But Waldron owed so much that the heirs agreed to let his 
son Samuel take all the property, real and personal, on condition 
that he assume the debts and the support of the widow. This was 
subscribed to May lo, 1690, and pursuant to which, on the 17th, 
the town clerk, Bertholf, took a list of the lands and effects, in 
presence of the constable, etc., and on June 5 the magistrates ap- 
pointed Adolph Meyer and Daniel Tourneur to appraise the same. 
But on the 14th the heirs executed a paper assigning "two-thirds 
of the estate of our deceased father, aforesaid, to his creditors, for 
the payment of his debts, and the widow agreeably to law shall 
retain one-third." On July 16 ensuing, the widow, for 1,200 
guilders, conveyed to Arent Harmens, "a lot of land on Jochem 
Pieters, being No. 12 on the survey." On the 25th ensuing a 
public sale of part of the farm-stock, etc., took place ; and the next 
day the widow sold to John Hendricks Van Brevoort, for 600 
guilders, "a half lot lying upon Van Keulen's Hook, being No. 9, 
the other half belonging to Adolph Meyer." On November 25, 
1690, the widow and heirs sold to Samuel Waldron, for 3,800 
guilders, "the farm of his deceased father. Resolved Waldron, 
consisting of two lots and a half of land, lying upon Van Keulen's 
Hook, with the meadows, buildings, and planting;" on the same 
date released to John Dyckman, for 40D guilders, "a certain piece 
of meadow lying in the Round Meadow, at Spuyten Duyvel, next 
to the meadow of Coenraet and Meyndert ;" and also ratified the 
sale of Nos. 3 and 4, New Lots, which Resolved Waldron had 
deeded to Samuel, February 20, 1686, and he to his brother, Jo- 
hannes, May 21, 1689. 

Resolved Waldron (i), born May 10, 1610, married first, 
Rebecca Hendricks, before 1647, had three children. He married 
second, Tanneke Nagel, May 10, 1654, had five children, and died 
in 1690. He had issue by first wife : 

2. William, born at Amsterdam, Holland, February 10, 1647, 

married Engeltie Stoutenburg, February 10^ 1671, had 
seven children. 

3. Rebecca, born at Amsterdam, in 1649, married first, John 

Nagel, August 27, 1670, had ten children, and second, 
John Dyckman, May 15, 1690, had two children. 

4. Aeltie. born at Amsterdam, in 1651, married Captain Johannes 

Vermilye, August 27, 1670, had ten children. 

* The statement in the Annals of Newtown, page 381, that Resolved Waldron 

acquired a ' large property at Hoorn's Hook, within the limnts of Harlem, on which 

he located,- was made on the authority of Mr. Isaac Adriance, seldom inaccurate in 

such matters; but was found, on fuller investigation, to apply to Samuel, son of 

Resolved Waldron. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 695 

Resoi^ved (i) had issue bv second wife: 

5. Barent, born at New Amsterdam, 111*1655, married Jannelic 

Meynderts, September 25, 1687, had six children. 

6. Ruth, baptized May 10, 1657, married first, John Delamater, 

xA.ugust II, 1678, had nine children. She married second, 
Hendrick Bogert, September 15, 1703. 

7. Cornelia, baptized February 30, 1659, married Peter Van 

Oblienis, June 8, 1685. 

8. Johannes, born at Harlem, September 12, 1665. married Anna 

Van Dalsen, April 25, 1690. had seven children, and died 

m 1753- 

9. Samuel, born at Harlem, April 10, 1670, married Neeltie Blood- 

good, March 5, 1692, had ten children, and died in 1737. 

William Waldron (2), (son of Resolved),''' of New York, 
cooper (see page 333), was made viewer of pipestaves, June 7, 
1676. On December 17, 1679. he and the other coopers, in all 
twenty-two, formed a combination to maintain their prices upon 
casks and barrels, and prevent underselling. For this they were 
proceeded against before the governor and council, and fined each 
fifty shillings, for "the church or pious uses". The cullers of 
pipestaves were dismissed, and Waldron and his partner, Peter- 
sen, were sworn as cullers, February 16, 1680. Waldron was ap- 
pointed one of the public measurers December i, 1702. He was 
still living in 1710. By Engeltie, daughter of Peter Stouten- 
burgh, married Febcuary 10, 1671 (see page 272), 

WlIXIAM (2)^HAD issue: 

10. Rebecca, baptized June 21, 1672, married first, John Daven- 

port, August 28, 1696, had two children. She married 
second, David Kent, had one child. 

11. Peter, baptized June ^'^^ 1675, married Tryntie, daughter of 

Cornelius Vandenbergh, September 9, 1698, had ten chil- 
dren, and died May 3, 1725. Went to Albany and died 
there. 

12. Hendrick, born April 10, 1677, married ?^taria A'an Tassel, 

March 2, 1706, had six children. 

13. William, born January 16, 1680, married Johanna, daughter 

of John Nagel, March 10, 1705, had five children. After 
17 1 7 he seems to have left the city. On his petition an 

* Capt. John Waldron, who commanded his Majesty's ship "Greyhound" was 
probably not from either of our Waldron families. He married at New York, by 
license of October 27, 1704, Cornelia Hardenberg. ^About 1721 he pave up his com- 
mand, and became a merchant; was vestryman of Trinity Church, 1725 to 173 J. and 
captain of the Blue Artillery company, and as such had charRc of the military stores 
for some 20 years. He died about 176J. His daughter Mary married Daniel Stiles. 
1713, inarried, 17^6, Elizalieth Hose, but both died soon after their marriaRC (t.erar- 
dus in 1737, at Hurley, LHster County), leaving no issue. The widow of John, Jr., 
married, 1737, Johannes Remsen. 



696 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

act was passed in 1717 to exempt his sloop, the "Mary 
and Hannah", from paying tonnage. 

14. Aefie, born 1682. 

15. Jannetie, born 1692, married first, Thomas Powell, March 25, 

171 1, had three children. She married second, William 
Adams, had two children. 

16. Wyntie, baptized September 30, 1694. 

Barent Waldron (5), (son of Resolved), whose possession 
of Gloudie's Point gave him a place among the patentees, married 
September 25, 1687, Jannetie, daughter of John Meynderts. 
(See page 212.) Having much of his father's aptness for pub- 
lic business, he served the town in various trusts, especially in that 
of collector. His name as assessor stands in Montgomery's char- 
ter, 1731, and he signs the Mill Camp grant in 1738. .At this 
date Jochem and Jacob Gardenier appear to occupy his farm. 
Being aged, he sold his farm, August 6, 1740, to John R. Myer, 
of New York. (See page 602.) 

Bare:nt (5) HAD issue: 

17. Tanneke, born November 3, 1688, married John Adriaens 

(Ariaense), March 25, 1720, had four children. 

18. Belitie, baptized April 6, 1690, married Isaac Delamater, Jr., 

August 9, 1717, had four children. 

19. Johannes, baptized August 7, 1692, married first, Susannah, 

daughter of Isaac Delamater, June 5,, 17 19, had seven chil- 
dren. He married second, Margaret Roll, April 13, 1729, 
had five children. Later removed to Philipsburgh, West- 
chester County, N. Y., both living to an advanced age."^' 

* Thei-e was also Johannes Waldron, who lived at Philipsburgh, probably related 
to, but not easily identified with, our Waldrons, if, as his marriage record says, he 
was born "at Utrecht, in Holland." He married, in 1720, Janneke Bogert, of Tappan, 
probably a daughter Cnot named, page 448) of Peter and Feytie, and, if we mistake 
not, was the father of Peter Waldron, born in Fordham, who, while living at Philips- 
burgh, married October 10, 1747, Marritie Ackerman.f He became a freeman of New- 
York in 1752, and had sons David, born 1754, and Isaac, 1756; the first, by trade 
a gunsmith, and a much respected citizen, married, 1773, Elizabeth Tremper, and 
died November 9, 1811, at 41S Broadway. 

t David Ackerman, whose descendants are very nuinerous, was from Berlikum, 
in Brabant. Plis departure from Amsterdam for this country, in 1662, is mentioned 
page 95, but considering the silence of our records regarding him it may be do.ubteii 
whether he survived the voyage. He had six children, who came over, viz. : Lysbeth, 
born 1642; Anneken, born 1644; David, born 1646; lyourens, born 1650; Lodewyck, 
born 1654, and Abraham, born i6=;6. L,ysbeth being the eldest, tipon her seems to 
have devolved the care of the younger children. She and her sister joined the 
church at New Amsterdam January 6, 1663, being the first communion season after 
their arrival. They lived in the Marckvelt Steeg. In 1664 Anneke married Nathaniel 
Pietersen Hennion, from Leyden; and in 1668 Eysbeth became the wife of Kier 
Wolters, of Harlem, whence for several years some of the family are found here and 
at Fordham, where Lourens rented a farm. (See pages 249 and 313.) In 1679 
Lourens married Geertie Egberts. David, living in New York, married, in 1680, 
Hillegond, daughter of Abram Isaacs Verplanck. L,odewyck married at Kingston, in 
1 68 1, Janneke, born in New England, daughter of Jacob Blaeck, of New York (see 
page 205), and Abraham, living at Bergen, married, in 1683, Aeltie, daughter of 
Adrian V'an Laer. All the family ultimately went to Hackensack; David, Lourens 
and Lodewyck, with their wives, helping to organize the church there in 1686, the 
nearest church previously being the newly formed French society at Kinkackemeck, 
or Kinderkameck. Abraham also joined in 1696. Lodewyck losing his wife, married, 



WALDRON FAMILY. 697 

20. Resolved, baptized September i, 16(55. 

21. Catherine, baptized May 25, 1698, married John Foshay, ?\Iay 

18, 1728, had one child. 

22. Marg-aret, born 1700, married Cornelins LA'decker, June 24, 

1721. 

Johannes Waldron (8), (son of Resolved), married A])ril 25. 
1690, Anna, daughter of Captain Jan Van Ualsen ; and living close 
under Jochem Pieters' Hills (133d Street, between Eig-hth and 
Ninth Avenues), he was usually called of the Hill, to distinguish 
him from his namesake of Hoorn's Hook. His house-lot, which 
lay at the end of the New Lots, but west of the highway, was 
bought from the town, May 10, 1688, for 12 guilders, by his 
brother Samuel, who, after building on it, sold it to Johannes, 
May 21, 1689, together with the New Lots, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 7, which 
had come to Samuel from his father and others. On April 3, 
1690, the town sold Johannes an addition to his house-lot, mak- 
ing it 17 rods on the road, and to extend back to the foot of the 
hill. Johannes and Barent together bought No. 8 of the New 
Lots, January i, 1701, from Johannes' brother-in-law. Tennis 
Van Dalsen, who had obtained it. May i, 1696, from Joost Van 
Oblinus. This lot they divided, Johannes taking the western half. 
He had already secured No. 2, originally Claude Delamater's, 
from his son-in-law, Arent Bussing, and in 1731 bought No. 6 
from Isaac Delamater, who had received it in 1729 from Nicholas 
Kortright, grandson of Cornells Jansen, the first owner. Thus 
Johannes came to hold Nos. 2 to 7 and half of 8, being 6)<^ lots; 
His large acquisitions from the drafted lands are shown in Ap-f 
pendix J. He died in 17S3. having survived his wife and all his 
children, except his son Resolved. 

Johannes (8), (son of' Resolved), had issue: 

23. Anneken, baptized February 22, 1691, died young. 

24. Annetie, baptized April 17, 1692, married John Delamater, 

June II, 1714, had ten children. 

in 1699, Tlillegond, daughter of Hendrick Bosch, and removed to Thih'pshurgli, West- 
chester Count'. We give a list of cliildren, but incomplete. I)avid had issue, David, 
born 16S1, married Gerbrecht Romeyn; Johannes, born 1684, married Jannetic Lozi4r; 
Marritie, born 1690, married Cornelius Vanderhoof, from -Mbany; Jannctie, boj-n 
1682, married Jacobus Van Voorhees; Egbert, born 1685, married Elizabeth Bryanl: 
Catharine, born 1687, married John Verwey; David, born 1689, married Sarah'' 
Culver, and Johannes, who married Jacomina Demarest. ,-\braham had David, born 
1684, married Margaret Jurcks; Gerrit, born 1685, married Jannetie \"an \"oorhees; 
Abigail, born 1687, married Andries Hopper and Derick P.rinkcrhoff. Lysbetli, born 
1689, married Johannes Doremus; .'\nneken, born 1691, married Thomas Dorenius; 
Adrian, born 1695, married Mary Van Blarcom; Johannes, born i6g6, married. 1721. 
Maria W"akefield, and, 1728, Elizabeth Stagg: Gulian, born 1697, married Racliel 
Van Voorhees; Anna Maria, born 1701, married Albert Terhune; ^Abraham, born 
1702, married Ilendriea Hopper, and Sarah, born 1705, married Cornelius Boers. 
Eodewyrk, of Philipsburgh, h.ad a daughter, Eysbeth, born 1684, married .\rent__Poot- 
man (Putnam), of Schenectady, but who moved to the "Maquaas eoinitry;" and 
daughter Francina, born 1696, married Samuel Williams, of Albany. His s<in David. 
born 1604. married, 17 19, Mar' See. was a deacon in the Pliilipsburgh Church, and 
father of Marv, who married Peter Waldron, as in the text. We have not space for 
fuller details, but hope this brief sketch may aid some descendant, with a becoming 
pride in his ancestry, to fill out the family tree. 



698 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

25. Alargaret, baptized October 22, 1693, married Adolph Myer, 

October 25, 1716, had five children. 

26. Cornelia, born March 4, 1696, married Ryck Lent, December 

26, 1722, had four children.' 

27. Johannes, baptized May 22, 1698, married Elizabeth Benson, 

December 10, 17 19, had two children, and died December 
10, 1724. 

28. Resolved, born May 6, 1702, married Mattie Quackenbush, 

May 9, 1729, had seven children, and died January 10, 
1761. 

29. Samuel, born about 1705, married Engeltie Myers, 1725, had 

one child, and died in 1752. Bought his father's farm 
and stock, November 17, 1748, his widow, Engeltie, oc- 
cupying the farm till the Revolution. His heirs sold it 
to John Delancey, July 10, 1776, the principal heir being 
his daughter, Engel, who married November 16, 1766, 
Lawrence Myer, father of Samuel Myer. 

Samuel Waldron (9), (son of Resolved), purchased the 
paternal farm upon Van Keulen's Hook, November 25, 1690, as 
before mentioned. He married Neeltie, daughter of Francis 
Bloodgood, of Flushing, March 5, 1692.* Waldron was among 
the first to discard the common fences. On October 26, 1704, he 
gave notice that he should do so, and, within a year and six weeks, 
fence in his lands on Van Keulen's Hook. The same notice was 
given by Arent Bussing ; and also by Johannes Waldron, Joost 
and Peter Van Oblienis, and Barent Nagel, owning lots on Jochem 
Pieters. Waldron had a share in the Hoorn Frigate, a somewhat 
noted vessel, which, being sent out by Governor Sloughter on the 
public service, was captured by the enemy. In 17 10 he bought 
the John Delamater lands, including the Hoorn's Hook farm, two 
north gardens (see page 484), a lot on Montanye's Flat, and No. 
I, Van Keulen's Plook, the last adjoining his farm there, which 
embraced lots 2, 3, and half of 4. This farm he sold, March 23, 
171 1, to Capt. Charles Congreve and John James, reserving the 
morgen rights, but allowing the purchasers "all those undivided 

* Capt. Frans Jansen Bloodgood, or Bloetgoet, as then written, was from Amster- 
dam, and one of the early colonists to New Amstel, whither he was accompanied by his 
wife, Lysbeth Jans, a native of Gouda, and an infant, Geertie. In 1659 he came to 
New Amsterdam, but settled in Flushing, owning, when he died, land, cattle and 
sheep. On May 24, 1674, he was commissioned chief officer of the Dutch militia of 
Flushing, Hempstead, Jamaica and Newtown. Two years after, "being sorely wounded 
and very weak," he gave directions as to his property, and died December 29, 1676. 
His widow, three years later, married Wouter Gysberts, from Hilverzum. His chil- 
dren were Geertie, born 1658 at Amsterdam, married John Marston ; Adriana, born 
1660, married Hendrick Hegeman; Isabella, born 1662, married Ide \^an Schaick; 
Judith, born 1665, married Johannes Wynkoop; William, born 1667; Neeltie, born 
1670, married Samuel Waldron; John, born 1672, and Lysbeth, born 1675, and un- 
married in 1698. At this date John and his wife Mary were living at Flushing. • 
William belonged to Lieut. Schuyler's troop in 1687, was elected one of the first 
vestrymen for Jamaica parish in 1703, and in 1714 was justice of the peace. De- 
scendants of Frans Bloodgood went to Albany in the next century (Pearson) ; and the 
New York Directory witnesses to their increase in this city, some of them dis- 
tinguished for their wealth. 



WALDRON F A:\IILY. 699 

sixteen acres of land in the commons of Harlem, of the first and 
second draft belonging- to the said Samuel Waldron." On selling 
this farm to John Van Horn, March 27, 171 1, Congreve substi- 
tuted for this sixteen acres his lot No. 7, Second Division, retain- 
ing his lot in First Division, which he sold, December 26, 17 13, 
to Johannes Waldron. Removing to Hoorn's Hook, Samuel 
Waldron secured a patentee deed for his new farm, of 115 acres, 
December 20, 1712. For his draft lots see page 592, also Ap- 
pendix J. He sold, prior to 171 5, his lot in First Division to 
Abram Delamontanie, his Second Division to Samson Benson, and 
Third Division to Johannes Benson. He got an additional ten 
acres from Peter Van Oblienis in 1720. - Its situation is not 
clearl}'- shown; but what is said (Oblenis family) may be com- 
pared with the further reference to it here. Waldron died in 
1737, his lands, now rated 156 acres, passing to his son Johannes, 
and from him, in 1741, to his brother William, who the year fol- 
lowing conveyed part of the farm (17 acres, say the Hopper place) 
to his brother Benjamin, and the lot on Montanye's Flat, w'ith lot 
No. 12, Fourth Division, and four acres of the ten-acre lot afore- 
said to his brother Peter. William kept three acres of the last lot, 
and the remaining three acres were bought by Hendrick Myer, 
apparently because adjacent to the Gloudie Point Farm, which 
Myer had recently purchased (see page 602). If not here, we 
know not where to locate this ten-acre lot. From William and 
Benjamin the title to the farm is readily traced. (See Appen- 
dix H.) 

Samuei. (9), (son of RjjsoIwVEd), had issue: 

30. Johannes, born December 23, 1693, died without issue, No- 

vember 7, 1 74 1. He was assistant alderman of the Out 
Ward from 173 1 to 1737, excepting one year. A stone, 
rudely inscribed IWxDx23xAOxi693x and rescued by 
Mr. Rufus Prime from the venerable Waldron house 
(88th Street, north side, a little east of Avenue A), when 
its walls were demolished in 1870, takes us back to the 
boyhood of Johannes Waldron ; his own record, no doubt, 
of his initials and birthday, "Johannes Waldron, Decem- 
ber 23, Anno 1693." 

31. Francis No. i, born September i, 1695, died December 19, 

1695. ^ 

32. Francis No. 2, born February 14, 1697, married Catherine 

Brunneal, had thirteen children, and died in 1765. 

33. Resolved, baptized May 14, 1699, married Jannetie Myer, 

January 25, 1722, had four children, and died October 21, 
. 1772. ' 

34. Elizabeth, born January 26, 170T, married Martin Beekman,* 

* Martin Beekman is named by two respectable authorities (Our Home, page 
492, Bergen Genealogy, page 348), as a descendant of Wilhelmus Beeckman, noticed 



7O0 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

June 21, 1724, had five children, and died November 27, 
1760. 

35. Tanneke, born April 7, 1703, married Johannes Benson, Sep- 

tember 17, 1722, but died without issue. 

36. William, born February 10, 1705, married first, Angle Sam- 

mon, April 13, 1729, second, Catherine Mandeville, Octo- 
ber 6, 1734. and third, -Antie IVIyer, August 24, 1744. By 
his three wives he had fourteen children, and died Decem- 
ber 5, 1769. 
■^y. Peter, born January 15, 1708, married Elizabeth Myer, Janu- 
ary 24, 1732, had four children, and died July 12, 1772. 

38. Samuel, born February 13, 17 10, married Anna Delamater, 

April 6, 1739, had eight children, and died August 23, 
1771. 

39. Benjamin, born November 15, 1714, married first, Elizabeth 

on page i6i. This is a mistake. Martin was the son of Hendrick and grandson of 
Marten Hendricksen, of Fort Orange, or Albany, apparently the person so-called, 
from Hamelwaard, in the. duchy of Bremen, who came out in 1638, in the service 
of the Patroon Van Rensselaer. Marten Hendricksen Beeckman was a sturdy black- 
smith, such a character, we may judge, as gives dignity to labor, for during a resi- 
dence of some years he maintained a good credit with the deacons, who loaned him 
considerable sums, in 1652 and later. By his wife, Susannah Jans, he had, as iden- 
tified, five children, viz.: Hendrick, Johannes, Marten, Metje, who married Cornells 
Vanderhoof, of Albany, and Jan Bebout, of Brooklyn, and Neeltie, who married 
Jacob Bennett, of Brooklyn. Johannes Martensen Beekman, who married Machtelt, 
daughter of Jacob Schermerhorn, and Eva, daughter of John Vinhaegen, is noticed 
in the works of Holgate and Pearson. His brother Marten married Neeltie, daughter 
of Teunis and Engeltie Slingerlant, of Albany, removed, in 1692, to New York, and 
had, so far as known, seven daughters, but no sons. 

Hendrick Martensen Beekman, of Scotia, near Schenectady, married Annetie, 
daughter of Peter Ouackenbos, and had issue, Martin, born 1683; Susanna, born 
1686; lyydia, born 1689; Hendrick, born 1692; Mary, born 1695; Peter, born 1697, 
and Magdalena, Jjorn 1701. He removed to Somerset County, New Jersey, where he 
was living on November 13, 1710, when he bought from Octavio Conraets, of New 
York, a large tract of land on the Raritan River, about three miles above Somerville, 
part of which is now occupied by the widow of ex-Sheriff Van Doren Vredenburgh. 
Wilhelmus Beeckman's sons also owned various tracts on the Raritan, some of which 
Dr. Geradus Beekman conveyed and devised to his son Hendrick, a merchant in New 
York, and the two Hendricks being taken as one person has led to the error pointed 
out at the beginning of this note. Hendrick M. Beekman died prior to September 20, 
i73S> as we find by an agreement of that date between his sons Martin and Peter, 
and which states that they, with their brother Hendrick, had "hitherto jointly en- 
joyed" his lands. Peter Beekman, who died in 1773, left a widow, Grietie, and 
daughters Leentie, married Fernandus Gulick, Annetie, married Peter Peterson, and 
Neeltie, married Bernardus Van Zandt. Hendrick, brother of Peter, died a bachelor, 
in his 77th year, March 19, 1767, and by will gave his property to the live children of 
his brother Martin, deceased, said Martin having died October zy, 1757, aged "jz 
years. These children (all by his wife Elizabeth Waldron, of Hoorn's Hook,' whom 
lie married June 21, 1724, and who died November 27, 1760, aged 60 years), were, 
Elizabeth, born August 30, 1725, married Francis Brazier, and died November 9, 1810; 
Hendrick, born March 24, 1727, married Phebe Bloomfield. and died January 26, 
1796; Samuel, born November 26, 1729, married Elizabeth Waldron, of Newtown, L. 
I., and died October 19, 1808; Anna, born June 28, 1714, married Johannes Waldron 
November 12, 1766, and died September 5. 1795 (he died September 10, 1795), and 
John, born November s, 1741. Oi these Hendrick and Phebe had eight children, of 
whom Benjamin (born OctolDer 26, 1766, married Cornelia Beekman, and died March 
21, 1838), was father of Bloomfield Beekman, and of Elizabeth, now the respected 
widow of Van Dorn Vredenburgh, Eso.., deceased. Samuel and Elizabeth had five 
children, of whom two were sons, viz.: Samuel and Martin, the last (born May 14, 
'^77Z^ married Matilda Brokaw and Mary Powelson, and died August 26, 1844, in 
Somerset County) having fourteen children, of whom, Joseph B. was father of Revs. 
John S. and Abraham J. Beekman. Martin's brother Samuel (born September 21, 
1766, married Helena Ten Broeck, and died March 4, 1850, at Harlingen), was father 
of Rev. Jacob Ten Broeck Beekman, born April 10, 1801, married Ann Crawford, and 
died April 23, 1875, being the father of Hon. George C. Beekman, of Freehold, N. 
J., without whose friendly co-operation we may have been less successful in correcting 
the current mistakes regarding the early liistory of this important branch of the 
Beekman family. 



WALDRON FA:MILY. 701 

Sammon, September 19, 1736, had eight children. He 
married second, Debora Nagle, July 23, 1762, and died 
in 1782. 

Peter (h), (son of Wieeiam), had issue: 

40. Engeltie No. i, baptized February 19, 1699, died young. 

41. William, born April 13, 1700, married Elizabeth Beekman, 

January 19, 1720, had twelve children. Removed to the 
City of New York, but eventually returned to Alban}-. 
Was a mason. Will dated 1768, proved 1774. 

42. Cornelia, baptized December 2, 1702, married Derick Bratt, 

Jr., September 6, 17 19, had two children. 

43. Cornelius, baptized November 18, 1705, married Jannetie Van 

Ness, September 26, 1732, had eight children, and died 
May 18, 1756. 

44. Engeltie No. 2, baptized May 23, 1708, died unmarried. 

45. Catherine, baptized October 24, 171 1, married Hendrick Van 

Wie, October 21, 1732, had eight children. 

46. Eva, baptized April 11, 1714, married John F. Whitbeck, j\Iay 

9, 1740, had six children. 

47. Peter, baptized July 26, 17 17, died May 29, 1728. 

48. Rebecca, baptized August 30, 1719, married John G. Yates, 

November 28, 1737, had seven children. 

49. Gerri't, baptized April 7, 1723, married Maria de Forest, Octo- 

ber 21, 1744, had eight children. A mason; removed to 
to New York City. 

Hendrick (12), (son oe Wieliam), had issue: 

50. Stephen, born October 12, 1716, married Martha A. Pierce, 

April 12, 1736, had six children. 

51. Samuel, born April 12, 1715, married Deborah Vandenburgh, 

May, 1736, had six children. 

52. Hendrick. 

53. Maria. 

54. William. 

55. Rebecca. 

WiLEiAM (13), (son oe William),' had issue: 

56. Resolved, baptized October 9, 1706. 

57. Rebecca, baptized December 21, 1709. 

58. William, baptized January 25, 1712, married Margrietye 

Pieterse, had one child. 

59. Johanna, baptized March 27, 171 5. 

60. Deborah, baptized July 21, 171 7. 

Johannes (19), (son oe Parent), had issue: 

61. Barent, born November 6, 1720, married Lena Gardenier, 

June 9, 1744, had thirteen children. 



702 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

62. Peter, born September 5, 1723, married Marritie Ackerman, 

October 10, 1747, had twelve children, and died in 1806. 

63. Isaac, born October 7, 1722, married Francina Flierboom, had 

two children. 

64. Cornelia, who married Jacob Gardenier, had four children. 

65. Catherine, who married Reynier Quackenbush, had thirteen 

children. 

66. Rebecca, who married Jacob Flierboom, July 7, 1753, had one 

• child. 

67. George, born January 10, 1732, married Annetta Hagerman, 

January 10, 1752, had eight children. 

Johannes (19) had issue by second wiEe: 

68. Hester, born April 23, 1734, married William Williams, De- 

cember 10, 1748. 

69. Femmetye, baptized November 20, 1736, married Archey Wil- 

liams, January 23, 1753. 

70. Jacobus, baptized October 24, 1738, married Claessie Quack- 

enbush, had two children. 

71. Margrietie, baptized January 12, 1742. 

J2. Nicholas, baptized April 19, 1746, married Marritje Acker- 
man, had five children. 

Johannes Waldron (27), (son of Johannes), of the Hill, 
married December 10, 1719, Elizabeth, daughter of Samson Ben- 
son, but died December 10, 1724. His widow married JohnRomer, 
and went to live in Bergen County, New Jersey, but returned to 
Harlem, where Romer purchased, in 1744, and held till the Revol- 
ution or later, the square plot in the village, south of the Church 
Lane, which John P. Waldron devised, in 1806, to his daughter 
Cornelia, who married S. D. Ingraham. 

Joh:ANNES (27) HAD ISSUE: 

y^. Johannes, born April 12, 1721, married first, Wyntie Terhune, 
April 28, 1745, had ten children. He married second, 
Maria Vermilye, November 18, 1781, and died October, 
1813. 

74. Samuel, born May 10, 1723. 

Resolved Waldron (28), (son of Johannes), of the Hill, 
married May 9, 1729, Mattie, daughter of Adrian and Anna 
Quackenbush, and removed to Hackensack, joining the church 
there in 173 1. On April 10, 175 1, he bought a farm of 135 acres 
on Floris' Fall, at Haverstraw, to which, after his decease, Janu- 
ary 10, 1761, his sons John and Jacob succeeded, purchasing from 
the co-heirs, June 17, 1789, and making a division October 23, 



WALDRON FAMILY. 703 

1800. Resolved being weak, made his will, December 22, 1756; 
it was proved June i, 1761. 

Resolved (28), (son oe Johannes), had issue: 

75. Mary, born 1730, married Abraham H. Lent. 

76. John (Johannes), baptized ]\Iay 28, 1732, married Elizabeth 

Lamb, had one child. 
yj. Anna, born 1733, married Johannes Springsteen.* 

78. Catherine, born 1735, married Alexander Bnlen. 

79. Adrian (Edward), born May 5, 1736, married Hannah Alli- 

son, January 6, 1773, had seven children. 

80. Jacob, born February 16, 1737, married Catherine Lamb, Feb- 

ruarv 6, 1765, had eight children, and died Februarv 17, 
1805. 

81. Elizabeth, born 1740, married Patrick Hine. 

Samuel (29), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

82. Engeltie, who married Lawrence Meyer, November 16, 1766. 

Francis (32), (son oe Samuel), had issue: 

83. Gertrude, born March 2, 1722. 

84. Elizabeth, baptized December 16, 1722. 

85. Martha, born July 5, 1724. 

86. Neeltje, baptized October 18, 1724. 

87. Agnietie Neisje, baptized May 18, 1727. 

88. Samuel, born March 3, 1729, married Gertrude Van Ness, 

May 12, 1 75 1, had eight children, and died May 17, 1791. 

89. Hieronimus (Jerome), baptized October 14, 1731, married 

Lydia ?, had six children. 

90. Catherine (Catlyna), baptized May 19, 1734. 

91. John Obadiah, born March 21, 1738, married Nancy Hager- 

man, March 21. 1765, had five children. 

92. Francis, born March 20, 1739, married Nelly Hagerman, 1760, 

had six children. 

93. Johannes, born February i, 1740. 

94. William, born March 13, 1744. 

95. Tunis, born March 3, 1746. 

Resolved Waldron (33), (son of Samuel), married Januarv 
25, 1722, Jannetie, daughter of Johannes Myer, settled near Har- 

* The Springsteens have a good claim, in the matter of ancestry, to the tradi- 
tional "three brothers;" for to Joost and Johannes Springsteen, named in the Annals 
of Newtown, page 130, as coming from Groningen in 1652, must he added Melle, 
or Melchert, at Bushwick, 1663, who married Gertrude Bartelsen, became a freeman 
of New York, January 23, 1696, but ultimately removed to Rockland County. He 
had sons Casparus, Juriaen and Isaac; the first the miller who went to Schenectady. 
(See Pearson's Albany Settlers.) Caspar, of Haverstraw, 1702, son of Johannes afore- 
said, also left a family, whence, probably, Johannes named in the text. We have 
gathered other items respecting the Springsteens, which would aid in making up a 
genealogy. The first were Swedes. The Delaware branch shortened the name to 
Spring. 



704 ' HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

lingen, N. J., where he was a deacon and elder ; returned eventu- 
ally and lived at Eastchester, then became a baker in New York, 
and later a farmer in Brooklyn. He died there October 21, 1772, 
and was buried in New York, administration on his estate being- 
granted on October 23d to his youngest son, Adolph, also of 
Kings County, yeoman. 

ResoIvVEd (33) HAD issue: 

96. Samuel, born 1723, married Mary Bassett, June 10, 1749, had 

ten children, and died October, 1771. Was a farmer at 
the ferry in Brooklyn. 

97. John, baptized April 24, 1726, married Rebecca Bussing, Feb- 

ruary I, 1759, had two children. "Of New York, mar- 
iner." 

98. Adolph, born March 30, 1729, married Catharine, daughter 

of Capt. Alexander Phoenix, March 15, 1758, had eight 
children, and died August 25, 1818. Was a baker and 
shop-keeper. 

99. Catharina, baptized September 17, 1735. 

William Waldron (36), (son of Samuel), born February 10, 
1705, married April 13, 1729, Aagie, daughter of Jacob Sammon; 
October 6, 1734, Catharine, daughter of David Mandeville, and 
as his third wife, August 24, 1744, Antie, daughter of Adolph 
Myer, who survived him. He was made constable in 1734, and 
soon after sergeant in the company of Capt. Stuyvesant. Enjoy- 
ing the confidence of his townsmen, by whom on various occa- 
sions he was intrusted with the pubhc interests, Mr. Waldron' 
fairly represented the stability and respectability so largely char- 
acteristic of the family. He died December 5, 1769, and was bur- 
ied with his fathers in the old graveyard at Harlem. 

WiLIvIAM (^6) HAD issue: 

100. Tanneke, born April 22, 1730, married Matthew Mandeville, 

October 26, 175 1, had seven children. 

10 1. Jacobus, born November 6, 1731, died 1740. 

102. Aggie No. I, born August, 1735. 

103. David, born May 23, 1737, married first, Cornelia Waldron, 

December i, 1763, had four children. He married second, 
Sarah Meyer, 1802, but died without issue by second wife, 
October 10, 1813. 

104. Maria No. i, born January 8, died in infancy. 

105. Mary (Maria No. 2), born October 12, 1740, married first, 

Stephen Brinckerhoff, April 3, 1755, had one child. She 
married second, John Vredenburgh, 1760, had three chil- 
dren. 

106. Samuel, born August 3, 1742, married Aefie Waldron, April 

10, 1774, had four children, and died in 1798. 



WALDROX FA^IILY. 705 

107. Aggie No. 2, born July 19, 1745. 

108. William, born September 11, 1746. married Lena \'an Tas- 

sel, July 26, 1760, had six children. 

109. Adolph, born April 4,1748. married Christina Zabriskie, Sep- 

tember 12, 1775, had seven children, and died April t, 
1798. 
no. Alargaret. born December 8, 1749. married Abraham Lent, 
January 10, 1779, had eight children. 

111. John, born November 3, 1751, married first, Elizabeth Oaks, 

November 12, 1772, had five children. He married 
second, Aletta Bicker, October 9, 1785, had eight children, 
died September 19, 1798. Was a tailor. 

112. Peter, born April 23, 1754, married Edna Swartwout, Feb- 

ruary 21, 1796, had ten children, and died Mav 10, 1827. 

113. Benjamin, born February 15, 1759, married Maria Brincker- 

hofi^, December 5. 1779, had seven children. 

Peter A\'aldron {^y), (son of Samuel), also called Petrus, 
was named for his uncle, Peter Van Oblienis. to whose lands he 
afterward succeeded. He married January 24, 1732, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Johannes ]\Iyer, and was made' constable in 1735. In 
1738 he occupied the plot before of Peter Van Oblienis, and since ' 
of James Chesterman. (see page 172). Coming into possession 
of the Oblienis farm on Vsui Keulen's Hook. Peter Waldron made 
additions to that part of it which joined on the Church Lane. 
One piece, known as "the hoeck", corner or end, "of the Klaaver 
wey", or Clover Pasture (see page 307) and described as "Iving 
in the village of Harlem, aforesaid, bounded west against the land 
now in possession of Peter Waldron, north bv the highway, east 
by the street or lane, south by the old lots of Van Keulen's Flats," 
was sold him by the town, ]\Iay 11, 1747, for ii6:io, "upon con- 
dition that Alaria Meyer may have a convenient way to her land." 
A question between him and Benjamin Benson, who owned lots 
7 to 9, \'^an Keulen's Hook, was settled bv the award of ]\Iay 30, 
1753, which decided "that Peter Waldron hath a just right to! 
and that he be at liberty to take in and enclose to his own use and 
possession, a small slip of land which lies within the fence of said 
Benjamin Benson, behind the Cloverwey, so as the same is now 
staked out to him for that purpose." Waldron died Julv 12, 1772. 

Peter (t,'/) had issue: 

114. Cornelia, born December 19, 1733, married David Waldron, 

December i, 1763, had four children, and died ^larch ^s' 
1796. 

115. Peter, born December 15, 1736, married Engeltie Meyer, 

January 24, 1765, had one child. 

116. John, born June 30, 1741, died November 12, 1741. 



7o6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

iiy. John P., born April i, 1748, married Elizabeth Bend, 1770, 
had four children, and died in 1806. At a meeting of the 
Harlem freeholders, held at Mariner's Inn, December 19, 
1801, John P. Waldron and five others were chosen com- 
missioners to carry into effect a plan for dividing up the 
Harlem Commons among the freeholders, and laying an 
annual ground-rent which should be applied to the sup- 
port of an academy in said town. Register's Office, Deeds, 
7Z 420. 

Samuel Waldron (38), (son of Samuel), born February 13, 
1710, was a blacksmith, married April 25, 1735, Anna Delamater, 
born Julv 15, 1715, and removed to Newtown, Long Island, where 
he bought a small farm, February 6, 1736; joined church at New- 
town. Long Island, November i, 1741, and was an elder and a 
deacon, and died August 23, 177 1. 

SamueIv (38) HAD issue: , 

118. Anne, born January 29, 1736, married Richard Rapelye. 

119. Samuel, born March 13, 1738, married Hannah Van Alst, 

March 4, 1763, had five children, and died September 4, 
1799. Joined church at Newtown, L. I., November 24, 
1788, was an elder there till 1795. • (See Annals of New- 
town, page 381.) 

120. John S., l3orn June 18, 1741, died single, February 18, 1795. 

121. Elizabeth, born January 29, 1744, married Samuel Beekman, 

December 5, 1765, had five children. 

122. Margaret, born July 13, 1746, married Jacobus Waldron, 

March 10, 1772, had three children, and died August 5, 
1834. 

123. Cornelia (Catherine), born September 11, 1749, died, un- 

married, April 5, 1769. 

124. William, born October 22, 1752, married Mary (Maria) 

Waldron, May 20, 1781, had nine children, and died April 
1824. 

125. Benjamin, born February 25, 1755, married first, Pheby 

Wood, 1780, had two children. He married second, 
Maria Southard, February 27, 1795, had nine children, 
and died March 15, 1830. 

Benjamin Waldron (39), (son of Samuel), married Septem- 
ber 19, 1736, Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Sammon, and on July 
23, 1762, he married Debora Nagle. Obtaining the two lower 
lots of the Hoorn's Hook farm, known as Nos. 3, 4, of the grants 
of 1677, he exchanged with John Brown, owning the Codrington 
farm, giving the easterly half of these for the westerly half of 
his lots Nos. I, 2, by which both tracts were made nearer square. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 707 

Waldron built on his part, and for many years carried on a tan- 
nery and shoe factory. He died in 1782, and the property passing 
to Yellis Hopper, was thence known as the Hopper place, the 
.quaint old stone house standing till late on Second Avenue, west 
side, between 83d and 84th Streets. 

Benjamin (39), (son of Samuei^), had issue: 

126. John, born April 2, 1739, married Anna Beekman, November 

12, 1766, had two children, and died September 10, 1795. 

127. Elizabeth, born October 3, 1740, married Yellis Hopper, July 

15, 1759, had- six children. 

128. Jacobus, born Alay 6, 1741, married Margaret Waldron, 

March 10, 1772, had three children. Settled at New- 
_ town, L. I., where he was a deacon of the church, Novem- 
ber 15, 1795. 

129. Benjamin, born September 10, 1743, married Hannah Van 

Sise. March 10, 1779, had three children, and died August, 
1832. 

130. Catalina, born June 5, 1744, married Samuel Delamater, 

October 3, 1756, had six children. 

131. Aeffie, born April 10, 1746, married Samuel Waldron, April 

10, 1774, had four children, and died April 18, 1825. 

132. Cornelia, born November 3, 1747, married Ide Hennion, June 

14, 1760, had seven children. 

133. Eve, who married Robert Boyle, jMarch 12, 1758. 

William (41), (son of Peter), had issue: 

134. Pieter, born April 10, 1720, married first, Neeltie Lansing, 

December 3, 1743, had six children. He married second, 
Antje Onderkerk, April 14, 1764, had seven children. 

135. Neeltie No. i, baptized August 13, 1721, died young. 

136. Tryntje (Catharine), baptized September 23, 1722, married 

Arent Van Deusen, April 20, 1745. had two children. 

137. jMartin, baptized November 22, 1725. 

138. Susanna, baptized September 11, 1726. 

139. Cornelia No. i, baptized January 10, 1728, died young. 

140. Cornelia No. 2, baptized August 22, 1730, married Patrick 

Clark, had ten children. 

141. Neeltie No. 2, baptized December 24, 173^, married Folkert 

Vandenbergh, May 10, 1755, had seven children. 

142. Anna No. i, baptized June 22, 1735, died young. 

143. Anna No. 2, baptized February 5, 1738. 

144. James (Jacobus), born October 10, 1740, married Catherine 

Vanburen. November 10, 1764, had three children. 

145. Elizabeth, baptized August 16, 1741, married Frederick 

Meinerssen, April 23, 1765, had nine children. 



7o8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

CORNEUUS (43), (son of PuTER), HAD ISSUER: 

146. Pieter, born June 10, 1734, married Rachel Vandenbergh, 

had one child. 

147. Evert, born May 8, 1736, died June 20, 1829. 

148. Garret, born May 31, 1738, married Catherine Van Den- 

burgh, November 26, 1761, had ten children, and died in 
1829. 

149. Geertje, born February 22, 1741, married Nicholas Groes- 

beck, June 27, 1766, had eight children. 

150. Cornelius, born May 17, 1743, married Alida Goewey, July 

2, 1769, had seven children. ■ 

151. Hendrick (Capt.), born May 2, 1745, married Margarita 

Van Vranken", November 26, 1771, had nine children. 

152. Tryntje (Catherine), born November 25, 1747, married 

Nicholas Vandenbergh, January 3, 1779, had seven chil- 
dren. 

153. Willem (William), born March 3, 1749, married Margarita 

Van der Werken, February 10, 1777, had eight children, 
and died November 26, 1832. 

Gerrit (49), (son of Pester), had issuk: 

154. Pieter, baptized June 15, 1746, died young. 

155. Tryntje (Catherine), baptized August 10, 1748, married 

Alexander Exceen, April 13, 1769, had two children. 

156. Engeltie No. i, baptized December 20, 1749, died young. 

157. Peter, baptized September 15, 175 1. 

158. Johannes No. i, baptized March 24, 1754, died young. 

159. Cornelius, baptized October 2, 1755. 

160. John (Johannes No. 2), baptized June 4, 1758. 

161. Engeltie No. 2, baptized August 17, 1760. 

Stephen (50), (son of Hendrick), had issue: 

162. Joseph, born May 23, 1737, married Anna Shaw, March 10, 

1757- 

163. Robert. 

164. Sylvester. 

165. Nancy. 

166. Betsey. 

167. Hannah. 

Samuel (51), (son of Hendrick), had issue: 

168. Abiather, born 1750, married Malinda Ostrander, 1775, had 

eight children. 

169. William. 

170. Hendrick. 

171. Samuel. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 709 



172. Deborah. 

173. Maria. 



WiLUAM (58), (SON OF William), had issue: 

174. Andreas, born November 29, 1743, baptized December 25, 

1743- 

BarENT (61), (son 01? Joi-IANNES), HAD ISSUE: 

175. Rachel, baptized April 20, 1745. 

176. Susanna, baptized July 26, 1747, married William Peterson, 

had one child. 

177. Albartus, baptized June 9, 1750, married Rachel Haring, 

1785, had two children, and died April 27, 1833. 

178. Johannes, born July 25, 1752, married Annatye Blauvelt, had 

two children. 

179. Barent, born November 20, 1754. 

180. Jacobus (James), born February 24, 1757, married Lydia 

Haring, had two children, and died April 18, 1836. 

181. Isaac, born June 7, 1759. 

182. Jannetee, born May 22, 1761, married Cornelius Peterson, 

had four children. 

183. Rebecca, born December 18, 1763, married Johannes Van 

Hoorn, January 22, 1794, had two children. 

184. Abraham, baptized October 26, 1766, married Elizabeth 

Crunii had three children. 

185. Petrus, born December 11, 1768, married Charity King, 

October 2, 1798. 

186. Margrietje, born February 15, 1771. 

187. Helena, baptized February 28, 1779. 

Peter (62), (son oe Johannes), uad issue: 

188. Johannes, baptized April 25, 1749. 

189. Maretje (Maria), baptized August 19, 1750, married Abra- 

ham Van Tassell, October 3, 1769, had four children. 

190. David, baptized September 11, 1751, married first, Elizabeth 

Sempee, July 25, 1773, had one child. He married 
second, Mrs. Fanny Morgan, 1778, had two children, and 
died November 9, 18 19. 

191. Jannetje, baptized July 5, 1752. 

192. Isaac No. j, baptized November 24, 1756, died young. 

193. Isaac No. 2, baptized October 24, 1758. 

194. Petrus, baptized February 4. 1761. 

195. William, baptized September 18, 1763. 

196. Catherina, baptized December 22, 1765. 

197. Jacobus, baptized July 17, 1768. 

198. Abraham, born April i, 1770, married first, Mary Conklin, 



710 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

A/[ay lo, 1797, had six children. He had a second wife, 
by whom he had three children, and died in 1834. 

199. Henrikus, baptized January 30, 1773. 

Isaac (6t,), (son oF' Johannes), had issue: 

200. Margrietje, born August 11, 1751, married John Taylor, had 

two children. 

201. John, born December 13, 1760, married Aeltje Onderdonck, 

had seven children. 

George (67), (son oe Johannes), had issue.: 

202. Joseph, born May 2T,, 1753, married Emily Pierce, May 15, 

1776, had one child. 

203. George, born 1755. 

204. Thomas, born 1758. 

205. Anna, born 1760. 

206. William, born 1761. 

207. Philip, born April 10, 1763, married Anna Catherine Keller, 

April 10, 1786, had nine children, and died January i, 

1857- 

208. Maria, born 1767. 

209. Ely, born 1767, was the father of three children. 

Jacobus (70), (son oe Johannes), had issue: 

210. Susanna, born May 21, 1766, married John Coe, had one 

child. 

211. Jacob, born December 2, 1767. 

NiCHOEAS (72), (son oe Johannes), had issue: _ 

212. Marritje, born 1770. 

213. Rebecca, born 1771. 

214. Johannes, born January 24, 1773, married Sarah Eevines, 

September 20, 1796, had eight children. 

215. Abraham, born 17 15. 

216. Nicholas, born 1777. 

Johannes (y^), (son of Johannes), built a house on the Com- 
mons, at 96th Street, at the junction of Kingsbridge Road with 
the Bloomingdale New Cross Road, also called Apthorpe's or 
Jauncey's Lane. Though originally, we believe, without a written 
title to the land he had inclosed, he continued in possession till 
his death in October, 1813, at the age of 91 years. His old house, 
which stood in Central Park, was afterward burned. He was 
twice married, first April 28, 1745, to Wyntie Terhune, of Hack- 
ensack, N. J., and secondly November 18, 1781, to Maria Ver- 
milye ; by the first wife having a large family, his son, Samuel 
Benson, succeeding to his "possession-." 



WALDRON FAMILY. 711 

Johannes (72)) m-'^d issue: 

217. John, baptized March 23, 1746. 

218. Elizabeth, baptized November 15, 1747, married \\ ilham 

Sandallen, April 20, 1764. 

219. Albert, born 1749. 

220. Antie (Anna), baptized November 10, 1751, married Samuel 

Jones, 1767. 

221. Peter, baptized March 20, 1753, married Hannah Van Blar- 

com, April 17, 1774, but died without issue in 1780. 

222. Oliver, born November 12, 1753, married Sarah Jay, June 

10. 1778, had six children. Of New York; freeman. 

223. Geesje, baptized July 7, 1754- 

224. Marytie, born January i, 1756, married William Shaw, had 

twelve children, and died April 11, 1819. 

225. Samuel Benson, born August 28, 1757, married first, Ger- 

trude Somerndyke, June 10, 1782, had two children. He 
married second, Polly Holmes, in 1824, and died in 1848. 

226. Benjamin, born May 12, 1762, married Sarah Vermilye, 

1790, died at his residence, near St. Mark's Church, New 
York City, about 1823. 

John (76), (son oe ResoIvVEd), h^^d issue: 

227. John, born December 25, 1780. 

Adrian (79), (son oe Resolved), had issue: 

228. John, born July 18, 1774, married Anna Gardener, Septem- 

ber 3, 1798, had twelve children. 

229. Edward, born July 15, 1779, married Annie Secor, had ten 

children. 

230. Resolvert E., born July 29, 1781, married Elizabeth Ten 

Eyck, had nine children. 

231. Joseph, who married Katherine Demarest, had nine children. 

232. Elizabeth, who married David Babcock. 

233. Deborah, who married Anthony Call. 

234. Martha, who married James Du Boice. 

Jacob (80), (son oe Resolved), had issue: 

235. Jacob, born August 6, 1766, died single, September 3. 1787. 

236. Resolved No. i, born February 19, 1768, died young. 

237. Abraham, born March 14, 1769, married Maria Deronda, 

April 6, 1791, had ten children, and died May 19, 1815. 

238. Rachel, born November i, 1772, married John Blauvelt, and 

died October 10, 1795. 

239. Resolved No. 2, born July 8, 1775. married, but died without 

issue, June 17, 1856. 

240. Catherine, born July 20, 1777, married George Weiantt, 



712 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

February lo, 1796, had ten children, and died March 25, 
185 1. 

241. Margaret, born December 4, 1781, died, unmarried, in 1872. 

242. Hannah, born July 10, 1785, married Blanchard. 

Samuel (88), (son 01? Francis), had issue: 

243. Samuel Van Ness, born August 19, 1752, married Magda- 

lena Simpson, April 26, 1774, had ten children, and died 
January 23, 1849. 

244. Mary (Polly), born October 10, 1753. 

245. Maria, born April 10, 1754, married William Waldron, 

May 20, 1 78 1, had nine children. 

246. Francis, born May 12, 1755, died December 25, 1799. 

247. Jeremiah, born 1756. 

248. Jerome, born May 11, 1760, married Maria Hagerman, Sep- 

tember 6, 1780, had four children. 

249. Catherine, born April 12, 1762, married Francis Hagerman. 

250. John, born September 18, 1769. 

HiERONiMus (Jerome) (89), (son oe Francis), 
HAD issue: 

251. Derick (Richard), born January 15, 1764, married Eliza- 

beth Weezer, September 19, 1790, had thirteen children. 

252. Francis, born 1767. 

253. John, born 1769, married Maria Van Fleet, had eight chil- 

dren. 

254. Tanneke, baptized May 23, 1773, married first, Noah Phil- 

lips, had eight children. She married second, Stout. 

255. Elizabeth, who married Hardenbrook. 

256. Catherine, who married Isaac Huff, had one child. 

John Obadiah (91), (son oe Francis), had is^ue: 

257. Francis, born 1761, married Nancy Petit, 1782, had four 

children, and died in 1835. 

258. Derick (Richard). 

259. John. 

260. Nancy. 

261. William, born September 12, 1780, married Sarah Lunger, 

1813, had five children. 

Francis (92), (son oe Francis), had issue: 

262. Jerome, born November i, 1760, married Elizabeth Van 

Fleet, September 10, 1786, had six children, and died 
January 5, 1848. 
26^. Samuel, born August 11, 1762, married Nelly Van Fleet, 
May 20, 1783, had six children, and died March 6, 1838. 



WALDROX FAMILY. 713 

264. Maria (IMary), born 1763. 

265. Catherine, born 1766. 

266. Francis, born 1767. 

267. Nelly, born 1769. 

Samuel (96), (son of Rksolx'ed), had issCe: 

268. Catherine, baptized July 25, 1750, married Captain Nicholas 

P. Bogert. had five children. 

269. Johannes No. i, baptized October 9, 1751, died young. 

270. Maria, baptized September 26, 1753, married Elias Nexsen, 

October 3, 1775, had six children. 

271. Margaret, baptized August 20, 1755, married Frederick de 

la Montagnie, 1775. 

272. Samuel, baptized September 14, 1757. 

273. William, baptized August 5, 1759, died in infancy. 

274. Elsie, baptized August 5, 1759, married Peter Parcels, 1779, 

had five children. 

275. John (Johannes No. 2), baptized May 16, 1761, married 

Maria Vandenburgh, 1782. 

276. Jannetje (Jane), baptized June 10, 1763, married Elias Nex- 

sen, 1795. 

277. Efje (Eve), baptized January 27, 1765. 

John (97), (son of ResoIvVEd), had issue: 

278. Mary (Maria), baptized June 20, 1762, married Samuel 

Myer, 1782. 

279. John (Johannes), baptized September 29, 1771. 

Adolph Waldron (98), (son of Resolved), born March 30, 
1729, of New York, baker and shop-keeper, married March 15. 
1758, Catharine, daughter of Capt. Alexander Phoenix, removed 
to Eastchester, returned to New York, sold out here after the 
death of his brother Samuel, and became a farmer and innkeeper 
at Brooklyn ferry. In 1775 he was made captain of the troop 
of light-horse and soon called into active service to guard the 
coast. During the war he lived at Preakness, New Jersey. In 
1795 he sold his Brooklyn property, and died in 1802. 

Adolph (98) had issue: 

280. Catharine No. i, born March 10, 1759, died young. 

281. Elizabeth No. i, born April 13, 1761, died April 26, 1775. 

282. Resolvert (Capt.), born August 13, 1763, married Elizabeth 

Godwin, January 30, 1782, had four children, and died 
June 6, 1810. "Of New York; shipmaster." 

283. Alexander Phoenix, born September 13, 1765, married first, 

Maria, daughter of Rev. Harmanus Meier, April 8, 1789, 



714 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

had three children. He married second, Hannah Robert- 
son, December ii, 1796, had two children, and died Oc- 
tober 6, 1798. 

284. Catherine No. 2, born December 12, 1768, married David 

Godwin, March 18, 1791, had four children. 

285. Maria, born October 12, 1770. 

286. Jane, born June 30, 1772, married Dr. John R. Campbell, 

November 28, 1792, had eleven children. 

287. Elizabeth No. 2, born September 3, 1777, died unmarried, 

June 9, 1802. 

David (103), (son op* WiIvLIAm), had issue: 

288. Catherine, born December i, 1766, married Jonathan Ran- 

dell, January 19, 1794, had five children. 

289. William, born May 3, 1767, married Mary Boyce, October 

17, 1789, had three children, and died in 181 1. 

290. Eliza, born September 8, 1769, married John Dawson, May 

2T„ 1790, had three children, and died January 4, 1802. 

291. Peter, born March 8, 1777, married Sarah Williams, 1810, 

had two children, and died in 1830. 

Samuel (106), (son oe Wii^liam), had issue: 

292. Elizabeth, born 1778, died young. 

293. Samuel Resolved, born September 7, 1780, married Ger- 

trude Waldron, May 12, 1805, had eight children, and 
died December 31, 1824. 

294. David, born December 15, 1788, died single in 1814. 

295. Benjamin, born September 5, 1792, died young. 

W11.UAM (108), (son oe William), had issue: 

296. Joseph, baptized February 13, 1762. 

297. Anna, baptized February 12, 1764. 

298. Johannes, baptized August 27, 1767. 

299. Effye, baptized June 3, 1770. 

300. Catherine, baptized November 20, 1774. 

301. John, born June i, 1776. 

Adolph (109), (son oe AVilliam), had issue: 

302. William, born July 23, 1776, died single, March 14, 1807. 

303. Catherine, born September 17, 1778, died unmarried, Octo- 

ber 2, 1798. 

304. Wilhelmus, born December 27, 1780. 

305. Antje (Anna), born September 23, 1783, married John 

Young, had four children, and died June 18, 1825. 

306. Tunis A., born April 10, 1786, married first, Julia St. John, 

had five children. He married second, Amanda Buckley, 



WALDRON FAMILY. 7i5 

Tune 28, 1834, had two children, and died March 2, 1861. 

307. Sarah, born October 29, 1788, married Thomas Wilhams. 

had three children, and died in 1862. 

308. Benjamin A., born November 18, 1794, married Ann M. 

Donelsen, October 12, 1816, had two children, and died 
February 18, 1828. 

John (m), (son o^ Wii^uam), had issue by first wife: 

309. Anna, born September 18, 1773, married Robert H. Towt, 

Tune 10, 1793, had six children, and died August i, 1803. 

310. William J., born October 13, 1774, married first, Elizabeth 

Montanye, Mav 5, 1796, had five children. He married 
second, Anna Collister, November i, 1 831, and died April 
15, 1851. Was a grocer and assistant alderman, 1811. 

311. Thomas, born April 26, 1776, died single, December 17, 

1794. 
312 Eve, born June 13, 1778, married Abraham Freelove, No- 
vember 26, 1796, had three children, and died January 
20,- 1805. 

313. Elizabeth, born November 20, 1780, died unmarried, Sep- 

tember 19, 1798. 

John (hi) had issue by second wife: 

314. Nelly Bicker (Elinor), born February 20, 1786, married 

William Seamon, March 23, 1805, had ten children, and 
died October 9, i860. 

315. John Vredenburgh, born July 16, 1788, married Alaria Wil- 

liams, April 23, 1818, and died April 9, 1825. 

316. Ann Catherine, born November 20, 1789, died September 2, 

1790. 

317. Victor Bicker No. i, born July i, 1791, died August 30, 

1792- 

318. Margaret, born October 16, 1792, married Ebenezer Bald- 

win Nuttman, April 4, 1815, had four children, and died 
Mav 12, 1871.- 

319. Maria' born September 26, 1794. married James Calvert 

Faulkner, September 26, 1815. 

320. Annetje, born February 24, 1796, married James Gillespie, 

March 9, 181 5, and died December, 1876. 

321. Victor Bicker No. 2, born February 8, 1798, married 

Catharine Deliverance Adeline ^lapes, October 15, 1822, 
had four children, and died ]\Iarch 3. 1848. 

Peter (112), (son of Wiluam), had issue: 

322. Edward H., born April 22, 1798, died single, 1884. 

323. Sarah Hunting, born April 28. 1800, married John Bedford, 

Februarv 20, 1828, had two children. 



yi6 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



324. Jacobus Swarthout, baptized April 10, 1802. 

325. Anna Rebecca, baptized January i, 1804, married Abraham 

Rappelye, December 20, 1836. had ten children, and died 
January 14, 1868. 

326. Letta, born 1804, died unmarried. 

327. Alletie Swarthout, born April 13, 1806. 

328. Four other children that died young. 

Bi;njamin (113), (son oi? William), had issue;: 

329. ]\Iereca (Maria) j baptized November 26, 1780, married John 

Hoogland, January 8, 1806, had five children. 

330. Willem (William), born December 3, 1782, married Sarah 

Wood, 1809, had six children. 

331. Anna, born October 16, 1783. 

332. John Brinkerhoff, born October 18, 1787, married Jane 

Sleight, February 28, 1816, had two children. 
^2)Z- Peter, baptized May 21, 1790. 

334. Stephen Brinkerhoff, baptized November 14, 1793, married 

Susan ?, had two children, and died March 7, 1850. 

335. Benjamin, born November 20, 1800. 

Peter (115), (son of Peter), had issue: 

336. Susannah, born January 20, 1766, married Peter Myer, 1786. 

John P. (117), (son oe Peter), had issue: 
^T,y. Peter, born 1772. 
338. Grove Bend, born 1776. 
v\ 339. John P., Jr., born 1780, married Catherine Maria McGown, 
181 2, had one child. 

340. Cornelia, born 1784, married Samuel Dana Ingraham, 1804. 

Samuel (119), (son oe Samuel), had issue: 

341. Aletta, born December 8, 1763, married Adrian Montfort, 

1783, had three children, and died July 29, 1802. 

342. Anna, born July 25, 1765, married Isaac Bragaw, August 

16, 1782, had nine children, and died March, 18 14. 

343. Hannah, born November 15, 1770, married Edward Moore, 

1792, and died November, 1854. 

344. Samuel, born July 16, 1775, married first, Ann Emmons, 

February 3, 1803, had four children. He married 
second, Mary Rider, had one child, and died May 6, 1856. 

345. Cornelia, born March 10, 1788, married Dr. Joseph Rodgers 

(or Rogers), 1800, had three children, and died April 19, 
1814. 

William (124), (son oe Samuel), had issue: 

346. Samuel No. i, born February 3, 1782, died August 25, 1784. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 7i7 

^47. Terome ( Teremiah), born x\pnl 12, 1783. 

"JIS Samuel Xo. 2. born September 29, 1784, married Sarah 

Stout, June 24, 181 3, had ten children, and died January 

23. 1870. 
U9 John, born December 30. 1786. married Lydia Hagerman, 

June II, 181 1, but died without issue, February 11, 1867. 
^SO William, born January 12, 1789, married Hester Matthews, 

February 2, 1814, had nine children, and died November 

351. Richard, born March 2, 1791, married ^lary Stout. June 12, 

181 3, had five children, and died August 6, 1826. 

352. Francis, born July 29, 1793, died September 10, 1793. 

3 53. Anna, born November 18, 1798. died ^larch 13, 1800. 

354 Elizabeth, born February 25, 1801, died unmarried, July 9, 
1847- 

Benjamin (125), (son of Samuel), had issue by 
EIRST wiee: 

355. Samuel, baptized November 18, 1781. 

356. Benjamin, born 1790. died young. 

Benjamin (125) had issue by second wiee: 

357. Elizabeth, born 1792, married Franklin Roe. had three chil- 

dren, and died in 1865. 

358. Benjamin, born September 15, 1795, married Sarah A. 

Eiden. and died April 10. 1874. 

359. Emily, born 1800, married James Pine, December 30, 1827, 

had six children, and died in 1875. 

360. Thomas, born September, 1802. married Charlotte Bloom- 

field, 1830, had nine children, and died in 186 1. 

361. Mary, born December 30. 1807. married Thomas Bowie, 

had five children, and died May 11, 1868. 

362. Anna, born 181 7, married first. John Caden. had one child. 

She married second, Parsells. had six children, and 

died in 1882. 

363. Amelia, born August 3, 1818, married Robert P. Pierson, 

September 6. 1846. had two children, and died February 
I, 1889. 

364. James, born 1819, was the father of six children, and died 

in 1883. 

365. Catherine, born 182 1, married Jacob Melvm, 1840, had five 

children. She deceased. 

John (126), (son oe Benjamin), had issue: 

366. Elizabeth, born December 6. 1771. married Hendrick Van 

Arsdale, October 16, 1800, had two -children. 

367. Anna. 



7i8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Jacobus (128), (son op Benjamin), had issue: 

368. Benjamin, born December 22, 1780, married Rachel Wil- 

morth, November 25, 1803, had ten children, and died 
September 6, 1834. 

369. Margaret, born September 10, 1782, married John Lott. 

370. Antje (Anna), born June 12, 1785, married John D. Bough, 

1806. 

Benjamin (129), (son oE Benjamin), had issue: 

371. Gertrude, born January 5, 1784, married Samuel Waldron, 

May 12, 1805, had eight children. 

372. James, born 1786, married Mary Gellen, had four children. 
T^yT,. Elizabeth Maria, baptized October 5, 1788. 

PlETER (134), (son OE WiEEIAM), HAD ISSUE BY EIRST WIEE : 

374. Elizabeth, born July 7, 1745. 

375. Jannettie, baptized April 7, 1751, married Nicholas Jerola- 

men, May 14, 1770, had eight children. 

376. Willem (William) No. i, baptized June 17, 1753, died 

young. 

377. Willem (William) No. 2, baptized April 20, 1755, married 

Catherine Van Derzee, had two children. 

378. Machtelt, baptized November 27, 1757. 

379. Susanna, born October 7, 1763. 

PlETER (134) HAD ISSUE BY SECOND WiEE : 

380. Cornells, born February 6, 1769. 

381. Abraham, born September 13, 1771, married first, Hannah 

Christancy, April 17, 1793, had six children. He married 
second, Hannah Quackenbush, November 30, 1803, had 
two children. 

382. Evert, born October 8, 1773. 

383. Hester No. i, baptized June 6, 1776, died young. 

384. Hester No. 2, baptized November 23, 1778. 

385. Isaac, baptized April 8, 1781. 

386. Tryntje (Catherine), born June 3, 1785. 

James (Jacobus) (104), (son oe Wieeiam), had issue: 

387. James, born August 28, 1767, married Eytie Ten Eyck, 

March 3, 1788, had seven children, and died March 23, 
1813. 

388. Philip, born August 28, 1767. 

389. Aeffie, born June 26, 1776, died unmarried, January i, 1826. 

PlETER (146), (son OE CoRNEEIUS), HAD ISSUE: 

390. Cornelia, born August 29, 1768. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 719 

Garret (148), (son of Cornulius), had issue: 

391. Cornelius G., born January 28, 1763, married Catherine 

Becker, December 12, 1790, had five children, and died 
July 15, 1813. 

392. Annatie (Hannah), born October 12, 1764, married invert 

Ostrander, February 3, 1788, had nine children, and died 
1820. 

393. Wynand, born December 18, 1766. 

394. Peter, born November 11, 1768, married Margaret Steen- 

burgh, August 2, 1791, had seven children, and died 
, March 23, 1847. 

395. Abram, born April 14, 1771, married Helen Clute, January 

3, 1794, had one child. 

396. Evert G., born October 17, 1773, married Elizabeth Van 

Derwerken, April 24, 1797, had thirteen children, and 
died March 28, i860. 

397. Henry G., born November 11, 1774, married Gitty Van 

Derwerken, September 12, 181 1, had nine children, and 
died March 28, 1858. 

398. Jeannettie, born March 15, 1776, died, unmarried, Septem- 

ber, 1843. 

399. Gisebert, born February 11, 1778, married Margaret Craw- 

bank. May 12, 1802, had ten children, and died May 6, 
1830. 

400. William G., born November 9, 1783, married Judith Brodt, 

May 9, 1804, had fourteen children, and died March 7, 
^874. 

Cornelius (150), (son oi? Cornelius), had issue: 

401. Cornelius, born March 4, 1770, married Susanna Wermer, 

had thirteen children. 

402. Benjamin, born February i, 1772, married Elizabeth Borst, 

October 28, 1798, had seven children.. 

403. Hendrick, born February 17, 1774. . 

404. Solomon, born August 30, 1776. 

405. Pieter C, born April 7, 1779, married Caty Winne, March 

8, 1802, had ten children. 

406. Gerrit, born July 24, 1781, married Hannah Devoe, Decem- 

ber, 1803, had four children, and died August, 1847. 

407. Evert, born April 19, 1785, married Mary Earl, 1813, had 

^ nine children. 

Hendrick (151), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

408. Cornelius, born December 18, 1772, married Hester Van 

Aernam, June 7, 1796, had six children. 

409. Richard (Ryckert), born September 23, 1774, married Cath- 

erine Peak. 



720 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

410. Jannettie (Jane), married Henry Van Aernam, August 6, 

1793, had six children. 

411. Maas (Moses), born March 6, 1779. 

412. Nancy (Anna), who married Capt. George Young, had three 

children. 

413. William, who married Elizabeth Winne, had two children. 

414. Christina, born May 3, 1788, married Jacob Hallenbeck, had 

five children. 

415. Henry, born December 25, 1790, married Julia N. Newman, 

April 21, 18 18, had six children, and died December 31, 
1829. 

416. Gertrude, born April 27, 1792, married first. Evert m. Bark- 

ley, had three children. She married second. Dr. Jona- 
than Johnson. 

WiLi^EM (Wiluam) (153), (son of Cornelius), had 

ISSUE : 

417. Cornelius W., born September 22, 1778, married Jane Van 

Wie, January 20, 1802, had four children, and died 1852. 

418. Maria, baptized February 12, 1781, married Peter Yates, 

March 8, 1801, had five children. 

419. Jenny (Jane), born March 29, 1783, married Peter Van 

Veghten, June 20, 1802, had two children, and died 1876. 

420. Henrietta (Hendrickye), baptized April 2, 1786, married 

Cornelius Yates, March 2, 1805, had seven children, and 
died July 8, 1868. 

421. William W., born May 26, 1790, married Phebe Buckhout, 

had twelve children, and died August 24, 1851. 

422. Hannah (Annatie), born January 25, 1793, married James 

Webster, December 2, 1812, had six children. 

423. Tunis, born April 30, 1796, married Mary Ann Story, had 

two children, and died December 28, 1874. 

424. Charity, born December 28, 1798, died young. 

Abiather (168)., (son oE Samuee), had ISSUE: 

425. Samuel, born 1780, married Rhoda Grennels, had eight chil- 

dren. 

426. James. 

427. John. 

428. Moses. 

429. Silas. 

430. Linus. 

431. Malinda. 

432. Florilla. 

Albartus (177), (son oe Barent), had issue: 

433. Feytye (Sophia), baptized August 5, 1787, married George 



WALDRON FAMILY. 721 

W. Woods, had six children, and died May 23, 1826. 

434. Peter, who died November 19, 1850. 

Johannes (178), (son 01^ Barent), had issue: 

435. Margrietye, born February 17, 1776. 

436. Barent, baptized July 5, 1778. 

Jacobus (James) (180), (son of Barent), had issue: 

437. Johannes, born August 27, 1796. 

438. Peter, born August 11, 1801, died October 16, 1826. 

Abraham (184), (son of Barent), had issue: 

439. Caty, born August 26, 1797. 

440. John, born August 12, 1800. 

441. Peggy, born June 29, 1805. 

David (190), (son of Peter), had issue by first wife: 

442. Mary, baptized September 18, 1774. 

David (190) had issue by second wife: 

443. James, born 1780, died single, 1798. 

444. Joseph, born August 28, 1784, married Martha Perry, 1803, 

had eight children. 

Abraham (198), (son of Peter), had issue by first wife: 

445. Betsey, born March 18, 1798, married Truman Southwick, 

November 25, 1819, had eleven children, and died July 
10, 1865. 

446. Mary, born April 11, 1800, married John Greenfield, had 

five children. 

447. Amy, born May 4, 1802, married John Kent, no issue. 
44S. David, born September 10, 1803. 

449. Joseph, born December 15, 1804, married Rebecca Doane, 

1825, had ten children. 

450. Almira, born July 31, 1805, married Jacob Hinds, 1826, had 

five children, and died January 29, 1874. 

John (201), (son of Isaac), had issue: 

451. Abraham, born April 4, 1793. 

452. Antje (Anna), born July 23, 1795. 

453. Sarah, born July 17, 1797. 

454. Aeltje, born September 28, 1799. 

455. John, born January 3, 1802. 

456. Femmetye, born January 17, 1804. 

457. William, born August 4, 1805. 



722 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Joseph (202), (son of GijORGfe), had issue: 

458. Stephen, born February 4, 1780, married first, Martha Wes- 

coat, September 15, 1801, had three children. He mar- 
ried second, Lncinda Picksley, had five children. 

Philip (207), (son of George), had issue: 

459. Sarah, born 1787, married John Hoever. 

460. Thomas, born 1789. 

461. James, born 1791, married Mary Reade, had two children, 

died Jmie, 1885. 

462. Hosanna, born 1793, married first, John Boots, 181 1, had 

one child. She married second, Mitchell Sellars, 1819, 
had six children. 

463. George, born 1797, married Charlotta Morley, had four chil- 

dren. 

464. John, born 1799, married Mary Doty Anthony, had four 

children. 

465. Solomon, born 1799, was the father of twenty-two children 

by his three wives. 

466. Elizabeth, born 1805, married William Graves, March 25, 

1824. 

467. Hiram, born June 26, 1810, married Elsey Graves, October 

30, 1830, had ten children, and died 1858. 

JOFIANNES (214), (son OF NiCHOLAS), HAD ISSUE: 

468. John, born 1797. 

469. Nicholas, born 1799. 

470. Rebecca, born 1800, married Charles Porter. 

471. Maria, born 1802, married Wesley Sherwood. 

472. George, born April 10, 1804, married Mary Evarts, 1837, 

and died 1879. 

473. Ophelia, born 1805, married William Flanders. 

474. Susan, born August, 1807, married Elijah Barton, August 

ID, 1836, had four children, and died February 4, 1841. 

475. Hannah, born 1809, married Charles Gilbert. 

Oliver (222), (son of Johannes), had issue: 

476. Thomas (Dr.), born May 5, 1779, died single. 

477. Sarah, born June 3, 1781, married first, Capt. Ennes Hoyt, 

June 3, 1795, had three children. She married second, 
George Le Baron, 1801, had four children, and died 1855. 

478. Oliver, Jr., born April 15, 1783, married Mary Ellen Shep- 

pard, April 10, 18 10, had four children, and died about 
1830. 

479. Gertrude, born November 6, 1784. 

480. Mary Sedallia, born April, 1788, married Robert Bogardus, 

1802, had six children, and died before 1870. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 723 

481. Eliza, born 1790, married Edward Byrnes, 1812, had four 

children, and died 1877. 

Samuel Benson (225), (son oe Johannes), had issue: 

482. John, born April 12, 1783, married Lydia Burroughs, July 

20, 1822, had two children, and died 1845. 

483. Anna, born 1790. 

John (228), (son of Adrian), had issue: 

484. Hannah, born May 10, 1797, married Jacob I. Garrison, 

November 11, 1815, had four children, and died June 29, 
1871. 

485. Susan, born November 2, 1798, married John Stanton, Octo- 

ber 10, 1822, had six children. 

486. Edward, born September 10, 1800, married Maria C. jMande- 

ville, November 11, 1825, had seven children, and died 
1851. 

487. Harrison, born September 10, 1803, married Susan Olm- 

stead, 1840, and died May 30, 1875. 

488. Phebe, born August 27, 1804, married Philip Van Ornum, 

February 28, 1830, had seven children, and died 1886. 

489. Nancy, born October 5, 1806, married Robert Case, July 18, 

1822, had five children, and died June 30, 1878. 

490. Robert, born October 9, 1808, married Nancy Holmes, July 

15- 1833. 

491. Julia, born July 19, 1819, married John J. Young. 

492. Mary, born July 19, 1819, married James S. Young, Decem- 

ber I, 1842. 

493. John. 

494. Eliza. 

495. IMargaret, who died unmarried. 

Edward (229), (son oe Adrian), had issue: 

496. Calvin, born October 24, 1814, married Mary Youmans, 

1836, had ten children, and died February 26, 1896. 

497. Isaac. 

498. Edward. 

499. Abraham. 

500. John. 

501. Jacob. 

502. Matthew. 

503. Nancy. 

504. Eliza. 

505. Sarah (Sally). 

Resolvert E. (230), (son oe Adrian), had issue: 

506. Henry, born October 25, 1808, died single, February 16, 

1840. 



724 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

507. Hannah, born November 11, 1810, died, unmarried, May 28, 

1850. 

508. Elizabeth, born October 3, 1812, died, unmarried, September 

23, 1850. 

509. Washington, born October 4, 1814, married Mary Ann 

Knapp, June 23, 1842, had eleven children, and died April 
15, 1898. 

510. Resolvert, born January i, 1816, died single, September 5, 

1891. 

511. William, born July 8, 1819, died single, December 14, 1843. 

512. Matilda, born August 16, 1821. 

513. Harrison, born September i, 1824, married Katharine Rose, 

April II, 1849, had one child, and died August 8, 1852. 

514. Deborah, born April 6, 1826, married James Brooks, June 

18, 1862, had three children, and died August 24, 1899. 

Jose;ph (231), (son 01^ Adrian), had issue;: 

515. James, born May 10, 1819, married Sarah Babcock, January 

I, 1838, had fourteen children. 

516. Martha, born May 10, 1819, married Wihiam Jackson, April 

19, 1849, had one child, and died March 7, 1883. 

517. A'lichael, who married Mary Lumain. 

518. John, who married Emily -?, had three children. 

519. William. 

520. Sarah, who married Degroot. 

521. Margaret, who married John Teed, February 29, 1836, had 

six children. She deceased. 

522. Elizabeth, who married Abraham Bulson, had one child. 

523. Deborah, who married Marshall, had one child. 

Abraham {2.^)7), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

524. Maria, born April 27, 1792, died, unmarried, January 29, 

1870. 

525. Jacob J., born January 12, 1794, married first, Eliza Brew- 

ster, April 12, 1820, had two children. He married 
second, Rebecca Conklin, May 10, 1830, had three chil- 
dren, and died June 7, 1867. 

526. Tobias, born February 8, 1796, married Harriet Byron, No- 

vember 16, 1825, had one child, and died April 18, 1837. 

527. Rachel, born July 23, 1798, died, unmarried, December 11, 

1818. 

528. Catherine Hannah, born January 23, 1801, died, unmarried, 

October 24, 1817. 

529. Alexander (Judge), born April 16, 1803, died single, March 

17, 1877. 

530. Louisa, born October 26, 1805, married William Benson, 

1830, had five children. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 725 

531. Sarah No. i, born October 26, 1807, died in infancy. 

532. Sarah No. 2, born March 6, 1809, married George Byron, 

June II, 1825, had one child, and died March 27, 1842. 

533. Margaret, born December 12, 181 1, died September 19, 1813. 

Samuel Van Ness (243), (son of Samuel), had issue: 

534. Daniel No. i, born May i, 1775, died November i, 1776. 

535. Mary, born May 6, 1778, died 1782. 

536. David, born March 3, 1780, married first, Jane Scudder, 

April, 1802, had five children. He had two children by 
a second wife, and died 1867. 

537. Daniel No. 2, born March 3, 1780, married first, Mary 

Clark, May 10, 1804, had six children. He married 
second, Hannah Osborn, 1819, had three children, and 
died December i, 1853. 

538. Sarah, born June 12, 1782, married first, Samuel Coleman, 

no issue. She married second, John Simpson, 1800, no 
issue, and died 1839. 

539. John, born April 17, 1785, married Maria Lindsey, 1808, had 

eight children, and died 1853. 

540. Samuel, born September 29, 1787, died in infancy. 

541. Margaret, born October 27, 1790, married Thomas Mont- 

gomery, June 30, 1814, had nine children, and died May 
17, 1852. 

542. Samuel Oliver, born November 7, 1792, married Elizabeth 

Alartin, March i, 1821, had seven children, and died April 
19, 1849. 

543. Stephen D., born October 4, 1795, died single, June 29, 1817. 

Jerome (248), (son of Samuel), had issue: 

544. Samuel. 

545. Jeremiah. 

546. Anna. 

547. William. 

Derick (Richard) (251), (son oe Hieronimus) (Jerome), 

HAD issue: 

548. Mary, born August 14, 1791, married Jacob Quick, had six 

children, and died July 26, 1850. 

549. Susannah, born March i, 1793, married George Forker, 

July 6, 1810, had seven children, and died November 14, 
1882. 

550. John, born March 9, 1795. 

551. Joseph, born February 2, 1797. 

552. Samuel, born February i, 1799. 

553. Elizabeth, born April 13, 1801, married Patrick Gunn. 

554. Jane, born March 15, 1803. 



726 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

555. Richard, born April 17, 1805, married Mary Elliott, Novem- 

ber 28, 1826, had five children, and died July 21, 1885. 

556. Sarah, born February 6, 1807, married first, William B. 

Gundrey, had one child. She married second, Louis 
Woolman, July, i860, no issue by second marriage, and 
died March 27, 1866. 

557. Catherine, born May 7, 1809, married James Peterson, had 

six children, and died November 28, 1886. 

558. Rebecca, born August 25, 181 1, married Jacob B. Jackson, 

July 19, 1829, had one child, and died August 17, 1882. 

559. Hannah, born September 20, 1813, married George Benner, 

had one child, and died September 13, 1866. 

560. Marinda Ann, born April 8, 1816, married James M. Hen- 

derson, July 28, 1836, had nine children, and died June 
23, 1889. 

John (253), (son of* Hidronimus) (Jerome;), had issue: 

561. Elizabeth, born February 26, 1801, married Austin Grey, 

had one child. 

562. William, born October 14, 1803, married Abigail Vandeven- 

ter, had seven children. 
653. Jerome, born June 14, 1806, died single. 

564. Elisha, born April 17, 1809, married Mary Hoffman. 

565. John, born May 6, 1812, died single. 

566. Ann, born March 11, 1815, married • Everett. 

567. Catherine, born May 8, 1820. 

568. Rebecca, born June 21, 1822. 

Francis (257), (son of John Obadiah), had issue: 

569. John Obadiah, born March, 1783, married Julia Ann Argo. 

570. Mary, born September 25, 1796, married Jonathan Tipton, 

August 6, 181 5, had six children, and died October 6, 
1846. 

571. Anna H., born 1800, married David Russell, September 25, 

1817, had nine children. 

572. Sarah, born November 10, 1804, married William Kinney, 

July I, 1824, had twelve children, and died March 9, 1882. 

William (261), (son oe Joi-in Obadiah), had issue: 
573- John, born 1814, married Sarah Ann Girton, July 2, 1836. 

574. Charlotte, born 1816, married John Lockhart. 

575. Jane, born 1818, married Alonzo Douglas. 

576. Rebecca, born 1821, married John Hitchen. 

577. Sarah A., born 1824, died unmarried. 

Jerome (262), (son oe Francis), had issue: 

578. Catriena (Catherine), baptized October 23, 1785. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 727 

579. William, born i\Iay 10, 1788, married Mary Latourette, had 

two children. 

580. jMargaret, born April 12, 1790, married Joseph Whitenach. 

581. Moriah. born May 5, 1795, married George Wyckoff. 

582. Ellen, born September 10, 1800, married Elisha jMorrell, 

1827, had three children. 

583. Samuel, born April 6, 1808, married Ellen Ann ]\Iine. .Vpril 

5, 183 1, had eight children. 

Samuel (263), (son of Francis), had issue: 

584. Catherine, born December 18, 1784, married Samuel Blain, 

November 20, 1802, had two children. 

585. Thomas, born August 2J, 1787, married Elizabeth Stout, 

March 15, 1814, had six children, and died June 7, 1828. 

586. iMargaret, born March 8, 1790, married William Wisner, 

December 31, 1805. 

587. Elizabeth, born ]\Iay 25, 1793, married first, Gilbert x\. Mun- 

son. September 5, 1811, had eleven children. She mar- 
ried second, Kennan, and died August 24, 1857. 

588. Leah, born January 17, 1796, married Caleb Sutton Turner, 

January 3, 1822, had eight children. 

589. Samuel S., born May 5, 1802, married Dinah Coryell, Feb- 

ruary 23, 1823, had thirteen children, and died January 
17, 1864. 

Capt. Resolvert (282), (son of Adoeph), had issue: 

590. Adolph, born October 22, 1786. 

591. Abraham Godwin, born August 12, 1788. 

592. Elizabeth, born September 10, 1789. 

593. Phoebe, baptized January 21, 1790. 

Alexander Phoenix (283), (son of Adolph), had 
issue by first wife : 

594. Catherine P., born September 11, 1790. 

595. Rachel M., born September 18, 1791. 

596. Harmen ]\L, born February 22, 1792. 

Alexander Phoenix (283) had issue by second wife: 

597. Hannah Maria Phenix, born jMarch, 1798, married Judge 

Crane. 

598. James R., born April 20, 1799, married Sarah E. Lupton, 

September 8, 1829, had seven children. 

William (289), (son of David), had issue: 

599. Cornelia, born February 10, 1792, died, unmarried, Novem- 

ber 29, 1878. 



728 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

600. Maria, born March 10, 1797, married William F. Hoggins, 

May 19, 1822, had seven children, and died 1885. 

601. David, born August 23, 1800, married Sarah Sparks, May 

24, 1827, had seven children, and died September 18, 
1866. 

Peter (291), (son oe David), had issue: 

602. Peter, born October, 18 10. 

603. Sara, born 181 5, unmarried. 

SamueIv PvESGIvVed (293), (son of Samuei.), had issue: 

604. Samuel James, born May 17, 1813, married Laura A. Sher- 

man, October 17, 1836, had nine children, and died April 
21, 1890. 

605. Gertrude Sige, born August 10, 181 5, died, unmarried, 

August 21, 1864. 

606. Elizabeth, born September 15, 1823, married John Sherman, 

May 10, 1840, but died without issue, November 10, 1850. 

607. Five other children that died young (names not found). 

Tunis A. (306), (son oe Adoeph), had issue by 
EiRST wiee: 

608. Adolphus, born 1817, deceased. 

609. Tunis, born 1819, deceased. 

610. Anna Elfrida, born 1821, married Willis Balden, had two 

children, and died in 1856, at Newark, N. J. 

611. George, born 1822, deceased. 

612. Sarah, born 1824, deceased. 

Tunis A. (306) eiad issue by second wiee: 

613. Amanda, born June 5, 1835, unmarried. 

614. Edith M., born May i, 1848, married William Weeks, Octo- 

ber 23, 1872. 

Benjamin A. (308), (son oe Adoeph), had issue: 

615. James, born 1818, single, was killed in the Mexican War. 

616. Catherine, born 1820, married Jacob Vanderpool, Novem- 

ber 4, 1835, had six children, and died 1872. 

WiEEiAM J. (310), (son oe John), had issue by eirst wiee: 

617. Catltarine, born March 23, 1798, died June 4, 1807. 

618. Elizabeth, born April 12, 1800, died unmarried. May 6, 1851. 

619. John D., born May 19, 1802, married Caroline Van Norden, 

March 7, 1827, had twelve children, and died October 2, 



WALDRON FAMILY. 729 

6-^0 William P., born December 5, 1804, died single, :May 4> 1819. 
621. Louis Thibon, born July 18, 1808,, died August 26, 1808. 

Victor Bicker (321), (son 01^ John), had issue: 
62^ Elizabeth Eglentine, born October 15, 1823, married Wil- 
liam H. Furman, October 15, 1840, had five children, and 
died October 10, 1 901. r , • 1 

623. Carolin Amanda, born September 3, 1826, married Nathaniel 

L. McCreadv, had three children. 

624. Matilda A., born May 18, 1834, married George William 

Elder. January 28, 1852, had four children. 

625. Louizine, who died September 11, 1856. 

W^iLLEM (William) (330), (son oe Benjamin), had 

issue: 

626. Abraham, born 181 5, married Sarah E. Baxter, October 24. 

1856, had five children, and died 1870. 

627. Rachel Ann, who married John Gary, November 6, 1842, 

had three children, and died April 10, 1889. 

628. Sarah, who married John Van Slyck, November 16, 1850, 

had one child, and died April, 1903. 

629. Edward, who died single. April, 1893. 

630. Jane, who married John Senical, February 14, 1856. 

631. Mary Eliza, who married Anthony Edwards, September 7, 

1869, but died without issue, April, 1903. 

John Brinkerhoee (332), (son oe Benjamin), had 
ISSUE : 

632. John Brmckerhoff, born 18 15, married Belinda Diamond. 

had two children, and died 1881. 

633. Maria, born September, 18 17, married William Baxter. 

Stephen Brinkerhoee (334), (son oe Benjamin), 
HAD issue: 

634. Aleta Maria, born July 7, 1819, died August 23, 1849. 

■ 635. Henry D., born January 12, 1821. died November 17, 1821. 

John P., Jr. (339), (son oE John P.), had issue: ^^. 

636. Margaret Ann, born 1813, married Isaac Adriance, 1830, 

had three children. 

Samuel (344), (son oe Samuel), had issue: 

637. Plendrick E., born January 15, 1804, married ]\Iary E. Dur- 

yee, Julv 10, 1845, had two children, and died July 20, 
1864. 



730 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

638. Isaac, born August 9, 1806, died January 6, 1812. 

639. Sarah, born May 2, 181 1, married John R. Debevoise, 1835, 

but died without issue, August 2, 1881. 

640. Aletta, born May 2, 181 1, unmarried. 

641. Anna Mariah (Anne), born July 20, 1825, died unmarried, 

December 27, 1852. 

Samuul (348), (son o^ WiIvIvIam), had issue: 

642. John, born 1814. 

643. Hiram, born 181 5. 

644. WilHam, born 1816. 

645. Anna, born 18 18. 

646. Jeremiah, born 1820. 

647. Matilda, born 1822. 

648. Betsey, born 1824. 

649. Samuel, born 1826. i ^ • 

650. George, born 1826. ) 

651. Hildah, born 1828. 

WiivUAM (350), (son of WilIvIam), had issue: 

652. John, born March 5, 181 5, married C3aithia Earl, 1835, had 

one child. He deceased. 

653. Maria, born April 12, 1817, died unmarried, 1831. 

654. Rachel Maria, born March 4, 1821, married first, James 

Whitbeck, 1838, no issue. She married second, George 
W. Martin, April 15, 1862, but died without issue, April 

23, 1893- 

655. Aaron, born October 2, 1823, married Sarah Gunderman, 

1846, had six children, and died 1896. 

656. Rebecca, born November 12, 1825, died unmarried. 

657. James, born October 22, 1827, married Emily De Bell, Octo- 

ber II, 1856, had three children. 

658. William, born September 19, 1828, married Harriet Bendell, 

1848, had two children. He deceased. 

659. Peter, born February i, 1831, was the father of two children, 

and is now deceased. 

660. Richard, born March 19, 1833, married Martha Swick, 1864, 

had two children, and died February 6, 1891. 

Richard (351), (son oi? Wiluam), had issue: 

661. William Richard, born January 22, 1814, married Martha 

Ayers, February 28, 1839, ^ad seven children. He de- 
ceased. 

662. Anna, born 1816, married Warren Hamilton, had three chil- 

dren. She deceased. 

663. iZebidee, born 1818, married Tamar Ann Hatch, 1836, had 

three children. He deceased. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 731 

664. Elizabeth, born 18 19, married Horace Hamilton, had five 

children. She deceased. 

665. Lydia, born March 16, 1825, married Xelson Benjamin, June 

4, 1845, ^''^*^1 three children. 

Thomas (360), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

666. Benjamin No. i, born 1831, died in infancy. 

667. Edward Bloomfield, born May 25, 1832, married Juline 

Blackington, October 23, 1876, had three children, and 
died July 31, 1901. 

668. Walter S., born 1833, died young-. 

669. Robert H., born November 11, 1837, married Glyceria Le 

Count, no issue. 

670. Catherine, born December 8, 1839, unmarried. 

671. Thomas, born December 21, 1841, died young. 

672. IMary E., born December 21, 1841., married Isaac Wright, 

no issue. 

673. Benjamin No. 2, born August 6, 1848, married Lois Lessey, 

November 4, 1874, had four children. 

674. Caroline, born June 6, 1850, married Dr. Charles Lee, had 

one child. 

James (364), (son oe Benjamin), had issue: 

675. Julian. 

676. Mary. 

677. Lavinia. 

678. Sarah. 

679. Charles. 

680. .Edward. 

Benjamin (368), (son oe Jacobus), had issue: 

681. James, born March 12, 1805, married Hannah Van Slyke, 

June II, 1829, had four children, and died December 25, 
1846. 

682. Wilmarth, born April 20, 1807, died single, September 5, 

1834. 

683. Margaret Ann, born June 28, 1810, married Jacob E. Etzell, 

had six children. 

684. Rachel Catherina, born May 5, 1812, died unmarried. 

685. John, born September 7, 1814, died single, June 9, 1824. 

686. Elizabeth No. i, born August 12, 1817, died November 10, 

1818. 

687. Charles Lott, born January 25, 1820, married first, Emily 

Van" Wart, 1839, had one child. He, married second, 
Thorna Sprock, ]\Iarch 10, 1852, had one child, and died 
September 7, 1898. 



732 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

688. Elizabeth No. 2, born October 19, 1823, married John J. 

Varick, July 25, 1842, had nine children. 

689. John B., born October 11, 1824, died June 9, 1834. 

690. Sarah Jane, born May 19, 1830, died October 21, 1834. 

James (372), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

691. Sarah A. 

692. Eliza. 

693. Eevonica. 

694. Charles. 

WlIvLEM (WiEIvIAm) {2)77) y (SON OE PiETER) , HAD ISSUE: 

695. Maritie, born October 25, 1792. 

696. Peter, born December 17, 1797. 

Abraham (381), (son oe Pieter), had issue by eirst 

wife:- 

697. Evert A., born 1794, married Catherine Vanderwerker, had 

one child. 

698. Peter, born 1796, married Elizabeth V'oorhis, had six chil- 

dren, and died 1842. 

699. Abraham, born 1798. 

700. Hannah, born 1799, died unmarried. 

701. Cornelius A., born April 16, 1800, married first, Johanna 

Schoonmaker, November 22, 1821, had five children. He 
married second, Elizabeth C. Teller, April 28, 1834, had 
six children, and died June 23, 1879. 

702. Maria, born 1802, died unmarried. 

Abraham (381) had issue by second wiee: 

703. George Washington, born November 30, 1804, married 

Temperance Bates, May 12, 1850, had six children, and 
died September 8, 1876. 

704. John C, born June 3, 1809, married Johanna De Boyce, De- 

cember 3, 1828, had one child. 

James (387), (son oe James) (Jacobus), had issue: 

705. Elizabeth, born November 27, 1788, died, unmarried, August 

19, 1865. 

706. Elsie, born November 18, 1790, died, unmarried, October 12, 

1882. 

707. Tobias T. E., born December 17, 1792, married first, Cor- 

nelia Vanderzee, December 17, 1817, had three children. 
He married second, Magdalen Slingerland (Arnold), 
November 6, 1831, had four children, and died October 
21, 1875. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 72>'6 

708. Jacobus (James), born September 15, 1794, died single, 

March 26, 1816. 

709. Judith, born September 7, 1796, married John C. Ten Eyck, 

had three children, and died April i, 1823. 

710. Barent, born December 17, 1798, died single, January 2, 

1880. . , 

711. Annatie Ten Eyck, born December 5, 1800, unmarried. 

Cornelius G. (391), (son oi^ Garret), had issue: 

712. Elizabeth, born August 20, 1791, married Joseph McGuire, 

February 13, 1814, had seven children, and died May 14, 
i860. 

713. Garret C., born January 11, 1795, married Catherine Van 

Wort, May 16, 1816, had six children, and died October 
15, 1873. 

714. Catherine, born September 28, 1797, married William 

Shirts, February 21, 1840, but died without issue, March 

I, 1873. 

715. Sara, born January 23, 1800, married Samuel Anthony, 

April 10, 1 819, had four children. 

716. Abraham, born November i, 1802, died single, 1863. 

Peter (394), (son oe Garret), had issue: 

717. Catherine (Cata), born July 5, 1793, married Benjamin Goe- 

wey, August 15, 1824, had three children, and died No- 
vember 8, 1868. 

718. Maria, born November 5, 1800, married William H. Van 

Arnum, December 2,^1822, had five children, and died 
October 24, 1853. 
■ 719. Jane, born June 19, 1803, married first, Benjamin Reid, Sep- 
tember 10, 1827. She married second, John Howlett, 

1835- 

720. Margaret, born August 30, 1805. 

721. Hannah, born March 11, 1809, married first, Richard West, 

December 5, 1827, no issue. She married second, Wil- 
liam Travis, June 5, 1839, had three children. 

722. Garret P., born October 14, 1812, married Jane Carhart, 

1835, had six children, and died April 4, 1850. 

723. Ephraim D., born June 12, 1816, married Sarah Watson, 

February 12, 1840. 

Abram (395), (son oE Garret), had issue: 

724. Maria, born October 24, 1794- 

Evert G. (396), (son oe Garret), h.vd issue: 

725. Catherine, born April 19, 1796, married William L. Bab- 

cock, 1816, had five children, and died December 2, 1871. 



734 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

726. Martin (Rev.), born August i, 1798, married Liddie Chase, 

November 15, 1822, had eleven children, and died Febru- 
ary II, 1864. 

727. Ephraim B., born April 29, 1804, married Emily Killecutt, 

January' 7, 1830, had nine children. 

728. Ebenezer B., born February 14, 18 10, married Eavinia R. 

Burton (Benton), January 16, 1839, h^<i three children, 
and died February 10, 1895. 

729. Mariah (Polly), born February 14, 1810, married David 

Babcock, August 28, 1828, had seven children. 

730. Garrett. 

731. Jesse, who married Sarah Fredenburgh. 

732. W3^nant, who married Polly House. 

733. Peter, who married Olive Sabens. 

734. William. 

735. Margaret, who married Henry Guliger. 
^■^6. Eliza, who married Isaac Woodruff. 
y^J. Jane, who married William Vieley. 

HisNRY G. (397), (son of Garret), had issue: 

738. Mary Ann, born July 11, 181 1. 

739. Wynant G., born September 11, 1812, married Maria Winne, 

April II, 1848, had three children, and died February 3, 
1872. 

740. Henry, born February 28, 1816. 

741. Margaret, born May 4, 1817. 

742. Jane Maria, born April 4, 1819, married Daniel Edge, 1854. 

743. Catherine, born April 4, 1819. 

744. Eleanor, born May 14, 1821, married John Hinchman, May 

26, 1843, had one child. 

745. Susan, born January 26, 1824, married John Kennedy, 

August 22, 1847, had four children. 

746. Getty B. (Gertrude), born April 7, 1829. 

GiSEBERT (399), (son OE GarrET), HAD ISSUE: 

747. Abraham, born January 8, 1803, married Janet Renier, April 

II, 1836, had five children, and died May 2.2, 1873. 

748. Maria Gertrude, born September 14, 1804, married Thomas 

L. Reese, January 31, 183 1, had two children, and died 
July 22, 1889. 

749. Catherine, born December 3, 1806, married Jacob Lovejoy, 

had seven children. She deceased. 

750. Jane Ann, born December 18, 1808, married Phineas Tyler, 

1 83 1, had seven children. She deceased. 

751. Ehzabeth, born November 29, 1810, married Jacob Tutor. 

She deceased. 

752. Amelia, born February 11, 1813, married James Morgan, 

had three children. She deceased. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 735 

753. George R., born March 10, 181 5, married Mary E. Crissman, 

December 3, 1835, had ten children. He deceased. 

754. Margaret, born July 7, 1818, married Jacob Atwater. She 

deceased. 

755. Caroline, born September 18, 182 1, married William Rogers, 

had one child. She deceased. 

756. Elias Hawley, born December 23, 1824, died single, at sea. 

William G. (400), (son of Garret), had issue: 

757. Garret, born November 29, 1804, married Betsey Grover, 

November 11, 1826, had six children, and died 1849. 

758. Wynant Vandenburgh No. i, born September 20, 1806, died 

in infancy. 

759. Eveline, born March 18, 1808, married Hugh Waddell, De- 

cember 3, 1827, had five children. She deceased. 

760. Wynant Vandenburgh No. 2, born March 23, 18 10, married 

first, Laura Roblee, September 25, 1834, had one child. 
He married second, Ann West, May 9, 1847, had three 
children. He deceased. 

761. Daniel, born February 21, 1812, married Asenath Hills, 

Januarv 20, 1852, bad seven children, and died April 15, 
1871. 

762. Margaret Ann, born October 20, 18 13, married Luther Rob- 

lee, June 24, 1832, had four children. She deceased. 

763. Alidah, born October 23, 181 5, married Ashbel Bostwick, 

December 20, 1837, had five children, and died June 11, 
1861. 

764. Cornelius, born August 15, 1817, married Margaret Wash- 

burn, September 26, 1838, had five children. He de- 
ceased. 

765. John D., born August 25, 1822, married Alice West, Novem- 

ber 25, 1844, had five children. He deceased. 

766. Jacob, born September 12, 1824, married Lucy J. Roblee. 

November 7, 1845, ^^^^ ^o^'^i' children, and died March 22, 
1898. 

767. William H., born 1827, married Betsey D. Roblee, October 

19, 1845, had one child. 

768. Harmon, who married Augusta Corey, February 14, 1853, 

had three children. 

769. Mariah, who married James M. Cross, 1840, had six chil- 

dren. She deceased. 

770. Fanny, Avho married John Straight, January i, 1843. ^'^^^^ 

nine children. She deceased. , 

Cornelius (401), (son oe Cornelius), had issue: 

771. Alida, born August 31, 1805, died, unmarried, Januarv 24, 

1834. 



736 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

772. Aaron, born April 5, 1807, married Susan Bloomingdale, 

had four children. He deceased. 
yjT^. Elshe No. i (Alice), born December 16, 1808, died young. 

774. Cornelius, born September 11, 181 1, married Edna Ann 

Hall, had ten children. He deceased. 

775. Isaac, born August 29, 1812, married Julia Ann Douglass, 

had three children. He deceased. 
'j'jdi. Henry, born August 29, 1812, married Mary J. Douglass, 

had two children. He deceased. 
yjy. Elshe No. 2 (Alice), born September 9, 1814, married Dr. 

Weatherby. She deceased. 

778. John Evertson, born September 21, 1816, deceased. 

779. Anna Maria, born August 30, 1818, married Campbell. 

780. Benjamin, born March i, 1820, married first, Melissa J. 

Daniels, October 15, 1843, had three children. He mar- 
ried second, Frances A. ?, and died May 12, 1900. 

781. Margaret J., born September 11, 1824, died unmarried. 

782. Harriet E., born July 14, 1826, married Bruce Turner. She 

deceased. 

783. Sarah, born January 9, 1828, married Stephen H. Yiele, had 

four children. She deceased. 

Benjamin (402), (son gF" CorneIyIus), had issue: 

784. Henry No. i, born June 18, 1799, died March 9, 1800, 

785. Alida, born January 28, 1801. 

786. Henry (Hudson), born May 2, 1803, married Malinda 

Decker, 1824, had three children, and died 1877. 

787. Katy, born April 16, 1805, married Abraham Bergh, had 

three children. 

788. John B., born March 29, 1807, married Dorothy E. Free- 

meyer, 183 1, had nine children. 

789. David, born August 19, 1809, married Abigail Billings, had 

two children. 

790. Peter, born August 11, 181 1. 

PlETER C. (405), (son OE CoRNEIvIUS), HAD ISSUE: 

791. Alida, born November 4, 1802, married Charles Broot, 1823, 

had five children. 

792. Catherine, born August 5, 1804, married Abel S. Reed, May 

I, 1830. 

793. Henry, born July i, 1806. 

794. Peter Winne, born January 6, 1809, married Maria Hem- 

street, February 15, 1837, had five children. 

795. Cornelius, born August 7, 1812. 

796. John, born November 12, 18 14, married Alida Waldron, 

March 18, 1848, had three children. 

797. David, born March 18, 1817. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 7Z7 

798. Evert, born November 12, 18 19. 

799. James, born December 4, 1822. 

800. Winant, born April 16, 1825. . 

Gerrit (406), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

801. Alida, born January 13, 1805. 

802. Cornelius, born October 5, 1807, married Mary Magdalena 

Frederick, had six children, and died 1890. 
380. jMargaret, born 1813, married Robert Vine, had three chil- 
dren, and died 1887. 

804. John, born March 4, 1821, married Mary Vroman. 

Evert (407), (son oe Cornelius), had issue: 

805. Cornelius E., born December i, 1814. 

806. William, born July 26, 1816. 

807. Alida, born December 21, 1817, married John Waldron, 

March 18, 1848, had three children. 

808. Elizabeth Ann, born June 14, 1819. 

809. Henry E., born September i, 1821. 

810. Lena, born January 31, 1823. 

811. Peter, born March 16, 1825. 

812. Susan, born March 7, 1830. 

813. Margaret, born May 2.-^, 1832. 

Cornelius (408), (son oe Hendrick), had issue: 

814. Henry C, born July 4, 1797. 

815. Catherine Banker, born October 27, 1798, married Peter 

Shaver, had two children. 

816. John Van Aernam, born January 16, 1801, married Mary 

Wales Keys, December 17, 1823, had seven children. 

817. Richard Van Vranken, born October 3, 1803, married De- 

borah Weaver, January 20, 1827. 

818. Jacob Van Aernam No. i, born April 27, 1807, died 1813. 

819. Jacob Van Aernam No. 2, born September i, 1816, married 

Eliza Ann Lawrence. 

William (413). (son oe Hendrick), had issue: 

820. Henry, born June 8, 18 10. 

821. Stephen, born March 28, 1815. 

Henry (415), (son oE Hendrick), had issue: 

822. Henry, born 1819, married Caroline M. Bard, July 18, 1844, 

had one child. 

823. Mary E., born 1820, married Jeremiah Waterman, had seven 

children. 

824. Charles Newman (Rev.), born December 25, 1822, married 



738 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

first, Eveline M. Adams, October 14, 1852, had one child. 
He married second, Georgie S. Waldron, July i, 1857, 
had two children, and died March 2, 1885. 

825. William, born November 2, 1824, married first, Mary Moon, 

August 15, 1848, had four children. He married second, 
Caroline Walters Osband, September 23, 1873, no issue, 
and died December 11, 1877. 

826. Margaret, born 1826. 

827. Julia, born 1830, died unmarried, December 31, 1853. 

CoRNEIvIUS W. (417), (son OF WiLLEM) (WiIvIvIAM), 

HAD issuer: 

828. Margaret, born November 2, 1803, married John Quacken- 

bush, had four children. She deceased. 

829. Abraham C, born May 7, 1805, married first, Elizabeth 

Groesbeck, June 12, 1827, had seven children. He mar- 
ried second, Eleanor Vanderwerker, September 23, 1838, 
had two children. He deceased. 

830. William, born February 16, 1809, married first, Nancy 

Force, 1830, had three children. He married second, 
Phebe Hicks, had three children. He deceased. 

831. Jemina, born July 27, 1812, married Stephen Viele, had five 

children. 

WiiviviAM W. (421), (son of WiIvIvEM) (WiIvUAM), 
HAD issue: 

832. Abraham Buckhout, born May 15, 1812, died young. 

833. William No. i, born 18 14, died young. 

834. Harmon Knickerbocker, born 18 16, married Polly Perry, 

had five children, and died 1873. 

835. Marietta, born 1817, married Lemuel S. Jenks, October 19, 

1833, had one child. 

836. Margaret Jane, born 1818, married Joseph Wilkie, no issue, 

and died 1892. 

837. William No. 2, born 1822, married Mary Jacobs, had two 

children. He deceased. 

838. Edward Augustus, born 1824, married Jane Wilson, had 

one child. 

839. Abby Emeline, born 1826, married Shubel Cross, had one 

child, and died 1902. 

840. Amanda, born 1830, married Harvey W. Green, no issue. 
941. Elizabeth, born 1832, died unmarried, 1847. 

842. Joseph Hunt, born July 24, 1834, married Sarah Bracken- 

bury, had nine children. 

843. Caroline, born July 24, 1834, married William R. Parks, 

November 7, 1856, had three children. 



WALDRON FAAIILY. 739 

Tunis (423), (son of WiIvI^em) (William), had issue: 

844. Francis Story, born December 11, 1822. 

845. Georgie Story, who married Rev. Charles Newman Wal- 

dron, July' I, 1857, had two children. 

Samuel (425), (son 01? Abiather), had issue: 

846. Willard Earl, born June 20, 1837, married Dunston, 

1 85 1, had five children. 
'847. John, who died single. 

848. Icabod. 

849. Samuel. 

850. Luke. 

851. James. 

852. Betsev. 

853. Mary. 

Joseph (444), (son of David), had issue: 

854. Richard Varick, born May 25, 1804, married Ann Roberts, 

December 24, 1831, had five children. 

855. Mary, born August 17, 1807, married Hugh Perry, 1824, 

had three children, and died August 26, 1847. 

856. Ann, born March 27, 1809, married Charles Fowler, May 

24, 1825. 

857. Daniel, born September 26, 181 1. 

858. Ephraim G., born August 2, 1813, married Harriet M. 

Brown, September 21, 1836. 

859. John P., born March 8, 1816, married I\Iatilda Bowman, 

October 6, 1847. 

860. Margaret, born June 13, 1820, married Stanley Bostwick, 

September 27, 1838. r^t t o 

861. Jane, born October 30, 1822, married Henry Shaw, June I5, 

1844. 

Joseph (449), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

862. Amy M., who married Samuel J. Hake. 

863. Betsey C, who married Samuel Westcott. 

864. Daniel. 

865. David. 

866. Marinda, who married Samuel Coum. 

867. Sarah J-, who married Elnathan Gates. 

868. Francis M. 

869. Albert M. 

870. Asenath. 

871. James H. 



740 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Stephen (458), (son of Joseph), had issue by eirst 
wiEE : 

872. Iveonard F., born October 30, 1802, married Nancy Bennett, 

May 30, 183 1, had six children, and died June 22, 1866. 

873. Martha, born 1803. 

874. Nathan, born 1805. 

Stephen (458) had issue by second wipe: 

875. Lucinda. 

876. Martha. 

877. George W. 

878. Ruth. 

879. Francis P. 

James (461), (son oe Phiup), had issue: 

880. MalonL. 

881. ?. 



John (464), (son oe Phiup), piad issue: 

882. Thomas. 

883. WilHam. 

884. John. 

885. Hosanna. 

Hiram (467), (son op Phieip), had issue: 

886. Sarah Samantha, born November 25, 1832. 

887. Uriah, born November 5, 1834, was the father of seventeen 

children. 

888. Catherine, born July 5, 1837. 

889. Bersheba, born March 7, 1840. 

890. Mary, born May 28, 1842. 

891. Andrew Jackson, born March 5, 1845, married Mary I. Mor- 

rison, December 14, 1871, had five children. 

892. Margaret, born March 7, 1847. 

893. James H., born March 15, 1850. 

894. Nancy J., born November 11, 1853. 

895. William H., born August 23, 1856. 

Oliver, Jr. (478), (son op Oliver), had issue: 

896. Mary Ellen, born June 6, 18 14, married Edward Quyer, 

April 5, 1848, had two children. 

897. Sarah J., born May 10, 181 5. 

898. John O., born October 12, 1817. 

899. Thomas, born May 12, 1819. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 741 

John (482), (son of Samuel Benson), had issue: 

900. Mary Catherine, born April 26, 1824, married Van 

Cott, June 13, 1846. 

901. Joseph, born May 12, 1826. 

Edward (486), (son of John), had issue: 

902. John M., born October 15, 1826, married Ehuira Fox, 1855, 

had live children. 

903. Jacob N., born September 4, 1828, married Elizabeth Green. 

904. Sarah M., born August 10, 1830, unmarried. 

905. Charles G., born January 19, 1833. 

906. Clark J., born November 30, 1834, married Caroline Lincoln. 

He deceased. 

907. Cornelia S., born January 6, 1837, married George Munson. 

908. Edward H., born September 30, 1838. 

Calvin (496), (son of Edward), had issue: 

909. John, born November 25, 1838, married Carrie Dickson, no 

issue. 

910. Martin, born November 30, 1840, married Elizabeth Ham- 

mond, October 26, 1861, had six children. 

911. Matthew, born December 8, 1843, married Margaret W. 

Sutton, had two children. 

912. Anna, born April 3, 1846, married Charles Rickson (or 

Rickim), no issue. She deceased. 

913. Andrew (Andress), born December 16, 1849, married Car- 

rie Goble, had two children. 

914. Isaac, born February 28, 1854, married Martha Herring, 

September 21, 1876, had ten children. 

915. Thomas, born February 9, 1856, married Amanda Hinkell, 

1875, had three children, and died August 28, 1898. 

916. Charles, born February 9, 1856. married Ellen Tickel, had 

four children. 

917. Calvin, born July 3, 1859, married Anna Heller, October 24, 

1880, had ten children. 

918. James Harrison (Harry), born April 11, 1862, had two chil- 

dren by his first wife. He married second. Flora Totten, 
November 25, 1897, had one child. 

Washington (509), (son of Resoevert E.), had issue: 

919. Margaret Knapp, born December 30, 1850, married Samuel 

L. Secor, December 29, 1870, had three children. 

920. William H. 

921. George. 

922. Elizabeth (Sarah E.), who married George Carpenter. 

923. Josephine (Mary J.), who married Charles Carson. 



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742 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

924. Matilda, who married William Allen. She deceased. 

925. Lottie (Charlotte), deceased. * 

926. Alida, who married Alfred Thomans. 

927. Minnie, who married Warren Felter. 

928. Ella, who married Milton Rose. 

929. Laura, who died in infancy. 

Harrison (513), (son gj? Re;soIvVe;rt E.), had issue:: 

930. Charles Pitman, born 1850, married Maryetta L. Cole, Sep- 

tember, 1 88 1, had one child. 

Jami;s (515), (son of Joseph), had issuii: 

931. Jackson, born February 15, 1839, married Mary E. Jones, 

August 15, 1866, had five children. . 

932. Charles, born December 31, 1840. 

933. Charlotte, born October 8, 1842, married - — — Ballard, July 

3, 1871. 

934. Matthew, born December 10, 1843, married Charlotte Louise 

Smith, April 8, 1869, had three children. 

935. Sophia, born February 15, 1845, married Mackey, De- 

cember 24, 1862. 

936. James, born January 15, 1847. 

937. Edward, born April 17, 1849. 

938. Henry, born November 5, 1850. 

939. Madison, born January 29, 1853. 

940. Sarah, born November 12, 1854, died young. 

941. Elias, born July 13, 1857. 

942. Martha, born March 13, 1861, married Isaac M. Bradbury. 

943. Sarah E., born May 26, 1863. 

944. Theodore, born May 28, 1865. 

John (518), (son of Joseph), had issue: 

945. Charles, born December 4, 1836, married Elizabeth Rock, 

March 4, 1871, no issue. 

946. Mary, unmarried. 

947. William, who. married Emily C. ?. He deceased. 

Jacob J. (525), (son of Abraham), had issue by 
FIRST wife: 

948. Harriet W., born February 24, 1822, married Samuel 

Weiant. 

949. Abraham, born November 28, 1824, married Maria Witbeck, 

October 7, 1850, had two children, and died February 3, 
1864. 

Jacob J. (525) had issue by second wife: 

950. Catharine, born 1831. 



WALvDRON FAMILY. 743 

951. Sarah E., born January 25, 1835. 

952. Margaret E. L., born October 2, 1838. 

Tobias (526), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

953. William Alexander, born August 13, 1827, died April 26, 

1849. 

David (536), (son op SamueIv Van Ness), had issue 
by i'irst wife : 

954. Corbet Scudder, born 1799, died single, 1865. 

955. Isaac, born November 24, 1807, married Jane E. Guion, 

August 26, 1829, had one child, and died October 13, 
1831. 

956. Joseph Wilde}', born April 8, 1812, married Martha H. Bea- 

man, July 3, 1836, had four children, and died 1862. 

957. Jane. 

958. Frances, who married Joseph Wildey, had one child. 

David (536) had issue by second wife: 

959. Cornelius, single, who was killed at the battle of Alamo, 

Texas. 

960. David. 

Daniel (537), (son of Samuel Van Ness), had issue: 

961. Anna, born April 7, 1805, married William Mayes, April 18, 

1825, had six children, and died 1848. 

962. Polly, born May 12, 1807, died young. 

963. Lemuel, born September 12, 1809, married Almyra Pike, 

June 9, 1834, had six children, and died May, 1857. 

964. Nancy, born September 12, 181 1, married Christopher Os- 

bourn, October 17, 1838. 

965. Samuel, born December 6, 1813, died 1873, or 1874. 

966. Lucinda, born November 21, 1816, married Patrick Mc- 

Dowell, July 13, 1838, had two children, and died 1844. 

Daniel (537) had issue by second wife: 

967. William, born 1820. died in infancy. 

968. Simeon D., born May 22, 1821, married Nancy T. Turner, 

Tanuarv 2, 1849. had four children, and died June 2, 
1896. 
969.. Mary, born Fehruary 23, 1823, died 1827. 

John (539), (son of Samuel Van Ness), had issue: 

970. Margaret, born February 7, 1809, married William Dunlap, 
February i, 1835, had four children. 



744 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

971. Isabel, born October 21, 18 10, married George Wilson, April 

12, 1835, had one child. 

972. Jemima, born July 15, 1812, married Thomas P. Lushbaugh, 

July 4, 1841, had five children, and died July 19, 1892. 

973. Alexander, born January 19, 1814, married Mary Kirk, April 

II, 1837, had nine children, and died April 2, 1879. 

974. Samuel, born December 10, 181 5, married first, Elizabeth 

Schleppy, June 2, 1843, h^d five children. He married 
second, Elizabeth Hanesch, May 3, 1853, had ten children. 

975. John L., born May 24, 1818, married Bella Stewart, Septem- 

ber 4, 1844, had one child. He had three children by a 
second wife, and died April 17, 1900. 

976. Susan, born November 13, 1820, married John M. Adams, 

April 2, 1843, had two children. 

977. William S., born June 23, 1823, married Eliza M. Belles^ 

September 3, 1846, had fourteen children. 

Samu]?l Ouve^r (542), (son of Samue^i, Van Ness), 
HAD issue:: 

978. Jane, born April 17, 1822, married James H. White, Decem- 

ber II, 1850. 

979. Sarah A., born January 29, 1824, married Joseph S. Parks, 

June 9, 1849. 

980. James, born January 3, 1827, died January 28, 1827. 

981. Elizabeth, born April 11, 1828, married Thomas Campbell, 

January 24, 1850, had six children, and died 1900. 

982. Samuel S., born April 3, 1830, married Mary A. Giebner, 

February 9, 1858, had six children, and died October 31, 
1889. 

983. Nancy, born April 14, 1883, unmarried. 

984. David M., born May 28, 1835, married Pelina Shira, No- 

vember 15, i860, had two children. 

Richard (555), (son oe' Derick) (Richard), had issue;: 

985. Charles B., born April 2, 183 1, married Sophia Taylor, 

August 2.2, 1852, had two children, and died December 
26, 1895. 

986. Margaret, who married William Stratton, had one child. 

She deceased. 

987. Richard, deceased. 

988. George W., born December 14, 1842, married Martha El- 

dridge, May 29, 1866, had four children. 

989. James, who married Jane Lennon, April, 1869. He de- 

ceased. 

WiiviviAM (562), (son OF' John), had issjuE: 

990. John No. I, died in infancy. 



991 
992 
993 
994 
995 
996 



WALDRON FAMILY. 745 

James, died single. 

William B. F., died single. 

Maria E., who died unmarried. 

Edward, who married Frances Murdin, had two children. 

Annie, unmarried. 

John No. 2. who married Jane Hubele, had seven children. 



William (579), (son of Jerome), had issue: 

997. Peter V., who married Louisa West. 

998. Mary, who married John Nixson. 

Samuel (583), (son oe Jerome), had issue: 
999. Elizabeth, born February 3, 1832. 
locx). John, born October i, 1834. 
looi. Ida, born August 13, 1837. 

1002. Anna, born January 23. 1842. 

1003. Jerome, born January 23, 1845. 

1004. Julia, born July 15, 1848. 

1005. Lewis E., born February 19, 1851. 

1006. !Mary Ellen, born August 25, 1853. 

Thomas (585), (son oe Samuel), had issue: 

1007. Ira, born June 10, 181 5, died January 29, 1866. 

1008. Sarah, born May 4, 1816, married Clarkson Warne, Decem- 

ber 26, 1833, had ten children. 

1009. George, born April 8, 1818, died January 22, 1819. 
loio. Nancy, born January 29, 1820. 

loii. Jane, born July 16, 1822. 

1012. Mary, born September 6, 1824. 

Samuel S. (589), (son oe Samuel), had issue: 

1013. William V., born March 28, 1825, married Cornelia Doty, 

June 3, 1846, and died June 17, 1851. 

1014. Charity G., born December 18, 1826, died unmarried, No- 

vember 22, 1880. 

1015. Ellen, born October 4, 1829, married Cornelius Holliday, 

November 11, 1849, ^i^<^ ^^^^^ March 14, 1865. 

1016. Philetus A., born July 16, 183 1. 

1017. Phileta A., born Jifly 16, 183 1, married Orrin Baldwin, 

November 19, 1854. 

1018. David C, born September 22, 1833, married Margaret Mc- 

Ghen, November 9, 1856. 

1019. Elizabeth, born December 9, 1835, married David J. Claus, 

July 4, 1855. 

1020. Samuel J., born March 3, 1838, married Rachel McGhen, 

January 28, 1857. and died January 31, 1865. 

1021. Clark, born August 12, 1840, died August 18, 1840. 



746 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

1022. John Thomas, born September 29, 1841, died May 26, 1864. 

1023. Catherine, born November 3, 1844, married George John- 

ston, May 30, 1869. 

1024. Mary V., born July 10, 1846, married Cornelius Holliday, 

August 18, 1865.^ 

1025. Martha A., born October 11, 1849, married Byron S. Nel- 

son, June 26, 1875. 

James R. (598), (son of Aivi;xander Phoenix), had issue: 

1026. Alexander P., born July 4, 1830. 

1027. Samuel L,., born March 2, 1833, married first, Martha 

Horan, January i, 1865, had one child. He married 
second, Charlotte McGill, no issue. 

1028. Hannah M. P., born June 8, 1834, married Charles G. 

Johnston, had one child. She deceased. 

1029. James Jacob, born December 30, 1835, died single. 

1030. Silas Butler, born November 28, 1837, died single. 

1031. Brant Schuyler, born October 21, 1839, died single. 

1032. Thomas Howland, born May 3, 1842, married Martha M. 

Hale, had four children. 

David (601), (son of WHvIvIam), had issue: 

1033. William F., born April 2, 1828, died single, June 3, 1871. 

1034. Alexander M., born December 11, 1829, married Amelia 

Fairchild, i860, but died without issue, June 30, 1890. 

1035. Walter S., born January 9, 1832, married Adeline Mc- 

Cready, 1855, had one child. 

1036. James A., born September 16, 1833, married first, Terese 

Ball, May 26, 1859, had one child. He married second, 
Elizabeth ?. 

1037. Sarah Agnes, born March 8, 1837, unmarried. 

1038. Isaac D., born August 2, 1838, single. 

1039. Mary B., born March 17, 1840, unmarried. 

Samuee James (604), (son of Samuee Resoeved), had 

issue: 

1040. Edward, born October i, 1837, married Amelia Hegen, 

1856, had two children. 

1041. Benjamin, born February 18, 1839, married Louise Travis, 

September, 1875, ^"^^.d three children. 

1042. Caroline, born March 14, 1841, married James Creed, De- 

cember, 1862, had three children. She deceased. 

1043. Laura, born January 27, 1843, married James Edward Sim- 

mons, June 28, 1876, no issue. 

1044. Gertrude E., born August 16, 1848, married William C. 

Hicks, October 18, 1871, had two children. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 747 

1045. Sarah, born April 5, 185 1, married Wilfred B. Hanmore, 

February 23, 1881, had five children. 

1046. Elizabeth, born April 5, 185 1, died unmarried. 

1047. Samuel R. (Rev.), born July 14, 1854, married Louise Ar- 

nold, February 22, 1881, had three children. 

1048. Matilda L., born August 27, 1856, married James H. 

Hamilton, 1893, no issue. 

John D. (619), (son of Wiluam J.), had issue: 

1049. William John, born December 31, 1827, married Teresa 

Beers, April 28, 1852, had five children, and died July 2, 
1899. 

1050. Harriet Augusta, born March 14, 1829, died May 11, 1831. 

1051. Theodore Van Norden, born May 9, 1830, died October 24, 

1830. 
1051a. Julia, born July 20, 1831, died August 28, 1831. 

1052. Theodore, born September 4, 1832, died October 14, 1832. 

1053. Augustus Henry, born August 20, 1833, died September 22, 

1834. 

1054. Victor Salinas Hopkins, born September 3, 1835, married 

Mary Louise Clark, September 6, 1862, had seven chil- 
dren. 

1055. Carroll Scott, born September 9, 1837, married Ina A. Kil- 

burn, September 6, 1866, had eleven children. 

1056. Edgar N., born May 8, 1840, married Emma Cross, June 

15, 1879, no issue. 

1057. Ann Avonia Eliza, born June 8, 1843, married Henry B. 

Corwin, January 6, 1881, no issue, and died November 6, 
1886. 

1058. Jacob John, born September 19, 1841, died single, Septem- 

ber 24, 1862. 

1059. Sarah Van Norden, born September 18, 1845, married 

Henry B. Corwin, April 8, 1875, had two children, and 
died November 8, 1879. 

Abraham (626), (son oiP Wili^em) (William), h.\d issue: 

1060. John C, born December 17, 1857, married Elizabeth Mur- 

phy, August I, 1882, had eight children. 

1061. Charles A., who married Ella Haight. He deceased. 

1062. Wihiam B. 

1063. Bertram A. 

1064. Abraham B. 

John Brinkerhoee (632). (son oe John Brinkerhofe), 
HAD issue: 

1065. Cornelius. 

1066. Anna, who died unmarried, 1883. 



748 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

He;nry E. {(^Z?)-' (son oe' Samuel), had issue: 

1067. William Henry, born January 3, 1850, married Mary E. 

Albertson, October 15, 1873. 
T068. Mary Frances, born January 12, 1855, married George 

Stewart Gunnison, September. 11, 1872, and died May, 

1878. 

John (652), (son o^ WiIvLiam), had issue: 

1069. Lewis E. 

Aaron (655), (son oe Wiluam), had issue: 

1070. Lewis M., born March 12, 1848, married Emma J. 

Schroeder, December 23, 1887, had one child. 

107 1. William J., born December 9, 1850, married Fredine ?, 

1 88 1, had one child. 



1072. Charles A., born March 4, 1854, married Josie ?, i^ 

had two children. 

1073. Clara, born April 19, 1859. 

1074. Ada, born June 19, 1864, married Clifton Payne, 1894, had 

two children. 

1075. Sarah H., born September 12, 1867. 

James (657), (son oe Wieuam), had issue: 

1076. Clara, born 1857, married Miller. 

1077. Peter, born 1861, single. 

1078. Herman, born 1865, single. 

Wieeiam (658), (son oe Wieeiam), had issue: 

1079. Truman. 

1080. ?. 



Peter (659), (son oe Wieeiam), had issue: 

108 1. Jonas K. . 

1082. Peter J. 

Richard (660), (son oE Wieeiam), had issue: 

1083. Martin, born August 22, 1865, married Fannie Harris, 

June 21, 1888, had two children. 

1084. Cora E., born September 23, 1868, married Andrew Jones, 

December 23, 1886, had three children. 

Wieeiam Richard (661), (son oe Richard), had issue: 

1085. Edward A., born December 28, 1839, married Salina Kim- 

berly, May 21, 1863, had four children. He deceased. 

1086. Mary, born December 18, 1841, unmarried. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 749 

1087. Richard, born April 11, 1844, married first, Emma A. Ber- 

rien, had two children ; second, Mary H. Jameson, had 
four children, and third, Augusta D. Hall. No issue by 
last marriage. 

1088. Jane M., born September 2, 1845, married James M. Hal- 

lock, February, 1868, had two children. 

1089. Warren H., born November 22, 1850, married Eliza Ken- 

ney, had three children. 

1090. Salletta, born December 7, 1852, married Edgar Cranson, 

no issue. 

1091. Martha A., born October 13, 1857, married Olean A. 

Vaughan, had three children. 

Zebidee (663), (son of Richard), had issue: 

1092. Charles Richard, born 1838, died single, 1861. 

1093. Henry C, born 1842, married Amanda Van Schaick. 

1094. Anna, born 1844, married W. B. Thompson, 1876, no issue. 

Edward Bloomfield (667), (son of Thomas), had issue: 

1095. Charlotte F., born October 4, 1880, died July 27, 1881. 

1096. Roy S. F., born April 23, 1883. 

1097. Ethel, born February 28, 1886. 

Benjamin (673), (son of Thomas), had issue: 

1098. Mabel B., born January 12, 1876, married Harry J. Powell, 

January 23, 1899, no issue. 

1099. Maud L., born June 25, 1877, unmarried. 

1 100. Lois L., born September 25, 1887. | 'p^jng 
iioi. Ethel, born September 25, 1887. f 

James (681), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

1 102. Mary Jane, born August i, 1830, married George S. Ap- 

plegate, March 20, 1848, and died October 10, 1890. 

1 103. James Lawrence, born March 25, 1834, married Eliza Van 

Mater, June 9, 1856, had five children. 

1 104. Catherine Louisa, born February i, 1836, married Capt. 

Brandon, 1878, and died November 18, 1886. 

1105. Evan Nelson, born July 19, 1842, died October 28, 1844. 

Chari^es Lott (687), (son of Benjamin), had issue by 
FIRST wife: 

1 106. Charles H., born December 23, 1840, married Elsa A. 

Odell, July II, 1863, had one child. 

Charles Lott (687) had issue by second wife : 

1107. George W., born October 3, 1854, married Parthenia Grain. 



750 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

EvjSRT A. (697), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

1 108. Catherine. 

Peter (698), (son oe Abraham), had issue: 

1109. Asa H., born 1821. 

11 10. Anna, born 1823. 

mi. Jeremiah, born March 5, 1824, married Mary Card, 1844, 
had two children. 

1 1 12. Sidney T., born October 5, 1826, married Charlotte Vos- 

burgh, had two children. 

1 1 13. Mary Ann, born 1828, married Charles W. Bowen. 

1 1 14. Fanny C, born 1830. 

CORNEEIUS A. (701), (son OE ABRAHAM ), HAD ISSUE BY 
EIRST wiee: 

1 1 15. Elizabeth Ann, born March 16, 1824, married Emmett P. 

Rumsey, April 21, 1842, had two children, and died Janu- 
ary, 1880. 

1 1 16. George Washington, born February 22, 1826. 

1 1 17. James Henry, born September 21, 1828, died single, De- 

cember 23, 1856. 

1 1 18. Mary Jane, born November 26, 1830, died August 20, 1832. 

1 1 19. Isaac Ferris, born May 17, 1833, married Adele Decosenine, 

January 18, 1858, had one child, and died October 13, 
1866. 

Cornelius A. (701) had issue by second wiEe: 

1 120. Martha Jane, born January 11, 1835, ^^i^d November 25, 

1839. 

1 121. Harriet Lansing, born December 15, 1836. 

1 122. Henrietta Beatie, born November 30, 1838, married George 

H. Melville, December 11, 1864, had three children. 

1 123. Cornelius Abraham, born October 17, 1840, married Annie 

S. Hartuss, December 16, 1863, had five children. 

1 124. Erastus Corning, born January i, 1844, married Maria De 

Forest, 1870, had four children. 

1 125. Sarah J., born March 16, 1846, married John Schoonmaker, 

January 29, 1866, had two children. 

George Washington (703), (son oe Abraham), had issue: 

1 126. Henry E., born June 10, 1851, married Maria A. Mote, July 

19, 1882, had two children. 

1 127. Lydia L., born November 30, 1854, married George W. 

Evans, December 20, 1877, had two children. 

1 128. George Marion, born April 12, 1857, married Mary Brown, 

September 30, 1877, had three children. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 751 

1 129. Elsie Ann, born March 18, 1859, married first, William V. 

Brogaine, February 12, 1879, and second, William Lawry, 
had one child. 

1 130. Edward Lincoln, born January 22, 1861. 

1 131. Harrison Johnson, born August 2, 1867. 

John C. (704), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

1 132. Halsey, born June 30, 1830, married Bridget Roach, No- 

vember 3, 1858, had five children. 

Tobias T. E. (707), (son of James), had issue by 
FIRST wife: 

1133. Edith (Eyckie), born October 3, 1818, married John 

Mosher, December 7, 1841, had five children. She de- 
ceased. 

1134. Henry, born September 21, 1820, died single. 

1135. Cornelia, born April 28, 1822, married Gilbert R. Spauld- 

ing, August 5, 1838, had one child, and died September 
22, if 



Tobias T. E. (707) had issue by second wife: 

11 36. Elizabeth Ann, born June 30, 1834, married William W. 

Springsteed, had one child. 

1 137. Leah, born September 29, 1837, married Leonard Coonley, 

had four children. She deceased. 

1 138. Helena, born July 31, 1842, married Smith Aloorehouse, 

had three children. She deceased. 

11 39. Barent T., born July 31, 1842, married Annie Winne, had 

three children, and died April 24, 1901. 

Garret C. (713), (son of Cornelius G.), had issue: 

1 140. Cornelius G., born May 11, 1817, married Maria Crapo, 

January i, 1838. 

1141. Sally Maria, born April 8, 1819, married Joseph Moll, 

October 10, 1847, had two children. 

1142. Jacob v., born 1821, married Cornelia MacGuire, May 24, 

1842, had nine children. 

1 143. James L., born February 25, 1825. married Tamer Brad- 

ford, March, 1849, had two children. 

1144. Eleanor Ann, born October 13, 1828, married Silas J. 

Shepard, April 22, 1852, had two children, and died Feb- 
ruary 3, 1 90 1. 

1 145. Charles E., born February 28, 1838, single. 

Garret P. (722), (son of Peter), had issue: 

1146. Margaret, born 1836, married Sylvanus Haverly. 



752 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

1 147. Susan, born January 10, 1838, married first, Lewis H. 

Smith, 1856, had two children, and second, WilHam H. 
Hall, 1887, no issue. 

1 148. Peter, born 1840, married Margaret Carl. 

1 149. James, born 1844, deceased. 

1 150. Asa, born 1846, married Sarah R. Porter. 

1 151. Eliza, born 1848, married Samuel Snyder. 

Rev. Martin (726), (son op^ Evert G.), had issue: 

1 1 52. Francis, born June 17, 1825. 

11 53. William, born August 28, 1827, married Rosa Kelly, July 

4, 1852, had eight children. 

1 154. Daniel, born June 22, 1829, died June 18, 1832, 

1 155. Smith, born November 25, 1831, died June 18, 1832. 

1156. John, born November 30, 1833. 

1 157. Traverse, born October 29, 1837, died single, June 20, 1863. 

1 158. Philetus, born November 21, 1839. 

1 159. Henry, born December 15, 1841, died single, April 20, 1864. 

1 160. Sarah, born August 26, 1843. 

1 161. Emma, born September 17, 1845. 

1 162. Edward, born October 5, 1847. 

Ephraim B. (727), (son oe Evert G.), had issue: 

1163. Sarah A., born June 29, 1832, married Philetus Coleman. 

1164. Ephraim, born October 11, 1836, married first, Lucy Fair- 

banks, October 24, 1857, had one child. He married 
second, Eliza Luddington, September 8, 1875, had one 
child. 

1 165. George Sylvester, born March 31, 1838, married Amanda 

L. Coe, June 21, 1876, had two children. 

1 166. Augustine W., born March 20, 1840, married Mary D. Tur- 

ner, July 4, i860, had two children. 

1 167. Mary E., born March 24, 1842, married Martin V. Chase, 

August 16, 1858, had four children. 

1 168. Aaron, born August 16, 1844, married Martha C. Rich, 

married January 10, 1866, had five children. 

1 169. Elizabeth, born July 4, 1846, married Charles Holcomb, 

September 24, 1862, no issue. 

1 170. Wayland, born July 24, 1848, married Florence Armstrong, 

March 10, 1868, no issue. 

1 171. Lucy E., born September 15, 1852, married first, Edwin 

Higley, June 15, 1869, had two children. He had a 
second wife. 

Ebenezer B. (728), (son oe Evert G.), had issue: 

1 172. James A., born September 25, 185 1, married Mary Jane 

Denel, April 10, 1870, had three children. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 753 

1 173. George W., born March i, 1857, married Florence Adelia 

Barns, October 13, 1886, no issue. 

1 174. John B., who died young. 

Wynant G. (739), (son Of Henry G.), had issue: 

1 175. Gertrude, born November 4, 1849, married George E. 

Brown, December 22, 1870, and died June 29, 1874. 

1 176. Orrin, born August 6, 1855, married Mary Burnham, Sep- 

tember 30, 1874. 

1 177. Henry G., born June 7, 1857. 

Abraham (747), (son oe Gisebert), had issue: 

1 178. Frederick H., born March 14, 1840, married AHce Bottom- 

ley, July 20, 1 87 1, had five children. 

1179. Henry Oscar, born June 11, 1842, married Minnie L,. 

Spindler, December 20, 1883, had two children. 

1180. William I., born May 30, 1844, died June 8, 1847. 

118 1. Samuel C., born April 4, 1846, married Jennie M. Hall, 

March 9, 1887. 

1182. Frances H., born March 17, 1848, married Joshua G. Leete, 

April 17, 1887. 

George R. (753), (son oe Gisebert), had issue: 

1 183. Margaret C., born November 11, 1836, married Wilim N. 

Fox, March 29, i860. 

1184. Jane V., born October 6, 1838, married Rev. Charles E. 

Simmons, August 24, 1858. 

1185. George Gilbert, born July 18, 1842, married Mary E. Harri- 

son, November 2, 1863, had one child. 

1 186. Coraline, born March 17, 1843, died September 29, 1844. 

1 187. Harriet E., born February 4, 1845, married Alonzo Slaw- 

son, June 8, 1867, had five children. 

1 188. Jesse C., born December 25, 1847, married Anna L. Hud- 

son, March 15, 1871, had two children. 

1189. Abram D., born June 29, 1848, died May 8, 1854. 

1 190. Marcella P., born February 26, 1850, married A. Milo Rus- 

sell, May 28, 1879, had six children. 

1 191. Franklin T., born June 29, 1853, died November 20, 1863. 

1192. Ida B., born December 10, 1856, married Henry Miller. 

Garret (757), (son oe Wileiam G.), had issue: 

1 193. Catherine, born July 29, 1827, married Montraville Bron- 

son, 1852, had six children. 

1194. William, born November 21, 1828, died single, 1849. 

1 195. John Clark, born January 15, 183 1. 

1 196. Eveline Judith, born May 29, 1833, married first. James 



754 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

McCormick, August, 1849, ^^^ second, Thomas J. 
Thomill, June 17, 185 1, had four children. 

1 197. AHda A., born May 22, 1836, married Charles E. Scarlett, 

July 13, 1858, had four children. 

1 198. Calvin M., born March 25, 1839, married Emeline J. Med- 

sell, March, 1861, had three children. 

WyNANT VaNDE:NBURGH (760), (son O^ WiIvIvIAM C), 
HAD ISSUE BY FIRST WIFE : 

11 99. Abraham. 

WyNANT VaNDENBURGH (760) HAD ISSUE BY SECOND WiEE ". 

1200. Helen M., born June 30, 1857, married Charles Dickinson, 

had one child, and died July 30, 1901. 

1 20 1. Orrin W., born July 13, 1859, married Mary E. Phillips, 

had five children. 

1202. Emma, born August 5, 1863, married Jefferson Davison, 

had one child. 

DanieIv (761), (son oe Wieeiam G.), had issue: 

1203. Sally Ann, born March 26, 1834, married Roblee. 

1204. William A., born March 26, 1836. 

1205. Jane, born April 15, 1838, married Rogers. 

1206. Luther A., born January 10, 1843, married Eliza J. Cross, 

November 10, 1867, had five children. 

1207. John D., born May, 1845. 

1208. Mary Etta, born May 4, 1849, married Roblee. 

1209. Walter L., born May 12, 1857. 

CORNEEIUS (764), (son OE WiLEIAM G.), HAD ISSUE: 

1210. Mary. 

121 1. Judah. 

1212. Delia. 

1213. James. 

1 2 14. Cornelia J. 

John D. (765), (son oe Wieeiam G.), had issue: 

1 21 5. Josiah D., born January 22, 1846. 

1 2 16. Sophia, born February 21, 1848. 

1217. Sarah AHdah, born May 8, 1851. 

1218. WilHam G., born October 4, 1853. 

12 19. Charles, born July 4, 1855. ' 

Jacob (766), (son oe Wieeiam G.), had issue: 

1220. Harvey, born April 13, 1847, married Charlotte Russell, 

had five children. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 755 

1221. Mary E., born April 10, 1852, married Henry Straight, had 

four children. 

1222. Philetus F., born March 30. 1856, married Maggie Bush, 

January 22, i88r, had three children. 

1223. Joseph, born July 16, 1864, married Clara Reitter. 

W11.LIAM H. (767), (son q]? William G.), had issue: 

1224. Roxey Ann, born December 29, 1859, married Joseph H. 

Higgins, May 28, 1878, had four children. 

Harmon (768), (son op William G.), had issue: 

1225. Robert. 

1226. Edward. 

1227. Howard. 

Aaron {7^2), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

1228. Margaret Jane, born December 24, 1832. 

1229. Anna Maria, born June 14, 1835, married Elias Osterhout, 

March 30, 1853. 

1230. Isaac Henry, born December 23, 1837. 

123 1. John, born February 9, 1841. 

Cornelius (774), (son oe Cornelius), had issue: 

1232. Harriet. 

1233. Mary, deceased. 

1234. Benjamin. 

1235. Rhoda Ann. 

1236. Mary Jane, married Moorehouse. 

1237. Susan. 

1238. Sarah A. 

1239. Edna J. 

1240. Martha. 

1 24 1. John A. 

Isaac (775), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

1242. Mary A., who married Edwards. 

1243. Helen A., who married Gilmore. 

1244. Emma. 

Henry {776), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

1245. Mortimer, who married Turner. 

1246. Nancy Jane. 

Benjamin (789), (son of Cornelius), h.\d issue: 

1247. Harriet A., born April 17, 1845, married Henry Mott, Feb- 

ruary 21, 1861, had four children. 



756 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

1248. Adelbert S., born July 17, 1854, died single, January i, 

1878. 

1249. Ida M., born September i, 1863, married Adelbert Teach- 

out, January i, 1878, had three children. 

Henry (Hudson) (786), (son oi^ Benjamin), had issue: 

1250. Benjamin, born 1827, married Rebecca Mitchell, 1850, had 

one child, and died 1881. 

125 1. Alida, who married Stevens, had one child. 

1252. Elizabeth. 

John B. (788), (son oe Benjamin), had issue: 

1253. William M., born May 23, 1834, died single. 

1254. Albert (Rev.), born July i, 1836, married Celia Bissell, had 

two children. He deceased. 

1255. Catherine, born September 3, 1838, married Ransom Sis- 

son, September 25, 1865, had one child. She deceased. 

1256. Abraham, born January 29, 1841, married Mary E. Harvey, 

January 6, 1870, had five children. 

1257. Edwin, born April 2, 1843, married Harriet R. Porter, 

April, 1874, had two children. 

1258. George (Dr.), born April 27, 1845, married Alida Eudora 

Whitney, had four children. 

1259. Aurelia, born May 31, 1847, died unmarried, 1897. 

1260. John, born November 3, 1849, married Azuma Shaffer, had 

two children. 

1261. Charles Alfred, born January 20, 1855, married Alice 

Bergh, no issue. 

David (789), (son oe Benjamin), had issue: 

1262. Harriet, who married Perry. 

1263. William. 

Peter Winne (794), (son oe Pieter C), had issue: 

1264. Peter. 

1265. Catherine. 

1266. Alida. 

1267. Mary E. 

1268. Jacob. 

John (796), (son oe Pieter C), had issue: 

1269. John, born September 10, 1849. 

1270. Evert, born August 15, 1853. 

1271. Benjamin H., born January 24, 1858. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 757 

Cornelius (802), (son oi? Gerrit), had issue: 

1272. Garrett C., born May 15, 1829, married Angelica Salisbury, 

May 15, 1848, had five children. 

1273. Agnes G., born October 4, 1831, married White. 

1274. Stephen, born August 22, 1834, died single. 

1275. Elizabeth, unmarried. 

1276. Tillie, died unmarried. 

1277. John, who died single. 

John V"an Aernam (816), (son of Cornelius), had issue: 

1278. Cornelius J., born February 6, 1825, married Mary Ann 

Van Wormer, September 5, 1849, had seven children, and 
died 1 90 1. 

1279. Stephen Pearl Keyes, born August 16, 1828, married Sarah 

Maria Rogers, November 25, 1852, had ten children, and 
died November 10, 1888. 

1280. Henry J., born September 22, 1830, was the father of seven 

children, and died 1878. 

1281. Zachariah Keyes, born January 23, 1833, married Margaret 

Archbold, December 20, 1855, had ten children. 

1282. Hester, born May 9, 1835, married Emory K. Sheak, Octo- 

ber 6, 1853, had four children. 

1283. George M., born January 27, 1838, died 1902. 

1284. Charles D., born April 9, 1841. 

Henry (822), (son oe Henry), had issue: 

1285. Mary, born September 20, 1845, died June 26, 1846. 

Rev. Charees Newman (824), (son oe Henry), had 
issue by eirst wiee : 

1286. Henry Adams (Dr.), who married Elizabeth E. Miller. 

Rev. Charees Newman (824) had issue by second wife: 

1287. William Augustus, who married Lydia Gail King, June 7, 

1882, had two children. 

1288. Charles Francis. 

WiLEiAM (825), (son of Henry), had issue by first wife: 

1289. William Henry, born September 3, 1853, died July 14, 1854. 

1290. Charles Waterman. 

1 291. Howard Baldy, born March 8, 1866, married Maud Berry 

Read, November 14, 1900, have one child. 

1292. Mary Frances, born May 15, 1871, married Henry K. 

Bradley, have one child. 



758 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Abraham C. (829), (son oi? Cornelius W.), had issue 
BY i^iRST wife: 

1293. George, born October 22, 1828, deceased. 

1294. Cornelius Augustus, born July 23, 1829. 

1295. Ann Jane, born November 24, 183 1, married Dixon. 

1296. Robert, born September 7, 1833. 

1297. Daniel, born August 10, 1835. 

1298. Catherine, born August 7, 1837, married Stillman. 

1299. Mary, who married McCrea. 

Abraham C. (829) had issue by second wife: 

1300. John A., born August 27, 1839, deceased. 

1301. Charles, born June 12, 1841, deceased. 

WiEiviAM (830), (son of Cornelius W.), had issue 

BY FIRST WIFE : 

1302. Mary Jane, born October 19, 1831, married Sewall S. 

Davis, February 26, 1855, had three children. 

1303. Charlotte Ann, born 1835, unmarried. 

1304. John, born 1837, died single. 

William (830) had issue by second wife: 

1305. Hicks B., born July 17, 1840, married first, Eva G. Gun- 

saulus, had two children, and second, Harriet Gilder- 
sleeve, had four children. 

1306. Zaremba W. (Dr.), born April 15, 1843, married Jennie B. 

Minty, October 5, 1871, had two children. 

1307. Le Grand C, born 1846, married Sarah Wis well, had two 

children, and died January, 1903. 

Harmon Knickerbocker (834), (son of William W.), 
had issue: 

1308. Lois, born 1847, cli^d unmarried, 1873. 

1309. Tunis, born 1864, died single, 1882. 

13 10. George, who married Clara Strong, had three children. 

131 1. Theodore, who married Smith, had two children. 

13 1 2. William, who married Betsey J. Smith, had one child. 

William (837), (son of William W.), had issue: 
1313.. Williette, who married Jewell. 

13 14. Oliver. 

Edward Augustus (838), (son of William W.), had 

ISSUE : 

1315. Estella, who married William D. Osborn, Jr. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 759 

Joseph Hunt (842), (son of William W.)- had issue: 

13 16. Lemuel, who died young. 

1 3 17. Frederick, who married Lois Waldron. 

1 3 18. Edward, who died April 2, 1900. 

13 19. Joseph, who married May ?. 

1320. Clayton, who died 1897. 

1 32 1. Amanda. 

1322. Georgiana. 

1323. Cornelius, deceased. 

1324. Guy. 

WiLLARD Earl (846), (son of Samuel), had issue: 

1325. Willard A., born May 12, 1852. 

1326. Alice G., born March 26, 1854, married r Mosher. 

1327. Jane B., born May 20, 1858, married Aiken. 

1328. Arthur W., born May 27, 1863. 

1329. Silas S., born February 20, 1867. 

Richard Varick (854), (son of Joseph), had issue: 

1330. Eliza Jane, born June 4, 1835. married Theodore iVckerman, 

July 3, 1861, had four children. 

1331. Hiram Sprague, born October 9, 1837. 

1332. Anna, born December 8, 1839, married Dewitt C. Church, 

February 28, 1861, had three children, and died April 2, 

1875- 

1333. Albert, born February 6, 1842, married Caroline F. Clarke, 

May 30, 187 1, had four children. 

1334. Martha, born October 4, 1849, married John Sharp, Sep- 

tember 30, 1873, had one child, and died June 30, 1883. 

Leonard F. (872), (son of Stephen), had issue: 

1335. Martha J., born June 9, 1832, married first, Rev. John A. 

Soben, October 12, 1852, had two children. She married 
second. Rev. H. H. Janes, May 23, 1867, no issue. 

1336. Elizabeth, born September 27, 1833, married Leonard E. 

Leah. 

1337. Leonard A., born September 8, 1834. 

1338. Sylvanius, born July 4, 1836. 

1339. Emeline E., born August 19, 1837, married first, Thomas 

Stephens, February 4, 1861, and second, Thomas Nevill, 
December 25, 1875. 

1340. Charles E., born January 5, 1849. 

Andrew Jackson (891), (son of Hiram L had issue: 

1341. ? (child), that died in infancy. 

1342. Cora May, born July 20, 1874. 



76o HISTORY OF HARI.EM. 

1343. Bertha Angeline, born March 8, 1876. 

1344. Maud Elsey, born March 4, 1881. 

1345. Claud Ernest, born February 10, 1883. 

John M. (902), (son of Edward), had issue: 

1346. Edward, born 1856, died 1862. 

1347. Ida, bom 1858, married Wilham Metcalf, 1882. 

1348. Clara, born i860, married T. J. Jenkins, 1885. 

1349. Ella, born 1862, unmarried. 

1350. John P., born 1870, single. 

Martin (910), (son of Calvin), had issue: 

1351. Philander. 

1352. Nora, who married Wetzel. 

1353- Elmer. ' 

1354. Almeada, who married • David. 

1355. Benjamin. 

1356. Edith. 

Matthew (911), (son of Caevin), had issue: 

1357. William, born December 15, 1870, married Harriet J. Hol- 

ley, had two children. 

1358. Susan L., born March 20, 1886, died unmarried. 

Andrew (913), (son of Caevin), had issue: 

1359. Mamie A., born September 22, 1878. 

1360. Calvin, born April 3, 1882. 

Isaac (914), (son of Caevin), had issue: 

1 361. Caroline, born July 19, 1878, married Sylvester Buchman, 

had four children. 

1362. Lulu, born March 13, 1879. 

1363. Samuel, born February 6, 1881. 

1364. Lucy M., born March 9, 1883. 

1365. Thomas, born November 25, 1885. 

1366. Myrtie, born August 7, 1887. 

1367. Maggie, born December 4, 1890. 
1358. Florence, born July 24, 1894. 

1369. Laura, born May 11, 1895. 

1370. Sylvia, born June 12, 1899. 

Thomas (915), (son of Caevin), had issue: 

1371. Charles, born May 3, 1876, married Jennie Stage, May 21, 

1898, had two children. 

1372. John, born 1877, died single. 

^372- David J., born October 14, 1879, married Jennie Dougherty, 
have two children. 



WALDRON FA:MILY. * 7^^i 

Charles (916), (son of Calvin), had issuk: 

1374. Ellen. 

1375. Charles. 

1376. Thomas. 

1377. Susan. 

Calvin (917), (son of Calvin), had issuk: 

1378. Emma, born October 26, 1883. 

1379. James H., born October i, 1885. 

1380. Bertha, born July 20, 1887. 

1 38 1. Calvin. Jr., born December 29, 1888. 

1382. Clara, born June 28, 1891. 

1383. Tilley, born June 18, 1893. 

1384. Ruth, born April 4, 1895. 

1385. Joseph, born September i, 1896. 

1386. Florence, born April 14, 1906. 

1387. Ida E., born April 28, 1902. 

James Harrison (918), (son oE Calvin), had issue 

BY EIRST WIEE: 

1388. Andres James, born July 3, 1890. 

1389. Arthur, born October 31, 1892. 

James Harrison (918) had issue by second wiee: 

1390. Clarence, born October 27, 1898. 

Charles Pitman (930), (son oe Harrison), had issue: 

1 391. Catherine R., born August i, 1882, unmarried. 

Jackson (931), (son oE James), had issue: 

1392. Marv Emma, born September 6, 1861, died September 22, 

1862. 

1393. Minnie Mav. born August i, 1863, died August 13, 1863. 

1394. WiUiam Curtis, born November 30, 1864, died September 

28, 1865.* 

1395. John Wesley, born March 5, 1868, died August i, 1868. 

1396. Olive Louise, born August 26, 1873. 

Matthew (934), (son oe James), had issue: 

1397. Annie Louise, born July i. 1873. married Jerome. No- 

vember 17, 1897. 

1398. Embree, born March 27. 1880. 

1399. ]\Iarguerite, born June 3. 1887. 



762* HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Abraham (949), (son of Jacob J.), had issue;: 

1400. Charles M., born December 18, 1852, died single, September 

9, 1899. 

1401. Frank E., born June 30, 1856, married Margaret Cassidy, 

January i, 1893, had two children. 

Isaac (955), (son op David), had issue: 

1402. Hannah Jane, born June 8, 1830, married first, John Booth, 

had two children, and second, William H. Hasson, had 
one child. 

Joseph Wildey (956), (son op David), had issue: 

1403. Julia Frances, who married first, Cyrus Holland, August, 

i860, and second, David Galerctine. 

1404. Sarah Cornelia, who married G. Downing, 1864. 

1405. Mary Emily, who married S. W. Childs, 1865. 

1406. Effie Mary, who married A. J. Cooley, 1876. 

Eemuep (963), (son op Daniel), had issue: 

1407. Polly. 

1408. John. 

1409. Debora. 

1410. Sauannah. 

1411. ? 

1412. Constantine D. 

Simeon D. (968), (son op Daniel-), piad issue: 

1413. Loduska, born November 3, 1849, married Morrison, 

November 23, 1869. 

1414. Florissa, born June 15, 1852, married Shaw, April 12, 

1880. 

141 5. Dorcas, born September 22, 1855, married Sopher, 

March 16, 1876. 

1416. James S., born November 25, 1859, married Minnie M. 

Sopher, February 23, 1882, had two children. 

Alexander (973), (son op John), had issue: 

1417. Samuel, J., born January 23, 1838, married Jarie Harper. 

1418. William O.. born March 28, 1840, married Mary E. Phil- 

lips, January 20, 1869, had three children. 

1419. Maria L., born February 24, 1842, married C. S. Burt, Oc- 

tober 10, 1867. 

1420. James A., born January 28, 1844, married Jennie Slenmons,- 

October 9, 1867, had eight children. 

1421. Abigail (Mary A.), born February 18, 1846, married Rob- 

ert Taylor, December 7, 1875. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 763 

1422. Susanna, born March 20, 1848, died unmarried, October 

31, 1865. 

1423. Erasmus K., born April 4, 1850. died single, November 7, 

1868. 

1424. Belle (Eliza B.), born December 14. 1852, married :Maurice 

Kinsey. 

1425. Frank, born August 26, 1856, died November 27, 1865. 

Samufx (974), (son op John), had issue r,\' first wife: 

1426. Samantha J., born June 11, 1844, married Charles B. Sea- 

man. 

1427. Almerin John, born October 2, 1845, died May 18, 1850. 

1428. Agnes M., born June 10, 1847, married James Davison, had 

five children, and died October 10, 1884. 

1429. Isaphena, born February 12, 1849, married Benton Collard. 

1430. Angelina, born November 18, 1850, married Thomas 

Sharth. 

Samuel (974) had issue by second wife: 

143 1. George W., born August 26, 1854, married Amanda Ad- 

kins, 1877, had three children. 

1432. IMartha Emma, born September 28, 1856, married Joseph 

Harrington. 

1433. Ann Elizabeth, born November 23, 1858, married William 

O. Sperry, September 28, 1879, ^^o issue. 

1434. John A. Lincoln, born October 5, i860, married May Bat- 

ten. 

1435. Gabrielle, born February i, 1863, married W. Warren. 

1436. Samuel O., born February 2, 1865, died April 14, 1873. 

1437. Christina, born December 24, 1866, married Richard Bar- 

bour. 

1438. Henry A., born November 2, 1868, married Ethel B. Bat- 

ten, September 29, 1896, had two children. 

1439. Jessie Rosaline, born October 30, 1871, married ^Millard 

Hyatt. 

1440. Edgar Milton, born November 21, 1873, married Izetta 

Rider, October 6, 1896, had one child. 

John L. (975), (son of John), had issue by first wife: 

1 44 1. Louis K. 

John L. (975) had issue by second wife: 

1442. Winfield C, born November 19, i860, married Kate Paulus, 

January, 1889. 

1443. Ella M., born October 17, 1862, married Edwin M. Whit- 

ing, October 18, 1887. 



764 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

1444. Vernon, born June 5, 1864, married Bessie A. Gaskill, De- 

cember 24, 1894, had one child. 

William S. (977), (son of John), had issue:: 

1445. Orlando K., born February 2, 1847, married B. Fredly, 

November 2, 1882. 

1446. Susan O., born July 20, 1849, married N. B. Duncan, Feb- 

ruary 22, 1869. 

1447. Theodore C, born November 2, 1850, single. 

1448. William S., born June 23, 1857, married Mary McChain, 

September — , 1872, had one child, and died October 12, 
1890. 

1449. Laura H., born December 5, 1853, married R. M. Kinnear, 

June 9, 1870. 

1450. John C, born November 9, 1855, married Mary Leach, 

November 9, 1886, had one child. 

145 1. Eva M., born July 20, 1857, married J. B. Evans, April 

10, 1874. 

1452. Reuben O., born August 14, 1858, single. 

1453. Maria B., born February 21, i860, married F. B. Dodds, 

June 20, 1879. 

1454. Frederick V., born July 12, 1862, married Gertrude Robin- 

son, July 10, 1894. 

1455. Wina E., born October 7, 1863, unmarried. 

1456. Ulysses S. G., born July 6, 1865, single. 

1456a. Ada Malinda, born November 14, 1866, married Benja- 
min S. Buhl, November 3, 1890. 

1456&. Leota Elfonza, born September 25, 1868, married O. S. 
Sutton, October 20, 1890. 

Samuel S. (982), (son gi^ Samui;l Oliver), had issue: 

1457. Minnie M., who married Michael. 

1458. William Curtin, who died single, August 6, 1863. 

1459. Elzie Elmer, who died unmarried, March 6, 1862. 

1460. Eddie Oliver, who died single, August 18, 1864. 

1461. Valentine Pickney, who died single, September 12, 1868. 

1462. Hattie Dale, who married Vensel. 

David M. (984), (son op^ Samuel Oliver), had issue: 

1463. Emburetta, born April 9, 1863, married George W. Camp- 

bell, September 24, 1885, had one child. 

1464. Friend Alford, born May 7, 1869, married Lou Ramsey, 

August 28, 1900. 

Charles B. (985), (son oe Richard), had issue: 

1465. Richard, born January 6, 1854, married Margaret O'Hara, 

July 12, 1877, had nine children. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 765 

1466. Eliza, born June 3, 1856, married Henry Bush, 1878, had 

one child. 

Georg]3 W. (988), (son 01^ Richard), had issue: 

1467. Annie, born August 20, 1871, married George Shaffer, 

December 19, 1894, no issue. 

1468. Joseph G., born July 26, 1874. 

1469. Maggie E., born June 3, 1878. 

1470. Geo'rge W., Jr., born September 20, 1881. 

Edward (994), (son of Wiluam), had issue: 

1 47 1. Elizabeth. 

1472. Annie. 

John (996), (son of William), had issue: 

1473. William H. 

1474. Edward A., who married Helen Robbins, March 18, 1903. 

1475. Jerome, deceased. 

1476. Francis. 

1477. Herbert M. 

1478. Howard V. D. 

1479. Florence. 

Samuel L. (1027), (son oe James R.), h.\d issue by 
first wife. 

1480. Sarah Esther, born November 13, 1865, married James H. 

L. Moore, October 12, 1886, had three children. 

Thomas Howland (1032), (son of James R.), had issue: 

1481. James A., born December 13, 1872, married D. C. Cox. 

1482. Stella E., born October 13, 1885. 

1483. Mattie M., born April 6, 1886, died September 28, 1886. 

1484. Jessie G., born October 13, 1890. 

Walter S. (1035), (son of David), had issue: 

1485. Ida, born 1857, married Walter Smith, 1871, no issue, and 

died August, 1885. 

James A. (1036), (son of David), had issue: 
i486. Arthur, born December 22, 1859, married Jeannette Ben- 
nett, June, 1886, no issue. 

Edward (1040), (son of Samuel James), had issue: 
1487. Elizabeth, born April 29, 1861, married Frank Edwards, 
March 27, 1891, no issue. 



766 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

1488. Isabella, who died at the age of eighteen. 

Benjamin (1041), (son 01^ Samuel James), had issue: 

1489. Victor B., born February 3, 1877, single. 

1490. Caroline L., born October 2, 1878, unmarried. 

1491. Gilbert Travis, single. 

Samuel R. (1047), (son oe Samuel James), had issue: 

1492. Hinton S., born December 10, 1882, single. 

1493. Clarence H., born January i, 1887, single. 

1494. ? (child) that died at birth. 

William John (1049), (son oe John D.), had issue: 

1495. Caroline, born April 22, 1853, married Winifred Jersey, 

had four children, and died September i, 1886. 

1496. Mary Louisa, born October 4, 1855, died February 6, 1856. 

1497. Helen, born April 24, 1857, married Byron H. Stickney, 

January i, 188 1, no issue, and died November 20, 1882. 
14^8. Arthur, born October 30, i860, married Mary Nickerson, 
had two children. 

1499. Wilbur, born January 18, 1864, married Hattie Williams, 

December 10, 1887, had six children. 

Victor Salinas Hopkins (1054), (son oE John D.), had 

issue: 

1500. Minnie Louise, born July 28, 1863, married Byron H. Stick- 

ney, November 11, 1885, had five children. 

1 501. Carroll Edgar, born May 10, 1865, married Bertha A. 

Frost, November 19, 1902, no issue. 

1502. Louis Victor, born March 4, 1863, married Addie A. Blau- 

velt, June 26, 1902, no issue. 

1503. Annie Lockwood, born May 7, 1871. 

15Q4. Maggie Warner, born June 25, 1876, died August 14, 1877. 

1505. Florence Mortimer, born June 10, 1880, died October 9, 

1886. 

1506. Edward Langdon, born October 3, 1881, died April 27, 

i^ 



Carroll Scott (1055), (son oe John D.), had issue: 

1507. Henry Percival, born May 30, 1867, died single, March 28, 

1890. 

1508. John D., born May 18, 1868, married Bessie Crossit, De- 

cember 21, 1897, had two children. 

1509. Alice Kilburn, born April 5, 1870, married S. George Graul, 

April 4, 1894, no issue. 

1510. Charles Elmer, born March 21, 1872. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 767 

151 1. David Sterling, born September 3, 1874, married Etta 

Phipps, bad three children. 

1 5 12. Sarah Eliza, born March 5, 1877. 

1 5 13. Bertha Louise, born January 29, 1880. 

1 5 14. Carroll Scott, born December 28, 1882. 

1515. Ina Almira, born November i, 1885. 

1516. Margaret Elizabeth, born December 5, 1888, died ]\Liv 14, 

1894. 

1 5 17. Caroline Dorothea, born July 7, 1892. 

John C. (1060), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

1518. Grace A., born June 17, 1883, unmarried. 

1 5 19. William A., born January 5, 1885. 

1520. Caroline E., born December i, 1886. 

1 52 1. Edna D., born October 7, 1888. 

1522. May E., born May 13, 1891. 

1523. John A., born February 17, 1895. 

1524. Dorothy L, born November 11, 1899. 

1525. Wesley D., born February 24, 1901. 

Lewis M. (1070), (son oe Aaron), had issue: 

1526. Margaret, born July 4, 1890. 

WiEEIAM J. (1071), (SON OE AaROn), HAD ISSUE: 

1527. Wilfred, born 1887. 

Ceiarles a. (1072), (son of Aaron), eiad issue: 

1528. James, born 1887. > 

1529. Clara May, born 1889. 

Martin (1083), (son of Richard), had issue: 

1530. Ethel Maude, born 1891. 

1 53 1. Martha F., born 1901, died 1901. 

Edward A. (1085), (son of Wieliam Richard), had 

issue : 

1532. Lambert S_., born November 22, 1863, deceased. 

1533. Lamont K., born January 16, 1865, married Emma R. 

Story, September 24, 1890, had two children. 

1534. Martha A., born September 27, 1874, married Willard H. 

Benton, had two children. She deceased. 
1535- Grace E., born August 4, 1876, unmarried. 

Richard (1087), (son of William Richard), had issue 

BY FIRST wife: 

1536. Marian, born March 19, 1865, married Robert Campbell, 
had four children. 



768 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

1537. William B., born September 13, 1867, married Marie 

Durand, had two children. 

Richard (1087) had issue by second wife: 

1538. Richard, born August 28, 1877, single. 

1539. Ruth, born May 17, 1880, unmarried. 

1540. Walter J., born August 30, 1883, single. 

1541. Edith, born August 6, 1887. 

Warren H. (1089), (son oe Wiluam Richard), had issue: 

1542. Clarence R., born December 14, 1875, married Gertrude 

Ball, had one child. 

1543. Norris W., born April 15, 1878, married Pearl Lucas, had 

one child. 

1544. Rose E., born December 14, 1896. 

James Lawrence (1103), (son oe James), had issue: 

1545. James Lawrence, Jr., born May 10, 1858, married Louisa 

Rousseau, July, 1886, had one child. 

1546. Ida L., born April 13, 1861, died May 19, 1861. 

1547. George E., born September 17, 1863, married Eugenia 

Hammer. 

1548. Frederick Van Iderstine, born December 21, 1867, married 

Lena Hammer, September 29, 1885, had two children. 

1549. Maude E., born December 6, 1875, married Alonzo 

Schwartz, November 6, 1894, had one child. 

Charles H. (1106), (son oe Charees Lott), had issue: 

1550. Julia R., born March 21, 1866, married George Ashmore, 

had two children. 

Jeremiah (iiii), (son oe Peter), had issue: 

1551. Percy C. 

1552. Emma. 

Sidney T. (1112), (son of Peter), had issue: 

1553. Asa H. 

1554. Anna. 

Isaac Ferris (1119), (son oe Cornelius A.), had issue: 

1555. Delia, born November 2, 1862, married Charles P. Forbush, 

1884. 

Cornelius Abraham (1123), (son oe Cornelius A.), 

had issue : 

1556. Harvey. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 769 

1557. Albert. 

1558. George. 

1559. Elizabeth. 

1560. Guy. 

Henry E. (1126), (son op George Washington), had 

issue: 

1 561. Henry O. 

1562. Chester E. 

George Marion (1128), (son of George Washington), 
HAD issue: 

1563. Noble B. 

1564. George M. 

1565. Clarissa Bell. 

Halsey (1132), (son oe John C), had issue: 

1566. Mary E., born July 4, i860, married John Holmes, June 

14, 1884. 

1567. Halsey J., born February 25, 1863, died October — , 1879. 

1568. George, born August 11, 1865. 

1569. Nellie A., born September 18, 1868, died August 10, 1869. 

1570. Agnes, born November 19, 1870. 

Barent T. (1139), (son of Tobias T. E.), had issue: 

1 571. Henrietta, born January 27, 1869, died April 27, 1884. 

1572. Mabel S., born September 25, 1876. 

1573. Winnie B., born July 26, 1882. 

Jacob V. (1142), (son of Garret C), had issue: 

1574. John J., born November 14, 1843. 

1575. Ellen M., born February 13, 1845. 

1576. Charles L., born March 31, 1846. 

1577. Truman B., born January 31, 1848. 

1578. Elizabeth A., born October 29, 1850, married Henry Good- 

win, September 23, 1874, had one child. 

1579. William B., born November 14, 1852. 

1580. Eugenia, born August 4, 1855. 

1581. Lewis v., born August 13, 1856. 

1582. Celia A., born May 7, 1870, married Dorsey. 

James L. (1143), (son of Garret C), had issue: 

1583. Mary J., born June 28, 1853, married Charles P. Barnes, 

had five children. 

1584. Anna L., who married Counsell. 



770 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

William (1153), (son 01^ Rev. Martin), had issue: 

1585. Sarah, born September 15, 1853, died September 15, 1853. 

1586. William Francis, born April 22, 1855, married Margaret 

Owens. 

1587. Marcella, born December 24, 1857, married J. B. Pfordt. 

1588. George, born September 16, 1859, married Catherine Rapp, 

had one child. 

1589. John R., born April 11, 1871, married Amelia Gosha. 

1590. Emma, bom August 5, 1863, married M. J. O'Rile}^ 

1591. Edward, born May 11, 1865, married Alice Morris. 

1592. Peter P., born August 9, 1867, married Ellen B3Tnes, No- 

vember 27; 1890, had two children. 

Ephraim (1164), (son of Ephraim B.), had issue by 
Mrst wiee: 

1593. Emma, born August 31, 186 1. 

Eppiraim (1164) had issue by second wife: 

1594. Fanny M., born February 17, 1876. 

George Sylvester (1165), (son oe Eppiraim B.), had 

issue : 

1595. George H., born 1878, married Vinie Crooks. 

1596. Grace E., born 1880, married Joseph S. Morgan. 

Augustine W. (1166), (son oe Eppiraim B.), had issue: 

1597. Minerva C, born March 25, 1862, married George L. 

Cottle, November 28, 1882, had four children, and died 
October 26, 1896. 

1598. Ida M., born August 11, 1868, married H. Seymour Sweet- 

ing, September 30, 1883, had two children, and died Sep- 
tember 12, 1893. 

Aaron (1168), (son oe Ephraim B.), had issue: 

1599. Marian L., born May 29, 1867, married Clarence Wood- 

ford, April II, 1889. 

1600. Elizabeth, born July 4, 1869, unmarried. 

1601. Frederick, born June 23, 1873, died March 2, 1877. 

1602. Frances M., born August 18, 1876, unmarried. 

1603. Ada L., born August 7, 1879, unmarried. 

James A. (1172), (son oe Ebenezer B.), had issue: 

1604. La Monte Raymond, born October 18, 1871, married Nellie 

Swartwout, March 12, 1891, had two children. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 771 

1605. Olive Lavinia, born June 14, 1874, married first. James L. 

Carlisle, Augaist 24, 1891, had one child. She married 
second, George F. Dorr. 

1606. George Albert, born December 26, 1879, married Anna B. 

True, October i, 1902. 

■ Frrdereck H. ( 1 178), (SON OF Abraham), had issue: 

1607. George Remer. born December 2, 1874, married Phoebe 

Rice. 

1608. Alice jM., born May i, 1878, married Harry W. \'anderbilt, 

June 18, 1902. 

1609. Charles W., born November 25, i88t. 

1610. Frederick H., Jr., born August 10, 1883. 

161 1. Harry P., born March 29, 1885. 

Henry Oscar (1179), (son oe Abraham), had issue: 

1612. Lillian L., born October 2, 1884, died August 10. 1885. 

1613. Albert F., born August 9, 1887. 

George Gilbert (1185), (son oe George R.), had issue: 

1614. Jennie E., who married Albert G. Sanford. 

Jesse C. (1188), (son of George R.), had issue: 

161 5. George Leon, born September 24, 1872, married ]\Iarion C. 

Newton, January 26, 1896, no issue. 

16 1 6. Grace L., born August i, 1875, unmarried. 

Caevin M. (1198), (son of Garret), had issue: 

1617. George. 

1618. William. 

1619. Francis. 

Orrtn W. (1201), (son of Wynant Vandenburgh), 
had issue: 

1620. Grace E. 

1 62 1. Harold. 

1622. Dean. 

1623. Ralph. 

1624. Elizabeth. 

Luther A. (1206), (son of Daniel), had issue: 

1625. Lilly A., born September 18, 1868, married Osborn. 

1626. Frank, born January 18, 1871. 

1627. Parry A., born March 3, 1874. 

1628. Martha, born July 24, 1877, married Convers. 

1629. Clara, born September 26, 1886. 



'j'jQ. HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Harvey (1220), (son of Jacob), had issue: 

1630. Addie, who married Mowery. 

1 63 1. Grace. 

1632. Burt. 

1633. Walter. 

1634. Jessie. 

PhiIvETus F. (1222), (son oe Jacob), had issue: 

1635. Evelyn, born April 8, 1882, unmarried. 

1636. Ella, born February 9, 1884, unmarried.' 

1637. Charlotte, born March 24, 1886, unmarried. 

Benjamin (1250), (son of Henry), had issue: 

1638. Erskine, born 1851, married Anna E. Burdione, 1877, had 

one child. 

Rev. Aebert (1254), (son of John B.), had issue: 

1639. Edna Pamelia, born July 14, 1862. 

1640. Celia Alberta, born February 12, 1866. 

Abraham (1256), (son of John B.), had issue: 

1 64 1. Joel Harvey (Dr.), born June i, 1871, married Zenaida L. 

Stewart, May 24, 1894, had two children. 

1642. Albert Edwin, born November 5, 1873, married MoUie Orr, 

February 18, 1899, had one child. 

1643. Ralph Irving, born January 7, 1879. 

1644. Rachel, born June 10, 188 1. | ^p • 

1645. Raymond, born June 10, 188 1. j ^'^^^^• 

Edwin (1257), (son of John B.), had issue: 

1646. Stuart P., born September 6, 1876. 

1647. Ray, born July 31, ic 



Dr. George (1258), (son of John B.), had issue: 

1648. George Albert. 

1649. Clarence R. 

1650. Clare. 

1651. ? 

John (1260), (son of John B.), had issue: 

1652. Alice Mary, born September 7, 1874. 

1653. Eugene. 

Garrett C. (1272), (son of Corneeius), had issue: 

1654. Charles E., born October 20, 1849, died single, December 4, 



WALDRON FAMILY. yjZ 

1655. Andrew S., born September 17, 1859, died single, March 

29, 1894. 

1656. Agnes G., born November 13, 1861, unmarried. 

1657. John W., born April 25, 1867, single. 

1658. Helen W., born September 14. 1869, married Francis S. 

Weis, September 10, 1900, had one child. 

Cornelius J. (1278), (son oi? John Van Aernam), had 

issue: 

1659. Eliza Jane, born May 15, 1850, died December 20, 1858. 

1660. Arthur K., born February 29, 1852, married Carrie N. 

Boone, had two children. 

1661. Charles F., born February 25, i860, died March 15, 1861. 

1662. Francis, born April 18, 1862, died April 26, 1863. 

1663. Ann Elizabeth, born January 14, 1868, married Charles L. 

Preston, no issue. 

1664. Elizabeth, born December 9, 1870, married Fred E- Chi- 

chester. 

1665. John V. A., born September 16, 1875, died October 2^, 

1884. 

Stephen Pearl Keyes (1279), (son oe John Van 
Aernam), had issue: 

1666. William A., born January 30, 1856, died 1863. 

1667. Mary E., born August 6, 1858, died 1863. 

1668. George S., born August 26, i860, died 1863. 

1669. Henry Stanton, born December 23, 1862, married Carolyn 

Elizabeth Moddy, February 18, 1892, had two children. 

1670. Margaret, born August 5, 1865. 

1671. Charles S., born September 18, 1867. 

1672. John S., born December 19, 1868, died 1868. 

1673. Ada, born December 18, 1869. 

1674. Carrie May, born February 4, 1873. 

1675. Frank Rogers, born July 4, 1875. 

Henry J. (1280), (son oe John Van Aernam), had 
issue : 

1676. Ella, who married Williams. 

1677. Nellie M. 

1678. Frank C. 

1679. William H. 

1680. Carrie A. 

1 68 1. Emma J., who married George K. Herzer. 

1682. Ida, who married Richards, had one child. She de- 

ceased. 



774 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Zachariah Keyes (1281), (son o^ John Van Aernam), 
HAD issue: 

1683. W. Archbold, born November 28, 1856. 

1684. Carrie, born December 10, 1858, married Lewis P. Tier, 

October 9, 1879, no issue. 

1685. Catherine A., born July 29, i860, married Charles Poffen- 

berger, no issue. 

1686. Sue, born March 26, 1862, married William J. Shelley, Oc- 

tober 14, 1896, no issue. 

1687. Mary, born January 30, 1864, married H. D. Giggs. 

1688. John V. A., born March B, 1866. 

1689. George H., born August 9, 1868. 

1690. Louisa, born March 31, 1870, married W. Henderson. 

1 69 1. Zachary, born February 16, 1872. 

1692. William, born August 26, 1875, died single. 

WiLiviAM Augustus (1287), (son of Rev.. CharIvES New- 
man), HAD ISSUE: 

1693. Charles Newman. 

1694. Gail King. 

Howard Bai^dy (1291), (son oe Wileiam), had issue: 

1695. Phylis Read, born September 3, 1901. 

Hicks B. (1305), (son oe Wieeiam), had issue by eirst 

wiee: 

1696. William Gunsaul, born December 8, 1866, married Mary 

Voorhees, August, 1888, no issue. 

1697. Frank E., born September 4, 1868, married Louisa J. Mil- 

ler, 1885, had four children, and died April 19, 1901. 

Hicks B. (1305) had issue by second wife: 

1698. George G., born January 22, 1881. 

1699. Kitty May, born May 10, 1884. 

1700. Lillian P., born April 3, 1887. 

1 70 1. Harriet L., born December 30, 1894. 

Dr. Zaremba W. (1306), (son oe William), had issue: 

1702. Frederick Rice (Dr.), born March 24, 1876, married Clara 

Sherwood Carter, November 19, 1902. 

1703. Alexander Minty, born June 7, 1880, died single, Septem- 

ber 26, 1900. 

Le Grand C. (1307), (son oe William), had issue: 

1704. Edward L. 

1705. Cora M., who married John B. Sowle. 



WALDRON FAMILY. 775 

Gkorgu (1310), (SON OF Haraion KnickivRbockivk), had 

IvSSue: 

1706. Lewis P. 

1707. Ermine, who married Cannon. 

1708. Carl. 

Theodore; (1311), (son of Harmon Knickerbocker), 

HAD issue: 

1709. Clara. 

1710. Enos. 

WiLUAM (1312), (son oe Harmon Knickerbocker), had 

issue : 

1711. Lois. 

Aebert (1333), (son oE Richard Varick), had issue: 

1 712. Kate C, born August 14, 1872. 

1713. Anna F., born August 20, 1877. 

1714. Ruth F. S., born November 15, 1879. 

171 5. Albert V., born 1883. 

William (1357), (son oe Matthew), had issue: 

1716. Rosamond, born October i, 1899. 

1717. Lewis, born April 9, 1902. 

Charles (1371), (son oe Thomas), had issue: 

1718. David C, born May 4, 1899. 

17 19. Blanche L., born July 23, 1901. 

David J. (1373), (son Thomas), had issue: 

1720. Bonnie A., born March 12, 1900. 

1721. David K., born June 9, 1901. 

Frank E., (1401), (son oE Abraham), had issue: 

1722. Bessie, born April 18, 1894. 

1723. Margaret, born May 22, 1! 



James S. (1416), (son of Simeon D.), had issue: 

1724. Dona B., born September 14, 1883, unmarried. 

1725. Charles, born October 22, 1885. 

William O. (1418), (son of Alexander), had issue: 

1726. Charles P., born May — , 1871, single. 

1727. Edwin D., born June 4, 1874, single. 

1728. Helen, born November 28, 1877, unmarried. 



776 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

JamjJS a. (1420), (son of AIvEXANDER) , HAD ISSUE: 

1729. Walter, born August 2, 1868, married Eva Evans, March 

7. 1894. 

1730. John, born December 30, 1870, single. 

1 73 1. Anna, born December 30, 1870, married F. K. Byrkit, Oc- 

tober 23, 1896. 

1732. Libbie, born March 23, 1873, unmarried. 

1733. James R., born June 24, 1875, single. 

1734. Ralph O., born November 15, 1877, single. 

1735. Alice M., born July 27, 1880, unmarried. 

1736. Garvin B., born October 17, 1886, single. 

George W. (1431), (son oe Samuel), had issue: 

1737. George C., born 1878, single. 

1738. Cora L., born 1880, unmarried. 

1739. Jennie E., born 1883, unmarried. 

Henry A. (1438), (son oe Samuee), had issue: 

1740. Dorla, born 1898. 

1 74 1. Ronald, born 1899. 

Edgar Mieton (1440), (son oe Samuee), had issue: 

1742. Guy E., born April 9, 1897. 

Vernon (1444), (son of Joi-in L.), had issue: 

1743. Marjorie, born October 7, 1895. 

WiEEIAM S. (1448), (son OE WiEEIAM S.), HAD ISSUE: 

1744. Frank W. 

JOI-IN C. (1450), (son OE WiEEIAM S.), tIAD ISSUE: 

1745. Hazel, born April 21, 1889. 

Richard (1465), (son oe Charees B.), had issue: 

1746. Sophia, born July 2, 1880. 

1747. Mattie, born March 2, 1882, married Blum. 

1748. Maggie, born February 29, 1884. 

1749. Kate, born January 28, 1886. 

1750. Richard, born April 29, 1888. 

1 75 1. Charles, born March 4, 1889. 

1752. Henry, born November 20, 1894. 

1753. Edith, born August 28, 1898. 

1754. Walter, born October 4, 1900. 



WALDRON FAMILY. Tjy 

Arthur (1498), (son of William John), had issue: 

1755. Arthur Raymond, born September 17, 1887. 

1756. Pearl Martha, born August 16, 1890. 

Wilbur (1499), (son of William John), had issue: 

1757. Edith Frances, born July 2, 1888. 

1758. Lillian Elizabeth, born August 2'i,, 1890. 

1759. William Clenton, born August 23, 1890. 

1760. Melvin H., born July 13, 1892. 

1761. Clyde Chester, born March 22, 1896. 

1762. Earle Edward, born May 25, 1897. 

John D. (1508), (son of Carroll Scott), had issue: 

1763. La Perceil Joan, born June 4, 1899. 

1764. John Brown, born November 18, 1901. 

David Sterling (1511), (son of Carroll Scott), had 

issue: 

1765. David Henry, born November 4, 1898. 

1766. Edna Gertrude, born September 3, 1900. 

1767. Carroll Edmond, born January 19, 1903. 

Lamont K. (1533), (son of Edward A.), had issue: 

1768. Blanche M., born July 17, 1891. 

1769. Lavern F., born May 24, 1896. 

William B. (1537), (son of Richard), had issue: 

1770. Douglas Durand, born 1898. 

1 77 1. (daughter), born October, 1902. 

Clarence R. (1542), (son of Warren H.), had issue: 

1772. Warren W. 

Norris W. (1543), (son of Warren H.), had issue: 

1773. Helen. 

James Lawrence, Jr. (1545), (son of James Lawrence), 
had issue : 

1774. Louisa, born June 11, i( 



Frederick Van Iderstine (1548), (son of James Law^ 
rence), had issue: 
1775- Tessie, born April 12, 1887. 
1776. Frank, born March 5, 1889. 



778 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

George (1588), (son of William), had issue: 

1777. William, born February 13, 1880, married Barbara Reine- 

man. 

Peter P. (1592), (son of William), had issue: 

1778. Catherine, born September 22, 1901. 

1779. Annetta, born April 23, 1893. 

La Monte Raymond (1604), (son of James A.), had issue: 

1780. Nina, born April 26, 1892, died young. 

1 78 1. Lawrence, born September 28, 1898. 

Erskine (1638), (son of Benjamin), had issue: 

1782. E. Mitchell, born 1877, married Katherine Golden. 

1783. Lucile Alberta, born February 10, 1895. 

Joel Harvey (1641), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

1784. Aileen Elizabeth, born July 30, 1897. 

Albert Edwin (1642), (son of Abraham), had issue: 

1785. Margaret Elliott, born July 7, 1902. 

Arthur K. (1660), (son of Cornelius J.), had issue: 

1786. Clement. 

1787. Mabel. 

Henry Stanton (1669), (son of Stephen Pearl Keyes), 
HAD issue: 

1788. Helen Margaret, born October 31, 1893. 

1789. Gladys Katherine, born September 8, 1896. 

Frank E. (1697), (son of Hicks B.), had issue: 

1790. John M., born June, 1886. 

1791. Hicks B., born March 16, 1891. 

1792. Louisa, born July 16, 1892. 

1793. Esther, born August 10, 1893. 



APPENDIX. 



CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX. 



PAGE 



A. The De: Forest FamiIvY, . 781 

B. The; Montanye Family, 784 

C. Town Officers, 1660-1710, 791 

D. Letter : Dr. Montanye to Stuyvesant, .... 793 

E. JOCHEM PlETERS' FeAT 794 

F. Van Keueen's Hook, 798 

G. Montanye's Flat, . 802 

H. The Hoorn's Hook Farms, . . . . . . . 804 

I. The Deeavaee Lands, ' . . 809 

J. Division oe the Common Lands, 814 



APPENDIX. 



A. Page 151. 

THE DE FOREST FAMILY. 

The history of the De Forest ancestors, as the pioneer settlers at 
Harlem, early engaged the author's attention, since it promised him the 
leading historic thread for the yet unwoven fabric of his story. Extend- 
ing his inquiry to the Fatherlands, the result is already known to the 
reader. Driven by persecution from the French Netherlands, the De 
Forests became identified in Holland with the beginnings of our colonial 
emigration, — some of its phases, developed in their unpretentious yet 
eventful career, in a manner equally novel and touching,- — till it culmin- 
ated in the first settlement upon the then wild and solitary "Flats of 
Manhattan." Hence the pre-eminence here given them : a deserved 
tribute to their trials in their own and other lands, and to their well-con- 
ceived enterprises, of no less local significance because thwarted or marred 
by disasters beyond human control. As supplementary to these inter- 
esting details, we here add some further notes upon the family in this 
country, premising that this name, which under the Dutch took the form 
De Foreest, is quite distinct from those of De La Forest, and Van Foreest, 
the last an old titled family of Holland. 

Isaac De Forest, younger of the two brothers who emigrated in 1636, 
was the common ancestor. Born at Leyden, in 1616. as elsewhere stated, 
he married at New Amsterdam, 1641, Sarah, daughter of Philippe Du 
Trieux (Truax), and Susannah De Chiney, Walloons of the early migra- 
tion, Sarah being born here in the semi-fabulous daj^s of Peter ^Minuit. 
The same year De Forest built at Harlem a dwelling and tobacco-house 
on his plantation, subsequently the site of Harlem village. In 1643 he 
leased it to John Denton, for raising tobacco on shares, and opened a 
tobacco wareroom on the Strand, now Pearl Street, in what had been 
the first church. Coming to own that property, he built there a fine house, 
"an ornament to the citj'." In 1650 he sold his bouwery at Harlem to 
William Beeckman. Later he became a brewer ; his malt-house and resi- 
dence were in Stone Street, north side, near Whitehall. He also had "a 
hop-garden and orchard at Norman's Bight." Fie was among the affluent 
citizens who loaned 100 guilders each for repairing the city defences in 
1653. On April 6, 1657, "Isaac De Forest requests by petition the privi- 
leges of the Great Burgher right, as he has been in this country over 
twenty years, has built considerably in this citj^, and performed many ser- 
vices." The burgomasters deferred his request, but on January 28, 1658, 
as one of six "suitable persons" recommended by Stuyvesant and council, 
De Forest was made a Great Burgher. The same year he was elected 
schepen, having served sundrj' times in the board of selectmen. In 1664, 
when the English fleet, which took New York, entered the harbor, among 
some persons seized was De Forest; released August 31, he afterward 
swore allegiance. His will is dated June 4, 1672. He died in 1674, but 
his widow not until November g, 1692. She sold the property "called the 



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HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



Old Kerck," June 30, 1682 ; that in Stone Street was sold by the children 
May 2, 1693, to Harman Rutgers, brewer, from Albany. Isaac De For- 
est's children were Jesse, born 1642 ; Susannah, 1645 ; Gerrit, 1647 ; Michael, 
1649; John, 1650; Philip, 1652; Isaac, 1655; Hendrick, 1657; Maria, 1666, 
and David, 1669; of whom, the three elder sons died early. Susannah 
married, 1665, Peter De Riemer, and Maria married, 1687, Bernard Darby, 
from London, mariner, and 1706, Alderman Isaac De Reimer, son of Peter. 

John De Forest was educated a "chirurgeon," or physician; his 
t)rothers were given trades, — Philip a cooper, Isaac a baker, Hendrick and 
David, glaziers. Dr. De Forest married, June 8, 1673, Susannah, daugh- 
ter of Nicholas Verlet ; bought a house and lot in Beaver Street, February 
20, 1682; on October 4, 1687, sold for i6:5, lot No. 4, Ploorn's Hook, to 
Wm. Presker. See page 371. Of several children, but one survived child- 
hood, viz., Susannah, born 1676, married Robert Hickman, 1703. Philip 
De Forest married, January 5, 1676, Tryntie, daughter of Hendricks Kip, 
and removed to Albany, served as high-sheriff, etc., and died 1727, having 
had sons Isaac, Jesse, Johannes, David, Abraham; David being ancestor 
of Colonel Jacob J. De Forest, of Duanesburgh. See Pearson's Albany 
Settlers. 

Isaac De Forest, born 1655, only son of Isaac that remained in New 
York, married September 4, 1681, Elizabeth, daughter of Lawrence Van- 
derspiegel, was serving the Dutch church as a deacon, 1690 and 1696, and 
1699 was appointed an overseer of public works. He died within a year 
or two, his widow, it seems, continuing his business ; she furnished pro- 
visions for the expedition to Canada, in 171 1. In 1741, in her 80th year, 
she changed her church relation to Hackensack, the home of her daughter, 
Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Antonius Curtenius. Isaac De Forest left nine 
children, of whom reached maturity: Johannes, born 1684; Sarah, 1686, 
married John Myer ; Margaret, 1689, married Harman Rutgers ; Maria, 
1694, and Elizabeth, 1697, who, 1732, married as aforesaid. Johannes D:; 
Forest was a baker, married June 23, 1705, Catharine, daughter of Gerrit 
Van Ravenstein, and buying property March 22, 17IS, in Marketfield Street, 
resided in New York till his death, July 30, 1757. His children named 
in his will, December 25, 1746, were Isaac, born 1705; Nicholas, 1710; 
Johannes, 171 1; Maria, 1718, who married Gerrit Waldron ; Lawrence, 1720; 
Gerrit, 1723; Elizabeth, 1725. Of these, Lawrence man-ied, 1744, Sarah, 
daughter of Mansfield Tucker; issue Mansfield, born 1746, perhaps others. 
Isaac became a freeman, in New York, 1734, his brother Nicholas, 1735, 
and Johannes, 1748; the last pi'obably father of Theodoras, grocer, at 
Fly Market, who married, 1778, Mary Doughty; issue John, born August 
II, 1780; Mary, December 22, 1782; Theodoras, May 11, 1786, etc. 
Nicholas married Maria Barker, October 17, 1736, and had a son John, 
born 1739, probably the sailmaker, freeman 1765, who married, 1768, Jane 
Albouy; in 1780 a widow, when she married George Scott, mariner. 
Bernard De Forest, shopkeeper, freeman 1768, apparently brother of the 
sailmaker, married, 1767, Martha Albouy, in 1773, a widow, and married 
Nathaniel Harriott, mariner. Isaac, born 1705, removed to Adamsville, 
Somerset County, New Jersey, died about 1800; issue by wife 
Maria Brokaw, Maria, born 1740, John, 1743; Catharine, 174S; 
Abraham, 1749. His son, John, born July 28, 1743, died in New 
York May 16, 1825, leaving five children by his wife Maria Van 
Nest, viz., Isaac, born March 3, 1764; Catharine, January 17, 1766; 
Abraham, April 2, 1774; Lawrence- Vanderveer, May 11, 1782, and John, 
May 8, 1784; of whom Catharine died November 19, 1846. John died in 
his 8oth year, November 16, 1864, having married Surviah Whitehead; his 
only child being Mr. Isaac De Foreest, Sr., of No. 2 Old Slip. Abraham 
aforesaid married Catharine Fulkerson, and died in his 57th year, August 
30, 1830, was father of Richard and Maria ; his brother Isaac, who mar- 
ried Kneertie Wortman, and died March 13, 1808, was father of the late 



APPENDIX. 783 

Peter and John I. De Foreest, of New York, grocers, and their sisters, 
Maria, Sarah, Catharine, and Margaret ; and Lawrence V., of New York, 
merchant, who married Jane, daughter of Peter Davis, of Somerville, New- 
Jersey, and died INIay 7, 1858, aged nearly "]() years, was father of the 
late Alderman Theodore Romaine De Foreest, M. D., John Abeel De 
Foreest, and Jane Lawrence De Foreest, the accomplished and lamented 
Mrs. Dr. Hull, of New York, murdered in her bed, June 11, 1879, by the 
burglar Cox. Gerrit De Forest, born 1723, called Gcrardus, married, 174-], 
Sarah Hardenbrook, and had issue John, born 1745; Andrew, 1751 ; Ger- 
ardus, 1753; Theodorus, 1756, etc., of whom Theodorus married, 1779, 
Susannah Leggett. Gerardus was a shipwright, married Rachel Kings- 
land, and died April 19, 1802, in Harrison Street, leaving his widow, who 
survived many years, and sons John, Gerardus, and David, besides seven 
daughters, of whom Sarah, the eldest, married Hugh Fairley. John was 
father of Cornelius V. and Charles S. 

Hendrick De Forest, born 1657, married July s. 1682, Phebc, daugh- 
ter of Barent Van Flaesbeek, and settled at Bushwick, Long Island, was 
commissioned justice of the peace 1698, in 1705 bought land at and removed 
to Madnan's Neck, and died in 1715, having issue Barent, born 1684; 
Sarah,- 1686; Gerrit, 1689; Henricus, 1691 ; Susannah. 1693; Phebe, 1695; 
Maria, 1696, and Jesse, 1698; of whom Susannah married Abraham Kon- 
mg, and Phebe married Henry Cole. Several of the sons returned to 
New York. Henricus was probably the sea-captain, of 1747. Barent mar- 
ried, 1708, Catalina, daughter of Anthony Sarley, and 1723 Elizabeth, 
daughter of Cornelius Verduyn. He was teacher of the Dutch church 
school, serving as late as 1726, in which year he probably died. His widow- 
died INIarch i, 1736. His children, save some who died in infancy, were, 
so far as known, Henricus, born 1712; Phebe, 1714, married Beniamin 
Stout; Sarah, 1717; Catalina, 1720, married Hendrick Van Beuren ;" Cor- 
nelius, 1725. Cornelius married Antie Van Winkle. Gerrit married, 1716, 
Cornelia Waldron ; he died October 14, 1744, she May 9, 1772; issue 
Sarah, born 1719, married Hendrick Vandewater; Henry, 1722; 'Phebe, 
about 1725, married Andrew Gewara ; and Gerrit, 1731. Henr3^ last named! 
was perhaps the blockmaker, made freeman 1770, and Gerrit. the store- 
keeper at Fly Market, 1776. Henricus, born 1712, freeman 1734, married that 
year Susannah, daughter of Benjamin Bill, and widow of William Golding, 
and was a printer in King (now Pine) Street, in 1753. His widow sofd 
part of the property August 2, 1766. His children known but in part: 
his daughter, Susannah, married, 1754, Samuel Brown, stationer, and 
daughter Caroline, married, 1759, Richard King, mariner. Jesse married, 
June 14, 1719, Teuntie Titsoort. He died April 12, 1755; she September 
3. 1761. Their children who reached maturity were Abraham. Iwrn 1722; 
Henricus, 1724, and Margaret, 1732, who married Captain William Long! 
Of these, Henricus, blacksmith, married Elizabeth Young, and died prior 
to August 21, 1772, when administration on his estate was granted his 
widow. Abraham, hatter, married, in 1744, Elizabeth Myer; in 1758 went 
out as master-at-arms in the privateer Peggy; in 1760, 'i and '2, com- 
manded companies from New York against the French, on the frontiers. 
His wife died April 6, 1761. Captain De Forest removed to Dutchess 
County, and was living in 1774. His children were Jesse, born 1745; 
Elizabeth, 1746; Peter, 1748; Anna, 1752: Abraham, 1754; Henry, 1756; 
Cornelia, 1758, and Deborah, 1759. 

David De Forest, born 1669, removed to Stratford, Connecticut, sub- 
sequent to 1693, where he married in 1696. His wife was Martha, her 
maiden name Blagge, as says tradition, with probable truth. Evidently 
she was related to Edward, Samuel, and Benjamin Blagge, of New York, 
but not a sister, as we conclude from the will of their father. Captain 
Benjamin Blagge, dated June 6, 169.S, and other records. David died in 
April, 1721, his widow (after a second marriage) in 1740, aged 6^, years. 



784 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

For a list of his male descendants, who have mostly lived in Connecticut, 
see Bronson's History of Waterbury. His children were Mary, Sarah, 
Martha, David, Samuel, Isaac, Edward, Henry, Elizabeth, and Benjamin. 
The last, born 1716, married Esther Beardslee, and was father of 
Benjamin, born 1749 (who married Mehitable Curtis), father of Ben- 
jamin, born 17S0 (married Alma Southmayd), father of John De Forest, 
M. D., of Watertown, Connecticut, whose wife was Lucy S. Lyman. His 
only child is Mr. Erastus L. De Forest. Said Benjamin, born 1749, was 
father of David C, born 1774, founder of the "De Forest Fund," of Yale 
College, and whose son, Carlos M. De Forest, born 1813, removed to 
Tro}^ Pennsylvania, where his ghildren now reside. Hezekiah, born 1745, 
a son of Benjamin, born 1716, was father of Samuel A., of Stratford, born 
1784, died 1852, who settled in Danby, Tioga County, New York, and was 
the father of Mr. Charles De Forest, of Waverly. Samuel De Forest, 
born 1704, son of David and Martha, was father of Joseph, born 1731, 
whose son Gideon removed to Edmeston, Otsego County, New York, died 
in 1840, and had sons Abel B., Lee, Cyrus H. (of Buffalo), Charles A., 
and Tracy R. De Forest. Nehemiah, born 1743, a brother of Joseph, was 
father of Lockwood, born March 5, 1775, who married Mehitable Wheeler, 
and began business as a merchant in Greenwich Street, New York, in 
1816, but three years later, with his son William, founded the well-known 
mercantile house of De Forest & Son, at 82 South Street. Mr. Lock- 
wood De Forest died November 28, 1848. His sons, like himself, nearly 
all merchants and enterprising business men, were William W., George B., 
Alfred, Frederick L., James G., Henry. G. (lawyer), and Frederick L., 2d. 
His daughters were Mary L., who married Roger Sherman Skinner, of 
New Haven ; Susan, who married Daniel Lord ; Eliza, who married Samuel 
Downer ; Jane, who married Burr Wakeman ; Ann, who married Simeon 
Baldwin ; Sarah, who married Walter Edwards, and Louisa, the wife suc- 
cessively of Samuel Woodruff and Thomas F. Cock, M. D. 



B. Page 269. 

THE MONTANYE FAMILY.* 

Dr. Johannes La Montagne, prominent in the affairs of New Nether- 
land, has a relatively important place in Harlem history, as is set forth 
in the preceding pages. We give brieflj^ the sequel of his life ;_ then notice 
his descendants. Derick Corssen Stam, supercargo in the vessel which 
brought the De Forests over, had a brother Arent, whose widow, Agnes, 
a daughter of Gillis Ten Waert, was wooed by the Doctor, after the death 
of his wife, Rachel De Forest. As Arent had been lost at sea (see page 
150), it proved an obstacle to their union, but this was overcome, as is 
shown by the following proceeding of July i8, 1647 : "Mr. Johannes La 
Montagne appeared before the council, and requested leave to marry 
Angenietie Gillis *Ten Waert, widow of Arent Corssen. Being fully per- 
suaded that he perished, as the Lords Directors have written, that they 
had left nothing untried to learn about hinv but were entirely ignorant of 
his fate ; therefore if Mr. La, Montagne, and she Angenietie, have no 
scruples regarding it, they are at liberty to marry." Two months later 
they were married. 

* We cannot follow here the various spellings of this name which occur, but ob- 
serve the form Montanye, as most accordant with modern usage, and with its original, 
the Latin Mons, in French Montagne, Mountain; see page 48. The change of the o, 
in some branches, to a and i, seems unfortunate. After he came to this country, Dr. 
Montanye, previously signing his name "Mousnier de L,a Montagne," invariably 
wrote it "La Montagne," omitting his family name Mousnier or Monier, which, how- 
ever, was sometimes used by all his sons, and even grandsons, before it was finally 
dropped. (See pp. 79, 591.) 



APPENDIX. 785 

IMontanye was commended for his discreet rule as vice-director at 
Fort Orange, which lasted till 1664; much of his official correspondence 
with Stuyvesant is preserved. He prudently swore allegiance to the new 
government, hut from this date is lost sight of, and probably accompanied 
his old friend Stuyvesant on his errand to Holland in 1665, to defend his 
course in surrendering the country to the English. There is reason to 
conclude that Dr. Montanye died abroad in 1670. He had eight children, 
viz., Jolant, born 1627; Jesse, 1629; John, 1632; Rachel, 1634; ]\Iaria, 
1637; William, 1641 ; Gillis, 1650, and Jesse, 1653. The last two died 
young", as had Jolant. The first Jesse was commissary of stores, 1647, 
but died soon after. Rachel married Dr. Gysbert Van Imbroch, and Maria 
married Jacob Kip, whose descendants have been locally prominent.* 

William Montanye (he styled himself De La Montague) joined the 
church at New Amsterdam October 2, 1661, when he came to Harlem. 
Called to be voorleser at Esopus, he held that office till 1678; from 1668 
adding the duties of secretary. Ele married May ig, 1673, Elenora, daugh- 
ter of Anthony De Hooges, and that year drew 300 guilders from the 
Orphan Chamber, at Leyden (whence derived is left to conjecture) ; to 
obtain which he chose as guardians his cousins, Panhuysen and Du Toict, 
the sons-in-law of Gerard De Forest.t Leisler made him high sherifif of 
Ulster County, December 24, 1689. He had removed to Mombackus, town 
of Rochester, and was living 1695. His children were Rachel, born 1674, 
who married Harman Decker; Johanna, 1676, living 1699; William, 1678; 
Maria, 1680, married Nicholas Westfall ; Johannes, 1682; Jesse, 1684; Eve, 
16S6, married Derick Krom, and Catharine, 1688, who married John Bevier. 
Ulster County records are strangely silent as to William's sons. 

John Montanye was born at Leyden, and first appears as Jean Monier 
De La Montague, Jr., later as Jan La J\Iontagne, Jr. He early joined the 
church at New Amsterdam, where, in 1652, he taught school a few months, 
under an appointment from the directors in Holland; then was made com- 

* Dr. Gysbert Van Imbi-och, descendants of whom, in New York and New Jersey, 
write their name Van Emburgh and Van Amburg, was a physician; had a sister, 
Barbara, the first wife of Thomas Verdon; see p. 164. In 1655 Van Imbrocli, then 
for two 3'ears a shoplceeper at New Amsterdam, was permitted "to make a lottery 
of a certain number of bibles, testaments and other books." His marriage probably 
took place at Fort Orange, whither he went to live, Rachel being his second wife. 
The)' removed to Wiltwyck or Kingston, joining the church by letter, December 16, 
1662 (see pp. 200, 202) and here Van Imbroch practiced medicine, being one of the 
schepens from 1663 till his death, August 29, 1665, his wife having died October 
4, 1664. Their children were, Elizabeth, born 1659; Johannes, 166 1, and Gysbert, 1664; 
all of whom removed to New York. Elizabeth married John Peeck. Gysbert, shoe- 
maker, came to New York in 16S6, married, 16S8, Jannetie, daughter of Peter Mesier, 
and acquired property; see Deeds N. Y. 26, 327, and Albany, 14, 11. He had nine 
children; some died in infancy. See N. Y. Corp. jilanual for 1863, p. 825. and 1864, p. 
829. Johannes Van Imbroch was "doctor of physic;" married, in 1687, Margaret, 
daughter of Arie Van Schaick, and later Catherine, daughter of Capt. William Sand- 
ford, of Bergen County, N. J., where Dr. Van Imbroch then lived, and where he 
made his will, June 6, 1729, proved September 13, 1742. He had/Sons and daughters, 
the former, Gysbert, William and John. His daughter, Mary, married John Sand- 
ford; Catherine married Richard Gibbs, of New iSrunswick, and Elizabeth married 
Jacobus Bertholf, 1729. 

t We, Commissaries of the Court at Kingston, do certify that before us has 
appeared William Monier de La Montagne, son of the elder deceased Johannes Monier 
de La Montagne, begotten by Rachel de Forest; that said William Monier de La 
Montagne has given to Mr. Gabriel Monvielle, merchant at New York, a bill of ex- 
change for three hundred guilders Holland money, reckoned at twenty stivers per 
guilder: And that Mr. Monville or his order may receive the same, therefore the 
above named William Monier de La Montagne by these constitutes and makes, even 
as he is himself authorized and iuWy empowered to do, his guardians or friends, 
Sieur Johannes Panhuysen and Mr. David du Toict, living in the city of Leyden, on 
his behalf and in the constituent's name, to take up from his money due from the 
Orphan Chamber of the said city, the betorenamed three hundred guilders, and to 
deliver the same according to the bill of exchange, to Mr. Gabriel Monville or to 
his order, promising to hold good that which they shall do in the premises. In witness 
whereof, we with our own hand, as also the Hon. Commissaries, Cornelius Wynkoop 
and Joost Adriaens, have svibscribed this on the date, 27th March, 1673, at Kingston, 
in the Esopus. — Esopus Records. 



786 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

missary of accounts. Entering into trade with Vincent Pikes, in 1654, 
Montanye, about midsummer of that year, sailed for Holland, and while 
there (as noticed page 94) married Peternella Pikes, two years his 
junior. Returning alone to this country, he bought a residence on Marck- 
velt-steeg, from his uncle De Forest, September 26, 1655, preparatory to 
the coming of his wife, who soon arrived, with her infant, John, born at 
Amsterdam, and there baptized, at the Walloon church, October 21, 1655. 
On the institution of the burgher right, Montanye's name was the first 
enrolled on the list of Great Burghers, April 10, 1657. That year he was 
Farmer of the Retail Excise, and was made a Fire-warden, December 23, 
1658. 

One of the first, if not the first, to take up land at the proposed New 
Haerlem, in which enterprise he felt a special interest, owing to the 
proximity of his father's lands, iVredendal, he sold his home on the 
Marckvelt-steeg to Johannes Verveelen, June 27, 1659, and removed hither, 
being chosen deacon in 1660. He was living here the next winter, when he 
bought "a horse, with a saddle and bridle," for 300 guilders, "in good 
strung" current wampum." His next appointment was that of schepen of 
the new village, where all his interests centred, after the sale, February 
14, 1662, of another house and lot, adjoining one owned by his father 
in Beaver Street. His service as schout, secretary, and voorleser, has 
been duly noticed. Having lost his wife, he married, June 10, 1663, Maria, 
daughter of Isaac Vermilye, Dominie Selyns officiating ; the bride's sis- 
ter, Rachel, being also married to John Terbosh. How Montanye acquired 
the property known as the Point, before patented to his father, as also its 
history till sold to Bogert, has been stated in the general history of the 
town, to which it properly belongs. As Montanye left the village within 
two years after getting permission to build on his Point (see page 236), 
but remained "in the jurisdiction of New Haerlem," it may be inferred that 
he put up buildings there, yet neither the bill of sale nor deed to Bogert 
mention any. They may have been destroyed. He or Bogert built the 
stone house whose ruins have disappeared within the last fifty years ; it 
stood nearer the Mill Pond, and westerly a little from the late farm 
house, torn down by S. B. McGown, Esq., when about to erect his present 
dwelling. It antedated the late house, itself considerably over 100 years 
old, and built in the early childhood of Samson Benson, born 1736. 

In May, 1670, Montanye dropped the Jr. from his name, indicating 
his father's decease. He himself died in 1672. His widow surviving 
another husband (see page 350), was buried November 23, 1689. Mon- 
tanye had children, John, born 1655; Vincent, 1657; Nicasius, 1659; Abra- 
ham, 1664; Jelante, 1667; Isaac, 1669; Peternella, 1671, and Johanna, 1673. 
Jelante married Bastiaen Kortright ; Peternella married Peter See, and 
Johanna, posthumous, married Johannes Vredenburgh.* For Abraham 
and descendants, see page 591. Nicasius, named for his god-father, Hon. 
Nicasius De Sille, joined the Labadists at Bohemia Manor (see page 
359), and was of those who shared the lands in 1698. He then returned 
to New York and bought a lot on Broadway, June 10, 1702. His only 
children, Samuel, born June 2, 1698, and Jesse, born November 21, 1699, 
were baptized June 2.6, 1703, near which date Nicasius died. His widow, 
Christina, a daughter of Nicholas Martensen Roosevelt, married John 

* Peter See was son of Isaac and Maria, named p.' 371, and father of Isaac See, born 
1703, who married Eve Foshay, October 5, 1734. Their son, Peter, born March 20, 1737, 
married, June 29, 176s, Sophia De Kevere, and died October 18, 1800; issue, Isaac, 
born July 12, 1766: John, April 18, 1768; Abraham, April 16, 1770; Jacobus, Jan- 
uary I, 1772; Catrina, November 21, 1774; Maria, June 22, 1780, and L,eah, Octo- 
ber 13, 1784. John, last named, married Maria Seaman, December 2, 1797, and re- 
moved to New York. Their children were, John D., born September 20, 1799; Isaac, 
Jtily 14, 1801; Clara, August 2, 1S03; Eliza Ann, January 13, 1806; Mahala, June 
7, i8og: Barney, January 27, 1812; David, November 16, 1813; George Comb, 
August 24, 1818; Catherine, October 7, 1820, and Maria, August 4, 1822. Isaac, last 
named, married Grace Sands Hudson, July iq. 1821, and died December 25, 1829, 
being father of Rev. John I,. See, D.D., Rev. Wm. G. E. See, and Rev. Isaac M. See. 



APPENDIX. 7^7 

Hanimell; they sold said lot February 26, 1704, and are traced no further. 
Isaac Montanye, usually called Isaac Monier De La Montagne, on 
April 26, 1679, when 10 years old, was bound by his mother for 3 years 
to John Dyckman, who was to clothe him and send him "to the day or 
evening school." When grown up he served as a soldier in His IMajesty's 
fort at New York, under Captain Leisler. In 1696 he married Hester Van 
Voorst, from Albany, and died in 1703; the next year his widow married 
Alexander Phcenix. Isaac left issue Sarah, born 1696; Johannes, 1698; 
Jacobus, 1700, and Isaac, 1702. Sarah married 1717 James jNlackintosh, 
and 1730 Samuel Van Naamen. Jacobus was in Ne\y York 1738; Isaac, 
not named, appears to have gone to New Jersey ; neither traced further. 
Johannes, born 1698, remained in New York, married, Fel)ruary 7, 1726, 
Susannah, daughter of Harman Bussing. She died April 27, 1736; he on 
September 26, 1762. Their children were Sarah, born 1726, married Daniel 
Brand; Isaac, 1729; John, 1730; Hester, 1733, married Captain Lazarus 
Peperall, and Harman, 1736, the last a mason, and living 1763. His brother 
John, painter and glazier, married 1760 Catharine White, and died in 1772, 
his widow, in 1S14, aged 87 years. John left issue, Susannah, born 1763, 
married William Gibson; John, 1766, not in his mother's will, 1811. per- 
haps he who died April i, 1802 ; and Catharine, 1768, who married William 
Gamble. Isaac, born 1729, died April 26, 1814, in Cedar Street, had by 
wife Anna Speer, sons Isaac, born 1763; John, 1765, and Harmanus, 1769, 
•besides daughters. Harmanus was a house-carpenter, married, Noveml^er 
I, 1794, Anna Tabele, and lived in 1798 at 46 Cortlandt Street. Isaac and 
John, like' their father, were masons ; the first married, September 18, 
1785, Sarah Stitcher, had known issue John, born 1786, and Ann, 1788, 
and lived in 1798 at 34 Lumber Street. John, born February, 1765, mar- 
ried Alary Weldon, May 3, 1788, and died December 13, 1820; issue that 
reached maturity, Catharine, born December 18, 1790, married J. Wyck- 
liffe Donnington, printer; Isaac, August 8, 1793; William, November 14, 
1796; Abraham, March 8, 1799; and Ann Maria, November 2, 1803, who 
survives. William, lapidary, who married Elizabeth Marshall, and died 
February 3, 1842, aged 45 years, was father of William H. Alontanye, coffee 
and spice dealer, 62 Barclay Street. 

John Montanye, often called Delamontagne, was born, 1655, in Am- 
sterdam, became a "master cooper" in New York, married, September 4, 
1678, Annetie, daughter of Joseph Waldron. He married secondly, Sep- 
tember 8, 1701, a widow, Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick A. Bloom ; see 
page 129. Mr. Montanye lived on Broadway, where he had bought, Alay 
TO, 1688, as on page 692. From his 22d year a church member, he was 
long the sexton, both in the fort and in Garden Street; and as an elder, 
was named in the charter granted the Colonial Dutch Church, I\Iay 11, 
1696.* He died July 12, 1730, in his 75th year. His children sold his 
residence. May 31, 1748. These were Annetie, born 1679, married Fred- 
erick Bloom and John Peterse ; Johannes, 16S1 ; Peternella, 1683, married 
Jacob Brower; Joseph, 16B4; Jesse, 1687; Abraham, 1688; Rachel, 1691, 
married Patrick Smith; Jacobus, 1693, and Marritie, 1695, who married 
Adrian Bogert. Smith, an innkeeper, died December 6, 1755; his widow, 
who survived but two years, having no children, gave her property to her 
Montanye kindred. Of John Montanye's sons, Abraham removed to 
Foster's Meadow, Long Island, early as 1715; subscribed that year for 
building a Dutch church at Jamaica. His son, John, born 1723, farmer, 
received as church member at Success, in 1766, died without issue during 
the Revolution; his widow, Mercy, in 1784. Jesse Montanye. born 1688, 
married Charity Yates, INIay 29, 1714, and died in New York April 25, 
174s ; the city granted his widow, February 12, 1751, the water lot No. 4, in 

* Bolton, History Westchester, ii., 332, wresting this charter to his purpose, makes 
John Montagne minister at Fordham, and Henry Selyns an elder; whereas Selyns 
was minister at New York, and Montanye an elder! This error is copied in Corwin's 
Manual, last edition. 



788 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Montgomery Ward. She died March 28, 1762; issue, John, born 1715; 
Ann, 1716; Joseph, 1718; Charity, 1720, died April 18, 1751 ; Jesse, 1722; 
Mary, 1725, married William Van Sise; and Sarah, 1727, who married 
Robert Finley. Jesse died Januai-y 6, 1756; Ann, named in Rachel Smith's 
will of September 17, 1757, died May 4, 1758; of the others, nothing cer- 
tain known; Joseph, freeman 1740, probably married Maria Bragaw, of 
Newtown, and went to New Jersey. Joseph, born 1684, married Margaret 
Roll, March 2, 1728; his son Joseph, born 1732, lived at Stroudsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, and married Mary Brodhead. Their son Abraham, born 
1772, died 1825, married Elizabeth Buffnm, and was father of the estima- 
ble Joseph D. L. Montanye, of Towanda, Pennsylvania, born November 
12, 1802, died May 18, 1880. 

Johannes Montanye, born 1681, married Sarah Parcell, January 27, 
1706, was admitted a freeman 1716, succeeded his father as sexton, and 
died very aged. His will, made in health December 12, 1770, was proved 
October 17, 1774. Judge Benson, "in his earliest youth," saw and con- 
versed with Montanye, when, "approaching to four-score," he went his 
round to collect the dominie's salary. See Benson's Memoir. His chil- 
dren, all living 1770, were, Sarah, born 1708; John, 1710; Ann, 1716, mar- 
ried Captain John Tomkins; Joseph, 1719, and Abraham, 1722. The sons, 
all made freemen 1743, became tradesmen. Abraham, born August 25, 
1722, carpenter by trade, married, 1749, Tanneke Lewis ; she and infant 
John died next year. He then married Sarah Christeen, of English 
Neighborhood, New Jersey, where he took up his residence on a farm, 
and served as an elder. His father left him his own dwelling in New 
York, and on March 26, 1775, he and his brothers bought a house in Cort- 
landt Street, formerly of their aunt Rachel Smith. He died February 7, 
1801, and was buried on his farm, now in possession of Mr. Samuel Edsall. 
Under his will, dated October 30, 1789, his executor sold his property 
corner of Cedar and Lumber Streets, May 14, 1801. Joseph, in 1770, occu- 
pied a house in Cortlandt Street, given him by his father. He married 
Pliebe Barnes; issue, Sarah, born 1756; Rachel, 1757; John, 1759; Phebe, 
1762; Anna, 1765, and Joseph, 1770. On June 2, 1796, John J. Montanye, 
blacksmith, and wife Martha, and Simon Kiersted, blockmaker, and wife 
Sarah (Montanye), sell to John Moore, mason, their two-thirds interest 
in said house, "formerly the property of Joseph Montanye, deceased." 
John J. removed the same year to Haverstraw. By his wife Martha 
Strachen, he had Phebe, born 1785; Sarah Christeen, 1787; Nancy, 1790; 
Joseph, 1791, and John, 1792. 

John Montanye, born 1710, was a carpenter ; perhaps constable of Dock 
Ward, 1734. He married March 14, 1741, Mary, daughter of Philip Daly, 
and later set up a bakery. He in turn became sexton, serving "till the 
dispersion of the congregation on the invasion of the city in 1776." Re- 
turning, he died at 24 Pine Street in 1794, having had issue, Sarah, born 
1743, who married John Barrea ; John, 1744; Philip, 1746; Cornelia, 1751, 

married Demarest; Catharine, 1753, married Philip Minthorn; Mary, 

I7S5) married William Ash; and Abraham, 1759. Of these, John, then 
a baker, married, 1767, Abigail Wilsey, and died soon after his father, 
apparently without leaving issue. Abraham was a brass-founder, named 
1786 to 1796, died at 38 Cedar Street, near Nassau, where his widow, Ruth 
Decker, lived in 1798; issue, John, born March 13, 1794. 

Jacobus Montanye, born 1693, married, July 6, 1717, Adriana, daugh- 
ter of John Devoor, and widow of Conrad Vanderbeck. She died Jan- 
uary 5, 1758; he on December 5, 1761. Their children were John, born 
1718; Ann,_ 1722, married Benjamin Paine; William, 1725, died 1737; Maria, 
1728, married John Tomkins, and Adriana and Elizabeth, twins, 1730, who 
married, the first, 1750, to Stephen Callow; the last, 1751, to George 
Gififing. Callow, upholsterer, left sons in the city, and was god-father of 
Mr. William Stackhouse, of Columbus, Ohio. Giffing died 1771 ; was father 



APPENDIX. 789 

of the Giffings, formerly of 40 Chapel Street, now College Place. Rachel 
Smith's will names Jacobus' four daughters ; omits his son John. Per- 
haps he was the feltmaker, or hatter, long at 187 Broadway. The latter 
probably married twice. He lost a child August 17, 1770; on April 30, 
^TIZ, bought his place in Broadway, then known as Pelt's Ropewalk, and 
sold the rear part May 3 ensuing, naming no wife. His daughter Mary, 
by his wife Mary Lowry, was born March 29, 1774. He died prior to 
1798. On May 10, iSoo, Mary and Elizabeth Montanye, spinsters; James 
Anderson, gunsmith, and Ann his wife, sold three-fourths of the lot on 
Broadway, and on August 19, 1801, John Montanye, bookbinder, "one of 
the heirs" of John, hatter, conveyed his one-fourth of said lot. He lived 
at 20 Christie Street in 1S22. 

yincent Montanye, born 1657, married, March 5, 1684, Adriana, daugh- 
ter of Jan Thomasz Aken (see page 168)*; hrst lived in New Street, being 
church member; afterward "at Sclavonia, in Bowery Division of Out 
Ward" ; Vincent, then a brickmaker, constable there in 1695. Here, four- 
teen years later, his domestic peace was interrupted by the wiles of one 
Cordaz, a neighbor brickmaker, who, found guilty, was fined by the Court 
of Sessions. Vincent left the city, perhaps temporarily; was living 1713. 
His children, save two which died young, were John, born 1689; Thomas, 
1691 ; Apollonia, 1694; Jesse, 1696; Petrus, 1698; Peternella, 1701, who 
married Godfricus Bennoe; Annetie, 1703, who married Henry Dyer; 
Vincent, 1705, and Rachel, 1707. John, we suspect, was he who died in 
Great Britain, leaving a son Henry, for whom George Harrison, of New 
York, was allowed to administer, October 24, 1743. Vincent, born 1705, 
married, 1737, Elizabeth Murray; issue, Vincent, born 1738. Petrus mar- 
ried Jannetie Dyer, April 17, 1723, was constable of Montgomery Ward 
in 1734, and died June i, 1751 ; issue Maria, born 1724; Adriana, 1728; 
Vincent, 1731; Rebecca, 1732; Thomas, 1735; of whom Rebecca married 
Captain Richard Martin and Captain Richard Richards. Was this the 
Thomas, cabinet-maker, who died in the Island of Grenada, administration 
on his estate being granted Philip Pelton, at New York, December 9, 1774? 

Thomas Montanye, born 1691, married November 25, 1718, Rebecca 
Bruyn, was ultimately a shopkeeper, but died October 12, 1761, his widow 
not till September 15, 1775. His dwelling-house, in Prince Street, sold 
by his son Peter, as executor. May 15, 1784. Of fifteen children there 
reached maturitj^, iVincent, born 1721 ; Peter, 1723; Adriana, 1724, mar- 
ried Abraham Lefoy; Martha, 1726, married Abraham Allener ; Thomas, 
1731, died unmarried June 19, 1758; Rebecca, 1735; Hannah, 1737, mar- 
ried Morris Earl; Jane, 1739, married John Wright; Appollonia (called 
Prudence), 1741, married Elbert Amerman; John, 1743; Benjamin, 1745, 
and Peternella (called Nelly), 1747, who married Isaac Vredenburgh. 
Of these, John T., as called, married Mary Blain, lived in New York when 
the Revolution opened, and the brothers Peter, Isaac, and Jacob Mon- 
tanye, who early removed to Central New York, are believed to have been 
his sons ; a conclusion arrived at after careful inquiry ; still an intelligent 
descendant says thej' were sons of Jesse, and from INIorris County, New 
Jersey. Isaac, who died 1825, aged 45 years, was father of Joseph B. 
Mintonye, now of Conquest, and of the late John, of Lysander ; Peter, 
born 1775, died 1850, at Sempronius, was father of John, late of West- 
field, Pennsylvania; Elijah, who i^emoved to Ohio, and William, father 
of William J. Mantanye, lawyer, JN'Iarathon, New York. Vincent, shop- 
keeper, married. May 8, 1743, Catharine Harte, who died August 29, 1760; 
married April 12, 1761, Gertrude Vonck, who died September 15, 1766; 
married, July 6, 1767, Mary Brundige, who survived him. He died May 
26, 1773, aged 52 years. Dr. O'Callaghan (Plist. N. N.), misled by those 
who confounded the two Vincents, makes the latter 116 years old! the 
"connecting link between Stuyvesant and Washington." We regret to 
spoil this pretty fiction, which we see is copied in our N. Y. B. & G. Rec, 



790 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

vii, 119. Vincent had children (with four that died young), 
Thomas, born 1745; John, 1747; Isaac, 1751; Rebecca, 1752; Peter, 1757, 
and Mary, 1768, who died unmarried August 14, 1814. Rebecca married 
Peter Truman, godfather of the late James A. Cosse, known for his per- 
sistent but ineffectual efforts to recover the Montanye lands at Harlem. 
Thomas last named married. May 4, 1766, Catharine Smith, who died 
September 20, 1770, and by whom he had two sons, viz., Vincent, born 
1767, who, with the father, was deceased in 1789; and Henry, born 1769, 
who removed to Tappan, and married, in 1802, Rebecca Nagel ; issue, John, 
born April i, 1805 ; David, December 12, 1808, etc.* Peter, born 1757, son 
of Vincent, was a tailor, removed to Orange County, and had sons George, 
Isaac, and Abraham ; Isaac, born 1783, died 1840, being father of the late 
John, father of William D. L. Montanye, M. D., of Rondout. Isaac, 
born 1751, grocer in New York, i786; his descendants, if any, not traced. 
John, born 1747, tailor, married Mary Briggs, and lived at Tappan before 
and during the Revolution ; then returning to New York, lived from 1810 
in Elm Street, where he owned property, and died September 24, 1829. 
His wife died March 29, 1825, aged 70 years. He left daughters, Mary, 
widow of James Brown, merchant ; Elizabeth, widow of James Lorton, 
and Gertrude, wife of Charles Denison. Another daughter, Catharine, 
married Elijah Fountain. His eldest son was Isaac, born March 4, 1774. 
The late John Delamontanye, tailor, born February 16, 1778, was another 
son; issue, Matilda, Stanley, Mary A., Vincent. Another was Vincent, 
born March 8, 1784, who at his death, December 8, 1827, kept the Cold 
Spring Garden, corner of Greenwich and Leroy Streets. His daughter, 
Sarah Ann, married Aris Bogart, and was the mother of Mr. Vincent D. 
L. M. Bogart. His other children were Mary, who married Richard D. 
Blauvelt; Susan, married William Cary; and George Fowler Delamon- 
. tanye, who died March 12, 1857, in his 42d year ; issue, Vincent, Sophia, 
George A., Mary J., Charles H., Maria L., and Clarence. 

Peter Montanye, born 1723, was a blacksmith, made freeman 1746, 
married, June 10, 1754, Catharine Vanderhoof, and acquired property. 
He died June 20, 1798, at 281 Pearl Street. He had children, Ann, born 
1756, married Thomas Parcells, coachmaker; Peter, 1759, not in father's 
will, dated June 17, 1798; Catharine, 1761, married John Van jVarick, 
baker; Thomas, 1763, not in father's will; Benjamin, 1766; John, 1768; 
Isaac, 1770; Elizabeth, 1774, who married William J. Waldron, grocer. 
Said John, master-cooper, inspector of provisions in 1805, died a bachelor, 
1823. His brother, Isaac, married Mary Foskett, and died July i, 1805, 
his only child being John, of New York, cedar-cooper, born January 31, 
1802, died at Hoboken, January 18, 1862. Benjamin, born 1766, in 1798 
china dealer at 281 Pearl Street, died September 12, 1816, leaving by his 
wife, Sarah, daughter of Peter Rushton Maverick, whom he married 
May 10, 1792, children Charles Kearney, Benjamin Maverick, and Maria, 
who married Andrew D. Veitch. 

Benjamin Montanye, born 1745, son of Thomas, was a blacksmith, and 
married Elizabeth Norris, April 14, 1768. Siding with his Country at 
the Revolution, he left the city in 1776, as did most of the Montanyes, 
and retired up the Hudson, being employed as confidential messenger by 
the Provincial Convention. Once, sent by Washington with secret dis- 
patches, he was taken by the enemy, and endured a cruel imprisonment in 
the Old Sugar House, at New York. He resumed his trade here at the 
close of the war, but soon after gave himself to the Baptist ministry, and 
in 1791 became pastor of the Oliver Street church. He still worked at his 

* This Thomas, born 1745, is named in his father's will, February 3, 1773, but 
not in the list of citizens, May 2, 1774; N. Y. Corp. Man., 1850, 427. Moreover, 
his grandmother, Rebecca, in her will of October 25, 1774, gives a tenth of her estate 
to her son Vincent's "five children;" whence it would follow (as the others were 
living) that Thomas was deceased. Most likely he was the cabinetmaker before 
noticed, who had lately died in the West Indies. 



APPENDIX. 791 

forge, at 8 Prince Street. In 1794 he removed to New Vernon, Orange 
County, New York, where he founded a church, and preached, beloved 
and revered, till his death, December 25, 1825. Elder ISIontanyc married 
secondly Cornelia Cooper, an excellent woman, but his children were by 
his first wife, being Thomas B.. Benjamin, Rebecca, who married William 
Ustick; Nancy, who married Samuel King, and Elizabeth, who married 
James Thompson, father of the late Deacon Benjamin i\I. Thompson, of 
Elarlem. Thomas B. Montanye, born in New York, January 29, 1769, 
first joined the church under the care of Rev. John Gano (see page 324), 
and in his 20th year, namely, on November 20, 1788, was ordained as 
pastor of the Baptist church at Warwick, N. Y., whence, in 1801, he re- 
moved to Southampton, Pa., where he ministere'd till his death, September 
2-], 1829. He wrote for his epit^iph, "The chief of sinners and the least 
of saints." By his wife, Ann Edmonds, whom he married, May 20, 1788, 
he had eleven children ; four, namely, Sarah Ann. Eliza, Rebecca, and 
Thomas, still living. Benjamin, brother of Elder Thomas, was born in 
New York City in 1786, spent his life in Orange County, was a man 
much respected, and at one time deputy sheriff. He married Theodocia, 
daughter of Colonel Samuel Clark, and died at New Vernon, April 19, 
1848, aged 62 years, having had thirteen children, several of whom went 
west, the seventh son being the Hon. Isaac V. Montanye, of Goshen, 
New York, editor and proprietor of the Independent Republican. 



TOWN OFFICERS, 1660 TO 1710; WITPI DATE OF 
APPOINTMENT. 

Benson, Johannes, surveyor of highways, September 29, 1710. Samson, 
constable, September 29, 1700; collector, ' September 29, 1704; assessor, 
September 29, 1708. 

BertholF', Guiliaem, clerk and voorleser, jNIarch 6, 1690. 

BoGERT, John Louwe, overseer, October 29, 1675 ; October 23, 1676. 

Brevoort, Hendrick, collector, September 29, 1697. John Hendrick, over- 
seer, October 28, 1678, December 4, 1679, December. 1682; constable, 
November 2, 1686, October 14, 1689 ; authorized man, November 29, 
1691 ; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1697. 

Bussing, Arent Harmans, schepen, August 23, 1673; overseer, October 
23, 1676, October 28, 1678, December 4, 1679; constable, November 10, 
1680 ; commissioner of the town court, December 18, 1683 ; constable, 
1690; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1694, September 29, 1695; 
authorized man, December 14, 1699; assessor, September 29, 1700. 

CasiEr, Philip, schepen, November 16, 1662. 

Claessen, Derick, schepen, November 16, 1662. 

Cresson. Jaques, constable, December 7, 1669. Pierre, schepen, August 
16, 1660. 

Daesen, Teunis, constable, September 29, 1697. 

Delamater, Glaude, overseer, June 12, 1666, December 7, 1669, Decem- 
ber 3, 1672. Isaac, commissioner of the town court, November 2, 1686; 
constable, Septeinber 29, 1693 ; surveyor of highways, November 9, 
1700; overseer, September 20, 1701, September 29, 1702. John, overseer, 
December, 1682 ; commissioner of the town court, January 28, 1685 ; 
constable, October 13, 1685 ; commissioner of the town court, November 
I, 1687. 

Demarest, David, overseer, August 6, 1667, October 2, 1668, February 7, 
1671, December 3, 1672; schepen, August 23, 1673; constable, December 
8, 1674. John, constable, June i, 1670. 

Dyckman, Cornelius, constable, September 28, 1698. Gerrit, collector. 



792 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

September 29, 1707; constable, September 29, 1710. John, schepen, Oc- 
tober I, 1674; overseer, December 8, 1674; constable, October 29, 1675; 
overseer, October 23, 1677, October 28, 1678, November 10, 1680, De- 
cember 19, 1681 ; commissioner of the town court, December 18, 1683, 
November 2, 1686; assessor, September 29, 1691 ; constable, September 
29, 1695 ; assessor, September 29, 1699 ; surveyor of highways, Septem- 
ber 29, 1708. 

Gerritsen, Lubbert, overseer, December 3, 1672. 

Harmansen, Arent. See Bussing. 

Holmes,, George, constable, September 29, 1704. 

JanseNj Cornelius. See Kortright. Lawrence, overseer, November 7, 
1677, October 28, 1678; commissioner of the town court, November 2, 
1686, October 14, 1689; constable, Mafch, 1691 ; surveyor of highways, 
September 29, 1694, September 29, 1695 ; overseer, September 29, 1699, 
September 29, 1700. 

Journeay, Meynard, overseer, October 29, 1675. 

KiERSEN, John, assessor, September 29, 1695, September 29, 1696, Septem- 
ber 29, 1697; collector, November 9, 1700; constable, September 29, 1701 : 
assessor, September 29, 1706. 

KoRTRiGHT, Cornelius Jansen, constable, December 3, 1672; overseer, De- 
cember 8, 1674, December 19, 1681, December, 1682; commissioner of the 
town court, February 2, 1686, November i, 1687. Johannes Cornelissen, 
collector, September 29, 1698; constable, September 29," 1702; surveyor 
of highways, September • 29, 1705. Lawrence Cornelissen, surveyor of 
highways, September 29, 1706; constable, October, 1708. 

Mabie., Caspar, constable, September 29, 1696. 

Matthyssen, Nelis, overseer, June 12, 1666. 

MonXanyE, Abraham, constable, September 29, 1694; collector, Septem- 
ber 29, 1702; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1704, September 29, 
1707. John, schepen, November 3, 1661 ; schout, November 16, 1662, 
November 17, 1663, retired June 17, 1665; clerk, 1660-1672; voorleser, 
I 663- I 670. 

Myer, Adolph, schepen, October i, 1674; overseer, December 8, 1674, 
October 23, 1676, October 23, 1677, December, 1682 ; constable, October 

13, 1684, October 14, 1687; authorized man, November 29, 1691 ; assist- 
ant alderman, September 29, 1693, September 29, 1694.; surveyor of high- 
ways, September 29, 1696, September 29, 1697 ; authorized man, December 

14, 1699; overseer, September 29, 1701, September 29, 1702; assessor, 
September 29, 1703 ; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1710. Johannes, 
collector, September 29, 1699; assessor, September 29, 1707; surveyor of 
highways, September 29, 1709; assessor, September 29, 1710. 

Nagel, Barent, surveyor of highways, September 29, 1705; constable, Sep- 
tember 29, 1709. John, constable, October 23, 1677; commissioner of 
the town court, December 18, 1683, February 2, 1686. 

ObeEnis, Hendrick, constable, September 29, 1705; surveyor of highways, 
September 29, 1706, September 29, 1708. Joost, overseer, June 12, 1666, 
August 6, 1667, January 25, 1670, December 3, 1672 ; schepen, August 
^3, '^673, October i, 1674; overseer, December 8, 1674, October 29, 1675, 
October 23, 1677, December 4, 1679, November 10, 1680; constable, De- 
cember 19, 1681 ; commissioner of the town court, January 28, 1685. 
Peter, commissioner of the town court, October 14, 1689, 1690; con- 
stable, September 29, 1691 ; authorized man, November 29, 1691 ; assessor, 
September 29, 1694; assistant alderman, September 29, 1696; overseer, 
September 29, 1699, September 29, 1700; collector, September 29, 1705; 
assessor, September 29, 1709. 

RoEEOFSEN, Peter, constable, October 2, 1668, February 7, 1671. 

SiCKEES, Zacharias, constable, September 29, 1707. 

Sect, John Pietersen, schout and schepen, August 16, 1660, November 3, 
1661 ; schepen, November 17, 1663, retired June 17, 1665. 



APPENDIX. 793 

TiBOUT, John, clerk and voorleser, January 20, i68S to 1690, September 20, 
1691 to 1697. 

TiEBAUT, Marcus, collector, September 29, 1700, September 29, 1708. 

TouRNEUR, Daniel, schepen, August 16, 1660, November 3, 1661, November 
17, 1663; magistrate, June 17, 1665; deputy sheriff, 1665-1^70; overseer, 
February 7, 1671. Daniel, Jr., overseer, October 23, 1676, October 23, 
1677, December 4, 1679, November 10, 1680, Decembei 19, 1681 ; con- 
stable, December 18, 1683; collector, January 22, 1684; commissioner of 
the town court, February 2, 1686. Jacques, constat)le, September 29, 
1692; overseer, September 29, 1699, Sep'tember 29, 1700. Thomas, 
assessor, September 29, 1692; alderman, September 29, 1696; assessor, 
September 29, 1704; collector, September 29, 1706; surveyor of high- 
ways, September 29, 1707; constable, September 29, 1708; collector, Sep- 
tember 29, 1709. 

VandERVIN, Hendrick Jansen, voorleser, 1670; clerk and voorleser, 1672 
to 1684. 

iVermEulE. Adrian, clerk and voorleser, September 29, 1699, to February 

1, 1708. 

Vermieye, Isaac, overseer, June 12, 1666, August 6, 1667. Johannes, court 
messenger, June 17, 1665; constalole, August 6, 1667; overseer, December 
7, 1669, February 7, 1671 ; constable, December 4, 1679 ; overseer, Decem- 
ber 19, 1681 ; constable, December, 1682; assessor, October 13, 1684; 
commissioner of the town court, January 28, 1685, November i, 1687, 
October 14, 1689. 

VervEEEEN, Johannes, schepen, November 17, 1663; constable. May 15, 
1666; overseer, August 6, 1667, October 2, 1668. 

Waedron, Barent, court messenger, September 25, 1673; assessor, Sep- 
tember 29, 1698; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1702; collector, 
September 29, 1703. Johannes, surveyor of highways, November 9, 1700; 
overseer, September 29, 1701, September 29, 1702; constable, September 
29, 1703; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1704; assessor, September 
29, 1705; constable, September 29, 1706; surveyor of highways, Sep- 
tember 29, 1709. Resolved, constable, June 17, 1665; overseer, October 

2, 1668, December 7, 1669, February 7, 1671 ; sellout and schepen, August 
23, 1673, October i, 1674; overseer, October 29, 1675; constable, October 
23, 1676, October 28, 1678, November 10, 1680; assessor, December 10, 
1683, October 13, 1685. Samuel, authorized man, November 29, 1691 ; 
assessor, September 29, 1693 ; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1696, 
September 29, 1697; constable, September 29, 1699; authorized man, 
December 14, 1699; assessor, September 29, 1702. 

WoETERS, Kier, overseer, October 2, 1668, December 7, 1669. 

D. Page 189. 

LETTER: DR. MONTANYE TO STUYVESANT AND COUNCIL. 

Honorable, Valiant and Worthy Lords. - ^_ 

Isiy Lords, I have received here a letter of the ist July last, and read 
the same with sorrow, not for the reproof, which I accept with thanks, 
but for my accounts which to me appear astonishing : because from the 
extract sent me by Sieur Jacob Sam the previous year, in October, I find 
myself credited upon the last of December A° 1660, for the sum of f. 96; 
and in the extract from the monthly pay book of the year 1661, I am 
debited for f. 1936:12; so that I the same cannot comprehend, since in 
my book of the year 1662, I find myself indebted for not more than f. 
1159:5:8, whence I judge (under correction from my superiors), that a 
mistake must exist in the said reckoning: for of the two, either I was 
owing, at the end of the year 1660. more than f. 96 :, or I am now not 



794 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

so much indebted as in my accounts stands. Further, in the year 1659, 
per balance of accounts from my book, I find myself to be indebted f. 
432:13, to which added f. 1338:13:10, of the year 1660, makes the sum f. 
1771 :6:io, from which my wages deducted, to wit, f. 900, I should remain 
indebted for f. 871:6:10, which yet added to f. 1159:5:8, being the whole 
that I for the j'car 1661, on my book sent off, was also indebted, makes 
f. 2030:12:2; now the wages of the year 1661 being deducted therefrom, 
I remain still indebted f. 1130:12:2, and not f. 1936:12 (but I refer me 
to the examination of Sieur Jacob Sam) ; which same excessive sum I 
behold with great heart grief, not that my conscience witnesses to me 
that I am fallen into the same by any cjuis cingit ostio that I may have 
practiced, having (without boasting) always kept my household in victuals 
and clothes as temperately as a common burgher here ; but the excessive 
dearth of all things has driven me insensibly into such need and poverity, 
as that never in the 68 years that I have lived, so great distress have felt, 
finding myself destitute of all means to provide for my daily bread, and 
provisions for the winter ; but my hope rests in those who until now have 
always helped me. It were well if that considering my supporc one should 
deem it to be sufficient ; but those who have knowledge of the advantages 
of this place can well judge, that I, spending in bread, small beer and 
wood f. 800, have of necessity light money of the balance left to speak of. 

I should to your Worthy Honors send a request, with an obligation 
in the form of a Note of the Honorable Lord Director Kieft, deceased, 
to me given ; but the sudden departure of this yacht in haste, did not per- 
mit me, yet hope to do it the coming Monday with the other yacht. 

In the meanwhile I remain, your Worthy Honors' humble and willing 
servant. 

In Fort Orange, 
i8th August A°. 1662. ■ La Montagne. 

(Superscribed) : 

Honorable, Valiant and Worthy Lords, My Lords Pctriis Stuyvesant 
Direct r. General and the Council of New Nctherland. 

E. Page 186. 

JOCHEM PIETERS FLAT. 

This large tract • embraced three-fourths of the grant iliade in 1639 to 
Jochem Pietersen Kuyter, and whence its name. It lay between the old 
Kingsbridge Road and Harlem River, and extended, say from the north- 
ern line of the old Church Farm and village plots of Heiser, Chesterman, 
etc., upward, including nearly all, the late Myer Farm. The preceding 
pages may be consulted for its history prior to 1661, when it was divided 
into 22 lots, each 6 2-3 morgen, or 13 acres, as usually rated. 

The earliest list of proprietors is that of 1670, given on page 266, 
but we know, for the most part, who were the original owners. The sub- 
sequent titles, though difficult to trace, because of exchanges made from 
time to time (to group together lots having the same owner), and the 
vacating of three lots or numbers, as will further appear, have been clearly 
made out, it is believed ; a work, which if it but adds a technical value 
to the modern title, is of real significance. It holds true (all modern legis- 
lation notwithstanding) that ordinarily every link carried backward into 
the "good old honest times," serves to improve the chain and strengthen 
confidence in the title. We believe our efforts to restore such lost links 
will also prove a material help to the modern conveyancer in his often 
perplexing work. To each of these lots on "Jochem Pieters" was originally 
attached a house lot in the village and a share of salt meadow. For many 
years these allotments were usually sold together; often a lot on Van 



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Keulen's Hook being included. A knowledge of this fact is not without 
its value in tracing the title to the several parcels. It must also open to 
many a one a new source of pleasure, to discover the homes where the ster- 
ling characters treated of in these pages spent their years and energies, and 
which of these in the olden time tilled the soil he now occupies — reft indeed 
of its former rural charms, but invested by modern taste with other attrac- 
tions no less endearing. 

We name the owners of these lots in the order of the numl)ers, as 
on May i, 1670; premising that No. i lay at the south end: 

No. I. Daniel Tourneur. No. 12. Thomas Delavall. 

" 2. Laurens Jansen. " 13. Joost Van Oblinus. 



3- 


Thomas Delavall. 


" 14- 


Glaude Delamater. 


4- 


Lubbert Gerritsen. 


" 15- 


do. 


5- 


Pierre Cresson. 


•• 16. 


Jan Nagel. 


6. 


Meynard Journee. 


'■ 17- 


Daniel Tourneur. 


7- 


David Demarest. 


" 18. 


Cornelis Jansen. 


8. 


Resolved Waldron. 


" 19- 


Thomas Delavall. 


9- 


Hendrick Karstens' heirs. 


" 20. 


do. 


10. 


Johannes Verveelen. 


" 21. 


do. 


II. 


Jean Le Roy. 


22. 


do. 



Lot No. I, as it was originally laid out in 1658, belonged to John ]\Ion- 
tanye, who gave it up in 1661, for other land, when the upper part, with 
the lower part of No. 2, was taken to form No. i, and to which Tourneur 
succeeded, as he had owned No. 2. See pages 185, 186. Tourneur's 
children dividing up his property in 1690, this lot fell to his son Thomas, 
and passed in 1710 to Captain Charles Congreve. He sold it, July 22, 
1713, to John Van Oblienis, and he, August 12 ensuing, to Abraham Alyer, 
whose son Abraham, with his wife IMattie, conveyed the eastern part to 
Johannes De Witt (since Hon. D. P. Ingraham's) ; and the western part, 
called the Pond Lot, containing 7 acres 4 r., to Johannes Sickels, by deed 
of September 6, 1768, Sickels building a farm-house at the west end next 
the Kingsbridge Road, its site on 123d Street, south side, midway of 
Third and Fourth Avenues. His son John S. succeeding by devise, this ^ 
house became the home of his son-in-law, John Adriance, and the birth- 
place of the late Isaac Adriance, Esq., named page 155. See Nos. 2, 3, 4. 

No 2. Nicholas De Aleyer owned this lot, and No. 18, in 1662 ; one 
of them bought that year from Simon Lucas. He sold both in 1669 to 
Cornelius and Laurens Jansen (see page 258) ; the latter getting No. 2. 
From him descending to his son Albert Low, of Somerset County, New 
Jersey, he released it to his brother Lawrence, December 8, 1731. Law- 
rence sold to Isaac Myer, May 9, 1738, who gave it to his nephew Johannes 
Sickels. See page 600. 

No. 3. Simon De Ruine, called the Walloon, had th'is lot in 1662. 
He sold, March 13, 1666, to Bussing and others (see page 546), and they 
April 7 following, to Captain Delavall. He exchanged it for No. 18, with 
Cornelis Jansen (Kortright), from whose widow, ]\Ietje Cornelis, it was 
gotten by Adolph Meyer. April 6, 1697, in lieu of No. 10. Meyer's heirs 
conveyed No. 3 to Johannes Sickels, November 15, 1748, when it is called 
18 acres. See No. 4. 

No. 4. Hendrick J. Vander Vin apparently owned this lot in 1662. 
Lubbert Gerritsen succeeded about 1664, at the sale of whose lands, July 
5, 1674, it was bought by David Demarest, Sr. He sold it, ]\Iarch 12, 
1677, to Paulus Richard, and he, August i, 1677, to Adolph Meyer, to 
whose son Abraham the other heirs conveyed it November 15, 1748. This 
lot had then received an addition of 6 acres, as No. 3 had of 5 acres ; 
caused as follows : The New Lots of Jochem Pieters, so called, were laid 
out, as we have seen, in 1677, beginning at Delavall's or Carteret's northern 
line. By mistake or otherwise in hxing this line, the "old lots," yet lying 



796 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

in common fence, wei-e encroached upon full three lots ; to remedy which, 
afterward, and give the Delavall heirs the quantity claimed by them in 
this tract, the town assigned to them the adjoining island, thence known 
as Carteret's Island, containing 12 acres of upland, and bargained with 
Dyckman and the Nagel heirs for 29 acres of the three lots which the 
latter owned here, and for which they took other land at Spuyten Duyvel. 
See page 546. This arrangement could hardly have dated prior to 1690, 
nor later than 1700, but the Nagels retained a nominal possession of these 
lots for some years thereafter, and drew land on the morgen rights in 
1712. In 1724 this fiat was resurvej'ed, at the instance of Pipon and 
Gouverneur, claiming under Delavall. Nine lots due the claimants being 
set off to them at the upper end without regard to the old lines ; and 
then the other lots to the several owners down to and including" Zacharias 
Sickels, who held No. 5, there remained an excess of 11 acres, which had 
already been ascertained, and sold by John Nagel, in 1722, to Abraham 
Myer; and of which 5 acres were added to No. 3, making it 18 acres, 
and 6 acres to No. 4, making it 19 acres (See remark under No. 10.) 
Abraham Meyer having set off from No. 4 about 2 acres at the west 
end on the Kingsbridge Road, as a building plot, and also reserving the 
i-iver end, since in part the Coles property, sold the main portion of the 
lot to Johannes Sickels, September 6, 1768. The'2-acre piece, mortgaged 
to Sickels by Abraham Myer, May i, 1774, was purchased in 181 5 by 
T. W. Van Norden. With these additions and exceptions noted, Johannes 
Sickels came to hold the Nos. i to 4; all which passed under his will of 
February 12, 1781, proved November 10, 1784, to his son John, known 
as John S. Sickles, remaining in his possession till his death, June 4, 
1804, when it fell by devise to the heirs of his daughter Mary, Mrs. John 
Adriance. Thus the survey of 1724 affected the division lines of all the 
remaining lots yet to be described, as must be borne in mind by the inquirer 
after the original lines as they were prior to said survey, if he would 
fix these even approximately, — for more than this can hardly be expected. 

No. 5. Pierre Cresson, originally holding No. 6, exchanged, in 1661, 
for No. 5, in the way before shown. He sold to John Brevoort, May 
23, 1677 ; he to his son-in-law, Zacharias Sickles, February 20, 1705, and 
he to Nicholas Kortright, January 15, 1729. See next Nos. 

No. 6, owned by Michiel Muyden, was bought by Jaques Cresson. 
He sold, December 4, 1669, to Meynard Journee, and he March 7, 1676, 
to John Nagel and John Delamater. These making a division of the 
Journee lands, July 14, 1677, Nagel took this lot or number, being one 
of those vacated by his heirs. 

No. 7 was owned by John De Pre, who bought Simon Lane's allot- 
ment. De Pre sold, April 7, 1662, to William Montanye, who conveyed 
it to his brother John, and he, in 1665, to David Demarest. Demarest sold, 
March 12, 1677, to Paulus Richard; he, July 31, 1677, to Joost Van Oblinus, 
and he to his son Peter, August 24, 1705. From the latter to Peter Wal- 
dron, and thence to Abraham Myer. 

No. 8. Lubbert Gerritsen having bought the allotment of Matthys 
Boon, including this number, sold it, November 22, 1662, to Jan Laurens 
Duyts. He sold to Resolved Waldron, who exchanged it for No. 12, 
with his son-in-law Nagel, whose heirs vacated it. 

No. 9. Hendrick Karstens held this number, probably from 1662. 
At the sale of his estate, July 5, 1674, it was bought by his son Conrad 
Hendricks. He sold it, August 16, 1678, to John Nagel, whose heirs 
vacated it with Nos. 6, 8. These three numbers wei'e therefore dropped 
out, while the land embraced under them being assigned to the next owners 
in their order, left the requisite quantity to make up the nine lots for the 
Delavall heirs. We describe the remaining lots under the old numbers, 
which were in some cases retained. 

No. 10 was owned successively by Dominie Zyperus, Jurian Hanel 



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(see his patent, page 598), and Johannes Verveelen. The latter sold to 
Adolph Meyer, October 13, 1683, and on April 6, 1697, he let Metje Cor- 
nelis have it for No. 3. Thus the Kortrights came to own Nos. 5 and 
10, which two lots Nicholas Kortright, the heir to a large part of ^SJctje 
Cornelis' lands, sold in 1731 to Abraham Myer. The now united Nos. 
5, 7, 10, passed to Abraham's heirs, and became the famous ^ acre tract, 
or Lawrence Benson homestead. See page 603. These three lots, com- 
puted at 6 2-3 morgen each (and 2 acres to the morgen), made just 40 
acres, and with No. 4 adjoining, at first 13 acres, but increased as before- 
said to 19, made together 59 acres, being so estimated in a mortgage for 
this tract, therein bounded north by Aaron Bussing, and south by John 
Sickles, given by Abraham Myer to St. George Talbot, June 7, 1766. 

No. II was .purchased fi-om Jacob Elderts, June i, 1662, by Jean Le 
Roy, being part of an allotment Elderts had recently bought from David 
Du Four. Le Roy sold, May 2, 1674, to Simon Cornier, he, July 26, 1675, 
to Paulus Richard, and he, the same day, to David Demarest, Jr. Dem- 
arest conveyed it back to Richard, April 12, 1677, and he on the same 
date to Joost Van Oblinus. Oblinus sold it, some twenty years later, to 
Arent Bussing. See Nos. 12, 13. 

No. 12 Captain Delavall bought out of the estate of Jan Cogu. He 
exchanged with John Nagel for No. 16; Nagel exchanged with his father- 
in-law, Waldron, for No. 8. Waldron's widow sold No. 12 to Arent 
Bussing, July 16, 1690, and Johannes Waldron confirmed the sale April 

5, 1697. 

No. 13 was bought by Joost Van Oblinus, November 8, 1663, from 
Philip Casier's widow and son-in-law Uzille ; Casier having gotten it from 
Jean Gervoe. Oblinus conveyed it to Arent Bussing, October 26, 1693. 
Bussing thus acquired Nos. 11, 12, 13, which passed in 1718 to his son 
Peter, and in 1737 to his son Aaron, under whose will (see page 485), his 
executor, Adolph Myer, conveyed said tract, May 10, 1787, to John 
Adriance, who sold it, JtTne 27, 1825, to Charles Henry Hall. 

Nos. 14, 15. Jacques Cousseau, owning No. 15, March 25, 1662, on 
that date bought 14, from John Sneden's estate. He sold both to Daniel 
Tourneur, and he directly to Delamater, whose patent of June 25, 1668, 
includes them. Delamater, about 1676, transferred 15 to Delavall, and 
shortly before his death No. 14 also. See ensuing numbers, all which 
unite in Delavall. 

No. 16, given by Jan Pietersen Slot to his son Peter, was sold by 
the latter, in 1665, to Resolved Waldron, who assigned it to John Nagel, 
by deed of June 2, 1670, Nagel afterward exchanging it with Delavall 
for No. 12. 

No. 17. Tourneur bought, February i, 1667, from Dirck Claesser, 
potbaker, who having owned it five years at least, was probably the original 
drawer. Tourneur sold it, about 1676, to Captain Delavall. 

No. 18. Nicholas De Meyer, as before said, owned this and No. 2, 
in 1662, and sold them to the Jansens. No. 18, in the division, fell to 
Cornelis, who exchanged with Delavall for No. 3. 

No. 19 was obtained by Delavall from Jacques Cresson, who bought 
it with No. 6, from Michiel Muyden. 

Nos. 20, 21, 22, Delavall purchased, as would appear, two from Arent 
Moesman, and one from Valentine Claessen ; in this order as to date, but 
their respective numbers we are not sure of. Claessen, we believe, bought 
Adam Dericksen's allotment. One of Moesman's had probably belonged 
to Philip Casier, and the other to Jean Le Roy, who bought, 1662, of 
Philip Presto. In 1673, Delavall was the ostensible owner of nine lots here 
(see page 307), of which he probably gave six to his son-in-law, Carteret, 
in 1676 (see page 339), as in the subsequent division of Delavall's lands, 
Carteret's heirs got six, and Darvall's successors (see page 378), three 
of these lots. The title to these nine lots involves largely the history of 



798 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



the Delavall lands hereafter given, Appendix I. In an adjustment of 
their respective claims by Carteret's son-in-law, Philip Pipon, and Abraham 
Gouverneur, deriving from Darvall, Pipon took the six uppermost lots, 
and Gouverneur the three lower lots. By the survey of 1724, these nine 
lots were run out as each 6 morgen, the additional two-thirds of a morgen 
on each lot, making together 6 morgen, being put in Carteret's Island. It 
was this contraction of the nine lots that gave the 11 acres to lots Nos. 
3, 4. On May i, 2, 1725, by lease and release, Gouverneur and wife con- 
veyed the "Three Lots," containing 18 morgen, to Johannes Myer, and 
on February 11, 12, 1740-I, Simon Johnson, John Amboyneau, and James 
Faviere, as trustees of Elias Pipon, son of Philip, conveyed the "Six Lots," 
including an additional acre, probably for the road,* with nearly 8 acres 
of adjoining woodland (known as the Carteret Lot) and (Carteret's Island, 
to Jacob Myer. This property descended to Jacob's grandchildren. See 
page 605. In the division of Johannes Myer's lands, in 1753, between his 
sons Jacob and John, the latter took the Three Lots, together with the 
residue (called 5 acres, see page 606) of the Carteret Lot. From Johi: 
J\Iyer the title (terminating, see page 606, in deeds from Gabriel Furman 
and Richard Harrison to Charles Henry Hall, in 1825 and 1826) forms 
I one of Mr. Adriance's valuable series of printed abstracts. 

F. Page 186. 

VAN KEULEN'S HOOK. 

This tract, known originally as the Otterspoor, but renamed from 
an early owner, Conrad (Van Keulen, of Am.sterdam, included the range 
of farms to the north of the Mill Creek (io8th Street) ; from the late 
Morris Randell farm, on Harlem River, westward to the Peter Benson 
or Mill' farm. A line drawn from the foot of 125th Street westward to 
the 'Fifth Avenue at iiith Street would nearly describe its northern 
boundary. Laid out in 1661, in 22 lots of equal breadth, all 
running to the river or creek, and designed to be three morgen each, the 
contents necessarily varied with the length, and this led, in 1676, to a 
new survey, by which most of the lines were contracted, and the lots 
equalized. The many transfers and exchanges occurring make it difficult 
to trace these lots by the numbers, but out of "confusion worse con- 
founded" a result has been attained, which is here given with a reasonable 
assurance. See the names of the original grantees, page 186. 

Lot No. I passed from Du Four, with his other lands, to Jacob Elderts, 
and- from him, June i, 1662, to Jean Le Roy. The latter sold out. May 2, 
1674, to Simeon Cornier; he, July 26, 1675, to Paulus Richard; he, the 
same date, to David Demarest, Jr. ; he again to Richard, and he to Joost 
Oblinus, on the same day, April 12, 1677. Sold by Oblinus to John Dela- 
mater, it was bought of his heirs, in 1710, by Samuel Waldron, and 
annexed to the adjoining farm, late of his father, Resolved Waldron. 

No. 2 Resolved Waldron bought at the sale of Cogu's estate, in 1665. 
See No. 3. 

No. 3 was sold by Gerritsen, with other lands, November 22, 1662, to 
John Duyts; he sold these to Resolved Waldron, who bought himself a 
residence directly north of this lot, on the street, which ultimately formed 
the northwest corner of his farm. See pages 264, 297. Waldron also 
secured the lower half of the adjoining lot. No. 4, giving him 2^ lots 
together. His son Samuel, who bought the farm November 25, 1690, 
added, by sundry purchases. Lot No. i, and all the upland and meadow 

* On laying out the New Lots, in 1677, a road five rods broad was left "for the use 
of the land of Mr. De l,avall," along the north side of his lots. Deed, Zacharias 
Sickels to Samson Benson, January' 23, 1706. 



APPENDIX. 799 

lying between these lots and the street, including the old Haldron lot, 
which he bought of Kiersen, January i, 1701. We except, however, the 
small open space at the landing, kept till many years later for public use, 
and on which stood Colonel Lewis Morris's coach-house, the town having 
granted Morris, June 26, 1724, a plot twenty feet square whereon to place it. 
Samuel Waldron sold the farm to Captain Congreve and John James, 
March 23, 171 1, and they, on ]\Iarch 27 ensuing, to John Van llorn, who 
soon after conveyed it to Derick Benson. See pages 431, 456, 468, 698. 
Benson died in possession in 1751, and his only son, John, remained upon 
the property, for which he ultimately took a deed from Peter Lott. of 
New York, November 2, 175S. John being an executor, with the widow 
and Dr. Paterson, he probably joined with these in conveying to Lott, 
in order to get a lawful title. Benson built a nev^r house on the farm 
proper; his old house stood on the north side of the street, on one of the 
old erven joining the river. He sold to John Bogert, Jr., Alarch 12, 1766. 
See page 435. After his grandson, James Bogert, Jr., came to own the 
farm, in 1811, he took down the farm-house and built another; but this 
being burnt, Morris Randell bought the property in 1S25, and erected 
on the old foundation a fine residence, still seen at the foot of 125th 
Street, south side. 

No. 4. Dominie Z3'perus, Jurian Hanel, Johannes Verveelen, and his 
son-in-law, Adolph ]Meyer, w^ere the successive owners, Meyer getting it 
by the marriage contract with ]\Iaria Verveelen, though the patent was 
not transferred to him till October 13, 1683. But it was then agreed that 
Verveelen should use this lot (i. e., what remained of it) till his death. 
jNIeyer had sold John Dyckman, November 9, 1673, a piece of the north 
end, and Dyckman appears to have leased for Verveelen's lifetime the rest 
of the half lot, with an acre in the rear left by the survey of 1676, making 
2 morgen. This eventual!}^ returned to ^leyer, after whose death it was 
conveyed to Kiersen for half of No 9. Teunis Delamontanie got three 
acres of it, which he sold, in 1727, to Johannes Benson, who added in 
1742 an acre adjoining, on which had stood the fii'st Vermilye house. -This 
four acres eventually passed to Benjamin Benson, brother of Johannes, 
from him to his son-in-law Lawrence Benson, and was conveyed, Sep- 
temebr 4, 1797, to his daughter Susannah, wife of Dr. Philip ]\Iilledoler. 
No. 5 Tourneur exchanged for No. 19, before or while John ^lon- 
tanye owned it, whose father-in-law> Isaac Vermilj'e, occupied a morgen 
at the upper end; see pages 297. 641. His son Johannes adding an acre 
at the rear left A'acant by the survey of 1676, his widow sold, in 1715, to 
John Delamater, who directly sold the house and one acre of the land 
to Humphrey Peto. Peto, in his will, proved July 20, 1742, says: "^ly 
house and lot of land in the township of Harlem, where I now live, 1 
give and bequeath unto mj^ nephe\v, Thomas Van Bremen, second son 
of my sister, Johanna Wickfield, now^ the wife of JDavid Devoor." See 
page 409. It was sold that year to Johannes Benson, as before noticed. 
Montanye sold the lower part of No. 5 to Demarest, he to Paulus Richarid, 
and he to Laurens Jansen, NoA-ember 19, 1677, wdience it rated as two 
morgen. 

No. 6 was sold by Lucas, in 1662, to Nicholas De Meyer ; by him, 
in 1669, to the Jansens, and falling to Laurens' share, he built on the 
northern end, and lived there. It and the half of No. 5 descended, with 
his other lands, to his eldest son, Albert Low% who conveyed the whole, 
December 8, 1731, to his brother Lawrence, from whom JMaria IMyer 
bought this tract, May 22, 1732. She deeded it, x\ugust i, 1735, to her 
son Isaac, whence it passed by devise to his nephew, Johannes Sickels, 
who devised it to his daughter Mary, wife of Samson Benson. Benson 
and wife sold the same, October 8, 1803, to their daughter [Margaret, wife 
of Andrew McGown, and these, October 31 ensuing, to John G. Bogert 
and Jacob Bradford, who made a division of the tract March 15, 1S09. 



8oo HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Nos. 7, 8, 9. Jan Pietei-seii Slot gave his son, Peter, one morgen 
off the west side of No. 9; the rest of the tract was included in his patent 
sold Johannes Verveelen. See page 679. Verveelen sold this patent, 
August 21, 1689, to his son-in-law Meyer, whose widow acquired the one 
morgen of No. 9, now rated as a half lot. This had passed, in 1665, from 
Peter Slot to Resolved Waldron; from his widow, in 1690, to John Bre- 
voort; from his son-in-law Sickels to John Kiei'sen, and to Mrs. Meyer. 
At her death her children transferred the three lots to her grandson, Ben- 
jamin Benson, November 15, 1748. Benson gave them to his son-in-law, 
Lawrence Benson, who conveyed them to his daughter Susannah, wife of 
Rev. Philip Milledoler, September 4, 1797, and to said Philip, September 
21, 1804. 

No. 10 was sold by Casier's widow and son-in-law, Uzille, to Joost 
Oblinus, November 8, 1663. See Nos. 11 to 16. 

No. II was sold by Gervoe to Philip Casier, who exchanged with Uzille 
for 16. Uzille and the widow Casier conveyed it with No. 10 to Oblinus, 
who about 1688 sold these numbers to John Delamater. 

No. 12 was sold by De Ruine, with his other lands, March 13, 1666, 
to Bussing, etc., who sold out directly to Captain Delavall. See page 546. 
Delavall soon exchanged it for No. 21, with Glaude Delamater, whose 
son John sold it, with Nos. 10, 11, to Peter Oblienis, May 10, 1690. 

No. 13 evidently passed from Adam Dericksen's widow (married to 
Moenis Peterson), to Valentine Claessen, from him to Delavall, from him 
to Verveelen and Bussing, and from them to Joost Oblinus, who sold 
Nos. 13, 14, 15, to his son Peter, August 24, 1705. 

No. 14 Jaques Cresson sold, with his other land, December 4, 1669, 
to Meyndert Journee, and he, March 7, 1676, to John Nagel and John 
Delamater. The latter took this lot in a division made July 14, 1677, and 
sold the half, then the whole of it, to Cornelis Jansen, who conveyed it to 
Adolph Meyer, and he to Joost Oblinus, in exchange for 20. Joost to 
Peter as aforesaid. 

No. IS, in the division of the De Meyer farm by the Jansens, fell to 
Cornelis, from whose widow, Metje Cornelis, Joost Oblinus obtained it, 
in exchange for No. 16, which see. 

No. 16 Uzille exchanged for No. 11, with Casier, who sold it, January 
II, 1663, to Jacob Elderts, he to Delavall, and he to Joost Oblinus and 
John Brevoort as joint owners. Oblinus, getting the other half, exchanged 
this lot with Metje Cornelis for No. 15. His son Peter buying this lot 
also, thus came to own Nos. 10 to 16, which he ultimately conveyed to 
his nephew, Peter Waldron, September 20, 1742, with the house, barn, and 
orchard, which occupied five of the out-gardens, lying north of the seven 
lots, and finally joined to them by the closing of the lower street. Waldron 
bought up the rest of these gardens (save Nos. 19, 20), and also an adjoin- 
ing plot, once within the old village, by deed from the town, March 11, 
1747. See page 705. This strip along the Church Lane, and the said 
seven lots, composed the late John P. Waldron farm. 

No. 17 was sold by Derick Claessen to Daniel Tourneur, February i, 
1667, and is described in his patent of September i, 1669, as "13 acres, or 
6 morgen and 240 rod-." It was equal to two of the other lots, and 
always carried a six morgen right. 

No. 18 Tourneur bought from Cousseau. On the partition of Tour- 
neur's lands in 1691, this and Lot 17 fell to his son Jacques, to whom 
Peter Bussing succeeded in 1726. They passed by devise to his son Aaron, 
whose daughter, Mrs. Storm, succeeded by deed from her father's execu- 
tors, August 18, 1784, whence its title is well known. See page 485. 
The two out-gardens, Nos. 19, 20, attached to these lots, contained the 
farm-house, the original home of the Bussings. See page 230. 

No. 19 passed with De Pre's property, in 1662, to William Montanye, 
from whom, or his brother John, Daniel Tourneur obtained it for No. 5. 



APPENDIX. 8oi 

In 1691 it fell to Thomas Tourneur, and passed, in 1710, to John Dyck- 
man, who drew land upon it in 1712. This lot was untaxed from 1715 
to 1720. Doubt hangs around the after-history of this and the remaining 
lots ; but more anon. 

No. 20 was sold by Pierre Cresson, May 23, 1677, to John Brevoort, 
from whom, prior to 1700, as would appear, Joost Oblinus got it, and 
bartered with Adolph Meyer for No. 14. Mrs. Meyer drew land on it 
in 1712. 

No. 21 Cousseau sold to Tourneur, and he to Glaude Delamater, who, 
prior to 1676, exchanged with Captain Delavall for No. 12. But the last 
two persons being dead, Delamater's widow claimed this lot, and on 
January 4, 1690, sold it to her son-in-law, Arent Bussing, to whom Samuel 
Waldron, as successor to all the lands and rights of Claude's eldest son, 
John Delamater, gave a quit-claim, January 3, 171 1, and it is named in 
his patentee deed, 1715. 

No. 22, drawn by Jean Le Roy, on the allotment gotten of Philip 
Presto, was sold to Arent Moesman, and by him to Captain Delavall, who 
upon it built his grist-mill in 1667. See pages 232-236. 

Bussing's right to No. 21 was allowed, but it caused trouble among 
the lot-holders at this end, as there were more claimants than lots. To 
obviate the difficulty in part another lot. No. 23, was projected, for John 
Delavall, on the other side of his mill lot, which itself, on account of the 
mill, admitted of no substitution; and it seems indicated that the Dyck- 
man and Bussing heirs gave up or sold out tl>eir rights ; various small 
parcels of land being distributed to Peter Bussing and others in 1720, 
when this vexatious matter was finally arranged. This adjusted the num- 
ber of lots existing to the number claimed. A "small strip of land lying 
west of the lot of Arent Bussing (No. 21) and east of the lots of John 
Delavall," called three acres, a motion to sell which, in 1691, was negatived, 
was added to Jacques Tourneur's lots. The two Delavall lots were pur- 
chased, September 24, 25, 1747, by Benjamin Benson, from Simon John- 
son, assignee of Elias Pipon ; and Benson, we believe, also succeeded to 
the Meyer lot, November 15, 1748. The Kortrights claimed two lots here, 
but under the numbers 14, 15, before held by Cornells Jansen, and on 
which Metje Cornells and Marcus Tiebaut drew land in 1712. See page 
564. The heirs had divided one or both of these lots transversely into 
equal halves, but the whole came, in 1726, to widow Grietie Kortright, 
who sold them, in 1730, to Derick Benson/ from whose son John, Ben- 
jamin Benson obtained them, half at a time, December 30, 1755, and May 
II, 1764. Thus the title to all the lots (we believe five in number) lying 
west of Jacques Tourneur, to whom Peter Bussing had succeeded, passed 
to Benjamin Benson, and came to form part of the Benson farm, the 
remainder being taken from the Mill Camp, whose title we notice briefly. 
By the disuse of the mill, some years after the death of John Delavall, 
the privilege of using this land for mill purposes became void. On October 
23, 1738, the town granted a similar privilege to Samson Benson, owning 
the farm on the opposite side of the creek, who was authorized "to place 
a mill, with a dam, on* the Mill Camp, wherever it may suit him best"; 
this right to revert to the town should the mill cease to run for two 
years. Benson built the mill on his said farm, but it was scarcely fin- 
ished when he died, in 1740. His son Benjamin succeeding to the farm 
and mill, and buying sevei'al of the lots before mentioned, obtained from 
the town, bj^ an award of May 30, 1753, and for the sum of 160 1., a deed 
for the Mill Camp, by the following description : "Beginning at the fence 
of the said Benjamin Benson by the Mill Creek, and runs along his fence 
Northwardly to Harlem Road, about thirty-one chains, thence along said 
Road twenty-three chains and one-half,* which is three chains beyond a 

* This course followed for a short distance the old road which bridged the little 
creek at iiith street, then took that laid out later, which, branching from the former. 



8o2 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

large Oak Tree near Van Breemen's House, thence South, ten degrees 
East, to the said Mill Creek, thence along the said Creek to the place 
where it began." Besides providing for a road to the mill, it enjoined 
"that no encroachments shall be made from the westernmost limits of this 
grant to Benjamin Benson, but that the small part of the Mill Camp which 
remains undisposed of, lying between his westernmost bounds and the 
Mill Creek, so far as the bridge, shall be and remain in common, free, 
and open for the benefit of all the freeholders and inhabitants, for their 
creatures feeding and going to salt." 

During the Revolution the old mill on the south side of the 'creek 
was burnt, and after the war Benjamin Benson built a new one on the 
Mill Camp farm, as also a substantial stone dwelling, which with the 
said farm and the creek itself he conveyed, April 2, 1791, to his son Peter, 
whose son Benjamin P. Benson, and daughter, Mrs. Dr. Peter Van Ars- 
dale, afterward shared it. In 1827, when the Plarlem Canal was begun, 
the mill, a frame building three stories high, was taken down; but the 
dwelling stood till 1865. See page 421. 

G. Page 191. 

MONTANYE'S FLAT. 

This tract granted to Henry De Forest, in 1636, and subsequently 
patented to Hudde and La Montague, has a remarkably interesting his- 
tory, for which reference must be had to the foregoing text, where both 
patents are recited (see pages 129, 150), as also the circumstances which 
constrained the government to resume possession of these lands in 1662, 
and distribute them among the Harlem settlers. The Flat embraced the 
lands intersected by Harlem Lane, from the late Nutter farm to the Cap- 
tain John Kortright farm, both inclusive (logtli Street to 124th Street) ; 
the whole bounded easterly by the creek, and westerly by the heights. 

It is apparent that the Flat was originally laid out in lots of unequal 
quantity, to suit the requirements of those applying for land. See pages 
185-191. Original descriptions of nine of the lots name them as on "Mon- 
tague's Land," or "Montague's Flat" ; six as running "from the hills east 
to the kill," and one "from the kill to the hills west." The Flat was not 
so much as fenced in till 1673 (see page 289), and the first house, after 
De Forest's, was not built till some years later. See pages 355, 379. As 
in the other tracts, early exchanges among the owners broke up the order 
of the original numbers ; and eventually there came to be ten lots, of 
nearly equal size, and rated as six morgen each. The lots first built upon 
by Tourneur and Delamater began to be taxed in 1682, and all the rest 
in 1685, amounting to 54 morgen, Le Roy's lot, vacated, being excepted. 
This was added in 1725, making 60 morgen (120 acres), being twelve acres 
per lot ; and even down to the Revolution they were never rated higher 
in the tax lists, though usually sold for 20 acres. In further tracing these 
lots, we will refer to them as the ist lot, 2d lot, etc., with regard to the 
actual order in which they lay, beginning at the south end of the Flat. 

The 1st and 2d lots, described in De Meyer's patent of January 29, 
1664, as 80 rods broad and containing 12 morgen 360 rods, were bought, 
September 25, 1669, by Cornelis and Laurens Jansen. Cornelis took them 

crossed the creek at 109th street. This last road cut off a gore from Van Keulen's 
Hook, of about 4 acres, since known as the Lanaw Benson tract. It was sold by the 
town to Aaron Bussing, and confirmed to him by the award of May 30, 1753. The 
upper road being closed, joined it to Bussing's other land known as No. i, ist 
Division; but it was sold separately by his executor, Adolph Meyer, to David Waldron, 
May I, 1788, as 4 acres, 19 rods. Waldron sold it, June 6, 1793, to Lanaw Benson 
(colored woman), who conveyed it, all but % of an acre of woodland at the east 
point, to John Rankin, April 9, 1799. 



APPENDIX. 803 

in a division of their lands, Februarj' 6, 1675. and on November 17, 1677, 
added Demarest's lot (the 3d lot, but originally No. 4) ; which is de- 
scribed in Demarest's patent of INlarch 3, 1671, as 26 rods broad, 160 rods 
long, and containing about 13 acres, or 6 morgen 300 rods. These three 
lots, with drafts from the adjacent common land, descending to Lawrence 
Kortright, son of Cornelis Jansen, and to his son Lawrence, who on April 
5, 1760, convej'cd it to ]Mrs. Sarah Nutter, became the well-known Nutter 
farm. See pages 563, 565. Here was the "Half-Way House," established 
in 1684 by Cornelis Jansen, and kept after his death by his widow Metje 
Cornelis. See page 390. On October 13, 1694, she was allowed pay "for 
entertaining his Excellency the Governor, on his return from Connecti- 
cut." She or her family, at one time or another, owned all of IMontanye's 
Flat. After the tavern here was discontinued, the "Black Horse," below 
McGown's Pass (see page 592), became the Half- Way House. It was kept 
during the Revolution by Richard Vandenburgh. The piece of the Nutter 
farm east of the lane (8 acres), sold by Valentine Nutter to Daniel Mc- 
Cormick, November 8, 1806, was a part of the 3d lot; the adjoining pieces 
occupied by Nutters son-in-law, Henry G. Livingston, and James Beek- 
man, included parts of the ist and 2d lots. 

Daniel Tourneur, holding the 5th lot, by deed of February i. 1667, 
from Derick Claessen, and described in Tourneur's patent of September 
I, 1669, as No. 6, 24 rods broad, and containing about 13 acres, or 6 
morgen, 480 rods, also purchased the 6th lot, from Adolph JNIeyer, Janu- 
ary, 28, 1673, described in Hanel's patent (see page 598), as No. 7, 2"] rods 
41^ feet broad, and containing 5 morgen 400 rods. This lot had come 
from Dominie Zyperus. Daniel Tourneur, taking these two lots in his 
patrimony, bought the 4th lot in the range, December 6, 1679, from 
Resolved Waldron (described as No. 5, and 30 rods broad), Waldron 
deriving title from Lubbert Gerritsen, to whom was originally allotted 
No. 3. Li 171 1, Tourneur's son Woodhull sold the three lots to Samson 
Benson, who sold them directly to ~\Ietje Cornelis. Their later history 
is to be traced through the Kortrights, Myers, and Bussings ; see pages 
485, 488, 563. 565, 603. In the division of this farm made by John Adolph, 
and Abraham Bussing, April 6, 1787, each had an equal share of 19 acres 
I q. 13 r., Adolph taking most of the 4th lot. The highway parted the 
other two shares ; that to the west fell to Abraham, and subsequently, after 
passing through several hands, was bought, [March 8, 1815, by David Wood, 
who had already purchased part of the adjoining Van Bramer tract, from 
Abraham Van Bramer, May 2, 1812.* These composed Mr. Wood's farm, 
wdiich at his death, jNIav 12, 1842, descended to his widow, and children, 
William G. Wood, \l. D., etc. 

The 7th lot was sold by De Ruine, IMarch 13, 1666, to Arent Bussing 
and others (see page 545), as No. 8, being 16 rods broad, and containing 
4 morgen 320 rods. Bussing, etc., sold, April 7 ensuing, to Captain Thomas 
Delavall, from whom it passed to his son-in-law, Carteret, who sold it, 
November 21, 1679, to Glaude Delamater. The latter exchanged it for 
another lot, with John Dyckman; Dyckman sold half to John Brevoort 
(which half passed to Zacharias Sickels), and later the other half to 

* The A'an Bramer family Corisfinally \'an Bremen) came from Albany. Jacob, 
son of Abraham Van Bremen and jNIaria V'an Nostrand, married, in 1711, Johanna, or 
Anna Wakefield, from Albany (see p. 410), and had sons, Abraham, of Harlem, and 
Thomas, of Peramus, N. J. (See p. 799.) Abraham, to whom, in 1733. his step- 
father, David Devoor, transferred an erf, which he soon sold to John Lewis, and was 
livincf some years after near the bridge crossing the !Mill Creek (I believe the place 
later" of John Rankin), was father of Hendrick and Abraham, of Harlem Lane, the 
first a w'heelwright and bachelor. These brothers divided the land bought of the 
Bussings in 1784 (see p. 488). Hendrick, by his will of January 14, 1805, left his 
residence on Harlem Lane to his nephew, Henry \'an Bramer, whose brotlier-in-law, 
Tyler, afterward owned it. Abraham married .Vbigail Brown, who survived him. 
She was a sister of Abraham Bussing's wife. Their children were, Henry, deceased, 
unmarried; James, mariner, lost at sea; Abraham, Hester, who married John Kimmel, 
and Susan, who married William Tyler. 



8o4 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Sickels direct, who sold the lot, January 15, 1729, to Nicholas Kortright, 
from whom it passed in 1740 to his aunt Grietie Kortright, and from her 
sons to Benjamin Benson, who owned the next lot, afterward, of Ben- 
jamin Vandewater. See pages 565, 566.t 

The Sth lot, in possession of John Le Roy as late as 1668, is pre- 
sumed to have been given up by him for his indebtedness to the town. 
See page 360. It is not included among his lands sold to Simeon Cornier, 
May 2, 1674, and is omitted from the tax lists down to 1724. Samson 
Benson then appears as the owner, and without doubt it descended to 
his son Benjamin aforesaid. From the latter the parts of the 7th and 
Sth lots, which lay to the west of Harlem Lane, passed, the first to Robert 
Hunter, the second to Benjamin Vandewater; the latter conveying his 
part, with his farm on the adjoining heights, to James W. "De Peyster, 
October 16, 1785. The remnants east of the Lane were sold to Adolph 
Myer, who conveyed the part of the 7th lot to John Dykman, except 
an acre sold to Hendrick Van Bramer on which his house was built, 
described on page 355. 

Two lots sold by Cousseau to Tourneur, and by him to Glaude Dela- 
mater, are described in Delamater's patent of June 25, 1668, as situated 
"to the north of John Le Roy, to the south of Daniel Tourneur, an east 
line being run from the hills to the kill ; it's in breadth 48, and in length 
100 rod, and makes in all about 16 acres or 8 morgen." By adding to 
this the adjoining Tourneur lot (which Tourneur had given to his son- 
in-law Dyckman, who exchanged with Delamater for the 7th lot), Dela- 
mater came to be rated at 12 morgen. This being divided into halves, 
by his sons John and Isaac, formed the 9th and loth lots, of which John 
took the lower one, and Isaac the upper. John's share passed, in 1710, 
to Samuel Waldron, and thence to his son Peter. Isaac's lot passed, 
December 3, 1726, to his son John Delamater, who sold it to Aaron Kort- 
right, March 12, 1742. See its history continued, on page 567. The 
old Delamater homestead stood on the east side of the Lane. Captain 
John Kortright built the large mansion which stood at a centre point in 
the block between 119th and 120th Streets, and Sth and 9th Avenues. 

H. Page 341. 

THE HOORN'S HOOK FARMS.* 

I. SAW-KIIvL FARM. 

George Elphinstone, the grantee of this tract, transferred his claim 
to Abraham Shotwell, to whom the patent was issued by Governor Andros, 

t The Vandewaters and Hooglands, of Harlem, had this origin: Cornelis Dircksen 
Hoogland, born 1599, was living at Brooklyn in 1638, and for many years kept the 
ferry. By his wife, Aeltie Adraens, he had a son, Derick, born 1638, who married 
Lysbeth, daughter of Joris Jansen Rapelje. From this union came, with other chil- 
dren, Johannes, born 1666; Adrian, 1670, and Aeltie, 1681, who married Abraham 
Delamontanie. Johannes and Adrian removed to New York, where the latter, a re- 
spected merchant, was murdered by his own slave, Robin, in the negro outbreak, just 
after midnight, April 7, 17 12; at which time Joris Marschalk, Henry Brazier, Augus- 
tus Grassett and Adrian Beekman were also killed. (See pp. 161, 220.) Johannes 
Hoogland married twice; in 1686, Anna Duyckinck, widow of Peter Vandewater, from 
Amsterdam; in 1706, Jenneke Peet; and by the latter was father of Adrian, born 
1716, who lived on Blqomingdale Heights, owning half of the De Key Tract, purchased 
of Thomas _De Key, in 1738, in company with Harman Vandewater. He died in 
1772, and his executors, Benjamin and William Hoogland, sold his lands to Nicholas 
De Peyster, December 7, 1785. Peter Vandewater's son Benjamin, born 1677, was 
father, we believe, to said Harman (see p. 501), whose son Benjamin, in 1751, suc- 
ceeded to his lands, which, with what he had acquired on Harlem Dane, he sold to 
James W. De Peyster, October 16, 1785. His wife was Mary, daughter of Adolph 
Meyer. 

* The Dutch word hoeck, or hook, is rendered "a nook, a corner, or an angle," 
in Hexham's Groot Wordenboeck, Rotterdam: 1658. In common usage, a neck of 



APPENDIX. 805 

September 29, 1677. See pages 340-341. It grants a tract of land upon 
Manhattan Island, in breadth 51 rods, running from the East River north- 
west into the woods 120 rods, including the run of water formerly called 
the Saw Mill Creek, together with the pond; being bounded southwest 
by the land of John Bassett, and northeast by the land of Jacob Young, 
and containing 38^ acres. 

Abraham Shotwell, with consent of his son John, sold the farm and 
improvements November 6, 1679, to John Robinson, who, on January i, 
1680, conveyed one half to John Lewin and Robert Wolley, of London, 
for i6o] and on February 12, 1684, the other half to William Cox, for 
f 160. See pages 360, 364, 381. 

Mr. Cox was drowned in July, 1689, in returning from Amboy, whither 
he had been sent by Leisler to proclaim the accession of William and Mary. 
On July 15, before taking his last fatal journey, he made his will, amply 
providing for his wife Sarah, and devising his share of the Saw-kill farm 
to her brother, Henry Bradley. The latter, named in his brother Samuel 
Bradley's will, July 5, 1693, died soon after, without issue, his estate falling 
to his said brother Samuel and sister Sarah, late Mrs. Cox, who being 
left "a good rich widow," had meanwhile married John Oort, merchant, 
and now had her third husband, the noted Captain William Kidd. She 
married Captain Kidd by license of May 16, 1691. On June i, 1695, Kidd 
and his bi'other-in-law Samuel Bradley (soon to sail for England, to pre- 
pare for that nefarious voyage in the Adventure Galley, from which 
Bradley returned only to be landed sick and dying on the island of St. 
Thomas, and Kidd to be arrested, sent to London, and executed for 
piracy), joined in conveying their half of the farm, etc., to Mrs. Kidd's 
father. Captain Samuel Bradley, for the term of his life. The reversion 
of the half farm falling to Mrs. Kidd by the death of her husband and 
brother Samuel, she obtained administration on the will of the latter, April 
13, 1703, and on September 14 following, quit-claimed all her right and 
interest in the farm to her father, Captain Bradley. Before the year closed 
she married Christopher Rousby. On January 7, 1704, Bradley conveyed 
the said half farm to Rousby. But Rousby and wife doubting the suf- 
ficiency in the law of the patents to Shotwell and Cox, for the half farm 
and other their property, to assure them the legal possession (such at 
least was their plea), petitioned Governor Cornbury, March 23, 1704, to 
accept a deed of sale for their said property to her Majesty Queen Anne, 
and then to re-grant the same to them and their heirs forever. Obviouslj' 
the true reason for this lay in the fact, as stated in a warrant of August 
4, 1701, for the seizure of Kidd's effects, that he had "been executed in 
England for piracy, whereby all his estate, both real and personal, is for- 
feited to his Majesty." With this request the governor complied; the 
deed to the Queen is dated March 31, 1704, and Cornbury's patent to the 
petitioners. May 2, 1704. The Harlem freeholders, April 15, 1703, had 
voted "Wolley and partner" a release of what part of their land lay within 
the town patent; and on February i, 1705, Rousby obtained from Charles 
Wolley, of New York, merchant, son and successor of "Robert Wolley, 
citizen and cloth-worker, of London," a deed for the other half of the 
Saw-kill farm. 

From Rousby the farm passed to John Gurney. of New York, baker. 
Under Gurney's will, dated September 23, 170S, his widow, IMary (Van 
Hosen), sold the farm. May 24, 1709, to Thomas Hook, Jr.. of New York, 
gentleman, for £400. The parties to this sale were married July 10, ensuing. 
Mr. Hook made his will March 13, 1713, as he "designed to take a voy- 
age for London." He was deceased May 29, 1723, the date his will was 
proved, but the farm stood in his name till 1730, and was then sold to 

land bounded on three sides by streams or meadows; or where these limits were 
roads, or even surveyor's lines, was called a hook (see examples, pp. sJ&t., 697), 
Hoorn's Hook, originally, was regarded as being bounded south by IMarston's Creek, 
which emptied into the river near 80th street. 



8o6 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

John Devoor, who occupied it "half a century. By will dated June 26, 
1778, proved October 2, 1780, Devoor gave 14 acres off the upper side of 
the farm to his son John, and the other 241^^ acres to his daughter Aefie, 
wife of John Courtright. Courtright and wife sold their part, May 20, 
22, 1786, to Isaac Gouverneur, and he on September 9, 1791, to John Leary, 
Jr., whence it passed to David Dickson and Andrew Stockholm. These, 
loaning £3,000 from the State Treasurer, Gerard Banker, on a mortgage, 
July 30, 1793, put up near the river extensive cotton mills ; employing 
workmen from Manchester, England. But this enterprise failed, and on 
December 26, 1799, Dickson and Stockholm, for £4,800, conveyed the 
property, now called 28 acres, to Isaac Gouverneur. The latter died intes- 
tate, the State foreclosed, and under a decree of December 14, 1805, the 
premises were publicly sold March 6, 1806, and bought by John Lawrence 
for $30,000, the deed to him being executed the same day by Pierre C. 
,Van Wyck, master in chancery. Richard Riker and John Tom being 
partners in this purchase (the three were brothers-in-law), Lawrence, by 
deeds of March 20, 1807, assigned portions of the premises to his said 
copartners. On July 21, 1807, Mr. Tom's executors reconveyed his share 
to Lawrence, who with Mr. Riker made a formal division June 21, 181 1, 
the first having made his residence upon the upper, the other upon the 
lower part. For this purpose Mr. Lawrence had repaired the old house 
on his tract, while Mr. Riker built upon his part, now named Arch-Brook, 
a fine stone dwelling, occupied by him till his death in 1841. His heirs 
divided the property into city lots. 

John Devoor, Jr., mortgaged his 14 acres of this farm to Mangle Min- 
thorne, March 17, 1783; he assigned the mortgage to Anthony L. White, 
November 25, 1786, and he, the same day, to Mary Ellis, "formerly of the 
Out Ward, now of the State of New Jersey, singlewoman." See next title. 

II. THE BAKER FARM. 

The patent to Jacob Young, dated May i, 1677, grants a piece of land 
on Manhattan Island, in breadth by the riverside 43 rods, ranging thence 
northwest into the woods 120 rods ; being bounded northeast by the Com- 
mons, or a certain run of water, and southwest by the land of George 
Elphinstone, and containing 32}^ acres. On September 27, 1683, Young 
conveyed this land to William Holmes. See page 376. The latter, born 
in 1644, was a son of George Holmes, of Turtle Bay, and married, in 1675, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Claes Wyp, of Albany. On April 15, 1703, the 
town voted him a similar release as that to Wolley and partner. Holmes, 
by will made September 18, 1705, gave his wife Elizabeth, the use of 
his farm, which at her death was to be shared half by his son George, 
and half by his daughters Bregie, Jannetie, Judith, and Priscilla. Of these 
Jannetie married, 1712, Cornelius Mesurolle, and Judith married, 1718, 
Martin Van Iveren ; the other daughters died unmarried and intestate. 
George Holmes, born 1678 (see his marriage, page 448), came in posses- 
sion of his patrimony prior to 1710, and by the death of his unmarried 
sisters, and the purchase, December 29, 1746, of Jannetie's interest, acquired 
seven-eighths of the farm. Under his will, dated September 13, 1743, 
his widow Janneke took the estate in fee, and after her death Peter Ander- 
son, with his wife Cornelia, only child and heiress of George and Ja.nneke 
Holmes, conveyed the farm, March 30, 1756, to Abraham Lefferts, for 
£410. Lefferts devised it to his son Derick, and daughter Elizabeth, wife 
of Peter Clopper, and Clopper and wife sold their half to Derick, May 16, 
1769, for ii,400. Lefferts resided here till after the Revolution, and on 
June 25, 1788, conveyed the farm, 28 acres, to Mary Ellis, for £3,900, "in 
Spanish Milled Dollars." 

Before Abraham Lefferts made his purchase, the remaining one-eighth 
of the farm, being a four acre strip on its southerly side, held by Martin 
and Judith Van Iveren, had come to be owned by John Devoor, Jr., from 



APPENDIX. . 807 

whom it passed, by deed and mortgage of February 15, 16, 1774, to David 
Provoost, and subsequently was purchased by Mary ElHs. On May i, 
1791, said J\Iary ElHs conveyed to John Baker, her farm called Sans Souci, 
46 acres, which included the 28 acres, 4, and 14 acre tracts. The mort- 
gages on the lesser pieces were assigned to Dr. Baker, who thus got title 
to this valuable property, which after his death, in 1796, and the expira- 
tion and surrender of certain life interests, enjoyed by the Delafields under 
the will of Dr. Baker, passed to the trustees of the New York Protestant 
Episcopal Public School. 

III. THK, MARSTON FARM. 

The patent for this farm, dated September 29, 1677, describes it as 
44 rods in breadth by the water side, ranging in length northwest into the 
woods 120 rods ; being bounded southwest by Jacob Young's land, and 
northeast and northwest by the Commons ; and containing 30 acres. 

John Baignoux, the patentee (see page 380), sold the farm May 15, 
1683, to Isaac Deschamps, he on October 12, 1686, to John Spragge, and 
the latter, on December 7, 1690, to Daniel Cox, of London, Doctor in 
Physic, and then princioal proprietor of West Jersey. On April 13, 1698, 
Dr. Cox, by his attorney, Jeremiah Bass, Governor of New Jersey, and 
in considei-ation of £24, leased the farm to Thomas Codrington, of Rari- 
tan, for 99 years, at the yearly rent of one pepper-corn. On June 28, 1701, 
Dr. Cox conveyed the said farm in fee simple to his son, Daniel Cox. 
Codrington must afterward have gotten a release of the fee. He also 
secured Nos. i, 2, of the Hoorn's Hook lots, 16 acres; in exchange, one 
for No. 4, which he bought September 4, 1700, from Israel Honeywell, 
who got it, August I, 1699, of William Presker (see page 782) ; the 
other for No. 3, obtained from Thomas Tourneur, or his heirs, Tourneur 
having gotten it, INIarch 13, 1689, from Johannes Verveelen. In 1704 the 
corporation leased him 60 acres of the commons, adjoining his farm, for 
21 years, at six pence an acre per annum. Codrington set up a brewery, 
kept cattle and sheep, and owned half a dozen slaves. He left no children. 
By will made April 9, and proved April 20, 1710, he gave £50 to each of 
his four sisters ; £200 to his "cousin Frances Willett" (wife of Richard 
Willett; see page 378), and his "farm at Harlem," etc., to his wife i\Iar- 
garet. See page 353. Under her will, dated September 2, proved Sep- 
tember 24, 1728, Martha, daughter of Richard Willett, and wife of Cap- 
tain William Lawrence, should have taken the farm, as residuary legatee. 
But it paid quit rent for ten years later as "the estate of J\Ir. Codrington." 
On July 24, 1738, "the Plantation of the late Captain Thomas Codrington, 
containing about thirty acres of land, besides two Out Lots of about eight 
acres each, with the Orchard and Dwelling House and Appurtenances; 
All in the Bounds of Harlem," was advertised in the New York Gazette, 
to be sold at public vendue, on September 2 ensuing, in the Exchange 
Market House. "The Title is good, and may be seen at the house of 
John Chambers, who is one of the persons impowered to sell the same." 

The property v/as bought by John Brown. He exchanged parts of 
the Out Lots with Waldron (see page 706), who built the "Hopper House," 
on No. I. In 1749 the farm was purchased by Nathaniel Marston, of 
N. Y., merchant, and by his will, made February 8, 1776, passed to his 
son Thomas, excepting the eight acres gotten by Brown from Waldron, 
which j\Iarston left to his son John, who sold it to Thomas, June 5, 1795. 
The Prospect Farm, as called, was sold in parcels by Thomas ^Marston, 
and formed the seats of Jones, Schermerhorn, etc. ; but here we rest our 
notes, and with pleasure refer the inquirer for the later title to Tuttle's 
Abstracts.* 

IV. THE WALDRON FARM. 

This farm was made up of eight of the ten lots laid out in 1677 (see 
* Nathaniel jMarston was a son of Nathaniel, an original vestryman of Trinity 



8o8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

pages 341-342), with later additions. It is a mistake to deduce the title 
from Resolved Waldron, who never owned a foot of it. Peter Van Oblienis 
had drawn lot No. 10 (see description, page 360) ; his father bought No. 
6, from Bogert, December 9, 1679, and gave it to Peter (the deed passing 
December 28, 1699) ; and Peter also acquired Nos. 7, 8, 9, from various 
parties to whom they had been transferred. See page 409. Tourneur had 
exchanged No. 7 for No. i, with Adolph Meyer; Oblienis agreed to give 
Meyer 300 guilders for it, and thereupon sold the five lots, with the improve- 
ments, May 10, 1690, to John Delamater. See pages 495, 622. Delamater 
added three more lots, bought from Daniel Tourneur's heirs (see page 
635), and came to own Nos. 3 to 10, being 68 acres. In the allotment 
of 1691 he secured an adjoining tract, described in his deed of March 21, 
1701, from the town as "a piece of land lying in the Bay of Hellgate, ex- 
tending from the northwest corner of the end of his lots to a white oak tree 
marked J. D. L. and J. L. B. To the river past a rock marked J. D. L. 
and J. L. B., and so onward by the strand till to the end of the meadow 
north of a rocky hill." 

Samuel Waldron bought this farm in 1710, from the Delamater heirs 
(see page 495), and on December 20, 1712, obtained a patentee deed tak- 
ing in the land westward to "the patent line." It is therein described as 
"All that tract of land commonly called or known as Hoorn's Hook, afore- 
said, with all and singular the houses, house lots, lots of land, now in 
the possession of the said Samuel Waldron, as they are hereinafter named, 
expressed, bounded and numbered, that is to say : on the south, over 
against Hog Island, als Koreans Island, by the river of Harlem; on the 
southwest by the lot No. 2, now in the possession of Margaret Codrington, 
widow ; on the northwest by the patent line of Harlem ; on the north by 
a white oak stump upon the bounds of the lands now in the possession 
of Barent Waldron and John Benson; on the northeast by a rock marked 
on the northeast side thereof with the letters L. B., on the southwest by L. 
M. ; and so goes down to the said river by several marked trees with the afore- 
said letters, and runs on the north side of a rocky hill, and on the south 
side by a piece of meadow, and thence along the river to the said lot No. 
2; including all points, meadows, and marshes within the bounds above 
mentioned ; containing by estimation one hundred and fifteen acres, be 
the same more or less." 

The farm remained intact during the life of Samuel Waldron. His 
son William, who came in possession in 1741, set off lots 3, 4, to his 
brother Benjamin (see page 698), and, on November 29, 1759, sold 
21% acres at the southerly side of the farm to Jacob Leroy, (since the 
Com. Chauncey seat) ; but otherwise the farm underwent no material 
change, till divided by William's heirs, after his death. From that period 
dated the improvements, which the last few years have almost obliterated, 
that first associated with this fine property other notable names, such as 
Astor, Gracia, Prime, and Rhinelander. It is not in our plan to extend 
these notes beyond this brief compendium of the early titles. Tuttle's 
Abstracts give full details as to the modern titles ; and a volume only 
would suffice for the stirring reminiscences connected with the Hoorn's 
Hook farms. 

church, New York, named in its charter, 1697, and acting much of the time till 1731. 
His wife was Margaret, daughter of Abel Hardenbrook. Their son John married 
and went to Jamaica, W. I. Their daughter, Ann, inarried EJbenezer Grant. Nathaniel 
married Mary, daughter of John Crook, and became wealthy. In 1731 he succeeded 
his father as vestryman, and, in 1770, was made warden. He died in his 7Sth year, 
October 21, 1778. His children were, Nathaniel, whose daughter, Mary, married 
Capt. Fred. Philipse; Thomas, John, member of the New York Provincial Congress; 
Margaret, married Hon. Philip Philipse and Rev. John Ogilvie, and Frances. Thomas 
married, 1759, Cornelia, daughter of Leonard lyispenard. He died in New York, 
January ii, 1814, in his 7Sth year. For his portrait see Stevens' Chamber of Com- 
merce. His eldest daughter married Francis Bayard Winthrop. 



APPENDIX. 809 

I. Page 378. 

THE DELAVALL LANDS. 

The considerable tracts of land at Harlem held by Captain Thomas 
Delavall and his heirs have a history as little known as it is curious and 
interesting. For details regarding his purchases, the disposition he made 
of his lands, etc., the reader should consult the general history of the 
town.* 

Captain Delavall released, August 8, 1676, to his son-in-law Captain 
James Carteret and wife : "All that messuage, tenement and farrn which 
the said Delavall formerly bought of one Moseman, situate lying and 
being in the township of Harlem, within or upon a certain island called 
or known by the name of Manhattan Island, in America; and all that 
water mill which the said Thomas Delavall built or caused to be built, 
situate, Ij'ing and being in and upon Manhattan Island aforesaid, together 
with all the land and meadows and pastures to the said mill belonging 
or adjoining, or therewithal usually held, used, occupied or enjoyed; and 
also all that island called Little Barnes Island, near adjoining to Manhat- 
tan Island, aforesaid ; and all and singular houses," etc. See page 339. 

By his will, admitted to probate July 25, 1682, Captain Delavall devised 
the lands he then owned at Harlem, together with Great Barnes Island, 
to his son-in-law, William Darvall ; he to pay certain moneys to Samuel 
Swj'nock, of London. See page 378. On November 24, 1684, William Dar- 
vall and wife, and John Delavall, son and heir of Captain Thomas Delavall. 
of the first part ; Joseph Benbrigge and others named, of London, creditors 
of said William Darvall, of the second part; and Samuel Swjmock, of 
London, and Jacob Milborne, of New York, trustee for said Swynock. 
of the third part; joined in a deed, by which the parties of the first and 
second parts, for and in consideration of certain specified sums paid them 
by said Swynock, conveyed to said Swynock and Milborne, all those ines- 
suages, tenements, lands, etc. (those in Harlem, with Great Barnes Island, 
included), which were devised by said Thomas Delavall to said William 
Darvall : But nevertheless providing" that if said Darvall should duly pay 
to said Samuel Swynock, the sum of £1,657 :6s., on August 26, 1686, at 
his house in Pye Alley, Fanchurch Street, London ; then said Swynock 
would reconvey all said premises to said Darvall. 

Darvall failing to pay any part of the money due Swynock as afore- 
said, John Delavall executed the release to Swynock and Milborne referred 
to on page 397. On August 9, 1687, Swynock conveyed to Milborne all 
the said lands at Harlem, with Great Barnes Island. Milborne sold the 
island to Thomas Parcell. See pages 378, 410.* Milborne, on losing his 

* See pages 212, 232, 235, 246, 288, 306, 323, 333, 341, 348, 333, ZT^., 377. 378, 
393, 397, 401, 402, 406, 456. 

* Thomas Parcell was a son of John Parcell otherwise "John Butcher, "_ from 
Huntingdon County, England, who early settled at Dutch Kills. L. I., died in 
1680, and left children, Thomas, William, Henry and Catherine, with an estate worth 
6,000 guilders. Thomas, born 1653, ^"d bred a blacksrtith, married Christina Van 
Hattem. On removing to Great Barents Island he sold his lands at Dutch J-iills to 
Bourgon Broucard and Hans Covert, June 21, 1690, for £4,087. Parcell built a grist 
mil! on the race at the upper side of his island. His son, John, bought the north 
half of the island, June 4, 1722, and, on ^March 29, 1723, Thomas and Christina 
sold the other half to their son-in-law, John Lanyon, of New York, innkeeper. Parcell 
died prior to 1732, on Spectacle or Hart Island, which he then owned. He left 
children, Nicholas, John, Henry, Hannah, married, successively, Jeremiah Redding, 
John Lanyon and Thomas Behena, and Eda, who married Walter Dobbs. Nicholas 
married a daughter of Hon. Rip Van Dam. Henry succeeded to Hart Island, and 
John, holding his half of Great Barents or ParccU's Island till his death, in 175 1, 
aged 75 years, gave it to his son, Thomas, one of nine children, by his wife, Leah, 
daughter of Johannes ^^an Alst. Thomas, who married Deborah, daughter of Capt. 



8io HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

first wife Joanna, daughter of Samuel Edsall, married Maria, daughter 
of Captain Jacob Leisler, and being involved with Leisler in the political 
tumults which brought both to the scaffold May i6, 1691, left besides his 
widow an only son, Jacob. Upon these two, or the survivor of them, by 
an Act of^Assembly of May 16, 1699, was settled the title to all the lands 
and tenem'ents within the province of New York, of which the elder Mil- 
borne died seized. On the day this act passed the widow married Abraham 
Gouverneur ; and Jacob Milborne, Jr., died unmarried some time after. 

In the division of the Harlem common land made in 1691 there was 

laid out to the right of Captain Delavall, lot No. 9, on Jochem Pieters' 

. Hills, containing 3^ 1-3 morgen. See Appendix J. Other lots were laid 

out to Delavall's heirs, on the further division in 1712, according to the 

surveyor's certificate annexed : 

"At the request and by the direction of Samuel Waldron, Zacharias 
Sickels and Johannes Meyer, persons authorized thereto by the owners 
of the undivided lands of New Harlem, in the City of New York, in an 
Instrument under their hands and seals dated the 19th May, 171 1, I have 
surveyed and laid out these following parcels of land to the right of Cap- 
tain Delavall, deceased, viz : in the First Division, No. 8, 16 acres, 3 q., 
and 28 v., adjoining to the land of Mettie Cornelisse and the brook, the 
land now allotted to Samuel Waldron, and the highway; i acre, -3 q. and" 
24 r. of land and meadow, lying on the other side of the highway, between 
the same and the mill creek, adjoining also to the land of the said Mettie; 
and also, 35 acres and 25 rods, beginning at the top of the hill against 
the said Mettle's land, and runs thence northward along the land of Cap- 
tain De Key to the corner of the land now allotted to John V. Oblienis, 
thence along the same North 79° E. to the land of Peter ,Van Oblienis, 
thence S. 31 M° E. to the highway, thence S. 45/4° W. to the land of 
Isaac Delamater, and then along the same with a crook to the upper end 
thereof until it even meets again with the land of the said John Van 
Oblienis, and from thence, along the fence and land of several people, 
with a crooked line, to the place where the same first began ; in the Second 
Division, No. 16, y^ acres, and 20 rods (with two acres allowance for the 
way which leads through the same to Harlem River), the same contains 
in breadth about four score rods, and runs from the highway between the 
land of Marcus Tiebout and John Dyckman, S. 53° E. to Harlem River ; 
in the Third Division, No. 15, 18 acres, 3 q. and 20 r., being in breadth 
44 rods, and runs from the middle line in said division, between the land 
of Isaac Delamater and Mary Meyer, S. 53° E. to said river ; and, in 
the Fourth Division, No. 9, 32 acres, i q. and 20 r., being in breadth 43 1-3 
rods, and runs from the said highway between the land of Arent Bussing 
and John Nagel, N. 67° W. to Hudson's River ; as appears by the several 
drafts of the same. Witness my hand, the 25th June, Anno Dni, 1712. 

Peter Berrien." 

On February i, 1713, Peter Van Oblienis, Johannes Waldron, etc., 
patentees of Harlem, confirmed to Abraham Gouverneur the several parcels 
of common land laid out to the right of Captain Delavall. Gouverneur 
and wife, on February 13, 1720, obtained from William Milborne, of Bos- 
ton, N. E., baker, son and heir of William Milborne, brother and heir of 
Jacob Milborne, Sr., deceased, a release of all the estate, real and personal, 
of said Jacob Milborne, including all the lands he had or ought to have at 
Harlem. 

Captain James Carteret, son-in-law of Captain Delavall, left a son 
George, who died without issue, and a daughter Elizabeth, who was mar- 
William Penfold, was drowned in Hellgate, August 1, 1766, in the evening, in at- 
tempting to swim his horse over to his island. Behena succeeding to Lanyon's half 
of the island, it was mortgaged by his widow, in 1765, and eventually passed to 
Benjamin Hildreth; Parcell's half passed to his kinsman, John Wm. Penfold. Valen- 
tine's Mannual, 1855, P- 495. gives other details regarding" this property, now Ward's 
Island. 



APPENDIX. 8ii 

ried in the Island of Jersey, November ti, 1699, to Philip Pipon, Esq., of 
Noiremont. On August 11, 1705, Pipon and his wife, then residing in 
London, empowered Thomas Newton, of Boston, N. E., to enter upon 
and take legal possession of all their lands, etc., upon jManhattan Island, 
and Little Barnes Island, or elsewhere in America, whereof she, Elizabeth 
(or he, Philip, in her right), is seized, interested or entitled, as grand- 
daughter or heir of Thomas Delavall, deceased, as daughter or heir of 
her father or mother, James Carteret, Esq., and Frances his wife, or either 
of them, or as sister or heir to George Carteret, Esq., also deceased ; 
authorizing said Newton to lease said premises for a term not to exceed 
hve years. What Judge Newton did in the case we know not. 

jNIrs. Pipon died in Jersey, near November 11, 1720, the date of her 
burial in the parish church of St. Brelade. Mr. Pipon, attended by one 
of his sons now came to New York, "about his private affairs," arriving 
toward the close of 1721. For some years the Delavall lands had been 
partly in charge of Pipon's kinsman and agent, Richard Willett, of New 
York, merchant (see page 378), but had been mainly engrossed by 
Abraham Gouverneur, who, aspiring to four lots on Jochem Pieters and 
all the drafted lands, had, as we have seen, gotten a patentee deed, Feb- 
ruary I, 1713, and had disposed of about 150 acres to Peter Van Oblienis, 
Isaac Delamater, and Johannes JNIyer. 

Pipon, however, claimed the entire property ; at least it stands in his 
name in the quit rent lists for 1722 and 1723. There was now an appar- 
ent agreement among the parties interested, to have the title to all the 
Delavall lands settled by the Supreme Court of the Province. Pipon first 
brought suits against Samuel and Parent Waldron, evidently to test the 
validity of Captain Carteret's sales, mentioned on pages 360, 394, which lots 
were now held by these defendants.* . The last named case was tried 
November 27, 1723, and Barent Waldron's title sustained. In regard to 
the other lands, Pipon proceeded to eject Robert Crannell, Gouverneur's 
tenant, who thereupon brought his suit to regain possession. The cause 
was tried, with great array of evidence, on June 8 and 9, 1724; a verdict 
being rendered as follows : "The Jury do find that, as to a certain piece 
of ground known by the name of the Clover Wey, and as to the three 
southernmost lots of the Nine Lots, at the place called Jochem Pieters' 
Flat, and as to one third part of the common lands that have been laid 
out in right of the estate of Thomas Delavall and John Delavall, deceased; 
the Defendant is guilty, and they do find for the Plaintiff sixpence and 
costs and sixpence damages. And as to all the residue of the premises, 
they find the Defendant not guilty." The record adds : "It is agreed by 
x\braham Gouverneur, lessor of Robert Crannell in ejectment, and Philip 

* I have not ascertained Capt. Carteret's ultimate liistory, nor where he died. 
'"He certain!}^ did not die in Jersey," says an able genealogist of that island, but, he 
adds, "most likely in Bedfordshire, England." His father left ample estates and 
seats at Hawnes, in that county. I should expect further traces of him at London. 
In the will of Sir George Carteret, dated December 5, 1678, occurs the following: 

"And whereas I am desirous to make some provision for my son, Captain James 
Carteret, for his' life. Therefore my mind and will is that the said Manor and premises 
[the Manor of Epworth, with Trestwood and Haxey, in Lincolnshire], be charged 
and chargeable with the payment of one annuity or yearly sum of one hundred pounds 
of lawful English money, to be paid and payable unto my said son and his assigns 
for and during his life, ... in half yearly payments, namely every Lady day and 
Michaelmas day, the first payment to begin and to be made at such of the said days 
as shall first and next happen after my decease. . . . But this bequest of mine 
to my said son, James Carteret, as aforesaid, is upon this condition, that he \yithin 
two years next after my decease, shall convey or otherwise release unto my heirs at 
law, all such right, title, interest, claims and demand which he, the said James Carteret, 
hath or shall pretend to have, of, in and unto my lands and hereditaments in the said 
Island of Jersey. And in case my said son shall refuse to make such conveyance or 
release, as' aforesaid, and shall not do the same. Then my will and meaning is that 
this bequest of mine, of the said yearly sum of one hundred pounds, limited to him 
for life, and charged uiion the lands in manner as aforesaid, shall be void and of 
none effect, to all intents whatsoever.' 



8i2 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

Pipon, defendant, that the costs and charges in this cause may be equally- 
paid between the parties." 

This decision confirmed Pipon's title, except as to the Three Lots, 
and one third of the drafted lands, which went to Gouverneur. For the 
Clover Wey, consult the Key to Titles. 

Pipon and Gouverneur now petitioned the Governor and Council 
July I, 1724, and representing that they were owners, Pipon of two thirds, 
and Gouverneur of one third, of certain Nine Lots, at Harlem, on Jochem 
Pieters' Flat, and containing 60 moi^gen of land; and further that said 
lots having for some time laid unimproved, the bounds thereof could not 
be well ascertained except by a survey of all the tract called JocTiem 
Pieters' Flat, which contained about 66 morgen more, owned by several 
people of Harlem; prayed for a warrant to have said tract surveyed. This 
was granted, and the survey made, as already described in Appendix E. 

On May 2, 1725, Abraham Gouverneur, and Maria, his wife, for £255, 
released to Johannes Myer, their tract known as the Three Lots, being 
eighteen morgen, bounded south by Peter Bussing, north by the Six Lots, 
east by Harlem River, and west by lands in possession of the heirs of 
James Carteret; and also an undivided third of lot No. 9, Jochem Pieters' 
Hills, and of the Delavall lots in the four divisions. This gave Myer 114 
acres, making good to him the quantity sold him by Gouverneur March 25, 
1720, though but in part the same lands. In this later deed Gouverneur 
particularly excepts and reserves all his right in any lands in Harlem 
"which now are held or claimed by the heirs or assigns of James Car- 
teret, and Frances, his wife, deceased." What limit Gouverneur put to 
his claim, to which he so firmly adhered, is not apparent; only that it 
extended to all the drafted lands.* 

Philip Pipon entailed upon his son James and his heirs male his estate 
in Jersey, and upon his son Elias and heirs male his property in America. 
Elias, being twenty-four years of age, came hither to enjoy his possessions. 
He built up Little Barent's Island, which he renamed Belle. Isle, and 
married Blanche, daughter of Mr. John Lafons. After several years, 
unable to support himself upon the scanty income derived from his mainly 
unproductive property. Pipon resolved to ask the Colonial Assembly to 
remove the entail and empower him to sell a part of his land, in order 
that he might improve the rest. Notice of his intentions was publicly read 
in the church at Harlem by the parish clerk. Van Harlingen, on three 
successive Sundays, beginning September 27, 1730, and duly certified to 
the Governor and Council, October 15; but Pipon's application to the 
Assembly was stayed by the adjournment of that body for a long interval. 
During this time the brothers Pipon exchanged releases, James conveying 
to Elias all his interest in the lands at Harlem and in Little Barent's Island 
by lease and release executed in the Island of Jersey, May 18, 19, 1732. 
Pipon's needs at length forced him to mortgage Belle Isle, for £432, to 
St. George Talbot, July 3, 1735. On October 29, ensuing, he petitioned the 
Assembly for the proposed relief. A bill was introduced, read twice and 
committed, but nothing came of it. He was soon compelled to make 
an assignment to three principal creditors, Simon Johnson, John Auboy- 
neau and James Faviere, in trust also for the rest; his wife joining with 

* Abraham Gouverneur was the son of Nicholas and Machtelt (de Riemer) 
Gouverneur, and was born in 1671, "upon the Single, near the Konings Pleyn," in 
Amsterdam. He took a zealous part for Leisler, though yet a minor, and _ was 
charged with having shot the parish clerk four days before Governor Sloughter arrived. 
His father had been dead for years, his mother being married to Jaspar Nessepott 
(Nesbitt), named p. 679. Gouverneur was afterward Recorder of New York, and 
member of the Assembly, and enjoyed considerable notoriety. He died June 16, 
1740. By Maria L,eisler he had four children who reached maturity, viz.: Nicholas, 
Jacoba, Elizabeth and Maria, of whom the last married Henry Meyer, Jr., and Capt. 
Jaspar Farmer. The son Nicholas died March 20, 1739, aged -^g years, leaving issue, 
Abraham, Esther, Barent and Nicholas. Bolton, i : 380, mistakes for descendants of 
Abraham Gouverneur those of his brother Isaac. 



APPENDIX. 813 

him.* These three, with Pipon, intending another appeal to the Assembly, 
gave notice as before by a poster upon the church door at Harlem. But 
a fatality seemed to attend their applications to the Assembly. A bill was 
brought in, but failed by a sudden dissolving of that body; another bill 
introduced at the next session, was agreed upon and ordered to be en- 
grossed, though opposed by Gouverneur, who alleged that he or his 
assigns were in lawful possession of part of said lands, "and claim a great 
part of the rest." This bill also failed, by an adjournment of the Assem- 
bly, December 16, 1737, and no further attempt was made in that body. 

Meanwhile Gouverneur died. By will, dated September 12, 1739, and 
proved October 8, 1740, he gave his estate to his wife, with power to sell, 
or to devise to the children ; named her sole executrix, but appointed to 
act after her decease, his daughters Jacoba, Elizabeth, and Maria, his 
nephew Nicholas Gouverneur, and friend Paul Richard. The trustees of 
Pipon and the widow J\'Iaria Gouverneur, now came to an agreement, in 
virtue of which she transferred all her right in the Six Lots and several 
other pieces of land in Plarlem to said trustees, Johnson, Auboyneau, and 
Faviere, by lease and release of February 9, 10, 1741; while they conveyed 
to her at the same time, the Three Lots, together with half the wood- 
lands, or commons before allotted to the right of Captain Delavall. On 
February 11, 12, 1741, the said trustees sold to Jacob Myer, of Harlem, 
the Six Lots aforesaid, with 7 a. 3 q. zi r. of the adjoining Carteret wood- 
lot, also Carteret's Island, containing 12 a. 13 r. of upland, and 10 a. i q. 
31 r. of meadow; in all by survey 107 a. 18 r. By a separate writing, 
Johnson and Faviere also promised to warrant and defend Jthe title, in 
proportion to Pipon's indebtedness to them. 

The balance of Pipon's land stood in his name till 1743, when Simon 
Johnson succeeded.* The latter, on September 12, 1747 (Pipon, Auboy- 
neau, and Faviere, were now all dead), sold to Jacob Myer, of Bergen 
County, N. J., all his half of a lot at Round Meadow Hill ; being the 
Delavall lot No. 15, Third Division. On September 25, 1747, he conveyed 
to said Jacob Myer all his half of the woodlot No. 16, Second Division, 
and to Benjamin Benson the two lots on Van Keulen's Hook, next the 
Mill Camp. He also sold Lawrence Low his half of lot No. 9, of 1691, 
and his half of lot No. 9, Fourth Division. Grietie Kortright bought par- 
cels I and 2 of No. 8, First Division (later added to the Nutter Farm) ; 
Harman Vandewater 17 acres of third parcel, and Adolph Myer, Jr., a 
remnant of the same, 4 acres, being exclusive of a piece held by Peter 
Waldron (see page 400). Johnson sold the balance of the Carteret wood- 
lot, which joined upon the Three Lots, to Johannes Myer; and the two 
erven or village houselots to Derick Benson and John Lewis. And lastly, 

t Simon Johnson was the Recorder of New York from 1747 to 1769; had previ- 
ously served as Alderman and Assemblyman. He died March 9, 1772, in his 70th 
year. 

* Elias Pipon succeeded his father in 1726. Whether he or a brother was the 
"young Mr. Pipon" who came out with the senior Pipon, but returned to Europe at the 
close of 1723, we know not. Mrs. Coddington, in her will, dated September 2, 1728, 
bequeaths "to Elias Pipon of the city of New York, Gent, £10, and my negro girl, 
Betty." The records of the French Church Du St. Esprit contain the following: 

A la Nouvelle York le 10 de Juin 1730, Baptesme. Aujourd'hui iNIercredi apres 
la priere, a ete baptiste par moi L: Rou, ministre de cette Eglise, Jean Pipon, ne a la 
Nouve York, le 28 de ]\Iay dernier, his d'EHe Pipon et de Blanche La Fonds, etant 
presente avi St. Baptesme par Mr. Jean La Fonds et IMademlle Charlotte Faviere ses 
parrain et marraine. L: Rou, Pasteur. 

Jean Lafons. Elie Pipon. 

Charlotte Fauviere. 

Elias was born in Jersey, in 1702. He died in this country, having survived his 
wife. Being sick and weak, he made his will, August 30, 1744, leaving his estate to 
his four children, John, Jane, Mary and Elizabeth. It was proved September 30, 
1746. "John Pipon, Esq., of the Island of Jersey," died at Cardiff, South Wales, 
October 5, 1815. Mrs. Braithwaite (see p. 13) thinks he may have been the John born 
May 28, 1730, as aforesaid. 



8i4 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

on January 21, 1748, he released Belle Isle (Randell's Island), to St. 
George Talbot. See page 605, also Valentine's Manual, 1855, page 49J. 
A deed from Jacoba Gouverneur, etc., children, etc., of Maria Gouverneur, 
deceased, to Johannes Myer, April 30, 1748, conveying one-half of a third 
of the Delavall common lands, a third having been before sold him by 
Abraham Gouverneur, perfected Myer's title to one-half of said lands. 
Thus the estate of Captain Delavall fell to inany owners, originating as 
many separate titles. We only add that parcel 3 of No. 8, First Division, 
was subsequently included, mainly, in the Molenaor and Captain John 
Kortright farms ; lot No. 16, Second Division, extending along the Kings- 
bridge Road, between 179th and i8sth Streets, and thence to Harlern 
River, was afterward owned by Blazius Moore and others ; Jot No. 15, 
Third Division, running from the Cut Line in that division to Harlem 
River, has since formed a part of Dyckman's Fort George Tract. See 
abstract by Lockwood & Crosby. Of No. 9, Fourth Division, which ran 
from Kingsbridge Road to Hudson River, Myer took the upper, and Low 
the lower half; Myer's part passing to Adolph Myer, later to William 
Molenaor, and Low's part to General John Maunsell, being subsequently 
included in the large tract owned by Dr. Samuel Watkins, above Fort 
Washington. 



J. Page 418. 

DIVISION OF THE COMMON LANDS. 

Under the Dongan Patent. 

/. Division of 1691. ' 

At the date of the Dongan patent (see page 413) the appropriated 
lands at Harlem were held principally under the three general allotments 
made in 1658, 1661, and 1677, of which a full history has been given. The 
patent conferred upon these proprietors, or properly such as were named 
therein, a joint interest in all the unappropriated or common lands. Four 
years having expired, the patentees agreed to make an allotment, and at 
a meeting held November 29, 1691, chose Adolph Meyer, John Hendricks 
van Brevoort, Samuel Waldron, and Peter van Oblienis, "to consider 
and devise such measures as shall be most proper for the benefit and best 
interests of the town and inhabitants thereof." The following resolutions 
were then passed : 

1. It is resolved that the land lying in the common woods, so much 
as may be found suitable for making good tillable land, shall be laid out 
and surveyed into lots, or parcels, whereof each inhabitant of this town 
shall draw a part as his property, every one according to his estate or 
proportion. 

2. It is also resolved that the parcel of land lying at the end of the 
lots named Jochem Pieters shall be laid out, from the end of the old lots 
to the hill, and so again to the Clove of the Kill, behind the high hill in 
the hills ; on condition that a good and sufficient King's or high way shall 
be left around the fencing of the same. 

3. It is resolved to lay out a parcel of land situated and compre- 
hended from Moertje Davids' Meadow eastward up Jochem Pieters' Hills, 
and northerly so far as good tillable land shall be found. Provided, that 
the land of Barent Waldron being extended, the east side from the island 
according to the river, shall claim no further in than the King's way is 
now running. 

4. It is also resolved to lay out a parceil of land at the southerly end 
of the Long Hill, so much as shall be found good tillable land. 



APPENDIX. 815 

5. It is also resolved to lay out a parcel of land at Spuyten Duyvel, 
between the high hills by the Round JNleadow, on the other side of the 
swamp (morass creupelbos), so much as shall be found fit for tillage; 
on condition that there remain a good and sufficient King's way where 
shall be found best and most convenient. 

6. The land lying at the end of the lots named Jochem Pieters shall 
be so estimated that one morgen shall go for two morgen upon any of 
the other parcels that shall be laid out. Also that the hills shall be fenced 
off from the corner of the land behind the high hill to the meadow of 
Daniel Tourneur at Montanye's Kill, for a sheep pasture, — those having 
fences within this stretch to keep the same tight and in good order, — with 
a draw-rail (draei-hek) at the road; and that a bridge shall be made 
there, beyond the stone bridge or thereabouts. 

7. It is further resolved that when the said surveys shall take place, 
each inhabitant shall have the privilege to draw according to his right or 
apportionment, for the erven a third part ; and then the rest shall be 
drawn according to the number of morgen. 

The Authorized Men, with the aid of Adrian Appcl, survej-or, made 
up a list of the freeholders, with the number of erven and morgen each 
one held, and on which lands could be drawn; and proceeded to survey 
and allot the designated tracts, as shown in the following schedule: 



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In computing this allotment, 5 morgen, or 10 acres, were allowed for 
each erf right, and 333-600 of a morgen, or 333 square Dutch rods, for each 
morgen right* To avoid many fractional parts, where the quantity fell 
less than 100 rods short of a full morgen, it was counted as a morgen, while 
fractions of a morgen below 100 rods were thrown out. In addition to the 
tracts designated, the authorized men had disposed of some other parcels 
(the lots 21 to 26), which lay adjoining the farms of the persons to whom 
granted. The last was formally allowed and approved of by the freehold- 
ers, December 11, as appears by the following document, of that date: 

"Whereas on this day have assembled the community of New Harlem, 
and having from among themselves chosen and authorized Adolph Meyer, 
John Hendricks van Brevoort, Peter van Oblienis, and Samuel Waldron 
to lay out the available land, according to the surveyor's schedule hereunto 
annexed ; So we undersigned promise to hold inviolate that which the four 
persons before named have caused to be measured and set oflf (aange- 
wesen), to Metje Cornelis, John Louwe Bogert, John Delamater, Abraham 
Delamontanie, Barent Waldron, and John Dyckman. Nota, All the lands 
that are unsuitable for tillage shall bear half costs. And all those who 
have drawn the land behind the old land of Jochem Pieters shall be 
obligated to leave a convenient road for the town's use. The erven which 
have been drawn shall be required to contribute to town expenses. The 
path or road shall be taken from the newly drawn land. AH this have 
we subscribed with our hands." [Signed by Adolph Meyer, Pieter van 
Oblienis, Joost van Oblinus, Jan Louwe Bogert, Arent Harmans, Jan Hen- 
dricks van Brevoort, Samuel Waldron, Johannes Waldron, Jan Delamater, 
Jan Dyckman, Metje Cornelis, Johannes Vermelje, Barent Waldron, 
Laurens Jansen, Isaac Delamater, Abraham Delamontanie, and! Jan 
Tibout.]_ 

During the years which expired before the title deeds for these lots 
were given, the town made several small grants and sales, hereafter noticed; 
and at a meeting held Nov. 2, 1699, "all the residents or proprietors of the 
town made a conveyance of the church, to the Reverend Consistory, upon 
condition that the proprietors who have helped build the church shall 
continue to hold their seats."t And on December 14, following, Arent 
Bussing, Adolph Meyer, and Samuel Waldron were chosen as Authorized 
Men, to act with the overseers, Laurens Jansen, Peter van Oblienis, and 
Jacques Tourneur, in giving the freeholders their deeds for the newly 
drawn lands. The six persons met December 18, "to commence the busi- 
ness," and approved "the last survey, made by the surveyor, Adrian Appel." 
After fourteen days, allowed to hear objections, another meeting was held, 
January 4, 1700, and no one having appeared to oppose the survey it was 
finally adopted. The inhabitants then subscribed another paper promising to 

* The erven were only the original village plots so called, with such other house 
lots as had been granted or sold for that purpose by the town, for a price, usually 25 
guilders; no other house lot was counted as an erf, or invested with the erf right. 
So the morgen right only attached to the lots on Jochem Pieters' Flat, Van Keulen's 
Hook, Montanye's Flat, the New I^ots, Bogert's or Benson's Point, Gloudie's or 
Bussing's Point, and the Dyckman and Nagel lots, near Kingsbridge. This right 
never attached to the lands allotted under the Dongan patent. (See last note on p. 
602. This principle carried out with refererence to any claim which the present Har- 
lem proprietors may have upon such new lands as have been made by filling in the 
creeks and marshes, and never allotted to anyone, must necessarily limit such claims 
to those holding the original morgen lands and erven! 

t Donderdag den 2 Novemb: Anno 1690, N: Haarlem. Present, de Overciers 
Louwrens Jansen, Pieter Oblinis en Jacques Tourneur. 

Oock is hede ten dage voornoemt, van alle de inwoonders, off eygenaars, deses 
dorps, een opdragt gedaan van de Kerck, aan de eerwaarde Kerck-Raaden, onder 
conditie dat de eygenaars die de Kerck hebben helpen maaken sullen behouden haare 
vaste plaats. 

Attesteert, datum ut supra, 

Adr. Vermeule, Klerck. 



8i8 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

pay their proportion of town charges, and agreeing to a pro rata distribution 
of the common lands. The meeting also voted a deed to Bastiaen Koi't- 
right for two pieces of meadow (see p. 265), "as soon as the purchase 
inoney shall be paid." The overseers and authorized men met on March 
7, 1700, and gave the deeds referred to pp. 394, 561 ; also one to Adolph 
Meyer for "three feet of ground lying north of his house," and granted 
him in 1694. On May 2, deeds for all the newly drawn lands were ordered. 
These being prepared, were signed by the overseers and authorized men 
March 21, 1701. But to a brief notice of these lots : 

Nos. I to 4, lying on the flats, and described as "behind the old lots of 
Jochem Pieters, by the high hill," were identical with the Lawrence, Mole- 
naor, and Myer tracts, filling the space above the Samson A. Benson 
farm, to the junction of the roads. They were those which came under 
the rule making one niorgen here equal to two in the other places. See 
references to these lots pp. 417, 418, 599, 604, 607, 608. Day's Tavern (pp. 
418, 500) was on No. 4, on the line of 126th Street, 200 feet west of Eighth 
Avenue. 

Nos. 5 to 18 lay upon the heights above Manhattanville ; the southeast 
corner of No. 5 touching 133d Street, say 100 feet west of Ninth Avenue; 
its southwest corner the North River at 136th Street. No. 18 reached up 
nearly to i62d Street, at the Kingsbridge Road. The lots ran from the 
river within parallel lines, southeast, "according to the course of a pocket 
compass," and were 200 Dutch rods in length. Their breadth was as fol- 
lows, Dutch measure : No. 5, 18 rods ; No. 6, 42 rods ; No. 7, 30 rods, 9 
feet; No. 8, 36^^ rods; No. 9, 100 rods; No. 10, 61^ rods; No. 11, 25 
rods; No. 12, 36 rods; No. 13, 15 rods; No. 14, 60 rods; No. 15, 33 rods; 
No. 16, IS rods; No. 17, 15 rods; No. 18, 28^ rods.. 

No. 5, since owned by Schiefifelin, may be traced by reference to pp. 
500, 567, 642. For Nos. 6 and 7, owned latterly by the Myer family, 
see pp. 477, 601, 605. No. 8, its lines crossing Bloomingdale Road at 
139th and 141st Streets, passed from Arent Bussing to his son Peter, and 
to his son Aaron, whose heirs sold it to John Myer, November 6, 1790, 
and May 19, 1791. See pp. 482, 605. No. 9, extending (where intersected 
by the Bloomingdale Road) from 141st Street to 145th, is particularly 
referred to in Appendix I. In a resurvey it was called No. 6 (the Peter 
van Oblinus 100 acre tract taken as No. i), was 20 chains 85 links broad, 
and ran from lot No. 16, First Division (which lay between it and the 
highway), north 38° west to Hudson River, being in length on the south 
side 36 chains 43 links, and on the north side 27 chains 26 links. It was 
divided by Delavall's successors, first crosswise, afterward lengthwise, the 
upper half subsequently owned by Gen. John Maunsell, and later by Dr. 
Samuel Bradhurst; the lower half sold by Samuel Kelly to Jacob Schieffe- 
lin, January 15th, 1799. "Hamilton Grange," the former seat of Gen. 
Alexander Hamilton, occupied part of this lot. 

No. 10, first in the range reaching to the highway, its northerly line 
touching it at 148th Street,* was latterly owned by Dr. Bradhurst; the 
lower corner was included in Hamilton Grange. See pp. 563, 565, 581. 

Nos. II to 13 were bought up by John Dyckman and the Nagel heirs. 
Dyckman had drawn No. 14, on his rights and those of John Nagel jointly, 
the latter i erf, 15 morgen, and Dyckman's, i erf, 3 morgen; the morgen 
rights being upon their lots on Jochem Pieters' and Montanye's Flat. Each 
had a deed for his share of No. 14, Dyckman for 62-3 morgen, and Nagel 
for 13 1-3 morgen. Dyckman's patentee deed, of June i, 1713, covers his 
undivided half, or 45 acres, of Nos. 11 to 14. See further pp. 547, 549. 
Trinity Church Cemetery is on these lots ; also "Minniesland," the seat of 
the late John J. Audubon. As this tract, when sold to John Watkins, in 
1767 (it reaching nearly to is6th Street on Kingsbridge Road, and to iS9th 

* That is the old Kingsbridge Road. _ The first move for extending the Blooming- 
dale Road through lots 5 to 10 was made in 1791. 



APPENDIX. 819 

Street, North River), contained about 112 acres, we infer that it took 
in the Low lot, No. 15, 22 acres. The lots in this range were resurvcyed 
by Peter Berrien, and some surplus pieces were found and disposed of, 
forming the "Last Division." This survey is not well understood, yet 
it would appear that space was found between Lawrence Jansen and John 
Kiersen for two new lots (Nos. 16, 17), the last of these, containing 16 
acres, being allotted to John Dyckman (see p. 546), but subsequently added 
to Kiersen's tract. No. -16, extending upward to a line from Kingsbridge 
Road, 86 feet below isSth Street, to the North River at i6ist Street, was 
sold by John Low, as 31 acres, to John Watkins, enlarging Watkins' tract 
to 142^ acres. This tract, embracing lots 11 to 16, being sold with other 
parcels, under a foreclosure by Gen. John iSLaunsell, to Charles Watkins, 
was reconveyed to INIaunsell, March 28, 1793. Two years later General 
Maunsell's widow succeeded under his will, and devised her lands here, 
May 20, 1815, to her nephew, Dr. Samuel Watkins (son of said John), and 
her nieces, Lydia, wife of James Beekman, and Elizabeth, widow of 
Robert H. Dunkin. These divided the 1421/2 acres into equal parts, under 
Nos. I, 2, 3, and passed deeds October 17, 1816; ]\Irs. Beekman taking 
No. I (the lower lot), INIrs. Dunkin No. 2, and Dr. Watkins No. 3. Dr. 
Watkins subsequently removed to Jefferson (since for him called Wat- 
kins), at the head of Seneca Lake. 

The old Nos. 16 to 18, which completed this range of lots, and were 
bounded northerly by a line touching Kingsbridge Road, say 50 feet below 
i62d Street, and the North River, midway of 164th and 165th Streets, 
formed a part of the Kiersen lands, which shortly before the Revolution 
came into possession of Col. Roger jMorris. See pp. 558, 561. This 
tract then contained 57 acres, which included No. 17, Last Division. 
Colonel Morris' estates being confiscated, because of his supporting the 
royal cause, his Harlem lands, called 115 acres, were sold, July 9, 1784, by 
the Commissioners of Forfeiture, to John Berrien and Isaac Ledyard, and 
passed by several mesne conveyances, all of record, to William Kenj'on, 
who sold this tract with others, August 29, 1799, to Leonard Parkinson, 
Esq., of Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire, England.* Colonel Morris 
owned the Kiersen homestead, lying opposite, east of the road (see p. 561), 
and built the fine residence known as the Jumel House.t He enlarged 
this tract, which already included lot No. 6, Second Division, by the pur- 
chase of No. 7, being 16 acres, from John Bogert, and giving Morris 
35 acres i q. 36 rods, or 36^ acres, as subsequently surveyed by Charles 
Loss. This too passed through the same hands to Parkinson, who con- 

* William Kenyon, son of David Ivenyon, of Liverpool, England, ironmonger, and 
of Dorothy Barnes, his wife, was born February 2, 1753- At about twenty-one years 
of age he came to New York, where he was successful in business, and became an 
eminent shipping merchant. In 1779 he was admitted a member of the Chamber of 
Commerce. He was one of the governors of the New York Hospital from 1795 to 
1797. For some years he jnade his residence upon Hoorn's Hook, having purchased 
from Joseph Blackwell, May 4, 1799. 12 acres of land, since in the Prime tract; the 
house "he is said to have built. He died at Gloucester, Va., November 29, 1826. Mr. 
Kenyon's parents were Quakers, and he adorned the same profession by an exemplary 
life. He was married in New York April 8, 1778, to Abigail, daughter of Samuel 
Bowne. Their children, save two who died in infancy, were Samuel, born March 6, 
1780, died unmarried September 6, 1803; William Barnes, born August 7, 1784, 
married in 18 15 (see p. 298), died at Harlem May 26, 1866, being father of Mr. 
Samuel B. Kenyon, etc., and James, born August 20, 1791, who married in 1813 (see 
same p.), and died at Harlem December 10, 1852, being the father of Mr. John S. 
Kenyon, etc. 

t Col. Morris's iis acres included, with his said homestead, and the 57 acre tract, 
the lots, Nos. 3, 2d Division, 8, 3d Division, and 7, 4th Division, besides salt meadows 
(see p 298) not counted in the 115 acres. The Dyckmans seem to have gotten the lot 
in 3d Division in exchange for 8 acres of No. 17, 2d Division, before September 25. 1793, 
when William Kenyon bought the Morris lands from Anthony J. Bleeker. Col. Morns 
died in England in 1794; and it appearing that the Confiscation Act did not affect 
the rio-hts of his children, it was not till 1S28, after satisfaction had been made by 
the State, etc., that the persons who held the confiscated lands were quieted in their 
possession. (See Sabine's Loyalists, ii., 104.) 



820 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

veyed the said homestead-tract to Stephen Jumel, April 28, 1810. Of 
Parkinson more anon. Melbourne, the rural seat of the late Shepherd 
Knapp, is on the 57 acre tract. 

The remaining numbers of the allotment of 1691 are sufficiently noticed 
as follows: No. 19, on p. 625; No. 20, ort p. 267; No. 21, in note p. 602; 
No. 22, on p. 563 ; No. 23, on p. 591 ; No. 24, on p. 546 ; No. 25, on p. 447 ; 
and No. 26, on p. 808. We notice that these lots are described in the 
deeds, as set off or designated (aangezvesen) ; but all the others, as sur- 
veyed (gemeetcn). This choice of terms was not without reason. These 
six lots lying adjacent to the farms or other lands of the grantees, and 
allotted, as we must conclude, under special arrangement between the 
latter and the town authorities, were taken as the tracts lay, consisting 
largely of heights, abrupt slopes or rocky land, not answering the descrip- 
tion of "good and tillable," and allowing a margin in the measurement. 
Nos. 21, 22, 23 took in order (north to south) the small grants which con- 
formed nearly to what was due on their rights, and Nos. 24, 25, 26, the 
principal grants ; this explains the seeming want of order in the num- 
bering. The reasons for the extraordinary grant to Djxkman and Nagel, 
at Spuyten Duyvel, have been given p. 546.* What interest gathers about 
this tract, whose title, in fact, reaches backward over two centuries to 
the closing days of Governor Kieft's directorship ; and whose history, in 
the times agone, recalls the most stirring incidents, whether of early 
Indian barbarity, or of civil contests for its ownership, or yet of British 
and Hessian sway, when the patriotic Dyckmans being fled, their homes 
in ashes, and their fields a military camp, with breastworks and cannon 
frowning from every neighboring hill, this charming section of Man- 
hattan was given over, for seven years, to the rude alarms of war! 
Pleasanter the anticipations of 1883, when on this very spot, now known 
as Inwood, visitors from every state and nation shall gather in friendly 
concourse at the World's Fair. 

II. THE FOUR DIVISIONS. 

Under an act passed by the Governor, Council, and General Assembly, 
October 30, 1708, entitled "An Act for the easier Partition of Lands in 
Joint Tenancy, or in Common," steps were taken by the Harlem freehold- 
ers for a more complete division of their common lands. 

This act allowed a majority of the resident owners to make a division, 
after giving public notice for three months previous, and required such 
division to be made by drawing lots in the presence of at least three dis- 
interested persons to be named by the dividers, and paid five shillings per 
day "for their trouble had in the making of said division." The surveys 
were to be made by a sworn surveyor, or any three neighbors, men of in- 
telligence and integrity, to be chosen by the dividers ; the lots after being 
laid out "as equally as possible in regard both to quantity and quality," 
must be numbered and then publicly drawn for; and in order to prevent 
dispute as to the costs of making the division, it provided that before any 
division was made, such part of the land as they should judge reasonable 
for defraying said costs should be laid out and sold by the majority of 
the dividers, whose conveyance thereof should be good and effectual in the 
law. 

Pursuant to a Justice's warrant, issued May 9, 171 1, and directed to 

* Dyckman and Nagel, having, in 1677, gotten 74 acres at Spuyten Duyvel, or as 
subsequently estimated, 76 acres (see pp. 304, 306, 546), their rights upon these were 
arranged as follows: The 76 acres making 38 morgan, from this count 18 morgen 
were taken and the two house lots substituted, these being classed as erven and taking 
erf rights. This gave them 2 erven, 20 morgen (or i erf 10 morgen each), upon 
which they were entitled to draw land. The additional 6 morgen rights on which 
they drew here were partly on the Nagel lots on Jochem Pieters' Flat, and partly 
on Dyckman's lot on Montanye's Flat, 3 morgen rights at each place. Thus they 
drew together upon equal rights at Spuyten Duyvel, viz.: each on a i erf 13 morgen 
right. 



APPENDIX. 821 

Gerrit Dyckman, constable of Harlem, authorizing a meeting for that 
purpose, the inhabitants and freeholders assembled on the 19th, and agreed 
that a division of the common land should be made forthwith ; appointed 
Samuel Waldron, Zacharias Sickles, and Johannes Meyer to engage one 
or more surveyors to make a fair and equal division, and promised to 
defray the costs of the survey and all other charges attending such divi- 
sion, according to each one's proportion. A writing to this effect, dated 
at the town house, Harlem, May 19, 171 1, was subscribed by Zacharias 
Sickels, Abram de Lamontanie, Samson Benson, Jan Kiersen, Metje Jan- 
■ sen, Johannes Meyer, Charles Congreve. Marcus Tiebaut, Laurens Cor- 
neiissen, Maria Meyer, Richard Willett, Pieter Oblienis, Samuel Waldron, 
Barent Waldron, Johannes Waldron, Abram Meyer, Jan Dyckman, Arent 
Bussing, Isaac Delamater, Gerrit Dyckman, Laurens Jansen, Jan Nagel, 
Derick Benson, Abraham Gouverneur, and Woodhull Tourneur. 

The business was promptly undertaken, and so far as possible in the 
mode prescribed by the act of 1708. Peter Berrien, of Newtown, an ex- 
perienced surveyor, was employed; and three disinterested persons, to wit, 
John Lawrence, Cornelis Luyster, and Edward Blagge, were chosen by the 
freeholders and inhabitants, "to see that a just and equal division be made 
of their undivided lands." No record remains of any sales of land, as 
provided for by the act, for meeting the necessary expenses ; but it may be 
presumed that such sales took place, since a disregard of this provision 
might have caused dissatisfaction and impaired the legality of the entire 
proceedings, and because the records show that several tracts of the common 
land, not in the regular allotments, passed into private hands at about this 
date. These tracts consisted of 100 acres adjoining the North River and 
lot No. 5 of 1691 (now Manhattanville), which passed to Peter van Oblie- 
nis (see p. 623) ; 30 acres next to lot No. i, of 1691, which passed to Law- 
rence Kortright, and since forming a part of the Samson A. Benson farm 
(see p. 434), and other parcels adjoining to the farms of Capt. Johannes 
Benson, Samuel Waldron, and John Kiersen, and which these persons 
secured. In making this division Peter van Oblienis figures prominently; 
no one did more to further the business, according to the wishes of the 
freeholders. Legal advisers held that whereas the Nicholls patentees had 
at no time during their joint tenancy made any lawful partition among 
themselves to alter said joint tenancy, the premises, on the decease of the 
other four patentees, became vested in the survivor, Joost van Oblinus, 
and at his death, in 1706, in Peter, as his eldest son and heir. But never- 
theless, it was a trust; not to inure to his peculiar benefit, but, on the 
contrary, held and to be used for the benefit of the whole body of free- 
holders who had rights in the land. The Nicolls patent constituted the 
freeholders and inhabitants a corporation, so far as was requisite to the 
ownership and enjoyment of their common lands, with the inevitable right 
of alienation. The patentees named therein received a trust, to be ad- 
ministered for and on behalf of all the freeholders in common. But these 
patentees, in such capacity, made no grants and gave no deeds. Interpreted 
by the usage which from the first obtained under the patent, we find the 
principle constantly recognized and acted upon, that the power to grant 
lands and give deeds resided in the body of freeholders, except when dele- 
gated by them to others. Hence such business was invariably done either 
in town meeting, or by the magistrates, or other persons chosen for that 
purpose. The act of 1708, therefore, conferred no new power upon the 
freeholders in this regard, only so far as to enable a majority who should 
be residents to act. And Peter van Oblienis, from the first_ favoring a pro 
rata division of the common lands, is found, even after his father's decease, 
still acting under his former appointment, as one of the "trustees for the 
said town," in signing deeds. He subscribed, with the other freeholders, 
all preliminary agreements necessary for making the division of 1712, and 
admitted as grantors with himself the heirs of the four other patentees. 



822 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

who also shared with him in the 60 acres of land voted by the freeholders, 
March 20, 1712, to be laid out before the division should be made, to the 
only use and behoof of the heirs or assigns of the five original patentees, 
or to such person or persons as should be adjudged by counsel proper to 
sign releases to the rest of the freeholders. Oblienis' 100 acres being in 
his possession when Berrien laid out the other lots, leads us to regard it 
as a purchase ; but that he arbitrarily appropriated it, on pretense of an 
exclusive fee in himself, is not to be supposed. Until the deed to Oblie- 
nis be found (for doubtless he had one from the freeholders, as author- ■ 
ized by the act and former usage), we shall hardly know more about the 
origin of this title. This tract, in the deed from Oblienis to Peter Wal- 
dron, referred to p. 624, is described as "Beginning at a stake near a rock, 
at the land of Margreta Cortright, thence north -^^^ west, along the said 
land 171 rods to Hudson's River, thence along the said River 73 rods to a 
stake in the Meadow of Martje Davids aforesaid, thence along the said 
Meadow to a stake at the head of the Swamp above the said Meadow, thence 
to a highway or road, and so along the said highway to a certain chestnut tree 
marked and standing on the northwest side of the road, near the house 
of Johannes Meyer, and from thence along the land of said Meyer to the 
place where it at first began; containing by estimation one hundred acres 
of land." The convent and chapel of the Sacred Heart now occupy the 
northeast corner of this tract. [1881.] 

Peter van Oblienis, on his private rights (i erf and 24 morgen), was 
entitled to draw of the common land 81 acres i q. 4 rods, including the 
12 acres allowed him as a full patentee for signing deeds. This he sold 
to his brother Hendrick, who owned no erf or morgen rights. The latter 
was living on the farm given him by his father "upon the southern end 
of the Long Hill" (see p. 625), his house standing at the intersection of 
Twelfth Avenue and 176th Street, on the tract since Arden's. His 81 
acres were laid out in one parcel, next above his farm, taking in Fort 
Washington heights. This with 6 acres named in the following vote of 
the town gave Hendrick 130 acres as rated, and which he held unchanged 
till his death in 1745. 

"At a town meeting, 27th March, 1712; Memorand; That it was then 
agreed by all the freeholders and inhabitants then met, that Hendrick Ob- 
lienis shall have laid out to his own use Six Rod, (in consideration of his 
share of the undivided land now surveyed), from the southerly corner of 
his fence southerly, thence in a parallel line along the line of his lands, 
north 6^° west to Hudson's River. The said Hendrick to leave a sufficient 
open road, with a swinging gate, up to the Long Hill ; that is to say, from 
a certain brook where a bridge lies, where the old highway went. 

Signed as evidence Cornelis Luyster, 
John Lawrence." 

The spring of 1712 found the work of the surveys essentially completed. 
The vacant lands to be disposed of were laid out in four general groups 
called the Four Divisions, in each of which every freeholder so entitled, 
drew a lot. 

First Division embraced nearly all that remained of common land on 
and adjacent to Harlem plains. It numbered 21 lots, which of necessity 
lay considerably scattering, as we shall show. The 60 acres given as a 
consideration for signing deeds were included in this division, except 6 
acres.* 

* The 60 acres were awarded as follows: 12 to Peter Van Oblienis; 12 to Maria 
Meyer; 12 to the estate of Capt. Delavall; 6 to Jacques Tourneur; 6 to Woodhull 
Tourneur; 6 to Johannes Waldron, and 6 to Samuel Waldron. The distribution was 
thus confined to the sons or heirs of the iive original patentees, and in no case ex- 
tended beyond two representatives of any one patentee. At the same time any of the 
heirs or assigns of these patentees were "adjudged by counsel proper to sign releases 
to the rest of the freeholders." Hendrick \'an Oblienis signed patentee deeds, as 



APPENDIX. ■ 823 

Second Division began above the lots on Jochem Piofers Hills, laid 
out in 1691, at the line heretofore designated, which ran from Kingsbridgc 
Road, about 50 feet below 1626. Street, on a course north 34° west to 
Hudson River. Lots i to 5 were laid out on this (the west) side of the 
road, and extended up the same to Hendrick van Oblienis' line, which 
began at a point midway between 175th and 176th Streets, and ran thence 
to the Hudson, north 67° west. Easterly of the road lay lots 6 to 20, 
beginning at the lower line, continued to Harlem River, and extending up 
to within a few feet of 190th Street, at the highway, being bounded north- 
erly by a line south 53° east. 

Third Division beginning where the second ended, lay ni two parallel 
tiers, separated by what was called the Cut Line, whose course was then 
north 35° east; and extended up to the farm of Bastiaen Kortright (see 
p. 267), and the Sherman's Creek meadows. It contained 18 lots, of whicli 
Nos. I to 13 lay between the highway and the Cut Line, and the remamdcr 
between the Cut Line and Llarlem River. _ 

Fourth Division, which also contained iS lots, lay opposite the third, 
between the highway and the Hudson, and beginning upon Hendrick van 
Obelienis' northern line, which ran from a point on the highway about 
central between iSsth and i86th Streets, north 67° west to the river, ex- 
tended up to "the little bridge at John Dyckman's land," where the high- 
way crossed Pieter Tuynier's Run; leaving a small gore 'of common land 
between lot 18 and Dyckman's line, which latter ran from the bridge 
north northwest to the "little Sand Bay," on the Hudson. 

There was method in the divisions. These lands were to be kept 
chiefly as woodlands; but Third Division, occupying the slope and com- 
manding the heights then called the Rondevlysberg, or Round IMeadow 
Hill since known as Fort George, was planned for a future dorp, and 
indeed was often referred to as "the village." Lying so near to Fourth 
Division, these were often joined in subsequent sales, as some had been 
in the original drawing. The Second Division bore a similar relation to 
the First, or to the homesteads, to which they were more especially the 
appendages. The whole planning was obviously the result of much study 

and wise forethought. -r^. • • ., , ,- 1 

"The several Highways laid out m the new Divisions were legalized 

by the following action : .r , 1 1 

"At a town meeting held 22d March, 1711-12: It was then agreed by 
the freeholders of the said town— . , , , 

I That a sufficient wagon road be laid out and remain for the use ot 
the owners of the lands laid out between the patent line and the line ot 
Johannes Vermilye's land ; the said wagon road to run across the head ot 
each lot to the Round Meadow. , . , . , , , • r 

o That a sufficient common wagon road be laid out and remain toi 
the use of all the freeholders, over the lot of land laid out to John Dyck- 
man in the First Division, No. 21, from the Queens High Road, to the 
usual landing place on Harlem River. . 

3 That a sufficient common wagon road be and remain from the 
Queen's Road at Hendrick Oblienis' house to the landing place on Harlem 
River over against Crab Island; as laid out in the General Map of the 

late undivided lands. , -> r j 1 • ..^.- 

4 \ road sufficient for wagons from the Round ^leadow lying near 
Spuyten Duyvel, as near the middle line as conveniently niay be, to the 
road laid out from the house of Hendrick Oblienis and the Queen s Road, 
to the landing place against Crab Island. 

did Darent Waldron, Samson Benson and Capt Congreve: Congreve a.ul Benson 
with Dvckman, holding part of the Tourneur lands, and rights, but none of t>c above 
^ared hihe 60 acres? Woodhull Tourneur, by heirship, took a share, though he had 
^nld his lands and then held neither erf nor morgcn right, and was not even a resi- 
dent. He s?g^ned deedsand was entitled to 6 acres as a half patentee, but probably 
sold his claim to Hendrick Van Oblienis. (bee p. S22.) 



824 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

5. Another road for wagons, etc., from the north end of the Long 
Hill, through flie land of Hendrick Oblienis, to the Queen's Road. 

6. Another road from Upbro's Hook, below the hill, to the land of 
John Kiersen, thence to the Queen's Road.* 

7. A road from the Queen's Road along the fence _of Barent Waldron, 
and along the meadow of Isaac Delamater. 

8. A road from the Queen's Road, betwixt the houses of John Meyer 
and John Waldron, to the top of the hill, to the line of Peter Oblienis' 
land, and so along said line northward, and along the heads of the lots, 
to the land laid out to right of Capt. Delavall." 

Messrs. Lawrence, Luyster and Blagge made a return, June 20, 1712, 
of the land due each person upon his erf and morgen rights, and of which 
we annex a copy; the apportionment being made upon the following basis, 
to wit: In First Division, 3 acres iq. 20 rods to each erf or house lot, 
and 2 q. 14 rods to each morgen; In Second Division 6 acres per house 
lot, and I acre 3 rods per morgen; In the Third Division i acre 2 q. 10 
rods per house lot, and iq. 2 rods per morgen; In the Fourth Division, 
2 acres 2q. 30 rods per house lot, and i q. 32 rods per morgen. 

Peter Berrien, on June 25, signed certificates of the lands laid out for 
each person, similar in form to that given p. 810, and of these also, which 
give the quantities actually drawn, we append a summary. From these 
the deeds were prepared and executed; and in which the other lands of 
the grantee were included or not, at his option. These date all the way 
from 1712 to 1715. We would gladly learn the whereabouts of any of these 
patentee deeds ; such as we have seen are engrossed on large sheets of 
vellum, and usually done by Capt. Congreve, then the town clerk. 

The situation of the lots in the First Division will be better understood 
by a brief description; as these lots laj^ in several detached groups, and 
some of the lots consisted of more than one piece. These lots usually 
overran by a few rods the quantity called for, owing to surplusage in the 
tracts divided. Lots i to 5 lay in one tract adjacent to the village. 

No. I, containing 24 acres, ran from the end of the Buyten Tuynen, or 
Out Gardens, westerly, on the north side of the highway, to the Mill 
Creek. It was bought from Waldron by Samson Benson, and included 
in his patentee deed of April 20, 1713. 

No. 2, which Benson had drawn, lay next north, and butted easterly 
on the Kingsbridge Road, opposite the Church Farm.t He set off, prob- 
ably at this end, to his brother Derick, a' plot of 3 acres iq. 39 rods, which 
Derick gave back under a later agreement ; when Samson conveyed the 
two lots entire, in all 41 acres i q. 23 rods, to his brother Johannes Benson, 
February 19, 1724-5. Johannes sold the tract, March 14, 1732-3, to Peter 
Bussing, it passing under his will of February 19, 1733-4, proved July 27, 
1737, to his son Aaron. In 1753, Aaron buying some strips next the roads, 
from the town, increased the contents to 45 acres 3 q. 22 rods, as per 
Goerik's survey of May 5, 1787. On May 6, 1787, Bussing's executor sold 
this tract to Capt. Samson Benson, who near the close of his life had it 
laid off into several parcels, which by his will dated April 28, 1823, he 
distributed among his heirs. St. Paul's Church (Catholic) stands on the 
eastern part of said lot No. i. First Division [1881]. See Deduction of the 
Title of Peter Poillon, etc., by Mr. Adriance. 

* Tubby Hook, a point of land on the North River side, at 206th street, is here 
referred to. It took its name from Peter Ubregt, a Brabanter. (See p. 548.) Ubregt, 
by a dipt pronunciation, became Upbro, and Ubby, or as the Dutch made it, 't Ubby, 
or Tubby Hook. 

t On this corner where the roads met Capt. Benson built a large tavern early in 
the present century — the site since within the "Harlem Park"- — and which was con- 
ducted for some years by Capt. Marriner, who had previously kept the Ferry House 
(see p. 172), and who gained a great celebrity for the excellent table he set for his 
guests, as for his whale boat exploits during the Revolution, which he was never 
tired of relating. He was an intelligent, well educated man. (See notice of him in 
Thompson's Long Island.) 



APPENDIX. 825 

No. 3 {23 acres 32 rods) lay above No. 2, extending from Kings- 
bridge Road westward to the meadows ; its southern Hne running north 
86H° west, its northern, north 64° west. It was sold directly by Nagel to 
Abraham Myer, who in 1720 added 2 acres lying "in the hills," (Mount 
Morris), for which, in 1747, he paid the town 16 shillings, and took a deed. 
The lot passed to Abraham Myer, Jr., thence to his kinsman Johannes De 
Witt, Jr., who sold it to Peter Benson, April 9, 17S9. See said Poillon Title, 
p. 30. 

No. 4 (3 acres i q. 29 rods) lay next to No. 3, and was 5 rods broad; 
its lines parallel, and north 64° west. It ran "almost to the meadow at 
the Mill Creek." Zacharias Sickels took it in exchange for other land, as 
per his patentee deed mentioned p. 298, but sold it in 1722 to Abraham 
Meyer, whence we believe it passed to Adolph Benson, owning No. 5, 
which lay next northerly. 

No. 5 (25 acres i rod) included "the hills," or Mount Morris. Pass- 
ing through several hands to Adolph Benson (see p. 434), it became a 
part of the Samson A. Benson farm. This exhausted the common land 
in this tract, except some 30 acres still reserved by the town, but subse- 
quently sold to Adolph Benson, in 1747, for £50. 

No. 6 (16 acres i q. 8 rods) embraced a strip of common land stretch- 
ing along the Harlem patent line and the highway, from the northern end 
of the Hoorn's Hook or Waldron farm (94th Street), up to lot No. 7 (the 
late McGown place, I02d Street), being bounded easterly by a crooked 
fence of Capt. John Benson. Samson Benson bought it May 4, 1721 (see 
p. 430), as an addition to his farm, but it is now mostly within Central 
Park. 

No. 7 included the McGown plot referred to, laid out for 9 acres 3 q. 
32 rods, and also 2 acres 2 q. 12 rods lying opposite to it, west of the high- 
way, and along the north side of the grant made Abraham Delamontame, 
in 1691 ; both pieces being now in Central Park. We have noticed this lot 
fully on pp. 439, 545, S5i, 592. The venerable McGown house made a 
part of the late Stetson's, or rather Ryan and Radford's Hotel, destroyed 
by fire Jan. 2, 1881. 

No. 8, alloted the heirs of Capt. Thomas Delavall, consisted of three 
parcels, two of these now in Central Park, the first containing 16 acres 
3 q. 28 rods, being bounded south by the small part of No. 7, east by the 
highway, west by the creek or run called the fonteyn, and north by the 
Metje Cornelis, or Nutter farm, to which it was afterward added. The 
second piece (i acre 3 q. 24 rods) lay opposite, across the highway; 
bounded south and east bv the creeks, and north by Metje Cornells farm. 
Later the road to Harlem village was run over this piece ; it is now mostly 
within Harlem Lake. The third and chief part of No. 8 (35 acres 25 rods) 
lay near the upper end of Harlem Lane, awd was of very irregular shape ; 
joining northwesterly to No. 9, of this division, northeasterly to Peter van 
■ Oblienis' lOO-acre tract before noticed, southeasterly in part by the high- 
way, and westerly upon Jacob De Key's land, or the Harlem patent line, 
along which it ran southerly, between said line and the Montanye Hat 
lots, to a point at the old Tourneur farm. The late Capt. John Kortright 
farm took in part of this parcel, other parts (one owned by Peter van 
Oblienis) were bought up by Adolph Myer, and included in the Molenaor 
84-acre tract. See pp. 604, 607, and Appendix I. 

Nos 9 10 II 12, 13, 14, all taking a course north 79° east and butting 
upon the land' of Jacob De Key and the Oblienis 100 acre tract, formed a 
tier or wedge-like plot which reached to Moertje Davids Fly. These lots 
also were subsequently included in the Molonaor 84 acre tract. 

No 1=5 (35 acres 32 rods) laid out to INIaria and Johannes Myer, ex- 
tended 'along the west side of Kingsbridge Road from 130th to 140th 
Streets, being bounded westerly (nearly on the line of Ninth Avenue) by 



826 HISTORY OF HARLEM. 

the Oblienis loo-acre tract, and lot 5 to 8, of 1691. It fell to Johannes 
Myer and his son Jacob. See p. 601. 

No. 16 being in two pieces, the principal one, containing 9 acres 3 q. 
14 rods, stretched north from No. 15, between the end of lot 9 of 1691, and 
the highway to 145th Street, or the line of lot 10 of 1691. Johannes Myer 
bought this part in 1722. See pp. 601, 605. A supplementary piece (2 q. 
22 rods) lay opposite, east of the road, at the south point of the triangular 
tract, since owned by Samuel Bradhurst, and probably not reaching above 
145th Street. 

No. 17 (3 acres i q. 20 rods) lay next north, and was sold by Dela- 
montanie to Barent Waldron, by the latter, August 6, 1740, to John R. 
Myer, and called "four acres more or less," and by John to Abraham Myer, 
July 21, 1743. It came to be included in the Bradhurst tract. 

No. 18 lying next north, extended up between the highway and Buss- 
ing's Point inlet to 150th Street. It passed through the Low family (see 
p. 582) to John Maunsell, from him to Bradhurst. 

No. 19 was sold by Congreve, December 26, 1713, to Johannes Waldron, 
and by him to his son Samuel, November 17, 1748. It passed to John 
Dykman, thence to John Watkins (see p. 550), thence to John Maunsell, 
and from his widow to Mrs. Beekman."^ 

No. 20 was sold by John Delamater to Johannes Waldron, in 1729, 
passed to John Dykman, thence to Lawrence Low, thence to his son John, 
thence to John Watkins (see pp. 550, 582), thence to John Maunsell. See 
No. 21. 

No. 21, (12 acres 3_q. 7 rods) making the last lot in First Division, 
extended up, on Kingsbridge Road, to 159th Street, to the Kiersen or Jumel 
Homestead line. It passed to Gerrit Dyckman, to his son John, to Law- 
rence Low, to his son John, to John Watkins (see pp. 548, 550), to 
John Maunsell, to his widow, and with No. 20, to Dr. Samuel Watkins. 

We do not see an equal necessity for tracing the lots in the other three 
divisions, many references to which will be found in the foregoing pages. 
This may be done, usually, without much difficulty; care being taken to 
avoid the confusion which may arise in some cases from the re-plotting 
and re-numbering. This applies particularly to the lands purchased by 
Leonard Parkinson, who came to own (with the Roger Morris, or Jumel 
Homestead, and the 57-acre tract opposite), the lots i to 5, Second Divi- 
sion, on the west of the highway, and on the east side, lots 8 to 11, in- 
clusive, less the Wear portion of No. 8. He caused all these lands to be 
mapped by Charles Loss, and divided up into 15 parcels, by new numbers, 
and which ignored all the original dividing lines. The Jumel Homestead 
alone remained unchanged, and this was called No. 8. From the 57-acre 
tract opposite, 48 acres 20 rods were set off as No. i. This he sold March 
9, 1810, to Fbenezer Burrill. Afcove it,. S7 acres 2 q. were laid off as No. 2, 
and sold, the same day, to R. C. Smith; later Dickey's. "Fanwood," the 

* Charles Congreve, Gent., arrived at New York, May 3, 1702, in the suite of 
Governor Cornburv ; the next year, as lieutenant, commanded a force sent to Albany, 
to guard the frontiers; in 1704, by Cornbury's orders, reported to the Lwds of Trade, 
upon the military resources of the province, and to the Venerable Society, upon the 
state of religion, and, in 1706, being in England helped Oldmixon to facts for his 
British Empire in America. Capt. Congreve's zeal as a Churchman, with other cir- 
cumstances, induces the belief that his clerkship at Harlem was not merely secular, 
but was designed for introducing the English liturgy. (See p. 408.) Here he ac- 
quired property, as noticed pp. 637, 698. His land in the 4 Divisions were drawn oil 
a 6 morgen i erf right, upon his lot on Jochem Pieters' Flat, an4 its adjoining house 
lot; except 16 acres "of first and second draft," gotten of Samuel Waldron. His lot 
in 2d Division he sold, with his farm on Van Keulen's Hook, to John Van Horn, of 
New York, merchant; those in ist, 3d and 4th Divisions to Joh. Waldron. Congreve 
was a frequent petitioner to the government for land, between 1702 and 1723, and re- 
ceived several grants. In 1736 he commanded at Oswego; in 1740, with his son-in- 
law, John Lindesay, went to Cherry Valley, but left on the breaking out of the 
French War, in 1744; Mr. Lindesay, in whose favor Congreve had resigned his lieu- 
tenancy in the Independent Fusileers, going to take command at Oswego. And here 
we lose sight of Capt. Congreve. (See N. Y. Col. Hist, vi., 707, note.) 



APPENDIX. 



827 



residence of the late Colonel Monroe, is on this lot No. 2, as also the 
Deaf and Dumb Institution, the latter building being intersected by the hne 
which before parted the Second Division from the Division of 1691. Next 
came Nos. 3, 4, together 67 acres 2 q., sold the same date to John R. 
Murray. And next above this lay lot 5 (39 acres i q.), reaching to Arden's 
line, and sold the same day to Stephen Jumel, together with his lots 7, 

9, 10, II, 12, 13, 14, 15, which embraced the old lots 8 to 11, with the ex- 
ception of Wear's part of No. 8; and also excepting parts of the old lots 

10, II, next the Kingsbridge Road, and a gore from No. 9, which made up 
his lot No. 6. This he sold on the same date to Gerardus Post, who con- 
veyed it to Jumel, Mav 3, 1814. On April 28, iSio, Parkinson also sold 
Jumel the Colonel ]\Iorris Homestead. Thus Jumel came to own 39 acres 
west of Kingsbridge Road, (being the old lot 5, and most of 4), and 131 
acres east of said road, the last stretching from 159th Street to midway of 
174th and 175th Streets, excepting where separated by the 6 acres owned 
by Wear.* 

As little common lands remamed withm the patent hues alter the 
division of 1712, except the tracts already named in connection with the 
farms to which they were finally attached, we will not extend these notes. 
It only remains to give the lists of the lands in the Four Divisions, as 
awarded upoii the erf, or house lot, and morgen rights ; and an alphabetical 
"Summary," which shows the actual contents of the lots as laid out; the 
latter varying from the former in some cases, for reasons which are also 
noted. 

First Division, lyi^. 



I 
2 
3 

4 
5 
6 

7 
8 

9 
10 
II 
12 
13 
14 
IS 
16 

17 
18 

19 
20 
21 



By Whom Drawn. 



John Waldron , 

Sampson Benson 

John Nagel 

John Kiersen 

Metje Cornelis 

Barent Waldron 

Samuel Waldron 

Thomas Delavall 

John van Oblenis 

Isaac Delamater 

Arent H. Bussing 

John Benson 

Jacques Tourneur 

Marcus Tiebaut 

Maria Meyer 

Zacharias Sickels ....... 

Abraham Delamontanie 
Lawrence Jansen Low . 
Charles Congreve . . . . . 

Aeltie Vermilye 

John Dykeman 



W 9 



2« 



Land Dub. 



Q. 



22 

18 

28 



3t 
22 

i6y2 
60 

o 
6 

21 
16 

9 

3 
28 
12 


ir 

6 

16 



16 


I 


8 


17 


I 


12 


23 





32 


3 


I 


20 


24 
16 


3 

I 


34 
8 


19 


3 


II 


42 








3 
6 


I 
3 


20 

24 


15 


2 


34 


12 
8 


3 
2 


4 
26 


3 


I 


32 


23 
10 




I 


32 
28 


3 


I 


20 


9 
6 


3 
3 


14 
24 


4 


I 


I 


12 


3 


4 



* George Wear, the sturdy blacksmith, we may. thank him for holding on to his 
little 6 acre lot (the lower part of No. 8, 2d Division), which he bought November 
7 iSo-, from Ithamar Heily; although called 6% acres, and all its boundaries re- 
lersed,^'wltnenson from whose lot it was taken, called Bussing .?«""f."s transfer 
being clear to Heily through William Molenaor and others, back to Capt. Johannes lien 
son? who drew it ini7i2, if becomes an invaluable landmark m fixing the starting line of 



828 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 
Second Division, iyi2. 



By Whom Drawn. 



OS K 



2 K 



Land Due. 



A. Q. R, 



I 

2 
3 
4 
5 
6 

7 
8 

9 

10 

II 

12 

13 
14 
15 
i6 

17 
i8 

19 

20 



Metje Cornelis 

Samuel Waldron . , . . 

John Kiersen 

Lawrence Jansen Low 
Barent Waldron .... 

Aeltie Vermilye 

Charles Congreve . . . 

John Benson 

John Nagel 

Maria Meyer 

John van Oblenis . . . 
Zacharias Sickles .... 

John Waldron 

Jacques Tourneur . . . 

Marcus Tiebaut 

Thomas Delavall .... 

John Dykeman 

Samson Benson 

Isaac Delamater . . . . 
Arent H. Bussing . . . 



2 

4 
X 

I 
I 
I 
I 
I 

2 
2 
I 
I 
I 
I 

2 
I 
2 
I 
I 



31 

o 
II 

22 
1/2 

6 
16 
28 
28 

o 
12 
22 

9 

3 
60 
16 
18 

6 
21 



43 
40 
6 
17 
28 

7 
12 
22 
40 
40 

6 
18 
28 

15 
6 

7Z 
22 
30 
12 

27 



13 
9 
o 

26 

4 
18 
8 
4 
4 
o 

Z(> 
26 
27 

9 
20 

8 

14 
18 

23 



Third Division, 1712. 



By Whom Drawn. 



PS X 






Land Due. 



I 
2 

3 

4 
5 
6 

7 
8 

9 

ID 
II 
12 
13 

14 
15 
16 
17 
18 



John Waldron 

Jacques Tourneur . . . . 

Aeltie Vermilye 

Samson Benson 

Lawrence Jansen Low 
Samuel Waldron .... 
Barent Waldron .... 

John Kiersen 

Marcus Tiebaut 

John Dykeman 

Charles Congreve . . . 

John Nagel 

Arent Bussing 

Isaac Delamater .... 
Thomas Delavall .... 

Maria Meyer 

Metje Cornelis 

John Benson 



22 
9 

18 

II 

16^ 

22 

12 

3 
16 

6 

28 
21 

6 
60 
28 

31 
16 



7 
3 
I 

7 

4 

10 

7 
6 

3 

5 

3 

10 

7 

3 

18 

ID 
II 

5 



14 
28 

22> 
16 
32 
13 
14 

4 
21 

2 
22 
36 
12 
22 
20 
36 

2 

2 



the 2d Division. Its lower line began at Kingsbridge Road, in the centre of i6sth 
street, and nearly touched 164th street at the bluff on Harlem River. But improve- 
ments going on must soon obliterate these old lines, save upon the maps. 



APPENDIX. 
Fourth Division, iyi2. 



829 



By Whom Drawn. 



w i2 



§ in Land Due. 






,!5 A. 



I 
2 

3 
4 
5 
6 

7 
8 

9 
10 
II 
12 
13 
14 
IS 
16 

17 
18 



Samson Benson 

Lourens Cornelisse . 

Barent Waldron 

John Dykeman 

Jacques Tourneur . . . 

John Waldron 

John Kiersen 

Arent Bussing 

Thomas Delavall .... 

John Nagel 

Lawrence Jansen Low 
Samuel Waldron .... 

Marcus Tiebaut 

Maria Meyer 

'Aeltie Vermilye 

Charles Congreve . . . 

Isaac Delamater 

John Benson 



2 
2 
I 
I 
I 
I 
2 
I 
2 
2 
I 
4 

1/2 
2 
I 
I 
I 
I 



I» 

31 
22 
16 

9 
22 
12 
21 
60 
28 
II 
161/2 

3 
28 

1/2 

6 

6 
16 



13 
19 
12 

9 

6 

12 

ID 

12 
32 
17 

7 
18 

5 

17 
3 
5 
5 
9 



12 

14 
22 
38 
14 
4 



o 22 



20 
36 
22 
28 
21 
36 
18 
22 
22 
22 



We whose names are here underwritten, elected, nominated and ap- 
pointed by the freeholders and inhabitants of New Harlem, to see that a 
just and equal division be made of their undivided Lands, Do by these 
presents Certify that there is a just and equal division made according to 
the proportions of right of every house lot and every morgen right, as it 
is here above expressed*; as witness our hands this twentieth day of June, 
Anno Dom. 1712. 

John Lawrence,, 
corneeis luyster, 
E. Blagge. 

The causes of the material variations, which appear in certain lots, 
between the quantity of land due on the rights, and the quantity actually 
drawn, were these, viz. : 

First Division. No. i, as laid out, contained 6 acres awarded Johannes 
Waldron, "as a half patentee right for signing releases," and I acre 2 q. 
32 rods allowed him by his brother Samuel. No. 2 : Derick Benson buying 
a house and lot of his brother Samson, drew with him on an erf right in 
the several Divisions. See pp. 430, 431. No. 7: Samuel Waldron took 6 
acres as a half patentee, but allowing his brother Johannes, i acre 2 q. 32 
rods, and Captain Congreve 12 acres, in this Division, was entitled to only 
12 acres 19 rods here. He got i q. 25 rods in excess of this, for which y'j 
an acre was taken from his Third Division. No. 8 was increased 12 acres, 
as a patentee's share. The lot ran short 3 rods of the quantity due; but 
it was fully made up in Second Division. No. 13 took 6 acres as a half 
patentee share. No. 15 took 12 acres as a full patentee share. No. 19: 
Samuel Waldron allowed Capt. Congreve 12 acres in this lot. No._ 21 in- 
cluded 2 acres for a road through it from the highway to Harlem River. 

* The original list first gives the quantity due on the house lots, and the quantity- 
due on the morgen rights, and then the total. But we omit the two former, as they 
may be easily computed from the scale given p. 824. 



830 



HISTORY OF HARLEM. 



Second Division. No. i, as laid out, contained but 41 acres 33 rods, 
owing to a mistake of the chain-bearers ; but the deficiency, 2 acres i q. 
20 rods, was added to No. 17, Third Division. Laurens Cornelissen is 
named as drawing with his mother Metje, in Second and Third Divisions, 
and she with him in the Fourth Division. No. 2 was reduced 4 acres, 
allowed Capt. Congreve by Waldron in this Division. Waldron drew on 
Abram Delamontanie's erf right, in Second, Third and Fourth Divisions. 
No. 7 : Congreve took 4 acres in this lot, allowed him by Samuel Waldron. 
No. 16 : 2 acres were added to this lot for a road through it to Harlem 
River. No. 17: 3 acres 9 rods left out of this lot, were added to No. 10, 
Third Division. 

Third Division. No. 6 : See remark under No. 7, First Division. 
No. 8 : Kiersen drew Sickels' share in Third and Fourth Divisions. No. 9 : 
John van Oblienis drew with Marcus Tiebaut in Third and Fourth Divi- 
sions ; these lots were divided accordingly. No. 10 : See remajrk to No. 17, 
Second Division. No. 17: See remark to No. i. Second Division. 

Fourth Division. No. 2: Metje Cornells also drew with her son 
Laurens in this Division, as in Second and Third ; this No. 2 was soon 
sold to Johannes Benson. No. 7 : See remark to No. 8, Third Division. No. 
12 : See remark to No. 2, Second Division. No. 13 : See remark to No. 
9, Third Division. 

Summary 01? the Four Divisions ; Showing int Actuai, Contents 
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Benson, John 

Benson, Samson 

Bussing, Arent 

Congreve, Charles 

Cornells, Metje and Lourens 

Delamater, Isaac 

Delamontanie, Abraham . . 
Delavall, Thomas, heirs of. 

Dyckman, John 

Jansen, Lourens 

Kiersen, John 

Meyer, Maria 

Nagel, John 

Sickels, Zacharias 

Tiebaut, Marcus 

Tourneur, Jacques 

Van Oblienis, John 

Vermilye, Aeltie 

Waldron, Barent 

Waldron, John 

Waldron, Samuel 



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N. B.— Different designations are sometimes applied to the same tract. 

Adriance Tract, 482, 797. 

Baker Farm, 410, 806. 

Benson (Elizabeth) Tract, 418; see First Division, No. 3. 

Benson (Lawrence) Homestead, 438, 456, 606, 797. 

Benson (Peter) Farm, 430, 435, 801, 802. 

Benson Point Farm, 122, 150, 189, 417, 429, 448, 817; see Bogert Pomt Farm. 

Benson (Samson A.) Farm; see Race Course Farm. 

Bickley Tract (De Voe's Point), 395, 424. 

Bogert Point Farm, 371, 402, 418, 447, 592, 593, 817 ; see Index, ]\Iontanye s 

Point. 
Bogert (John J.) Farm, 456, 468; see Randall Farm. 
Brady Plot, 439, 564. 

Bronck's Land, 233, 234, 235, 251, 278, 284, 384, 385. 
Bronck's Meadow, 197. 
Bush Farm, 62,6; see Index, Bush. 
Bussing Farm (Harlem Lane), 483, 563, 802, 803. 
Bussing Meadows, 237, 545. 

Bussing Point Farm, 342, 394, 485, 602, 603, 606, 817. 
Carteret Island, 796, 798, 813. 
Carteret Lot, 601, 605, 798, 813. 
Chesterman Plot, 579, 623, 705, 794. 
Church Farm, 172, 229, 238, 227, 563, 824. 
Clover Wey (Clover Pasture), 307, 396, 705, 811. 

De Key Tract, 394, 395, 637, S04. , ^ ^ ^ ^ cq.. Go- 

Delavall Lands, 809; see also 581, 599, 601, 604, 605, 607, 623, 822, S24, 82o, 

827, 830. 
De Peyster Tracts, 804. 

De Voe's Point, 251, 278, 329, 395, 42+ ^ tt- . f q 

Division of the Common Lands; Remark upon, 417; History ot, S14; see 

also Division of 1691, etc. „ o^ 

Division of 1691, List of, 816; Lots m, referred to, 393, 430, 434, 4/7, 4«2, 

495, 500, 546, 547, 558, S6i, 563, 565, 581, 59i, 599, 601, 603, 604, 605, 622, 

636, 810, 816. ^ , . . „ o T i. • 

Division, The First, What it embraced, 822; Lists of 827, S30; Lots in, re- 
ferred to, 298, 430, 433, 438, 483. 500, 547. 550, 562, 563, 566, 567, 582, 592, 
601, 603, 604, 607, 624, 625, 699, 827 ; see The Four Divisions. . 

Division, The Second, Where located, 823; Lists of, 828, 830; Lots in, re- 
ferred to, 298, 433. 483, 547, 562, 563, 566, 567, 579, 582, 592, 599. 603, 625, 
638, 699, 82S; see The Four Divisions. r 00 o t . • 

Divison The Third, Where located, 823; Lists of, 828, 830; Lots in, re- 
ferred to, 298, 433- 434- 435, 547- 554, 563, 566, 582. 592, 603, 604, 62,, 63b, 
699, 810, 828; see The Four Divisions 

Div^ion, The Fourth, Where located, 823; Lists of, 829, 830; Lots in, re- 



834 KEY TO TiTlvBS. 

ferred to, 298, 430, 431, 547, 582, 592, 599, 603, 625, 699, 810/829; see The 

Four Divisions. 
Division, The Last, 546, 547, 582, 819. 
Divisions, The Four; Summary of, 830; Referred to, 430, 483, 500, 547, 563, 

579, 624, 636, 820. 
Dunning JPlot, 428. 
Dyckman Homestead, 104, 149, 345, 547, 551, 821, 826; see Index, Jansen- 

Aertsen Patent. 
Dyckman Lands, Spuyten Duyvel, 341, 345, sy^, 402, 546, 561. 
Fort George Tract, 267, 434, 623, 814, 823. 
Gloudie Point Farm ; see Bussing Point Farm. 
Hall (Charles Henry) Tracts, 797, 798. 
Hanel Patent, 598, 679. 
Heiser Plot, 484. 
Hoorn's Hook Farm, 804. 
Hunter Tract, 804. 
Hopper (Yellis) Farm, 707. 
Jochem Pieters' Flat, 794. 
Judah Plot ; see Index. 
Jumel Homestead, 561, 820, 826, 827. 
Lanaw Benson Tract, 802. 

Lands, Lists and Tables of the, 288, 338, 341, 342, S73, 401, 795, 816, 829, 830. 
Lawrence Tract, 418, 818. 
]\Iarston Farm, 807. 
McGown Farm, 122, 150, 418, 439. 
McGown Place, 439, 551, 592, 825. 
Milledoler Tracts, 799. 
Moesman Farm; see Delavall Lands. 
Molenaor, 84-acre Tract, 567, 604; Small Tract, 418, 818. 
Montanye's Flat, 802. 
Mount Morris Park, 8o'2. 
Myer (Adolph) Homestead, 418, 604. 
Myer Tract (Forks), 418,. 599, 605. 
Myer Tract (Jochem Pieters), 304, 605, 794. 
Nagel Burying Ground, 614. 

Nagel Lands, 341, 343, 373, 402, 547, 551, 612, 614, 796. 
Negro Burying Ground, 238. 
New Lots ; see Index. 
Nine Lots, The, 601, 797, 811. 
Nutter Farm, 338, 390, 563, 592, 803, 813, 825. 
Oblienis, loo-acre Tract, 623, 821, 822, 825. 
Out Gardens, 482, 546, 597, 612, 623, 636. 
Pond Lot, 795. 

Race Course Farm, 418, 427, 434, 437, 500, 563, 818, 821, 823. 
Randell (Morris) Farm, 123, 431, 432, 435, 456, 798. 
Randell's Island; see Index, Little Barent's Island. 
Roads, 170, 172, 232, 252, 273, 280, 285, 305, 355, 369, 550, 563, 702, 710, 798, 

S02, 818, 822, 823. 
Sawkill Farm, 804; see also 340, 341, 360, 363, 381, 388. 
Sickels (Johannes) Tract, 795. 
Six Lots, The, 304, 605, 797, 812, 814. 
Slot Patent, 598, 679. 
Storm Farm, 482, 484, 485, 636, 800. 
Three Lots, The, 601, 606, 797, 811, 812, 813. 
Tourneur Farm, 825 ; see Appendix G. 
iVandewater Tract, 804. 
Van Keulen's Hook, 798. 
Wagstaff Tract, 408, 418, 818. 



KEY TO TITI.es. 835 

Waldron (Hoorn's Hook) Farm, 804; see also 362, 409, 495, 622, 698, 782, 

825. 
Waldron (John P.) Farm, 800. 
Waldron Tract; see Oblienis loo-acre Tract. 

Ward's Island ; see Index, Great Barent's Island, and Ward's Island. 
Williams (Eliphalet) Plot, 609. 
Wood Farm (Harlem Lane), 380, 803. 
Young Farm; see Marston Farm. 



KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS. 

The Abbreviations used in this work are: ab., for about; ae., for aged; anc, for 
ancestor; a. q. r., for acres, quarters, rods; b., for born; br., for brother; brs., 
brothers; eh., for child; chn., for children; chh., for church; d., for died, 
death; desc, for descendant, descended; dr., for daughter; drs., daughters; d. y., 
died young; f. or fl., for florin; fa., for father; gd-fa., for grandfather; gt-gd-fa., 
for great-grandfather; gl., for guilder; hus., for husband; inf., for infancy; m., 
for married, marriage; mem., for member; mo., for mother; nfa., for no further 
account; sr., for sister; srs., for sisters; St., for stiver, or street; unm., for 
unmarried; w., for wife; wid., for widow; yr., for year; yrs., years; Corn., 
for Cornelius; Hend., for Hendrick; Joh., for Johannes, etc. 




INDEX. 



Aarsen, Jan, 249. 
Abbott, John, 570. 

Mary, 569. 

William, 570. 
Abeel, Magdalena, 161. 

Stoffel Janse, 161. 
Abrahams, Cornelis, 96. 
Acker, Barent, 201, 203. 

Leah, 550. 
Ackerman, 237. 

Abigail, 697. 

Abraham, 696, 697, 410. 

Adrian, 697. 

Anna Maria, 697. 

Anneken, 696, 697. 

Arie, 559. 

Catherine, 608, 697. 

David, 95, 696, 697. 

David L., 205. 

Egbert, 697. 

Gerrit, 697. 

Gulian, 697. 

Jannetie, 697. 

Johannes, 697. 

Lodewyck, 313, 369, 696, 697. 

Lourens, 696. 

Louwerens, 249. 

Lysbet, 263, 696, 697. 

Marritie, 696, 697, 702. 

Marritje, 702. 

Martha Mode, 629. 

Mary, 697. 

Sarah, 697. 

Theodore, 759. 
Ackerson, Anna, 200. 

Catherine, 467. 

James I., 461. 
Ackley, Jane Eliza, 647. 
Adams, Ann Alida, 526. 

Annie, 668. 

Elisha, 526. 

Fred, 543. 

John M., 744. 

Mary Smith, 513. 

William, 696. 
Adkins, Amanda, 763. 
Adolph, John, 803. 
Adolphus, Matthew, 385. 
Adraens, Aeltie, 804. 
Adriaens, Joost, 785. 
Adriaens (Arieanse), John, 696. 
Adriance, Abraham, 156. 

Abraham J., 620. 

Anneke, 156. 

Caroline, 156. 

Elbert, 156. 



Adriance, George, 156. 

Isaac, 155, 156, 298, 420, 729, 795. 

Jacob, 156. 

John, 156, 298, 482, 795, 797. 

John (Mrs.), 796. 

John S.. 172, 298, 484. 

Mr., 226, 798. 

Rem, 156. 

Theodore, 156. 
Ael, Martin (Sergt.), 144. 

Sergeant, 143. 
Aertsen, 149, 251, 268, 286. 

Huyck, 148, 247. 

Jan, 295. 

William, 613. 
Ahriaens, Neeltie, 256. 
Aiken, 759. 

Laverne Devilier, 541. 
Aken, Adriana, 789. 

Jan Thomasz, 168, 789. 
Alain, Lord, 32. 
Albertsou, Mary E., 748. 
Albertus, Peter Caesar, 125. 
Albodv, Andries, 594. 
Albony, Jane, 782. 

Martha, 782. 
Alden, Mary Jane, 523. 
Alderick, Mary, 625. 
Aldrich, 276, 622. 
Aldricks, Mary, 625. 
Alger, Harriet, 520. 

Lena, 615. 
Allaire, Sarah, 570. 
Allason, William, 523. 
Allen, Dr., 473. 

Elizabeth, 682. 

Jane, 585. 

John, 558, 666. 

Rosette, 517. 

William, 742. 
Allener, Abraham, 789. 
Allington, Frank, 534. 
Allinson, Sarah, 445. 
Allison, Hannah, 703. 
Alrichs, Evert, 302, 303. 

Jacob, 358. 
Alteras, Jan Claessen, 132. 
Alyea, Adam, 460. 
Alyie, Margrietye, 559. 
Aman, Louise, 442. 
Amanda, Mary, 609. 
Amboyneau. John, 798. 
Amerman, Elbert, 789. 
Amory, John, 596. 
Anderson, Ann, 789. 

Cornelia, 806. 

David. 617. 

Ella, 471. 



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INDEX. 



Anderson, James, 461, 789. 

John C. Z., 610. 

Peter, 806. 

William, 321. 
Andre, 256. 

Andrews, Anna M., 534. 
Andries, Geertruyt, 384. 

Jannetie, 217. 
Andriesen, Pieter, 135. 
Andriessen, Hillegond, 431. 

Lucas, 431. 

Pieter, 163. 
Audros, 332, 340, 343. 

Edmund (Sir), 318, 384. 

Governor, 188, 323, 325, 327, 328, 331, 338, 
364, 368, 370, 409, 804. 
Angel, Ruth, 516. 
Anthony, Allard, 241, 294. 

Maria, 478. 

Mary Doty, 722. 

Samuel, 733. 
Aoelofsen, 249. 
Appel, Adrian, 815, 817. 
Applegate, George S., 749. 
Apthorpe, Charles Ward, 592. 
Arcer, Jan, 251. 
Archbold, Margaret, 757. 
Archer, 247, 249, 250, 261, 268, 271, 277, 319, 
326, 327, 680. 

John, 242, 243, 248, 263, 275, 278, 284, 306, 
385, 389, 395. 

John, Jr., 389. 
Arden, 827. 

Jacob, 626. 
Argo, Julia Ann, 726. 
Arieyanse, Arie, 615. 

Geresolveert, 683. 

Jan, 683. 

Maria, 616. 
A\ment, Jannetie, 428. 
Armour, John (Captain), 596. 

Mary Elizabeth, 596. 
Armstrong, Florence, 752. 
Arnauds, Madeline, 204. 
Arnold, Louise, 747. 
Arnolds, 646. 
Ash, William, 788. 
Ashmore, George, 768. 
Askew, John, 257. 
Aspinwall, Hannah, 566. 
Asson, Mrs. 596. 
Asten, Elizabeth, 646. 
Astor, 808. 
Atwater, Jacob, 735. 
Auboyneau, 813. 

John, 812. 
Auchmoody, Abraham, 521. 

Rachel, 521. 
Audubon, John J., 818. 
Auryansen, Cornelia, 617. 
Austin, Shirley P., 544. 
Avery, Obediah, 645. 
Ayers, Martha, 730. 



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Babbitt, Phebe Louisa, 653^ 

Ruth Ann, 630. 
Babcock, David, 711, 734. 

John, 444. 

Sarah, 724. 

William L., 733. 
Backhouse, John, 608. 
Baerr, Clara W., 689. 
Baignoux, 353, 373. 

Jeaen, 247. 

Jean, 332, 340, 365, 380, 381. 

John, 807. 
Bailey, Elias, 294. 



Bailey, Harriet, 570. 

Harriet P., 511. 

Nathaniel, 424. 
Baillet, Herbert Stanton, 578. 
Baker, A. O., 533. 

Dr., 410, 807. 

Emma C, 533. 

Hendrick Jansen, 258. 

John, 807. 

Mary E., 533. 
Balden, Willis, 728. 
Baldwin, Henry W., 662. 

Mrs., 652. 

Orrin, 745. 

Peggy, 639. 

Simeon, 784. 
Ball, Gertrude, 768. 

Terese, 746. 
Ballard, 742. 
Banker, Augusta Maude, 667. 

Elizabeth, 452, 458. 

Gerard, 806. 
Banks, Albert, 656. 

Benjamin, 490. 
Banta, Annatye, 450. 

Antie, 196. 

Cornelius, 191, 217, 350. 

David, 467. 

Derick, 196. 

Dirck S., 436. 

Epke Jacobs, 191. 

Hendrick J., 433. 

John J., 458. 

John T., 687. 

Maria, 683, 684. 

Peter, 432. 

Rachel, 449, 450, 451. 

Siba, 350. 

Sitske, 350. 

Tiny (Catherine), 459. 

Tunis, 441. 

Wiert, 350. 
Barbarer, Jennie, 633. 
Barberie, Peter, 320. 
Barbour, Richard, 763. 
Bard, Caroline M., 737. 
Bardy, M. Louis, 13. 
Barents, Bruyn, 236. 
Barentsen, Benjamin, 105. 

Captain, 105. 

Simon, 166. 
Barheyt, Georgie, 409. 

Jerome, 496. 
Barhite, Johannes, 424. 
Barkens, Ann, 4.57. 
Barker, John, 248. 

Maria, 782. 
Barkins, David, 457. 
Barkley, Evert M., 720. 
Barlow, Edward F., (Rev.), 531. 

Hannah, 507. 
Barlowe, Robert, 376. 
Barnes, Ann, 655. 

Anna, 509. 

Charles P., 769. 

Diadema, 516. 

Dorothy, 819. 

James A., 443. 

Jennie, 660. 

Phebe, 788. 

William, 819. 
Barnet, 654. 

Barns, Florence Adelia, 753. 
Barnum, Mary, 655. 
Barr, Edward, 688. 
Barrea, John, 788. 
Barretts, Gerard M., 481. 
Barry, Mary A., 528. 
Bartelsen, Gertrude, 703. 
Bartholf, Lydia, 460. 



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Bartlett, Susannah, 457, 463. 
Barton, Elijah, 276, 722. 

Roger, 276. 
Bartow, Evelyn (Rev.), 332. 
Ba.s, Gerrit, 429. 
Bascom, Marie Louise, 481. 
Basley, Anthony, 643. 
Bass, Jeremiah, 413, 807. 

Jolin, 594. 

Wilhelmina, 54.5. 
Bassett, Isabella, 655. 

.John, 340, 805. 

Mary, 704. 

Melvin, 670. 
Bastiaens. Annetie, 476. 

Hendrick, 476. 

Metje, 476. 563. 

Michiel, 276. 
Bastiaense, Jan, 274. 
Bastiaensen, 205. 

Aefie, 265. 

Annetie, 265. 

Bastiaen, 265. 

Jan, 105, 258, 563, 579. 

Metje 265 

Michiel, 243, 249, 258, 263, 265, 306, 311, 
329, 343, 344, 346, 349, 365, 373. 

Reyer, 265. 
Bastiaesen, Jan, 98. 

Michiel, 318. 
Bates, Temperance, 732. 
Baton, Rachel, 601, 604. 
Batten, Ethel B., 763. 

May, 763. 
Baudartius, Mary, 161. 

Wilhelmus (Rev.), 87, 161. 
Baudius, Dominie, 90. 
Baudoine, Jacques, 270. 
Baxter, Abigail, 649. 

Sarah E., 729. 

William, 729. 
Bayard, 315, 358. 

Baltus, 367. 

Catherine, 321. 

N., 300, 301, 306, 307. 

Nicholas, 276, 286, 372. 

Nicholas (Col.), 321. 

Nicolaes, 337. 

Petrus, 359. 

Samuel, 359. 
Beadle, Edward L. (Dr.), 468. 
Beado, Francois, 311, 332. 
Beaman, Martha H., 743. 
Beardslee, Esther, 784. 
Beardsley, Nelson, 657. 

Obediah, 440. 
Beattie, James, 535. 
Bebout, Jan, 700. 
Beck, Matthys (Hon.), 358. 
Becker, Catherine, 719. 

John, 200. 

Martinus, 508. 

Mary Ann, 441. 
Beckwith, Sophia, 528. 
Beddon, Frances, 611. 
Bedford, John, 715. 
Bedlo, Isaac, 280. 
Beebe, Margaret Elizabeth, 518. 

Maria, 518. 
Beeck, 164. 

Cornelia, 155. 

Cornelius, 155. 

Deborah, 155. 

Elizabeth, 155. 

Henry, 155. 

Isaac, 155. 

John 155. 

Marritie, 155. 

Nicholas, 155. 

Peter, 155. 



Beeck, Pieter Cornellssen, 155. 

William, 1.5.5. 
Bee;knian, 1.59, 275. 

Catherine, 161. 

Christopher, 161. 

Cornelia, 161. 

Gerardus, 101. 

Hendrick, 161, 700. 

Jacobus, IGl. 

Jochem, 261. 

Johannes. 161, 700. 

Maria, 161. 

Marten, 700. 

Marten Hendricksen, 700. 

Martinus, 161. 

Mary, 161. 

Metje, 700. 

Neeltie, 700. 

Rachel, 161. 

Thomas, 161. 

Wilhelmus, 87, 142, 155, 161, 699, 700. 

Wilhelmus (Mrs.), 277. 

William, 157, 161, 367, 781. 
Beekman, 162, 340, '358. 

Abraham J. (Rev.), 700. 

Adrian, 804. 

Anna, 700, 707. 

Annetie, 700. 

Bloorafield, 700. 

Cornelia, 700. 

Elizabeth, 513. 700, 701. 

George C. (Hon.). 700. 

Gerardus (Dr.), 700. 

Ge^^ina, 168. 

Grietie, 700. 

Hendrick, 700. 

Hendrick M., 700. 

Hendrick Marten sen, 700. 

Jacob Ten Broeck (Rev.), 700. 

James, 803, 819. 

Johannes Martensen, 700. 

John, 700. 

John S. (Rev.), 700. 

Leentie, 700. 

Lydia, 700, 819. 

Magdalena, 700. 

Marten, 700. 

Martin, 699, 700. 

Mary, 700. 

Mrs., 826. 

Peter, 700. 

Phebe, 700. 

Samuel, 700, 706. 

Susanna, 700. 

William, 35<f 
Been, Hendrick Jansen, 206. 
Beenon. Rachel, 504. 
Beers, Harvey, 533. 

Teresa. 747. 
Beets, William, 327. 
Behena, 810. 

Thomas, 809. 
Belin, Jean, 365. 
Bell, Hattie, 621. 

Maria (Polly), 460. 
Belles. Eliza M., 744. 
Belleville. 270. 

Jean, 198. 269. 

Philip, 198. 
Bellows, Horace, 525. 
Benbrigge, Joseph, 809. 
Bend, Elizabeth, 706. 
Bendell, Harriet, 730. 
Benezet, Elizabeth, 462, 468. 

Jean, 462. 
Benjamin. Nelson, 731. 
Benner, George, 726. 

Mary T., 668. 
Bennett. Jacob, 700. 

Jeannette, 765. 



840 



INDEX. 



Bennett, Nancy, 740. 
Bennoe, Godfricus, 789. 
Bensing, Johannes, 427. 
Bensingh, Dirck, 426. 
Benson, 12, 93, 122, 150, 172, 418, 425, 817 
Abraham, 428, 436, 440. 
Adeline, 442. 
Adolph, 430, 433, 434, 435, 438, 442, 500 

545, 550, 5G5, 825. 
Alanson D., 446. 
Albert, 433. 
Alfred, 444, 446. 
Alfred C, 445. 
Almlra, 442, 444. 
Amasa L., 445. 
Ann M., 443. 
Anna, 436. 
Anne, 431. 
Anness, 445. 
Annetie, 428. 

Benjamin, 355, 417, 430, 432, 435, 436, 439 
443, 484, 549, 551, 565, 599, 705, 799, 800 
801, 802, 804, 813. 
Benjamin, Jr., 436, 440. 
Benjamin L., 438, 442. 
Benjamin P., 439. 
Benjamin Whitney (Col.), 440 
Betsey, 442. 
Betsy, 437. 
Burt P., 446. 
Captain, 429, 437. 
Carel, 437, 441. 
Caroline, 442. 
Caroline Abigail, 444. 
Caroline Matilda, 440. 
Carrie, 444. 
Catalina, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 501, 508, 

550. 
Catalina (Tryntje), 549. 
Catelina, 437. 
Catelyntye, 437. 
Catharin Abby, 440. 
Catharine, 428, 429, 431, 497 
Catherine, 436, 440, 441, 443. 
Catrina, 427, 433. 
Cattelyntie, 432. 
Charity, 432, 436. 
Charles, 440, 445. 
Claesie (Cloe), 428. 
Clarence Everett, 446. 
Clyde M., 446. 
Cornelia, 441. 

Cornelius, 428, 433, 437, 441 444 
Daniel, 431, 437, 441, 444. , 
Daniel Annan, 447. 
Daniel P., 444. 
David, 437, 441, 444. 
De La Montanye, 446. 
Derick, 220, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 565 

601, 799, 801, 813, 821, 824, 829. 
Dirck, 93, 427, 433. 
Doremus, 444. 
Edward A., 445, 447. 
Edward Adolphus, 447, 
Edwin, 444. 
Edwina De B., 445. 
Effle, 441. 

Egbert (Honorable), 428 
Egbert (Judge), 428. 
Eliza, 443. 
Elizabeth, 418, 428, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436 

437, 441, 445, 683, 698, 702. 
Elizabeth D., 443. 
Elizabeth Frances, 440. 
Elizer, 445. 
Ela, 446. 

Ellen Arietta, 444. 
Emeline Maith, 440. 
Emllie, 443. 
Emily A., 443. 



Benson, Emma Louise, 443. 
Esther Jarvis, 440. 
Ethel, 445. 
Ethelbert, 445. 
Eugene, 439. 
Eve, 427, 436, 438 
Fidelia, 445. 
Finette Edwards, 440 
Flora May, 446. 
Frank, 446. 
Frank G., 446. 
Frederick Seward, 446. 
Gabriel Leggett, 440. 
Garret, 441, 443. 
Garret I., 441, 443. 
George, 434, 437, 440, 442, 444 446 
George B., 446. 
George S., 445. 
George W., 443, 445, 446. 
George Washington, 440. 
Gerrit, 428, 432, 433, 436 
Gerritt, 441. 
Gertrude L., 446. 
I Grace E., 446. 

Hannes (Johannes), 433. 
Harman, 428. 
Harmanus, 428. 
Harriette Davis, 440. 
Harry M., 446. 
Helen P., 445. 
Helen Wharm, 447. 
Helena, 428, 429, 431, 432, 484, 564 
Henricus, 428. 
Henrietta, 442. 
Henry, 436, 442, 445. 
Henry (Capt.), 428. 
Henry Clay, 443. 
Hevlyn, 440, 443. 
Ira Hedges, 445. 
Jacob, 436, 443. 
James A., 446. 
Jane, 437, 438, 441, 444, 487. 
Jannetie, 436. 
Jannettie, 434. 
Jennie L., 446. 
Joana, 436. 
Joanni, 483. 
Johanna, 442. 

Johannes, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433 
434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 441, 497, 566, 579, 
699, 700, 791, 799, 824, 830. 
Johannes (Capt.), 426, 448, 564, 622, 821, 

827. 
Johannes (Lieutenant), 427. 
Johannes, Jr. (Johanni), 430. 
John, 428, 432, 433, 437, 438, 441, 442, 456 

799, 808, 827, 828, 829, 830. 
John (Capt.), 825. 
John D., 444. 
John Henry, 434, 437. 
John P., 530. 
Jonathan, 428. 
Judge, 788. 
Julia, 440. 
Kate E., 445. 
Kattelyntie, 436. 
Kittie B., 446. 
Lana, 437. 
Lanaw, 802. 
Laura, 445. 
Laura J., 445. 
Lawrence, 172, 426, 430, 435, 436, 437. 438 

456, 603, 606, 797, 799, 800. 
.Lawrence A., 442. 
Lillian, 446. 
Lillian J., 446. 
Lucas, 428. 
Lydia Louise, 444. 
M., 566. 
Margaret, 438, 799. 



INDEX. 



841 



Benson, Margaret Annan, 447. 
Margrietje, 437. 

Maria, 427, 428, 432, 434, 436. 443 
Maria Jane, 441. 
Maria Louisa, 445. 
Marritie, 430. 
Martha M., 442. 
Mary, 431, 435, 440, 445. 
Mary Anna, 442. 
Mary Burr, 440. 
Mary Catherine, 444. 
Mary Elizabeth, 443. 
Marya (Maria), 43 ^ 
Marytje, 433. 
Matilda, 444. 
Matthew. 428, 429, 432, 433, 434, 

442, 483, 500. 
Matthew Z., 445. 
Mina L., 446. 
Nancy, 439. 
Oliver, 443. 
Oliver Munroe, 440. 
Percy, 445. 
Perry, 444, 446. 

Peter, 421, 435, 439, 441, 444, 798, 
Petrus, 437, 441. 
Philip Adolphus, 447. 
Rachel, 427, 428, 429, 437, 441. 
Rachel Ann, 442. 
Rachel Jane, 444. 
Ralph, 447. 
Rebecca, 436, 441. 
Rebecca Sophia, 444. 
Reginald, 445. 
Richard Van Vranken, 441. 
Robert, 428. 
Sally Ann, 444, 445. 
Sampson, 827. 

Samson, 238, 298, 408, 427, 428, 
431 432, 433, 435, 483, 484, 550, 
604, 637, 699, 702, 786, 791, 798, 
803, 804, 821, 823, 824, 828, 829, 

Samson (Capt.), 824. 

Samson (Samuel), 437, 438. 

Samson A., 418, 434, 500, 599, 818, 

Samson Adolphus, 437, 442, 445. 
'Samson, Jr., 435, 438. 

Samuel, 298, 432, 433, 434, 441, 
710. 

Sarah Jane, 442. 

Sarah M., 446. 

Silas, 443. 

Stephen, 437, 442. 

Stephen Henry, 445, 446. 

Susan Ann, 440. 

Susan S., 438. 

Susannah, 436, 799, 800. 

Susannah L., 438. 

Tanneke, 432, 624. 

Teuwes (or Matthew), 428. 

Thysie, 427. 

Tryntie, 428. 

Victor, 428. 

Wilhelmina, 439. 

Willard, 658, 

William, 428, 436, 440, 442, 445, 7 

William F., 446. 

William H., 445, 446. 

William, Jr., 442. 

William Seward, 443. 

Yannetie (Jane), 437. 
Bentley, Sarah Emma, 541. 

William Gustavus, 541. 
Benton, Walter (Rev.), 656. 

Willard H., 767. 
Berck, Catalina, 93, 426. 

Johannes, 613. 

Samson, 93. 
Berdan, Eva, 433. 
3ergen, Hans, 427. 



617. 



436, 439, 



802, 823 



429, 
593, 
799, 
830. 


430 
600 
801 


821, 


823 


487, 


550 



Bergen, Jan, 98. 

Jan (Captain), 212. 
Bergh, Abraham, 736. 

Alice, 756. 
Berlin, Sarah A., 664. 
Berrien, 822. 

Elizabeth, 462. 

Emma A., 749. 

John, 819. 

Peter, 592, 810, 819, 821, 824. 
Berry, John (Capt.), 322. 

Ruth, 525. 
Bertholf, 694. 

Anna, 69. 

Corynus, 69. 

Elizabeth, 69. 

Guiliaem, 69, 393, 407, 791. 

Guiliaem (Rev.), 350. 

Hendrick, 69. 

Jacobus, 69, 785. 

Maria, 69. 

Martha, 69. 

Sarah, 69, 350. 
Bestevaer, Captain, 99. 
Betts, Benjamin, 643. 

William, 256, 643. 
Beverly, Isabel, .507, 517. 
Bevier, John, 785. 
Beys, Henricus (Rev.), 408, 419. 
Bibbins, John W., 543. 
Bicker, Aeltie, 428. 

Aletta, 705. 

Jacob, 90. 

Victor, 428. 
Bickley, 424. 

William, 380, 395. 
Bidlack, Lydia, 571. 
Bidleman, Sarah, 570. 
Bill, Benjamin, 783. 

Susannah, 783. 
Billings, Abigail, 736. 

Daniel, 650. 
Billiou, 494. 

Isaac, 494. 

Mrs., 493. 

Peter, 494. 

Pierre, 183, 493, 494. 
Binjou, Jan, 381. 
Bishop, Joshua, 424. 
Bison, Jean Baptiste, 
Bisschop, Anna, 485. 
Bissel, Elizabeth C, 465. 
Bissell, Celia, 756. 
Bisset, Andrew, 409. 
Blaau, 425. 
Cornelia, 693. 
Henry, 693. 
Juriaen, 693. 
Sarah, 693. 
William, 693. 
Black, William Leslie, 4i0. 
Blackington, Juline. 731. 
Blackledge, Elizabeth, 686. 
Peter, 618. 
Sarah, 454. 
Blackstone, 416. 
Blackwell, Joseph. 819. 
Blaeck, Jacob. 696. 
Jacob Jansen, 205. 
Janneke, 696. 
Blagge, 824. 
Benjamin, 783. 

Edward, 594, 783, 821. 

Martha, 783. 

Samuel, 783. 
Blain, Mary, 789. 

Samuel, 727. 
Blanch, John, 454. 

Richard, 684. 



347. 



842 



INDEX. 



Blanchan, 104, 184. 
Catherine, 183. 
Elizabeth, 183, 184. 
Madelaine, 148. 
Madeleine, 183, 184. 
Matthew, 14S, 183. 
Matthieu, 103. 
Nicholas, 184. 
Blanchard, 712. 
Blanck, Elsie, 368. 

Jurian, 368. 
Blank, Nicholas, 158. 
Blann, Rachel, 479. 
Blauvelt, 626. 
Abraham, 363. 
Abraham A., 460. 

Addie A., 766. 

Annatye, 709. 
Catherine, 615. 
Catrina, 626. 
Cornelius, 461, 616. 

Elizabeth, 615. 

Geertje, 639. 

Gerrit Hendrickse, 363. 

Grietie, 638. 

Grietje, 449. 

Hendrick, 363. 

Hendrick Gerritsen, 692. 

Henry, 462. 

Hubartus, 682. 

Huybert, 363. 

Isaac, 363, 449, 450. 

Jacob I., 617. 

Jacobus, 683. 

James, 461. 

Johannes, 363. 

John, 685, 711. 

Joseph N., 460. 

Lea, 450. 

Margaret, 638, 685. 

Maria, 450, 456. 

Mary, 682. 

Nelson, 442. 

Richard D., 790. 

Tennis, 6.38. 

Verontjer, 626. 
Bleecker, Catrina, 364. 

Jan Jansen (Hon.), 97, 364. 
Bleeker, Anthony J., 819. 
Bloem, Arent, 128. 

Frederick Arents, 128. 

Jacob, 128. 

Johannes, 128. 

Pieter, 128. 
Blom, Abraham, 128. 

Barbara, 128. 

Barent, 128. 

Barent Jansen, 127. 

Barent Jensen, 128. 

Beruardus, 128. 

Claes, 128. 

Claes Barentse, 128. 

Dominie, 183. 

Elizabeth, 128. 

Engeltie, 128. 

Garret, 128. 

George, 128. 

Isaac, 128. 

Jacob, 128. 

Jan, 128. 

Jan Barentsen, 128. 

Jane, 128. 

Jennetie, 128. 

John, 128. 

Maria, 128. 

Mattie, 128. 

Nicholas, 128. 

Phebe, 128. 

Simon, 128. 

Tutie, 128. 



Bloodgood, Adriana, 698. 
Frances, 698. 
Frans, 698. 

Prans Jansen (Capt.), 698. 
Geertie, 698. 
Isabella, 698. 
John, 698. 
Judith, 698. 
Lysbeth, 698. 
Neeltie, 695, 698. 
William, 698. 
Bloom, Bernardus (Capt.), 128. 
Elizabeth, 787. 
Frederick, 787. 
Frederick A., 787. 
Bloomer, Mary Ann, 628. 
Bloomfield, Charlotte, 717. 

Phebe, 700. 
Bloomingdale, Susan, 736. 
Blot, Pierre (Prof.), 13. 
Blum, 776. 

Boardman, Helen Lyman, 473. 
Boch, 343. 
Conrad Hendricks, 278, 320, 328, 341, 342.- 
Jan Hendrick, 249. 
Jan Hendricks, 328. 
Bodine, Abraham, 581. 
Mary, 583. 
Phebe, 584. 
Boelen, Henricus, 692. 

Isaac, 692. 
Boener, William, 675. 
Boers, Cornelius, 697. 
Bogardus, 128. 
Ann, 486. 
Aseneth, 518. 

Dominie, 130, 142, 151, 152. 
Everardus, 154. 
Gilbert, 631. 
Phebe C, 631. 
Robert, 658, 722. 
Bogart, Albert, 69. 
Aris, 790. 
John, 69. 
Roelof, 69. 

Vincent D. L. M., 790. 
Bogert, 105, 123, 205, 271, 279, 281, 282, 285,. 
296, 375, 424, 426, 592, 786, 808, 817. 
Abegail Anna, 468. 
Abigail, 456. 462, 463. 
Abraham, 455, 457, 461. 
Adeline, 468. 472. 
Adeline Matilda, 472. 
Adrian, 787. 
Adriann, 458, 464. 
Albert M., 455, 461. 
Alexander Glass, 468, 473, 474. 
Alexander J., 465. 
Alice, 470, 472, 474. 
Alice Wheeler, 474. 
Alida, 470. 
Alida Ann, 464. 
Alida Louisa, 473. 
Alida Ritzema, 464. 
Allida, 4.57. 
Alwyn, 465. 
Amelia, 463. 
Ann, 459, 462. 
Ann Amelia, 463. 
Ann Eliza, 464. 
Ann Maria, 469. 
Ann Schuyler, 465. 
Anna, 473. 

Anna (Anaet.ie), 454. 
Anna (Annatje), 453. 
Anna Bykbee, 473. 
Anna Demarest, 459. 
Anna Maria, 471. 
Annatje, 452, 453, 456, 457. 
Annatje (Nancy), 457. 



INDEX. 



84- 



Bogert, Anneckie, 450. 
Annetie, 451. 
Annetje, 458. 
Augusta, 470. 
Beeltje, 452. 
Beletje, 458. 
Belitje, 452. 
Belitje (Isabell), 453. 
Belletjie, 450. 
Bellitie, 410. 
Benjamin, 466. 
Benjamin S.. 460, 466. 
Bernard O'Blenis, 670. 
Betsy, 460. 

Camella Dameron, 470. 
Caroline Lawrence, 475. 
Casparis, 455. 
Catalina, 449. 
Catharina (Catrina), 454. 
Catherina, 450, 451. 
Catherine, 448, 459, 466, 467. 
Catherine Elizabeth, 467, 468. 
Cathlyntye. 455. 
Catrina (Catherine), 456. 
Charles, 470. 
Charles Clark, 472. 
Charles Ludlow, 469, 473. 
Charles Van Valen, 467, 472. 
Charles William, 469. 
Charlotte Ritzema, 474. 
Chester, 472. 
Chrlstiaan, 459. 
Christina, 471. 
Claas (Nicholas), 449, 450. 
Claes, 205, 220. 
Claes (Nicholas), 448. 
Clarence, 472. 
Clarence M., 474. 
Clark, 471. 
CoUingwood, 469. 
Cora, 471. 

Cornelia, 393, 448, 450. 453, 458, 459, 
464, 465, 467, 470, 471, 565. 

Cornelia Henrietta, 469. 
Cornells, 463. 

Cornelius, 449, 450, 451, 452, 4.53, 454, 
457, 458, 459, 460. 462, 464, 466, 467, 

Cornelius Gerret, 451, 456. 

Cornelius J., 457, 463. 

Cornelius N., 4.59. 

Cornelius Robert (Dr.), 469. 

David, 459, 465, 466. 

David C, 471. 

David Ritzema, 457. 

David Schuyler, 459, 465. 

David Vanvalen, 462. 

Dorotea, 453. 

Douwe, 450. 

Edith, 472, 475. 

Edward Beadle, 473. 

Edward Clark, 469. 

Edward Hyer, 470. 

Edward L., 463. 

Edward Langdon, 472, 475. 

Edward Langdon, Jr., 475. 

Edward Ludlow, 473. 

Edward Osgood, 475. 

Edward Sandford, 474. 

Edwin, 468. 

Elisabeth (Elizabeth), 455. 

Eliza, 463, 466. 

Blizabet (Elizabeth). 457, 458. 

Elizabeth, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 
463, 465, 468, 474. 

Elizabeth Ann, 465, 470. 

Elizabeth Caroline, 471. 

Elizabeth Ross, 464. 

Ella, 467. 

Ella Lavinia, 467. 

EUistina Potter, 470. 



Bogert, Elmer, 471. 
Eloise Lawrence, 463. 
Elsie, 475. 
Emily Eliza, 470. 
Emily Franklin, 473. 
Emily Louise, 473. 
Emily Ritzema, 464. 
Emma, 471. 
Eugene, 465. 
Eugenia, 470. 
Euphemia, 466. 
Evert, 449. 
Fannie Adelia, 467. 
Frances Hoyt, 475. 
Frances Lawrence, 473. 
Frances Nelson, 474. 
Francis Bouquet, 468. 
Fytie (Sophia), 450, 451. 
Fytye (Sophia), 455. 
Garret, 467. 

Geertye (Gertrude), 459. 
George A., 473. 
George Clark, 464, 470. 
George Howe, 472. 
George W., 469, 473. 
George Washington, 469. 
Georgiana, 470. 
Gerret, 454, 456, 462. 
Gerret J., 461. 
Gerrit, 450, 453. 
Gerrit J., 455. 
Grace Augusta, 472. 
Grietie, 454. 

Grietje (Margaret). 451, 4o5, 4o6. 
Gysbert, 448, 449, 451, 455, 579. 
Harry Howe (Rev.). 472, 475. 
Harry Howe, Jr., 475. 
Harriet L., 463. 

Harriet Lawrence, 474. 

Helen, 474. 

Helen Holbrook, 474. 

Helen North, 475. 

Helena (Lena), 458. 

Helena Maria, 464. 

Helena Ritzema, 457. 

Helena Strachan, 457. 

Hendrick, 410, 449, 452, 4o3, 4o7, 69a. 

Hendricus, 453, 459. 

Henrietta Ann, 470. 

Henrietta Mills, 4G4. 

Henry, 460. 465, 466. 467, 495. 

Henry Augustine. 4G9, 473. 

Henry C. (Hendrick), 452. 

Henry Kneeland, 463, 469. 473. 

Henry Lawrence, 473, 475. 

Henry Lawrence, Jr., 475. 

Henry M., 461. 

Henry Van Valen, 467. 

Hetty (Hester). 459. 

Hibernia J., 473. 

Horatio G., 464, 470. 

Huyler, 467, 472. 

Isabel, 472. 

Isabel Duncan, 474. 

Isabella (Belitjie), 452. 

Jacob, 455, 462, 466, 467. 

Jacob M., 461, 467. 

Jacob S., 460, 467. 

Jacobus, 450, 452, 4.54, 457, 458, 462. 

Jacobus (James), 456. 

Jacobus Smith. 465. 
James, 458, 465, 467, 471, 474. 
460, James (or Jacobu-s), 460. 
James Benezet, 468, 472. 
James, Jr., 363, 462, 46S, 799. 
James Lawrence, 463, 473. 
James Nichols, 470. 
James T., 469. 
Jan, 451. 
Jan (John), 458. 



463, 



455, 
496. 



844 



INDEX. 



Bogert, Jan (John N.), 457, 463. 
Jan Louwe,, 98, 258, 274, 290, 332, 334, 360, 

362, 363, 373, 389, 403, 406, 407, 412, 413, 

416, 429, 447, 448, 565, 816. 
Jane, 461, 462, 466, 467, 469, 609. 
Janneke, 696. 
Jannetie (Tanneke), 449. 
Jannetje, 455. 
Jenneke, 448. 
Jeremiah, 456, 462, 686. 
Jeremias, 456. 
Jessie, 472. 
John, 438, 449, 451, 452, 458, 459, 466, 470, 

819. 
John (Jan), 449. 
John (Johannes), 452. 
John Banta, 465, 470, 471. 
John G., 463, 469, 799. 
John J., 456. 
John Jacob, 466. 
John, Jr., 431, 432, 435, 456, 462, 468, 606, 

799. 
John Lawrence, 473. 
John Louwe, 292, 593, 791, 817. 
John M., 466, 471. 
John Nichols, 464, 470. 
John Rltzema, 464. 
John Vreeland, 470. 
John W., 471. 

Johannes, 448, 451, 454, 455, 462, 467. 
Johannes P., 449, 450. 
Johannis, 450, 454, 455, 459, 461. 
Josephine, 467. 
Judith, 458. 
Julia, 472. 

Julia Hamilton, 473. 
Kate Bissell, 471. 
Katharina, 459. 
Katherine, 475. 
Katherine Augusta, 472. 
Katherine Knapp, 470. 
Lawrence, 451, 474. 
Lawrence (Lourens), 449. 
Lawrence Kimball, 468, 472. 
Lawrence Kimble, 473. 
Leah, 451, 461. 
Leah (Helena), 455, 456. 
Leah E., 467. 
Lilly M., 473. 
Louis, 470. 
Lydia Ann, 467. 
Mabel, 471. 
Maggie, 470. 
Margaret, 448, 450, 452, 454, 458, 459, 460, 

461, 471, 480, 618. 
Margaret (Grietie), 455. 
Margaret (Margrietje), 454, 455. 
Margaret Ann, 480. 
Margaret Jane, 471. 
Margrietle 451 453 
Maria, 449,' 450, '451, 453, 454, 455, 457, 458, 

459, 461, 462, 463. 
Maria (Margaret), 451. 
Maria (Polly), 454. 
Maria Augusta, 467. 
Maria Klyn, 460. 
Marie, 472. 
Marie Nelson, 475. 
Maritie, 454. 

Marragrietje (Margaret), 462. 
Marretje, 454. 
Marritye, 450. 
Marston Taylor, 473. 
Mary, 451, 460. 
Mary (Maria), 449. 
Mary Ann, 461. 
Mary Anna, 469. 
Mary Benezet, 469, 472. 
Mary C. Ford, 471. 
Mary E., 473. 



Bogert, Mary Eliza, 469. 
Mary Elizabeth, 463, 469, 470, 474. 
Mary Emma, 471. 
Mary Prances, 468. 
Mary Lawrence, 463, 473. 
Mary Ludlow, 475. 
Marytje, 449. 
Marytje (Maria), 456. 
Martha, 461. 
Martin, 496. 

Martyntje (Martha), 461. 
Materis, 454. 
Mater is (Matthew), 450. 
Matthew, 450, 466, 471. 
Matthew (Mattheus), 454. 
Matthew D., 465. 
Matthew J., 467, 471. 
Matthew M., 461. 
Matthew M. (Mattheus), 455. 
Matthew P., 449, 459, 465, 47L 
Matthew P. (Matheus), 454. 
Matthew S., 460, 466. 
Mr., 456. 
Mrs., 282. 
TVIuton, 471. 
Myndert, 447. 
Neeltje, 458. 

Nicholas, 451, 452, 453, 456, 457, 458, 464. 
Nicholas (Klaas), 449. 
Nicholas C, 453, 458, 459. 
Nicholas P., 453, 459. 
Nicholas P. (Captain), 713. 
Nora, 470. 

Orlando Gordon, 469. 
Orlando M., 465, 470. 
Orlando M., Jr., 474. 
Orlando Myndert, Jr., 470. 
Otho Klemm, 470. 
P., 346. 
Peter, 448, 450, 454, 457, 459, 460, 463, 467, 

469, 471. 
Peter Byvanck, 463. 
Peter M., 454, 459, 465. 
Peter P., 449, 450. 
Petrus, 450, 451, 453, 455, 461. 
Philander, 463. 
Pieter Jansen, 342, 394. 
Pieter M., 450. 
Rachel, 452, 456, 460, 461. 
Rachel Ann, 467. 
Ralph Goodwin, 472. 
Richard D., 471. 
Robert, 463. 
Robert Thurston, 469. 
Roelof , 454, 455, 461. 
Rosana R., 467. 
Rudolphus, 457, 464, 469. 
Rudolphus Rltzema, 469, 474. 
Russel Graff e, 468. 
Sallie (Sarah), 46L 
Sally, 461, 466. 
Samuel, 451, 460, 466. 
Samuel M., 460, 466. 
Samuel P., 454, 460. 
Sara, 454, 456. 

Sarah, 450, 452, 455, 461, 462, 466, 467, 470. 
Sarah Ann, 462. 
Sarah Jane, 467. 
Sarah Maria, 467. 
Seba, 460, 465, 466. 
Seba (Seiba), 454. 
Seba (Siba), 460. 
Seba M., 466, 471. 
Sophia, 461, 467. 
Sophia (Fytie), 454. 
Sophia Margaretta, 464. 
Susannah, 453, 464. 
Stephen, 620. 
Tennis Gysbert, 274. 
Teuntie, 692. 



INDEX. 



845 



Bogert, Theodore Lawrence, 473. 

Theodore Loomis, 475. 

Theodore Parker, 472, 474. 

Theodore Parker (Peacock), 474. 

Theodore Peacock, 468, 472. 

Theunis Gysberts, 98. 

Thomas Johnston, 470. 

Thomas Lawrence, 463, 469. 

Thomas S., 473. 

Victorine Bissell, 471. 

Viola, 474. 

Virgil, 472. 

Walter, 470. 

Walter Lawrence, 473. 

Walter Lovell, 472. 

Willem (William), 455. 

Willempje, 455. 

Willemtie, 449. 

William, 458. 

William Benezet, 474, 475. 

William Benezet, Jr., 475. 

William Henry, 465, 466, 469, 470, 474. 

William Henry Peet, 470, 474. 

William Russell, 472, 475. 

William Russell, Jr., 475. 

William Strachen, 464. 
Boice, David, 520. 
Bokee. Abraham, 428, 429, 477. 

Catalina, 429. 

Jacomina, 477, 478. 

Maria, 428. 
Bolmer, William, 480. 
Bolt, Frederick, 637. 
Bolton, Mr., 120. 
Bomberger. Ann, 586. 
Bond, Stephen B., 666. 
Bonnell, Edward, 660. 
Bonnet, Fannie, 647. 
Bont, 134. 

Willem, 140, 164. 

Willem Fredericks, 91, 140. 
Bookhoolts, Jan, 204. 
Boon, Matthys, 183, 253, 310, 796. 
Boone, Carrie N., 773. 

Claes, 162. 

Frank, 525. 

Jannetie, 162. 
Booraem, Cornelius, 587. 
Booth, John, 650, 762. 
Boots, John, 722. 
Bouquet (Bokee), Jannetie, 204. 

Jerome, 105, 204. 
Bordelo, Jacques, 104. 
Bordier, M., 13. 
Bornstra, Gertrude, 90. 

Margareta, 90. 
Borst. Elizabeth, 719. 
Bos (Terbosch), Jan, 320. 
Bosch, Hendrick, 236, 241, 366, 368, 373, 394, 

697. 
Bostwick, Stanley, 739. 
Bosyns, Maria, 545. 
Botack, Robert, 79. 
Bottomley, Alice, 753. 
Bouche, Simon, 100. 
Bouchelle, Susanna, 359. 
Bouchter, Sarah, 569. 
Boudewyns, Gillis, 293. 
Boudewynsen, Gillis, 281. 
Bough, John D., 718. 
Boulen, Marie, 100. 
Bouton, Mary C, 540. 
Bowen, Charles W., 750. 
Bowers, Henry, Jr., 606. 

Mrs., 606. 
Bowie, Thomas, 717. 
Bowman, Albert L., 541. 

Matilda, 569, 739. 
Bowne. Abigail, 819. 
Samuel, 819. 



Boyce, Mary, 714. 
Boyer, Eugene J.. 575. 
Boyle, Robert, 707. 
Brackenbury, Sarah, 738. 
lir:idbury, Isaac M., 742. 
Bradford, 80. 

Jacob, 799. 

Tamer, 751. 
Bradhurst, Dr., 818. 

Jonathan, 427. 

Samuel, 581, 826. 

Samuel (Dr.). 565, 818. 
Bradley, Henry, 805. 

Henry K., 757. 

Samuel, 805. 

Samuel (Capt), 381, 805. 

Thomas (Capt.), 251. 
Bradshaw, Geo. (Capt.), 155. 
Bradus, Cornelia, 453, 458. 
Brady, 172. 

William, 348, C49. 
Bragaw, Isaac, 716. 

Maria, 788. 
Brahe, Tycho, 425. 
Braithwaite, Mrs., 13, 813. 
Brand, Daniel, 787. 
Brandon, Capt., 749. 
Brasher, Abraham, 456, 567. 

Elizabeth, 452. 
Bratt, Derick, 701. 

Storm, 200. 
Brayman, William, 508. 
Brazier, Frances, 700. 

Henry, 804. 
Breath, Katherine, 492. 
Brees, Hendrick, 320. 
Breese, Maria, 494. 
Bresba, Roger, 525. 
Breteau, Francis, 332. 

Francois, 332, 346. 

John, 332. 
Brett, Agnietie, 622, 624. 

Philip M., 464. 

William, 624. 
Brevoort, 373, 605. 

Abraham, 410, 478, 479, 480. 

Abraham Nicholson, 480. 

Aefjee, 478. 

Ae.ije, 478. 

Alice, 48L 

Alice Renwlck, 482. 

Anecke (Anna), 478. 

Ann, 480. 

Anna, 479. 

Annecke, 478. 

Annie, 481. 

Catharina, 480. 

Catherine, 479. 

Charlotte, 479. 

Constable, 407, 416. 

Constance Irving, 481. 

Edith, 481. 

Edward Renwick, 481, 482. 

Elias, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481. 

Elizabeth, 480, 481. 

Elizabeth Neville, 480. 

Emily, 481. 

Florence Edith, 482. 

Grietje, 478. 

Hendrick, 477, 478, 545, 791. 

Hendrickje, 477, 478. 

Hendrickus, 478. 479. 

Hendricus, 480. 

Henricus, 479. 

Henry, 478, 479, 480, 481, 500. 

Henry Leffert. 481. 

Henry Seely, 481. 

Henry Wortley, 481. 

Hester, 479. 

Isaac, 479. 



846 



INDEX. 



Brevoort, J. Carson (Mrs.), 428. 

Jacob, 478. 

Jacomintie, 479. 

Jacomyntje, 479. 

James Carson, 480, 481. 

James Renwick, 481, 482. 

Jan Hendricks, 298, 342, 347, 370, 414, 415, 
476. 

Jane, 481. 

Jannetie, 298, 477. 

Jeminia, 479. 

Johannes, 478. 

John, 478, 479, 480, 796, 800, 801, 803. 

John (Johannes), 479. 

John Butler, 482. 

John Hendrick, 790. 

John Hendricks, 475, 476, 477. 

Latisse, 478. 

Laura, 481. 

Laura Whetten, 480. 

Lea, 479. 

Louisa, 479. 

Margaret Claudia, 480. 

Margaretje, 478. 

Margrietje, 479. 

Maria, 478, 479, 480. 

Marritie, 477. 

Martje, 478. 

Mary, 298. 

Mary Stewart, 481. 

Nicholaas, 479. 

Permile, 480. 

Rosamond Renwick, 482. 

Sarah, 481. 

Susette Terhune, 482. 

Victor, 482. 

Willemientie, 480. 

William Augustus, 480. 

William Whetten, 480, 481. 
Brewer, SO. 
Brewster,, 80. 

Eliza, 724. 

Mary, 525. 
Brice, George, 541. 
Brickel, George F., 619. 
Brickers, Thomas, 347. 
Bries, Hendrick, 96. 

Hendrick Volkertsen, 96. 
Briggs, Louisa A., 611. 

Mary, 790. 

Walter, 488. 
Brinckerhoff, Elbert A., 661. 

George, 156. 

Maria, 705. 

Sarah, 156. 

Stephen, 704. 
Brindle, Ora Maharry, 674. 
Brink, Abram N., 530. 

Elizabeth, 499. 

Mary, 504. 
Brinkerhofl, Derick, 697. 

Margaret, 441. 
Brison, Mary Kanouse, 440, 443. 
Bristed, Charles Astor, 480. 
Britt, Elizabeth, 488. 
Britton, William, 270. 
Broadhead, Magdalena, 503. 
Brodhead, Mary, 788. 

Richard, 148. 
Brodt, Judith, 719. 
Brogaine, William V., 751. 
Brokaw, Maria, 782. 

Matilda, 700. 
Bronck, 135, 136, 154. 

Jonas, 92, 133, 134, 140, 142, 384, 385. 

Jonas (Mrs.), 277. 

Peter Jonassen, 142. 
Bronson, Montraville, 753. 
Brooks, Arthur Lee, 666. 

James, 724. 



Brooks, Jonathan, 646. 

Martin Van B., 442. 

Samuel, 442. 
Broot, Charles, 736. 
Brouk, Anna, 540. 
Broussard, Saviat, 410. 
Brouwer, Cornelius T., 464. 

Jacob, 247. 

Jacob Blderts, 183. 

Sarah, 456. 
Brower, Abraham, 350. 

Adam, 220. 

Jacob, 787. 

John D., 461. 

Marritie, 220. 

Mary, 645. 

Mrs., 348. 

Theophilus, 457. 

Ulderrick, 347. 
Brower (Brewster), 630. 
Brown, Abigail, 803. 

Abraham, 644. 

Elizabeth, 569, 572. 

Evert, 424, 552. 

George, 556. 

George E., 753. 

H. Leslie, 668. 
■ Hannah, 552, 554. 

Harriet, 656. 

Harriet _M., 739. 

James, 790. 

Jane, 630. 

John, 625, 706, 807. 

Joseph O., 321. 

Mary, 480, 489, 750. 

Mary Kingsland, 492. 

Mr.. 466. 

Myrtle, 446. 

Samuel, 783. 

Sarah, 488. 
Brundige, Mary, 789. 
Brunneal, Catherine, 699. 
Brunston, Rachel, 434. 
Brush, John, 460. 

Nelson, 440. 
Bruyn, Evert, 486, 549. ' 

Gerrit, 615. 

Mary, 484, 486. 

Rebecca, 789. 
Bruynsen, Hage, 107, 235, 251, 368. 

Hermanus, 236. 
Bryant, Alanson F., 519. 

Elizabeth, 697. 
Brytseit, Maria, 626. 
Buchanan, 340. 
Buchman, Sylvester, 760. 
Buckhout, 204. 

Peter, 204, 261. 

Phebe, 720. 
Buckley, Amanda, 714. 
Buell, Charles, 526. 

Luther H., 526. 

Phebe O., 526. 
Buffum, Elizabeth, 788. 
Bugby, Hannah, 639. 
Buhl, Benjamin S., 764. 
Bulderen, Gertrude, 188. 
Bulen, Alexander, 703. 
Bull, Nathan, 520. 
Bullis, William, 508. 
Bulson, Abraham, 724. 
Bundy, John W., 528. 
Bunn (Bon), Mary (Maria), 605. 
Bunnell, Mary, 657. 
Bunschoten, Elias, 148. 
Burbanks, Emily, 518. 
Burdett, Walter S., 669. 
Burdione, Anna B., 772. 
Burger, Carsten, 692. 

Elizabeth, 393. 



INDEX. 



847 



Burger, Engeltie, 385. 

John, 410. 

Joris, 310. 

Nicholas, 410. 
Burhans, Barent, 148. 
Burket, Catharine A., 574. 

Elizabeth Jane, 574. 
Burnham, Dr., 753. 

Mary, 753. 
Burns, Ann, 505. 
Burr, David, 656. 

Grissel, 436, 440. 
Burrill, Ebenezer, 826. 

■John E., 661. 
Burroughs, Elizabeth, 520. 

Lydia, 723. 
Burt, C. S., 762. 
Eurtch, Mary, 444. 
Burton (Benton), Lavinia R., 734. 
Bush, 270. 

Albert, 367, 36S. 

Albertus Conradus, 368. 

Anna Maria, 368. 

Casparus, 368. 

Cornelia, 368. 

Dorothy, 368. 

Gerrit, 368. 

Henry, 765. 

Hillegond, 368. 

Jeremiah, 610. 

Joshua, 368. 

Julia, 517. 

Jurian, 368. 

Justus, 368. 

Maggie, 755. 

Matilda, 688. 

Samuel, 368. 
Bussing, 172, 203, 230, 238, 302, 352, 424, 425, 
494, 546, 636, 795, 800, 803, 826. 

Aaron, 230, 274, 298, 438, 483, 484, 485, 487, 
489, 602, 604, 797, 800, 802, S18, 824. 

Abraham, 484, 485, 487, 488, 489, 490, 492, 
607, 803. 

Abraham Barker, 490. 

Abraham V. N., 492. 

Adam, 492. 

Adolph, 488, 490. 

Aeltie, 484, 602. 

Alexander, 484. 

Amanda, 493. 

Andrew Teneick, 492. 

Ann, 489, 493. 

Anna, 484, 486, 487. 490. 

Arena Harmans, "295. 

Arent, 333, 345, 429, 484, 485, 486, 545, 564, 
607, 697, 698, 797, 801, 803, 810, 817, 818, 
821, 828, 829, 830. 

Arent H., 827, 828. 

Arent Harmans, 93, 201, 242, 278, 301, 310, 
316, 389, 403, 406, 408, 482, 603, 791, 816. 

Arent Harmanse, 483, 495. 

Arent Harmens, 297. 

Arent riermens, 364, 377. 

Arent Hermensen, 329. 

Betsy Hannah, 489. 

Caroline A., 491. 

Catalyna, 490. 

Catherine, 274, 485, 491. 

Charlotte S., 491. 

Christian, 492. 

Cornelia, 493. 

Daniel Schuyler, 491. 

Dirck, 483. 

Edith, 493. 

Edmund Kingsland, 490, 492. 

Elizabeth, 429, 483, 487, 488, 491, 492. 

Elizabeth Mesier, 490. 

Ellen Rebecca, 492. 

Emma, 491. 

Engelite, 483. 



Bussing, Engeltie, 600. 
Eva, 485. 
Eve, 484. 
Evert, 486. 
Florence, 493. 
Geesie, 594. 

Geesie (Gertrude), 483. 
George, 493. 
George H., 489, 491. 
Georgianna, 491. 
Gerrett, 487. 
Hannah, 493. 

Harman, 483, 484, 488, 489, 491, 787. 
Harmanus, 487, 489. 
Harvey, 491. 
Harvey Hyer, 489, 491. 
Helena, 488. 
Hendrik, 487. 
Herman, 486. 
Hester, 487. 
Hyer, 489. 
Isaac, 484, 486, 489. 
Jacobus, 485, 486, 487. 
James, 489. 

Jane, 487, 489, 490, 491. 
Jane Ann, 491. 
Jennie, 493. 
Johannes, 487, 490. 
John, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490. 

491, 492, 493, 564. 
John Legrange, 492. 
John M., 490, 492. 
John N., 491. 
John S. 492, 493. 
John Schermerhorn, 490, 492. 
Julia A., 492. 
Kate, 493. 

Margaret. 483, 488. 490, 492, 564. 
Maria, 298, 485, 486, 487, 605. 
Maria (Mary), 489. 
Maria Ann, 492. 
Marten, 492. 
Martha, 493. 
Martha Jane. 493. 

Mary, 408, 484, 486, 488, 491, 492, 493. 
Mary (Corson), 491. 
Mary (Maria), 486. 
Mary Ann, 489. 
Mary Wilkinson, 490. 
Marytje, 490. 
Maude, 493. 
Nancy, 484. 
Peter, 430, 431, 4.33, 482, 483, 484. 48S. 487, 

488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 545, 565, 602, 603, 

636, 642, 797, 800. 801, 818, 824. 
Peter (Pieter), 487. 
Peter (Rev.), 490, 492. 
Peter Valentine, 492. 
Rebecca, 485, 486, 489, 704. 
Rebecca D., 490. 
Robert Spier, 492, 493. 
Robert Spier, Jr., 493. 
Samuel. 490. 
Sara, 487. 

Sarah, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489. 
Sarah (Susan), 488. 
Sarah A., 493. 
Sarah Elizabeth, 493. 
Sarah G., 491. 
Sarah Maria, 491. 
Susan, 485, 490. 
Susanna, 487. 
Susannah, 430, 483, 484, 487, 489, 490, 491. 

606, 607, 787. 
Timothy, 488. 
Timothy (Timotheus), 486. 
William, 486. 489, 491. 
William C, 488. 
William J.. 492. 
Butcher, John, 809. 



INDEX. 



Butler, Amos, 596. 

John A., 481. 

Mary Lewis, 481. 
Button, Etienne, 365. 

Jacques, 347. 

Maria, 350. 
Buur, Jan Hendricks, 148. 
Buys, Aert P., 202. 

Aert Pietersen, 183, 201, 203, 275, 641. 

Aert Pieterz, 218. 

Cornelis, 96. 

Cornelis Aertse, 201. 

Cornelis Aertsen, 203. 

Eliza, 548. 

Francis, 692. 

Jacob, 347. 

Jan Pieters, 277. 

Jan Pietersen, 249. 

Job. Pietersen, 203, 242. 

Johannes, 96, 204, 219. 

Johannes Piet'n, 201. 

Johannes Pietersz, 240. 

John, 546, 594. 

Peter, 96. 

Rebecca, 545. 
Byrkit, F. K., 776. 
Byrnes, Edward, 723. 

Ellen, 770. 
Byron, George, 725. 

Harriet, 724. 
Byvanck, Peter, 456. 



Caden, John, 717. 
Calame, Elise, 662. 
Calden, Jane, 648. 
Caldwell, Elizabeth, 505. 
Call, Anthony, 711. 
Callanan, John, 13. 
Callow, Stephen, 788. 
Calvin, 11. 
Cammega, Anna, 604. 

Hendrick, 347, 604. 

Hendrick Jansz, 681. 
Cammel, Christian, 684. 
Campbell, 736. 

Adolph W., 610. 

George W., 764. 

John, 687. 

John R. (Dr.), 714. 

Lucas, 638. 

Peter C, 466. 

Robert, 767. 

Thomas, 744. 

William, 451, 454. 

William D., 617. 

Caner, Edward A., 663. 
Cannon, 775. 

Hester, 565. 

James S., (Dr.), 479. 

John, 565. 
Canon, Abraham, 350. 
Canterbury, 494. 
Cantine, Abraham, 502. 

Daniel, 502. 
Capito, Matthys, 259. 
Carbosie, 303, 304, 375. 

Brieta, 374, 389. 

David, 375. 

Gabriel, 293, 302, 340, 374, 389. 
Card, Mary, 750. 
Carhart, Jane, 733. 
Carl, Margaret, 752. 
Carle, Joseph, 583. 
Carleton, Dudley (Sir), 81, 82, 117. 
Carlisle, James L., 771. 
Carlock, Simon, 617. 
Carlton, Phebe, 586. 



Carman, Isaac, 534. 
Carmen, Nicholas, 693. 
Carpenter, George, 741. 

Mrs., 656. 
Carr, Ervilla, 630. 

Lillian, 576. 
Carroll, James, 298, 562. 
Carsense, Hendrick, 598. 
Carson, Charles, 741. 

Laura, 480. 
Carsten, Claes, 145, 273, 302, 360. 
Cartaret, 605. 

James (Capt.), 323. 
Carter, Clara Sherwood, 775. 
Jane, 526. 
Mary Ann, 656. 
Zebulon (Capt.), 217. 
Carteret, 13, 205, 323, 372, 797, 803, 813. 
Captain, 323, 324, 340, 342, 346, 355. 
Elizabeth, 810. 
Frances, 811. 
George, 810, 811. 
George (Sir), 322, 360. 
James, 397, 601, 811, 812. 
James (Captain), 13, 321, 322, 339, 342, 

359, 360, 378, 394, 809, 810. 
James (Mrs.), 809. 
Mrs., 359. 

Philip (Capt.), 322. 
Philip (Governor), 322. 
Cartier, 11, 76. 
Carver, 80. 
Gary, John, 729. 

William, 790. 
Case, Carrie, 660. 

Robert, 723. 
Cashow, 204. 

easier, 47, 50, 61, 270, 622. 
Elizabeth, 198. 
Hester, 198. 
Jacques, 198. 
Jean, 198, 201, 203. 
Jean (Mrs.), 200. 
Maria, 200. 
Marie, 104. 
Peter, 198. 
Philip, 47, 65, 190, 194, 195, 198, 200, 205, 

221, 272, 621, 791, 797, 800. 
Philippe, 103, 183, 186, 193. 
Sarah, 198. 
Sophia, 198. 
Widow, 800. 
Cass, Fanny R., 690. 
Cassidy, Margaret, 762. 
Castang, Judith, 428. 
Cavalier, Peter Gerard, 368. 
Chaigneux, Pierre, 220. 
Chamberlain, Edwin B., 489. 

Martha, 668. 
Chambers, John, 807. 
Sarah, 498. 
Thomas, 148. 
William, 498. 
Champlain, 11. 
Chapin, Sarah, 667. 
Chapman, Olive, 509. 
Chappell, William, 638. 
Chardavoyne, Jane Magdalena, 653. 

William W., 647. 
Chartier, Francis, 272. 
Chase, Laura, 519. 
Liddie, 734. 
Martin V., 752. 
Nelson, 562. 
Chatterton, 658. 

Jane, 687. 
Chauncey, Isaac (Com.), 298. 
Cheethen, Matilda, 465. 
Cheney, William, 657. 
Cherrytree, Stephen F., 519. 



INDEX. 



849 



Chesire, Jane, 513. 
Chesterman, 172, 794. 

James, 172, 579, 705. 
Chevalier, Samuel, 589. 
Chichester, Fred L., 773. 

Romette, 632. 
Childs, Evander, 646. 

S. W., 762. 
Cheat, Joseph S., 538. 
Cholwell, Jacob, 465. 
Christancy, Hannah. 
Christeen, Sarah, 788. 
Christiaens, Barent, 234. 
Christie, Hannah, 460, 466. 

James, 350. 

Margaret, 460. 

Maria, 451. 

Peter W., 460. 
Christie (Volk), Agnes, 685. 
Christopher, Aaron, 667. 

Maria, 619. 
Church, Dewitt C, 759. 

Owin, 555. 
Citti, Caroline A., 524. 
Claes, Thysie, 427. 
Claessen, 106, 190, 200, 333, 342, 797. 

Claesie, 234. 

Derick, 191, 195, 205, 234, 791, 800, 803. 

Dirck, 183, 186, 199, 219, 221, 545. 

Geertie, 234. 

Gisberta, 234. 

Jacob, 277. 

Jannetie, 234, 545. 

John, 277, 278. 

Marritie, 155. 

Mary, 278. 

Matthias, 278. 

Matthys, 277, 278. 

Pieter, 293, 294. 

Sibout, 146, 166, 247. 

Valentine, 219, 234, 239, 240, 242, 277, 306, 
797, 800. 
Clark, Abigail D., 451. 

Ann, 457. 

Cornelius, 537. 

Daniel D., 461. 

Delvina, 526. 

Bffle, 647. 

Elizabeth, 466. 

John, 551. 

John G., 528. 

Mary, '486, 725. 

Mary Louise, 747. 

Patrick. 707. 

Rachel Beach, 654. 

Ralph, 468. 

Samuel (Colonel), 791. 

Sarah, 460. 

Theodocia, 791. 
Clarke, Caroline F., 759. 

Gerardus, 469. 
Claus, David J., 745. 
Claypole, Norton, 367. 
Cleveland, Nettie A., 540. 
Clinton, George, 607. 

George (Governor), 428. 
Cloos, Rachel, 101, 221, 292. 
Clopper, Cornells, 431. 

Johannes, 431. 

Margaret, 431. 

Peter, 806. 
Clute, F. N., 168. 

Francina, 295. 

Frederick, 295. 

Frederick N., 169. 

Helen, 719. 

Nicholas F., 169. 
Coats, Mary, 527. 
Cochran, Mr., 531. 
Coddington, Mrs., 813. 



Codington, Margaret, 628. 
Codrington, Captain, 353. 

Margaret, 807, 808. 

Thomas, 353, 367, 378, 807. 
Coe, 49. 

Amanda L., 752. 

John, 710. 
Coen, Adrian Dircksen, 311. 
Coenraet, 694. 

Coenraets, Femmetie, 251, 269, 310. 
Coerten, 494. 

Meyndert, 183, 187, 189, 193, 493. 
Coeymans. Andries, 427. 

Barent Pietersen, 427. 

Jannetie, 427. 
Coffin, Ann, 371. 
Cogu, 353, 798. 

Jan, 183, 186, 190, 194, 201, 203, 225, 237, 
246, 333, 797. 
Cole, Henry, 783. 

Isaac, 682. 

Isaac (Rev.), 466. 

Julia Anna, 466. 

Martha, 571. 

Mary, 506, 665. 

Maryetta L., 742. 
Coleman. John, 112. 

Philetus, 752. 

Samuel, 725. 
Coles, John B., 238. 
Colevelt, Johanna, 380. 

Laurens, 271, 380. 

Laurens Jansen, 692. 
Coley, Mary Ellen, 529. 
Coligny, 11. 

Admiral, 38. 
Collard, Benton, 763. 
Collidge, Frederick W., 480. 
Collister, Anna, 715. 
Colonius, 84. 

Daniel, 74. 
Colthar, 693. 
Colton, Harriet, 533. 
Colve, A., 310. 

Anthony (Governor), 305, 306. 

Governor, 312, 317, 382, 385. 
Colwell, William H. (Mrs.), 385. 
Comstock, Elsie, 469. 

Harriet, 661. 
Concini, 42. 
Concklin, Tobias, 424. 
Congreve, 826. 

Captain, 408, 799, 823, 824, 829, 830. 

Charles, 821, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830. 

Charles (Captain), 637, 698, 795. 
Conklin, Mary, 709. 

Matthew, 618. 

Rebecca, 724. 
Conner, Elizabeth, 690. 
Connor, Catherine, Z., 466, 471. 
Conover, Amanda, 661. 
Conrad, Harriet, 530. 
Conselyea, 204, 205, 613. 

John, 205, 220. 

Margaret, 205, 220. 

Peter, 205. 
Convers, 771. 
Cook, David, .526. 

Thomas F. (M. D.), 784. 
Cool, Jacob, 682. 
Cooley, A. J., 762. 
Coon. Daniel, 518. 
Coonley, 751. 
Cooper, Cornelia, 791. 
Coopman. Barbara, 453. 
Cope, Eliza A., 523. 
Copstaff, John, 409. 
Cordaz, 789. 
Corey, Augusta, 735. 
Cornbury, 826. 



850 



INDEX. 



Cornbury, Governor, 805, 826. 
Corne, Eliza, 551. 

Peter (Capt.), 294. 
Cornelis, Ariaentie, 209. 

Jenneke, 641. 

Metje, 430, 433, 563, 592, 795, 797, 800, 801, 
803, 816, 817, 825, 827, 828, 830. 
Cornellsse, Lourens, 829. 

Metje, 623. 

Mettle, 810. 
CorneliKsen, Laurens, 563, 821, 830. 

Matthys, 229. 

Metje, 830. 
Cornellson, John (Rev.), 229. 
Cornelisz, Claes, 125. 

Laurens, 476. 

Thomas, 85. 
Cornell, Jennie, 535. 

Thomas, 163. 
Cornier, 329, 348. 

Simeon, 103, 104, 293, 301, 304, 308, 309, 
314, 315, 328, 798, 804. 

Simon, 797. 
Corning, Emily Augusta, 620. 
Cornish, Aaron, 630. 
Correll, A. E., 577. 
Corsa, Andrew, 488. 

Benjamin, 265. 

Charles, 491. 

Jacomina, 644. 

Martha, 491. 
Corsen, Jannetie, 579. 
Corssen, Arent, 784. 

Tennis, 622, 643. 
Cortelyou, Jacques, 476. 
Cortilieu, Jacques, 392. 
Cortilleau, Jaques, 226. 
Cortilyou, Jacques, 255. 
Cortlandt, Mr., 392. 
Cortright, Margareta, 822. 

Mary, 571. 
Cortwright, Hendrick W., 259. 
Corwln, Flora, 576. 

Henry B., 747. 
Coryell, Dinah, 727. 
Cosart, Anthony, 205. 

David, 205. 

Francis, 205. 

George, 205. 

Jacob, 205. 

John, 205. 
Cosgrove, Samuel,, 442. 
Cossart, Anthony, 204. 

David, 204. 

Elizabeth, 204. 

Jacob, 204. 

Jacque, 204. 
Cosse, James A., 790. 
Cottin, 184. 

Daniel, 64. 

Jean, 64. 

Susannah, 64. 
Cottle, George L., 770. 
Coude, Anna Margareta, 359. 
Coum, Samuel, 739. 
Counsell, 769. 
Courtright, Aefle, 410. 

John, 267, 410, 806. 
Cousseau, 190, 199, 800, 801, 804. 

Jacques, 48, 100, 183, 186, 191, 194, 204, 
210, 221, 272, 379, 797. 

Martha, 379. 
Couwenhoven, Johannes, 477. 
Covert, 613. 

Hans, 809. 

John C, 537. 

Richard, 553. 
Cowenhoven, Johannes, 429. 

Maria, 478. 

Maria (Maryken Van), 477. 



Cowperthwait, 438. 

J. K., 172. 

Mr., 262. 
Cox, 783. 

Daniel, 807. 

Daniel (Dr.), 413. 

Dr., 807. 

Frances Emma, 576. 

Mary, 567. 

Mary Jane, 597. 

Mr., 399. 

Mrs., 381. 

Sarah, 805. 

Thomas, 558. 

William, 367, 381, 388, 401, 805. 
Cozine, Garret, 545. 
Craft, Henry, 621. 
Craig, Elizabeth, 436. 
Grain, Parthenia, 749. 
Crandall, 658. 
Crane, Gilbert, 630. 

Judge, 727. 

Mary E., 470. 
Crannell, Robert, 811. 
Cranson, Edgar, 749. 
Crapo, Maria, 751. 
Crawbank, Margaret, 719. 
Crawford, Ann, 700. 
Cray, Grietie, 599. 

Jacob, 214. 

Teunis, 214, 282, 599. 
Creed, James, 746. 
Cregier, 647. 
Crepel, 184. 

Antoine, 183. 

Maria, 183. 
Cresson, 5, 50, 61, 64, 175, 236, 270, 332. 

Abraham, 358. 

Anna, 358. 

Charles M. (Dr.), 358. 

Christina, 214, 357. 

Elias, 357. 

Elie, 293. 

Elliot, 358. 

Jacques, 183, 197, 202, 212, 223, 235, 357, 
358, 359, 636, 791, 796, 800. 

Jaques, 186, 190, 199, 200, 201, 203, 214, 
221, 239, 242, 259, 266, 288, 296, 297, 622. 

Joshua, 357, 358. 

Maria, 358. 

Moy Pier, 193, 199. 

Mrs., 233, 267, 358. 

Nicolas, 101. 

Peter, 190, 287, 288. 

Pierre, 101, 176, 183, 186, 201, 202, 203, 
204, 214, 218, 221, 239, 266, 267, 271, 284, 
286, 289, 292, 293, 296, 298, 302, 303, 308, 
316, 320, 332, 346, 347, 350, 351, 353, 357, 
477, 791, 795, 796, 801. 

Pieter, 338. 

Rachel, 350, 357, 358. 

Sarah, 358. 

Solomon, 3.^8. 

Susannah, 292, 357, 358. 

Venant, 101. 
Crey, Theunis, 288. 
Crispel, Antoine, 103. 
Crispell, 184. 

Julia, 655. 
Crissman, Mary B., 735. 
Crolius, William J., 597. 
Crom, Catherine, 259. 
Croraartie, John, 191. 

Margaret, 191. 
Cromelin, Rachel, 462. 
Crommelin, Anna, 603. 

Charles, 603. 
Cronenberg, Tryntie Pieters, 219. 
Cronk, Margaret, 505. 



INDEX. 



851 



Crook, John, 808. ■ >*• i 'V o^ 

Mary, 808. 
Crocker, Frank F., 444. 
Crooks, Vinie, 770. 
Crosby, Jane, 486. 
Cross, Eliza J., 754. 

Emma, 747. 

James M., 735. 

Shubel, 738. 
Crosseron, Jean, 270. 
Crossit, Bessie, 766. 
Crouser, Gerrlt, 270. 
Crowell, Esther, 462, 468. 
Croy, Charles, 33. 
Cruger, John, 364. 

John P. (Colonel), 555. 

Nicholas, 570. 
Crum, Elizabeth, 709. 

Louisa A., 629. 
Crundall, Thomas, 321. 
Cruse, Belinda, 654. 
Cruser, B. J., 656. 
Cudabee, Catharine, 567. 
Cuffy, 390. 
Culver, 204, 205. 

Gertie, 205. 

Jacob, 205. 

Johannes, 205. 

Maria, 205. 

Sarah, 205, 697. 
Cunningham, Simon B., 575. 
Cure, John, 648. 

Curtenius, Antonius (Rev.), 782. 
Curtis. Mehitable, 784. 

Sarah L., 445. 
Custiss, Amelia C, 532. 
Cuthe, 57. 

Cutshall, W. W., 532. 
Cuvilly, Adriana, 613. 
Cuvler, Abraham, 364. 

Hendrick, 364. 

Henry, 364. 

Johannes, 364. 

Reynier, 364. 



Daille, Peter (Dominie), 335. 

Pierre (Rev.), 319, 335. 
d'Ailly, Louis, 58. 
d'Albert, Charles, 42. 

Henry, 32. 

Honore, 55. 
Dalsen, Tennis, 791. 
Dalton, Kate, 690. 
Daly, Elizabeth, 456. 

Mary, 788. 

Philip, 4.56, 788. 
Damen, Cornelia, 200. 

Elizabeth, 198. 

Jan, 302. 

Jan Jansen, 613. 

John, 198, 447. 

Neeltie, 447. 
Damarest, David, 220. 
Danforth, 554. 
Daniels, Annetie, 94, 692. 

Johan, 274. 

Melissa J., 736. 
Danielson, Alice Weaver, 474. 
Dankers, 354. 
Darby, Bernard, 782. 
Darvall, 397, 797, 798. 

Frances, 378. 

William, 378, 809. 

William (Mrs.), 809. 
d'Aumale, Count, 58. 
Davenport, John, 695. 

Lewis, 646. 



d'Avesnes, Jacques, 31, 54. 
David, 760. 

Francis Morton, 664. 
Davids, Martje, 822. 

Moertje, 365, 366, 368, 369, 394, 814, 825. 

Phebe Ann, 651. 
Davidsen, Joris, 161. 
Davis, Alice (Mrs.), 445. 

Cornelia, 526. 

Emeline, 440. 

Fred C. Arthur, 443. 

Jabez H., 524. 

James (Dr.), 528. 

Jane, 783. 

Lyman H., 511. 

Peter, 7S3. 

Sewall S., 758. 

Silas, 436. 

Walter A., 467. 
Davidson, Charles A., 661. 

James, 763. 

Jefferson, 754. 
Dawson, John, 714. 
Day, Isaac, 418, 500. 

John Q. Adams, 518. 

Martha, 519. 

Orsinius D., 464. 
Deady, Charles, 627. 
Dean, Joseph P. (Capt.), 609. 

Lavinia, 502. 

Marv E., 665. 

Otto K., 675. 
Deane, Josephine M., .535. 
De Barradat. Henri, 54. 
De Baun, Isaac. 442. 
Debaun, Christian, 350. 

Cornelia, 4.33. 

Mattie, 350. 
de Beauvois, Carel, 274. 
De Bell, Emily, 730. 
De Berghes, Archbishop, 34. 
De Berguin, Louis, 58. 
De Bevoise, Zana, 445. 
Debevoise, John R., 730. 

Maria, 692. 
de Boog. Hendrick, 161, 220. 

Susannah, 277. 
De Boog, Catharine, 161. 
Debost, Charles, 465. 
De Boyce, Johanna, 732. 
De Brichanteau, Philibert, 54. 
de Carteret, Amice, 321. 

Charles, 321. 

Edward, 322. 

Nicholas, 322. 
De Carteret, 6, 13, 321. 

George (Sir), 320, 321. 
De Caumartln, 56. 
de Cerff, Jan, 408. 
De Chaulnes, Duke, 54, 56, 59. 
Decker, Fanny, 512. 

Harman, 785. 

Jacob, 2.59. 

Jacob Jansen, 258. 

Malinda, 736. 

Maria, 496, 499. 

Mary, 515. 

Ruth, 788. 
De Clark, 626. 

Marv, 615. 

Stephen, 442. 
De Clerck, Derrick, 638. 
Decosenine, Adele, 750. 
de Crov, Antoine, 38. 

Charles, 32. 

Jean, 32. 

Lord, 30. 

Philip. 32. 
Deen. Hans, 201, 203. 
De Foreest, Catharine, 783. 



852 



INDEX. 



De Foreest, John Abeel, 783. 
John I., 783. 
Lawrence V., 783. 
Margaret, 783. 
Maria, 783. 
Peter, 783. 

Theodore Romaine (M. D.), 783. 
de Forest, Gerrit, 692. 
Henricus, 370. 
John, 371. 
Maria, 701. 
Philip, 351. 
Rachel 785 
De Forest, 33^ 38, 39, 48, 77, 97, 105, 127, 130, 

154, 155, 164, 355, 781, 786. 
Abel B., 784. 
Abraham, 782, 783. 
Alfred, 784. 
Andrew, 783. 
Ann, 784. 
Anna, 783. 
Parent, 783. 
Benjamin, 784. 
Bernard, 782. 
Captain, 783. 
Carlos M., 784. 
Caroline, 783. 
Catalina, 783. 
Catharine, 782. 
Charles, 784. 
Charles A., 784. 
Charles S., 783. 
Cornelia, 783. 
Cornelius, 783. 
Cornelius V., 783. 
Crispin, 89, 90, 91. 
Cvrus H., 784. 
David, 782, 783, 784. 
David C, 784. 
Deborah, 783. 
Dr., 372, 782. 
Edward, 784. 
Eliza, 784. 

Elizabeth, 782, 783, 784. 
Erastus L., 784. 
Frederick L., 784. 
George B., 784. 

Gerard, 76, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 131, 204, 785. 
Gerardus, 783. 
Gerrit, 782, 783. 
Gideon, 784. 
Hendrick, 150, 782, 783. 
^tlGTirioiis 7S3 
Henry, 76, 88,' 89, 90, 91, 125, 126, 128, 129, 

134, 783, 784, 802. 
Henry G., 784. 
Hez'ekiah, 784. 
Isaac, 76, 89, 91, 94, 125, 135, 150, 161, 194, 

210, 242, 781, 782, 784. 
Israel, 76. 

Jacob J. (Colonel), 782. 
James G., 784. 
Jane, 784. 

Jean, 36, 76, 82, 88. 
Jeanne, 76. 
Jesse, 76, 77, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 782, 

783. 
Johannes, 782. 
John, 782, 783. 
John (M. D.), 784. 
Joseph, 784. 
Lawrence, 782. 
Lawrence Vanderveer, 782. 
Lee, 784. 
Lockwood, 784. 
Louisa, 784. 
Margaret, 782, 783. 
Maria, 750, 782, 783. 
Martha, 784. 



De Forest, Mary, 782, 784. 

Mary L., 784. 

Michael, 76, 782. 

Mrs., 135. 

Nehemiah, 784. 

Peter, 783. 

Phebe, 783. 

Philip, 782. 

Philippe, 76. 

Rachel, 76, 85, 784. 

Richard, 782. 

Samuel, 784. 

Samuel A., 784. 

Sarah, 782, 783, 784. 

Susan, 784. 

Susannah. 782, 783. 

Theodorus, 782, 783. 

Tracy R., 784. 

William, 784. 

William W., 784. 
De Forest & Son, 784. 
de Genlis, Countess, 17. 
de Graaf, 321. 

Anna, 692. 
De Graaf, Hester, 681, 682. 

Susannah, 681. 
De Graef, Susannah, 681. 
De Graff, Blandina, 502. 

Maria, 508, 515. 
De Grave, Maria, 393. 
De Graw, Cornelia, 449. 

Elizabeth, 617. 

Gerrit, 449. 
De Groot, Adolphus Pietersen, 365. 

Elizabeth, 350. 

Gerrit, 429. 

Leah, 350. 

Peter, 350. 

Rebecca, 350. 
Degroot, 724. 

De Crush, Elias, Jr., 605. 
De Haert, Jacobus, 155. 
De Haes, Jacob, 214. 

Jacob Gerrits, 214. 

John, 214. 
de Hainault, John (Sir), 31. 
De Hedicourt, Sieur, 99. 
De Hocquincourt, Marquiese, 54. 
De Hooges, Anthony, 785. 

Elenora, 785. 
de Jonge, Weilke, 412. 
De Key, Agnes, 321. 

Captain, 810. 

Jacob, 321, 394, 395, 692, 825. 

Jacob (Capt.), 389, 637. 

Lucretia, 161. 

Tennis, 276. 

Thomas, 804. 
De Klerck, Daniel, 616. 
de Kleyn, Willemtie, 681. 
De Kleyn, Hugh Barents, 97, 681. 
De Labadie, Jean, 62. 
De Laet, 110, 113, 118. 

Johannes, 86, 87, 89. 
Delafield, 340, 807. 
de la Grange, Agnes, 76. 

Anna, 60S. 

Crispin, 76. 

Hester, 76. 

Jellis, 608. 
De Lamater, Cynthia, 538. 

Jan, 448. 

Zoe Alida, 538. 
Delamater, 205, 269, 270, 297, 333, 335, 336, 
419, 482, '493, 494, 797, 802. 

Abel, 520, 532. 

Abraham, 196, 346, 429, 478. 494, 496, 497, 
498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 50C 505, 506, 508, 
510, 511, 513, 515, 516, 521, 522, 523, 524, 
527, 532, 634, 535. 



INDEX. 



853 



Delamater, Abraliam (Abram), 496. 

Abraham C, 503, 511. 

Abraham Howard, 521, 533. 

Abraham J., 498, 503. 

Abraham Valatie, 509, 520. 

Abram J., 534. 

Ada Belle, 539. 

Ada S., 544. 

Adaliua, 528. 

Addison, 528. 

Adelaide, 544. 

Adelaide M., 533. 

Adriaua (Ariaantje), 496. 

Albert, 524. 

Albert F., 529. 

Albert Laverene, 541. 

Albert W., 536. 
. Alexander, 522. 

Alfred, 536. 

Alice Martha, 541. 

Allie, 543. 

Almira, 530. 

Almon, 532, 541. 

Almon Herman, 541. 

Alouzo, 536. 

Alton Washington, 529. 

Alva James, 522, 534. 

Amanda E., 525. 

Amelia, 541. 

Amy, 513. 

Andrew, 525. 

Ann, 505. 

Ann Augusta, 529. 

Ann Eliza, 518, 521, 531. 

Ann Eliza H., 523. 

Anna, 503, 505, COS, 510, 513, 515, 518, 519, 
520, 536. 540, 700, 706. 

Anna Catharina, 498. 

Anna Maria, 515. 

Anna Wheeler, 539. 

Annatje, 498, 499. 

Anne (Annatje), 504. 

Anneke, 544. 

Anneke (Anna), 500. 

Anneken, 499. 

Annie, 539. 

Anson, 516, 528, 543, 544. , 

Anson H., 526. 

Anson White, 528, 539. 

Anthony, 504, 511. 

Antonnetta, 509. 

Antoinette, 531, 534. 

Arthur J., 522. 

Asa, 520. 

Aseneth, 513. 

Austin, 530, 539. 

Barent, 500, 505. 

Bata, 497, 502. 

Bata (Elizabeth), 501. 

Bayard Edwin, 533. 

Belden, 520, 533. 

Beletie. 506. 

Beletje, 506. 

Belle, 543. 

Bellona, 538. 

Benjamin, 498, 501, 502, 503, 505, 506, 507, 
509, 517, 520, 523, 528, 529, 535. 

Benjamin C, 527, 538. 

Benjamin Edwin, 520. 

Benjamin F., 532. 

Benjamin Franklin, 520. 

Benjamin S., 510, 521. 

Benjamin Valatie, 509, 519. 

Benjamin Waldron, 513, 523. 

Bert, 537. 

Bertie, 536, 540. 

Betsy, 517, 519. 

Betsy (Elizabeth), 519. 

Betsy Amanda, 528. 

Betsy C, 525. 



Delamater, Blandina, 503, 511. 
Bradley M., 527, 528. 
Bradley M., Jr., 537, 538, 543. 
Calista, 537. 
Captain, 497. 

Caroline, 513, 516, 517, 522, 525, 526, 533. 
Carrie, 542. 

Catalina, 501, 505, 512. 
Caterine, 504. 

Catharine, 499, 504, 509, 510, 518. 
Catherina, 502, 504. 
Catherine, 478, 496, 498, 499, 505, 506, 511, 

514, 523. 
Catherine Ann, 522. 
Catherine Louisa, 520. 
Cathleen M., 535. 
Catrina, 498, 514. 
Caty (Catherine), 519. 
Chandler, 527. 
Chandler B., 527. 
Charles, 514, 524, 527, 536, 538, 543. 
Charles B., 523. 
Charles Day, 532, 541. 
Charles De Witt, 521. 
Charles E., 525. 
Charles Fremont, 538. 
Charles H., 540. 
Charles Henry, 535. 
Charles K., 533, 542. 
Charles Wallace, 534. 
Charlotte, 521. 
Charlotte Elizabeth, 510. 
Christina, 501, 503, 515. 
Christine, 507. 
Christinje, 514. 
Cintie, 501. 

Clarissa, 521, 533. 534. 
Claude, 514, 515. 
Claude Fay, 542. 
Cloudy, 515. 
Cloudy (Claude), 507. 
Conrad, 510. 
Constant C, 527. 
Cora B., 542. 
Cora C, 540. 
Cornelia, 496, 497, 498, 500, 505, 506, 535, 

543, 565, 602. 
Cornelia Ann, 523. 
Cornells, 510. 
Cornelius, 496, 498, 499, 502, 503, 504, 509, 

510, 511, 512. 
Cornelius (Cornells), 498. 
Cornelius Brink, 511. 
Cornelius Marquand, 523. 
Cynthia Louisa, 537. 
Cyrus M., 508, 518. 
Daniel, 293. 
David, 496, 499, 511. 
David D., 499, 504. 
David J., 536. 
Delia, 533. 
De Witt C. 526. 
DeWitt Clinton, 537, 543. 
Diadema, 539. 
Dirck, 501, 507. 
Dolly, 520. 
Donald L., 542. 
Dorcas, 535. 
Dorothea, 515. 
Dubois, 535. 
Dunis (Tunis), 507. 
Earl Mott, 539. 
Ebenezer, 519, 531. 
Edgar, 543. 
Edith L., 539. 
Edith May, 538. 
Edna, 539. 
Edna Louise, 543. 
Edward. .^16, 527, 528, 538. 
Edward B., 533, 542. 



854 



INDEX. 



Delamater, Edward D., 513. 
Edward Radcliff, 544. 
Edward Sellew, 540. 
Edward W. C, 524. 
Edwin, 520. 
Edwin James, 536. 
Effle, 533. 
Eldredge, 536. 
Eliphaz, 534, 542. 
Eliza (Catherine), 511. 
Eliza A., 512. 
Eliza Linnet, 523. 
Eliza M., 529. 
Eliza Maria, 530. 
Eliza Sill, 528. 
Elizabeth, 499, 500, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 

508, 509, 510, 514, 516, 518, 519, 521, 524, 

525, 528, 530, 531. 
Ella Jessie, 522. 
Ella Sarah, 541. 
Ellen Eliza, 531. 
Elmer Ellsworth, 537. 
Elsie, 542. 
Elsie (Elsjen), 498. 
Elting, 534, 542. 
Elting R., 542. 
Elvina, 536. 
Ely, 513. 

Emeline, 527, 540. 
Emily, 530. 
Emily L., 526. 
Emma, 537. 
Emma Elizabeth, 522. 
Emma Florence, 541. ' 

Emma Frances, 524. 
Emmett, 542. 
Endell, 537. 
Eric, 542. 

Erskine Grant, 535. 
Estelle, 531. 
Ethel, 542. 
Etta, 536. 

Eunice Rebecca, 531. 
Eva, 515. 

Evelyn Catalina, 535. 
Evert, 506, 514. 
Evertie (Titje), 497, 682. 
Ezra Doane, 524. 
Ezra Lee, 539. 
Fanny, 543. 
Fidelia, 536. 
Flora, 534. 
Flora Eva, 541. 
Florence, 536. 
Florence A., 541. 
Florence B., 538. 
Foster Beckwith Gilbert, 543. 
Francis, 513. 
Frank, 538, 539. 
Frank L., 540, 543. 
Franklin W., 541. 
Fred M., 542. 
Freddy, 538. 

Frederick, 518, 529, 530, 533, 536, 539, 544. 
Frederick Miledge, 524. 
Frederick R., 542, 544. 
Garret, 512. 
Geertjen, 502. 
George, 513, 519, 526, 531, 536, 537, 538, 

539, 543. 
George Albert, 538. 
George Benjamin, 532, 540. 
George C., 532. 
George Clinton, 517. 
George L., 538. 
George Richmond, 544. 
George Wallace, 534, 540, 544. 
George Wright, 539. 
Georgie, 539. 
Gerret, 509, 521. 



Delamater, Gerrit, 506. 

Gertje, 515. 

Gertrude, 501, 534. 

Gertrude A., 535, 

Gertrude C. H., 528. 

Gertruit (Gertrude), 507. 

Glaude, 229, 230, 231, 234, 242, 264, 267, 269, 
279, 281, 293, 296, 333, 334, 360, 393, 484, 
494, 495, 497, 501, 507, 697, 791, 795, 800, 
801, 803, 804. 

Glaude (Mrs.), 401. 

Grace, 539, 544. 

Grace Adelaide, 544. 

Grace E., 535. 

Grace Laura, 541. 

Grace Maria, 539. 

Guysbert Bogert Vroom, 523, 535. 

Guysbert Watts, 535. 

Hannah, 512, 520, 526. 

Hannah Helen, 528. 

Hannah Matilda, 523. 

Hardenburgh, .521. 

Harmon, 529. 

Harold E., 544. 

Harold Waldo, 543. 

Harriet, 523, 526, 531. 

Harriet Louisa, 528. 

Harry, 525, 526. 

Harry A., 541. 

Harry B., 542. 

Hattie C, 543. 

Hazel, 543. 

Helen, 517, 528, 530, 533. 

Helen O., 544. 

Helen S., 527. 

Helen Schuler, 530. 

Helen Ursula, 537. 

Helena, 521. 

Heletje, 514. 

Hendrick, 502, 508, 509. 

Henlen E., 538. 

Henrietta, 536. 

Henry, 518, 521, 524, 529, 530, 531, 534, 53S. 

Henry (Harry), 520. 

Henry A., 510. 

Henry Bruce, 541. 

Henry Columbus, 538. 

Henry Sabine, 536, 543. 

Hester, 412, 414, 415, 495, 496, 497, 498, 500, 
502, 564. 

Hildreth, 542. 

Homer, 538. 

Horace B., 529. 

Horace L., 531, 540, 541. 

Horace N., 525, 536. 

Horace William, 539. 

Ida, 535. 

Ira., 519, 530. 

Ira E., 540, 544. 

Ira M., 530, 539. 

Ira M. (Dr.), 518. 

Irene, 518. 

Irving, 542. 

Isaac, 376, 389, 403, 405, 406, 412, 414, 415, 
494, 495, 496, 497, 500, 501, 504, 505, 506, 
507, 508, 509, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 
517, 518, 523, 526, 527, 531, 537, 540, 566, 
567, 602, 696, 697, 791, 804, 810, 811, 816, 
817, 821, 827, 828, 829, 830. 

Isaac (Captain), 497. 

Isaac A., 533, 542. 

Isaac Jewell, 513. 

Isaac, Jr., 966. 

Isaac Leister, 525. 

Isaac Newell, 528, 539. 

Isabella, 544. 

Israel Van Keuren, 534. 

Jackson, 527, 538. 

Jacob, 497, 499, 502, 503, 507, 509, 511, 514, 
516, 517, 521, 522, 524, 528, 529, 534. 



INDEX. 



855 



Delamater, Jacob (Dr.), 528, 

Jacob Brink, 504, 512. 

Jacob H., 524, 536. 

Jacobus, 494, 497, 499, 501, 

Jacobus (James), 496. 

Jacobus Plierboom, 514. 

James, 508, 512, 515, 517, 529 

James (or Jacobus), 499. 

James Barnes, 515, 524. 

James Brink, 511, 522, 534. 

James C, 542. 

James Horue, 513, 523. 

James L., 530. 

James M., 525, 527, 536, 537. 

James Scott, 544. 

James Van Ness, 520, 533. 

James Watts, 523, 535. 

James Willard. 539. 

Jan, 272, 319, 348, 362, 364, 
401, 412, 414, 415, 494, 495, 
622, 816, 817. 

Jane, 506, 513, 519, 521, 525. 

Jane E., 538. 

Jane Eliza, 522. 

Jane Margriet, 521. 

Janneke, 501. 

Jannetie, 495, 498, 501. 

Januetje, 496. 

Jannetye, 514. 

Jean, 293, 294. 

Jehiel, 524, 535. 

Jennet, 522. 

Jennie M., 541. 

Jeremiah, 501. 

.Jeremias, 506, 507, 514. 

Jesse, 513. 

Jessie N., 535. 

Johan Peters, 515. 

Johannes, 496, 498, 499, 501, 
508, 510, 515. 

Johannes (Joannes), 496. 

John, 367, 376, 381, 434, 497, 
503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 
513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 
524, 525, 526, 528, 529, 531, 
538, 541, 565, 579, 598, 602,' 
697, 698, 791, 796, 798, 799, 
808, 817, 826. 

John (Jan), 497, 500, 505. 

John (Johannes), 499. 

John (Johannis), 506. 

John A., Jr., 5.39. 

John Adams, 529, 539. 

John Addison, 503, 521. 

John Angell, 528. 

John Cole, 514. 

John De Witt, .521. 

John Howard, 535. 

John L., 526, 537. 

John Luther, 537, 543. 

John M., 518, 530, 539. 

John Mortimer, 524. 

John Oscar, 542. 

John S., 505, 512. 

John Schoonmaker, 511. 

John Smith, 529. 

John W., 542, 544. 

John Wheeler, 539. 

John William, 523. 

Jonas Rossmore, 515, 524. 

Jooris, 505. 

Joseph, 505. 

Joseph F., 525, 536. 

Joseph Nelson, 525. 

Josephine, 525, 531. 534. 

Josephine Benjamin, 529. 

Julia, 517, .5.38, 540. 

Julia J., .533. 

Julia Phebe, 537. 



539. 
507, 
, 533 



514, 515. 
539. 



370, 
503, 



371, 393, 
510, 564, 



503, 506, 507, 



499, 


500, 


501 


510, 


511, 


.512 


519, 


522, 


523 


532, 


534, 


538 


612, 


642, 


695 


800, 


801, 


804 



Delamater, Julius S., 525,, 536. 
Juny, 515. 
Kate, 529. 
Kornelia, 507. 

Lafayette, 517, 529. 532, 541. 
Laura, .509, 520, 530. 
Laurentia, 509. 
Lecta A., 520. 
Leonard, .532, 541. 
Leonie, 541.' 
Leroy, 544. 
Lewis, 512, 524, 534. 
Leynje, 514. 
Libius, 530. 
Lillie D., 537. 
Lizzie, 526. 
liorenzo D., 527, 538. 
Lottie, 544. 
Louie J., .542. 
Louis (Rev.), 5.33, 542. 
Louisa, ,519, 526. 
Louise Celesta, 536. 
Lucius, 519, 530, 540. 
Lucius B., 525, 536. 
Lucius Matthews, 540. 
Lucretia, 516. 
Lucretia Eliza, 535. 
Lucretia Maria, 523. 
Lucuis Matthews, 531. 
Luella E. L., 542. 
Luella M., 542. 
Lydia, 508. 
Lyman Albert, 522. 
Maggie, 537. 
Mamie, .534, 537. 
Marcus F., 529. 
Marcus R., 518, 530. 
Maretje, .515. 

Margaret, 500, 503, 507, 510, 525, 565. 
Margareta, 498. 
Margaretha, 508. 
Margarita, 506. 
Margriet, 502, 503. 
Margrit, 510. 
Maria, 502, 503, 505, 508, 511, 512, .514, 515, 

517, 518, 522, 526, 523. 
Maria (Marytje), 496, 499. 
Maria Alexin a, 535. 
Maria Ann, 528. 
Maria Antoinette, 530. 
Maria B., 538. 
Maria J., 525. 
Maria Jane, 527. 
Maria Kip, 516. 
Maria Lewis, 529. 
Maria Rose, 533. 
Marietta, 530. 
Martha, 528, 497. 
Martha A., 532. 
Martha Jane, 529. 
Martha May, 541. 
Martin, 495, 497, 501, 502, 508. 
Martvn, 521. 
Martyn (Martin), 509. 
Marvin Levilla, 529. 
Mary, 509, 511, .513, 514, 521, 524, 530, 531, 

536. 
Mary (Maria), 504. 
Mary A., .512. 
Mary Ann, 517, 519, 532. 
Mary Cornelia, 535. 
Mary Elizabeth, 524, 531. 
Mary Emma, 535. 
Mary Esther, 541. 
Marv Etta, 526. 
Mary F., .542. 
Mary Forkes, 544. 
Mary Helen, 540. 
Mary J., 525. 
Mary Jane, 511. 528, 537. 



856 



INDEX. 



Delamater, Mary M., 532. 
Mary Salmi, 498. 
Mary V., 534. 
Mary W., 528. 
Marytje, 515. 
Matheus, 503. 
Matilda, 518, 526. 
Mattie F., 539. 
Maud, 537. 
Mehitable, 528. 
Melisa Amelia, 532. 
Melva Maria, 541. 
Melvin Van Valkenburgh, 539. 
Mercy, 508. 
Merrick L., 538, 543. 
Michel, 514. 
Mildred, 543. 
Minnie, 536. 
Minnie Helen, 543. 
Moses, 509. 
Mrs., 424, 493, 494. 
Myra Eugenia, 537. 
Nancy W., 528. 
Nathan, 516, 526, 527, 537. 
Nathaniel, 518. 
Nellie Josephine, 543. 
Nelson, 535, 543. 
Nicholas, 509. 
Nicholas B., 530. 
Newell, 538. 
Olive, 533. 
Orrin, 534. 
Oscar, 522, 531. 
Oscar Z., 540, 544. 
Perry Decatur, ,520 532. 
Peter, 502, 508, 510, 514, 518, 520, 521, 522, 

524, 529, 534. 542. 
Peter Low, 504, 511. 
Peter Vroom, 523. 
Petrus, 511, 522. 
Phoebe, 516, 517, 543. 
Polly, 518, 520. 
Rachel, 498, 499, 501, 503, 504, 507, 510, 

511 515. 
Radcliff, 521, 533. 
Rad«liffe, 534, 542. 
Ralph, 514. 

Rebecca, 497, 500, 502, 504, 507, 508, 519. 
Rebecka (Rebecca), 506. 
Reid A., 533, 541. 
Reuben C, 520, 532. 
Reuben S., 532. 
Richard, 514, 515, 524. 
Robert, 514. 
Rosalind C, 522. 
Roscoe Winans, 540. 
Rosena (Lena), 520. 
Rosett, 537. 
Royal, 543. 
Ruby Maria. 537. 
S. M. K., 532. 
Sally, 516, 526. 
Sally Ann, 523. 
Sally Malcum, 509. 
Samuel, 500, 505, 508, 512, 513, 518, 523, 

527, 707. 
Samuel Martin, 523. 
Samuel S., 512. 
Sara, 506, 509. 
Sarah, 498, 500, 502, 503, 509, 510, 511, 521, 

523, 524, 526, 528, 531, 533, 537. 
Sarah A., 541. 
Sarah Catherine, 521. 
Sarah Elizabeth, 529, 532. 
Sarah Fayette, 539. 
Sarah J., 512. 
Sarah M., 525. 
Sarah Odelia, 537. 
Schuyler Beekman, 535. 
Schuyler C, 535. 



Delamater, Sibyl, 520. 

Smith, 516. 525, 526. 

Sophia, 527. 

Stephen, 516, 526, 530, 532, 543. 

Stephen G., 518, 529. 

Stephen Truesdall, 529, 539. 

Stephen Truesdall, Jr., 539. 

Susan, 514, 520, 531. 

Susan Adelaide, 540. 

Susan Caroline, 520. 

Susan Frances, 541. 

Susanna, 508. 

Susannah, 482, 495, 496, 497, 498, 500, 509, 
579. 

Susie Louisa, 544. 

Sylvia Maude, 541. 

Tanneke, 496. 

Tebina, 498. 

Telia Adella, 536. 

Tennis, 507. 

Theodore Alva, 534. 

Theodore C, 511, 522. 

Theunis, 507. 

Thomas, 498, 510, 519, 521, 532, 538. 

Thomas Albert, 540, 544. 

Thomas Henry (Rev.), 532, 541. 

Thomas Jefferson, 517. 

Titus, 531. 540. 

Tones, 507. 

Trinje, 515. 

Tunis Osterhout, 515, 524. 

Uriah, 519, 531. 

Victor Morris, 540, 544. 

Walter Henry, 541. 

Walter James, 539. 

Washington, 527, 538. 

Wealthy M., 512. 

Webster. 537. 

Wilbur S., 524. 

Wilfred Schuyler, 543. 

Wilhelm, 510. 

Willard, 518, 520, 543. 

William, 502, 505, 506, 510, 514, 515, 516, 
518, 519, 525, 531, 534, 540, 542, 544. 

William (Dr.), 538. 

William B., 510, 513. 521, 524, 533, 542. 

William Burrough, 532. 

William Gardiner, 524, 535. 

William H., 525, 531, 536. . 

William H. (Dr.), 530. 

William Harrison, 520, 532. 

William Henry, 529. 

William M., 532, 541. 

William P., 534. 

William Peter, 522, 534. 

William Rubens, 536. 

William Wallace, 528, 531, 538, 540. 

Willis, 538. 

Wilson T., 540. 

Zara, 499. 

Zebulon, 531, 540. 

Zeletie, 498. 

Zella L., 543. 

Zoe Alida, 537. 
Delamatie, Geertie, 501. 
De Lameter, Jan, 403, 405, 406, 409. 
Delamont, John, 169. 
de La Montague, J., 287. 

Jan, 280. 

John, 283. 

Nicasius, 359. 

Willem, 221. 
De La Montague, 182. 

Jan, 281. 

Jean, 208, 281. 

Jean Mousnier, 79. 

Johannes (Dr.), 48. 

John, Jr., 181. 

Isaac Monier, 787. 

William, 181, 191. 



INDEX. 



857 



Delamontagne, 267. 
John, 692. 
Vincent, 168. 
de la Moutagnie, Frederick, 713. 
Delamontagnie, Abraliam, 596. 
Jacob, 594, 595, 596. 
Joseph, 595. 
Mary E., 596. 
Robert, 595. 
Teunis, 594, 595. 
William, 595. 
de La Montaine, Abram, 377. 
de La Montauie, Abram, 591, 593. 

John, 593. 
de Laniontanie, Abram, 412, 821. 
Delamontanie, S26. 
Abram, 403, 699, 830. 
Abraham, 410, 430, 438, 592, 594, 602 

804, 816, 817, 825, 827. 
Jannetie, 410. 
Teunis, 799. 
Theunis, 433. 
de la Montanye, Teunis, 483. 
De La Montanye, Elizabeth, 443. 
Delamontanye, George Fowler, 790. 

John, 790. 
De Lancaster, Louise, 259, 272. 
De Lancastre, Louise, 98. 
Delancey, John, 698. 
De Lannoy, Jeanne, 99, 493, 494. 
Delauoy, Catharine, 161. 

Peter, 161. 
De La Plain, Nichols, 224. 
De La Plaine. Nicholas, 259. 
Delaplaine, Nicholas, 357. 
Delaval, Capt., 348. 
De Lavall, Mr., 798. 

Thomas, 212, 216, 232, 242. 
Delavall, 205, 233, 234, 236, 240, 251 261 
276, 277, 280, 286, 297, 304, 314, 315 
359, 371, 372, 375, 401, 581, 592, 601, 
796, 797, 800, 818. 
Captain, 217, 222, 235, 246, 256, 257, 
291, 296, 303, 339, 353, 396, 397, 402, 
547, 604, 795, 797, 801, 810, 813, 814 
Frances, 322, 378. 
John, 378, 396, 397, 398, 406, 413, 414, 

801, 809, 811. 
Margaret, 353. 
Mayor, 223. 
Mr., 281. 

Ralph (Sir), 232. 

Thomas, 244, 264, 266, 306, 307, 323, 
377, 378, 379, 413, 417, 623, 795, 811, 
827, 828, 829. 830. 
Thomas (Captain), 803, 809, 825. 
Delius, Dominie, 140. 
De Longueville, Duke, 56, 58. 
De Luynes, 56. 

Demarest, 5, 12, 47, 50, 61, 64, 65, 103, 
191, 196, 205, 292, 295, 318, 321, 324, 
328, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 349, 358, 
788, 803. 
Benjamin, 350. 
Cornelius H., 689. 
Damarest, 315. 
Daniel, 350, 441. 

David, 47, 69, 106, 172, 217, 234, 239 

242, 259, 265, 269, 275, 276, 278, 279 

286, 288, 293, 294, 296, 306, 333, 346, 

791 795 796 

David, Jr., 330, 334, 336, 346, 348, 350, 

797, 798. 
Geya, 437. 
Ira, 445. 
Jacobus, 350. 
Jacomina, 350, 697. 
James, 454. 

John, 102, 217, 246, 267, 286, 293, 297 
350, 441, 791. 



614, 



333, 
605, 

258, 
546, 
824. 

415, 



303, 



Demarest, John J., 560. 
Joseph, 443, 617. 
Judith, 350. 
Katherine, 711. 
Leah, 3.50. 
Lydia, 3.50. 
Magdalena, 191, 350. 
Margaret, 560. 
Margareta, 458. 
Maria, 350. 
Mary, 217, 350. 
Matthew, 454. 
Nicholas D., 615. 
Peter, 350, 450. 
Philip, 626. 

Polly (Maria), 454, 459. 
Rachel, 350. 
Rebecca, 433. 
Richard, 337, 338. 
Richard, Jr., 348. 
Samuel, 246, 293, 350, 471. 
Sarah, 350, 620. 
Simon, 350. 
Susanna, 350. 
Thomas, 616. 
De Maudeville, David, 100. 
Giles, 100. 
Gillis Jansen, 100. 
Hendrick, 100. 
de Meyer, Nicholaes, 598. 

Nicholas, 320, 364. 
De Meyer, 189, 190, 208, 263, 268, 273, 274. 
320, 321, 333, 353, 382, 800, 802. 
Agnes, 321. 
Anna Catrina, 321. 
Aunecke, 321. 
Benjamin, 321. 
Catherine, 321. 
Catrina, 321. 
Deborah, 321. 
Elizabeth, 321. 
Henricus, 321. 
Jeremiah, 321. 
Johannes, 321. 
Ludia, 321. 
Lydia, 321. 
Nicolaes, 183, 186. 

Nicholas, 92, 107, 187, 191, 210, 218, 221, 
222, 234, 239, 258, 269, 321, 795, 797, 799. 
Wilhelmus, 321. 
William, 320, 321. 
Demeyer, Nicholas, 367. 
De Milt, Nellie, 671. 
De Monchy, 54. 
De Muscatel, Bernard, 153. 
D'Enambus, 50. 

M., 47. 
Denel, Mary Jane, 752. 
Denison, Charles, 790. 
Dennis, R. W., 577. 
Dennison, Daniel (Dr.), 516. 
Denton, Clarissa J., 527. 

John, 781. 
Deny, Sarah, 320. 
de Parisis, Jacqueline, 635. 
De Pew, Elizabeth, 560. 
Depew, 204, 205. 
Aaron, 205. 
Jean, 205. 
Kitty, 662. 
Moses, 205. 
Nicholas, 205. 
Susannah, 205. 
De Peyster, 394. 
Catharine, 439. 
Elizabeth, 161. 
James W., 804. 
Johannes, 161. 
Nicholas, 804. 
De Picquigny, 56. 



858 



INDEX. 



de Poictier, Jean Baptiste, 246, 347, 370. 

De Poincy, 47. 

De Potter, Cornells, 157, 158, 167, 168. 

Cornelius, 160. 
de Pre, Andries, 191. 

Francina, 191. 

Jannetie, 191. 

John, 191, 246. 

Maria, 191. 

Simon, 191. 
De Pre, 67, 189, 800. 

Jan, 183, 186, 190, 191, 192. 

John, 796. 
De Puy, Chester, 534. 
Depuy, John H., 654. 
De Raet, Ellas, 132. 
De Rasieres, Isaac, 119. 
Derbyshire, John, 443. 
i De Reimer, Hester Ann, 652. 

Isaac, 782. 

Peter, 782. 
De Revere, Sophia, 786. 
Dericksen, Adam, 183, 186, 190, 195, 198, 797, 
800. 

Elizabeth, 128. 

Grietie, 198. 

Paulus, 128. 

Tennis, 295. 
.'De Riemer, Peter, 782. 
Dermer, Captain, 116. 
de Roberval, Sieur, 11. 
Deronda, Catherine, 432. 

Maria, 711. 
De Ronde, Dominie, 408. 
de Ruine, Jacomina, 246. 

Jannetie, 191, 246. 

Jeanne, 256. 

Maria, 246. 

Simon, 65, 191, 247, 291, 304. 
De Ruine, 100, 186, 800, 803. 

Jacomina, 350. 

Maria, 350. 

Simon, 100, 183, 185, 186, 190, 191, 193, 195, 
199, 201, 203, 235, 246, 348, 350, 546, 795. 
De Ryck, Jan Cornelisz, 2/3. 
Deschamps, 410. 

Isaac, 381, 401, 807. 
des Conseiller, Jean, 246. 
de Sille, 693. 
De Sille, Nicasius, 786. 
des Mareest, David, 264, 266. 
des Mareset, David, 271. 
des Marest, David, Jr., 302, 320, 328, 332, 
338. 

Jean', 266, 302. 

Samuel, 302, 309, 328, 332. 
Des Marest, David, 102, 103, 279, 284, 287, 
289, 290, 301, 307, 308, 309, 313, 318, 320, 
323, 328, 332, 337, 338, 340, 349. 
Desmarest, Johannes, 280. 
Des Marets, David, 61. 

Samuel, 102. 

Sieur, 47. 
De Tourneur, 63. 

Daniel, 98. 
De Valois, Charles, 55. 
de Vaux, Abel, 424. 

Abigail, 424. 

Abraham, 424. 

Daniel, 424. 

David, 424. 

Dinah, 424. 

Esther, 348, 424. 

Frederick, 329, 330, 332, 342, 348, 409, 635. 

Hester, 424. 

Johannes, 348. 

John, 424. 

Judith, 424. 

Leah, 424. 

Mary, 347, 424. 



de Vaux, Nicholas, 318, 324, 328, 329, 331, 
332, 338, 346, 347, 348, 349, 409. 

Rachel, 347, 424. 

Sarah, 424. 

Susanna, 347. 

Susannah, 424. 

Thomas, 424. 
De Vaux, 11, 103, 318. 

Frederick, 395, 424. 

Jacques 'Rev.), 61. 
De Voe, 103, 251, 278, 419. 

Benjamin, 625. 

Frederick, 353, 424, 545, 637. 

Frederick W., 424. 

George W., 424. 

Isaac, 424. 

James, 424. 

John Appleby, 424. 

Moses, 265, 424. 

Rachel, 545. 

Thomas F. (Col.), 329, 424. 

Thomas Farrington, 424. 
Devoe, 626. 

David, 506. 

Hannah, 719. 

Harriett, 572. 

Josephine, 631. 

Maria, 626. 

Mary, 625. 
Devoor, 594. 

Abraham, 410. 

Adriana, 409, 788. 

Aefie, 410, 808. 

Aefie (Effle), 267. 

Ann, 410, 479. 

David, 410, 594, 799, 803. 

Elizabeth, 409, 410. 

Jane, 410. 

Jannetie, 410. 

Jelante, 410. 

John, 267, 410, 788, 806. 

John, Jr., 410, 806. 

Margaret, 409, 410. 

Maria, 409. 

Rachel, 409. 

Teunis, 409, 625. 

William, 410. 
Devore (De Voor), John, 453. 
de Vos, Mattheus, 384. 
de Vouw, Johannes, 348. 
de vries, Jan Gerrits, 380. 
de Vries, Dirck, 203. 

John, 599. 

Phebe, 188. 

Titus Syrachs (Capt.), 188. 
De Vries, 133, 267. 

Captain, 132. 

David (Capt), 125, 127. 

Derick, 201. 

Jan Gerrits en, 93, 236, 251, 263, 264, 311. 
373. 
de Weerham, Ambrose, 203. 
De "Weerham, Ambrosius, 201. 
De Weever, Jan, 201, 203. 
De Winter, Peter, 132. 
De Wit, John, 238. 
De Witt, Barbara, 148. 

Gerardus, 148. 

Hasuelt, 148. 

Helena, 168. 

Jannetie, 618. 

Johannes, 609, 795. 

Johannes, Jr., 825. 

Leah, 148. 

Mary, 259. 

Matthys, 148. 

Nicholas, 148. 

Sarah, 148. 

Simeon, 607. 

Thomas, 148. 



INDEX. 



859 



De Witt, Tietie, 148. 

Tjerck, 148, 168. 
Dewitt, Anne, 509. 
Charles, 509. 
• Deyo, Daniel V. (Dr.), 521 
Elizabeth, 272. 
Ella, 575. 
d'Heucourt, Seigneur, 60, 61. 
Diamond, Belinda, 729. 
Dickenson, Charles, 452. 
Dickinson, Charles, 754. 

Edward, 5.57. 
Dickson, Carrie, 741. 

David, 806. 
Diemer, Christian, 595. 
Dietz, Christian, 659. 
John G., 610. 
Leney, 658. 
Dikeman, John (Judge), 546. 
Dlldein, Anuatie, 581. 
Dillon, Felix V., 467. 
Dimauche, Jean, 105. 
Dingman, Huldah, 567. 
Dinius, Burton C, 543. 
Dircks, Annetie, 234. 
Barentie, 107. 
Barentien, 247. 
Egbertie, 107, 236, 310, 368. 
Geertie, 107. 
Grietie, 613. 
Dlrcksen, Jan, 21S, 294, 365, 373. 
Dirge, Angenietje, 616. 
Dirk, Hevelyn, 443. 

Disosway, 5, 50, 61, 64, 270, 315, 319, 320 
358. 
Dame, 319. 
Dianah, 320. 
Elizabeth, 320. 
Gabriel, 320. 
Israel, 320. 
Jean, 320. 
Jeanne, 320. 
Job, 320. 
Madeleine, 319. 
Marc, 63, 335. 
Marcus, 319, 320. 
Maria, 320. 
Mark, 181, 242. 
Mary, 320. 
Sarah, 320. 
Susannah, 320. 
Dixon, 758. 
D. L. Montanye, Joseph, 788. 

William (M. D.),790. 
D'Meyer, N., 199. 
Doane, Rebecca, 721. 
Dobbs, Walter, 809. 
Dodds, F. B., 764. 
Dodge, Erastus, 658. 
Dodson, Mary, 569. 
d'Oisy, Goswin, 31. 
Dolph, Maria H., 521. 
Dolseu, 373. 

Teunis, 643. 
Dominees, Hester, 270. 
Dominicus, 217. 
Donald, Julius O., 659. 
Donaldson, Lydia A., 651. 
Donelsen, Ann M., 715. 
Dongan, Governor, 679. 
Thomas, 270, 273, 278, 381, 383, 385, 390, 
391, 396, 399, 410, 411, 413, 415, 417. 
Dongan patent. The, 243, 416, 417, 418, 426, 

447, 493, 558, 599, 623. 634, 817. 
Donnington, J. Wyckliffe, 787. 
Donnison, Benjamin, 641. 
Doolittle, John J., 472. 

Loretta, 666. 
Doremus, George, 610. 
Johannes, 697. 



Doremus, Maria, 465. 
Rachel D., 437. 
Thomas, 697. 
Dorland, Enoch G., 651. 
Dorr, Elizabeth, 507. 

George F., 771. 
Dorsey, 769. 
Doty, Cornelia, 745. 

Eliza, 513. 
Dougherty, Jennie, 760. 
Doughty, Francis (Rev.), 147. 

Mary. 782. 
Douglas, Alonzo, 726. 

Eliza. .JlO. 
Douglass, Julia Ann, 736. 

Mary J., 736. 
Douw, Andries, 321. 
Downer, Samuel, 784. 
Downing, Charles, 658. 
Florence, 664. 
G., 762. 
Roger, 644. 
Sarah, 646. 
Doxey, Ralph, 281, 294. 
Doyle, Minerva A., 668. 
Drain, Ellen, 640. 
Drake. 569. 
Mary, 684. 
Nelson H., 471. 
Dresser, James H., 537. 
Drevit, Aline, 841. 
Drew, Alfred, 526. 
Drinkwater, Margaret, 393. 
Driscoll, Lorinda Ellen, 666. 
Drisius, 268. 
Dominie, 282, 376. 
Samuel, 223. 
Samuel (Dominie), 98. 
Droogscheerder, Jacob, 201, 203. 
Duane, Anthony, 427. 
James (Hon.), 427. 
Dubison, 370. 
Du Boice, James, 711. 
du Bois, Francoise, 493. 
Hester, 221. 
Louis, 493. 
Du Bois, 184. 
Coenraad, 502. 
Gualterus, 432. 
Gualterus (Rev.), 408. 
Hester, 99, 264, 493, 494. 
Louis, 103, 183. 
Matthew, 148. 
Pierre, 99. 
Dubois, Ephraim, 498. 
Magdalena. 528. 
Thomas. 685. 
du Buc, Lideric, 66. 
Dubuisson, Sieur, 246, 347, 370. 
Du Can, Margariete, 83. 
du Cange. Sieur, 18. 
Du Chauchoy, Marc. 231. 
Du Cloux, Marie, 76. 
Dudley, William H.. .589. 
Du Ferets, Sieur, 102. 
Duffill, Emma J., 446. 
du Four, David, 340. 362. ,363, 409, 410. 
Du Four, 100, 189, 194, 225, 798. 
Anthonv, 409. 

David, .36. 65, 99, 183, 186, 190, 193, 797 
Glaude, 409. 
Jannetie, 409. 
Jean, 100. 
John. 409. 410. 
Peter, 409. 
Dugen, Ellen E., 629. 

Mary, 629. 
du Mont. Elizabeth, 271. 
John Baptist. 295. 
Margaret, 271, 272, 295. 



86o 



INDEX. 



du Mont, Peter, 295. 

Wallerand, 272, 295. 
Du Mont, Elizabeth, 287. 
Dumont, Peter, 295. 
Duncan, N. B., 764. 
Dunkin, Elizabeth, 819. 

Robert H., 819. 
Dunlap, William, 743. 
Dunn, Simon, 689. 
Dunston, 739. 
Dunton, Jacob, 513. 
du Puis, Francois, 270. 

Nicholas, 204. 
Du Puis (Depew), Nicholas, 259. 
Durand, Marie, 768. 
Durie, Jean, 349, 357. 

John, 350. 

Peter, 350. 
Duryea, Mary E., 654. 
Duryee, Charles, 604, 607. 

John, 455. 

Mary B., 729. 
du Sauchoy, 264. 

Anna, 204. 

Marc, 249, 272, 319. 

Marcus, 270. 

Madeline, 272. 
Du Sauchoy, 232, 271. 

Marcus, 275. 
Dusenberry, Eliza, 552. 
Dusentbirre, Permile, 479. 
Dutch West India Co., 11. 

Arnout, 204. 

David, 204, 785. 
Du Toict, 785. 
Du Trieux (Truax), Philippe, 781. 

Susannah, 781. 
Du Tulliere, Madeleine, 100, 221. 
Duurkoop, 177. 

Claes, 206. 

Jan, 206. 

Jannetie, 206. 
Duval, 586. 
du Voor, Daniel, 349. 
Duyckinck, Anna, 804. 

Evert, 187. 

Gerard, 161. 
Duyts, 183. 

Annetie, 256. 

Catherine, 256. 

Hans, 256. 

Jan, 219, 256, 264. 

Jan Laurens, 256, 796. 

Jan Lourens, 242. 

John, 798. 

Laurens, 135, 256. 
Dyckman, 149, 203. 293, 295, 318, 352, 417, 
424, 434, 623, 787, 796, 801, 814, 817, 820. 

Aaron, 545. 

Aaron Smith, 555. 

Abigail, 555. 

Abraham, 552, 554, 555, 556. 

Aeltie, 550. 

Aletta Eliza, 556. 

Amy M., 557. 

Andries, 393. 

Anna, 545. 

Barney, 556. 

Benjamin, 551, 553. 

Benjamin Benson, 553, 556. 

Betsey Taylor, 556. 

Betsy Mary, 555. 

Blanche L., 557. 

Catalina, 556. 

Catalina (Catherine), 551. 

Catalina Benson, 553. 

Catherine, 546, 552, 553. 

Cathrina, 555. 

Charity, 552, 643. 

Cornelia, 545, 556. 



Dyckman, Cornelis, 234, 545, 564. 

Cornelius, 545, 791. 

Daniel, 548. 

David Waters, 555, 557. 

Derick, 545. 

Edith, 557. 

Eliza, 555, 556. 

Elizabeth, 545, 553. 

Elizabeth Cobb, 557. 

Elmira, 553. 

Emeline, 555. 

Esther Rick, 557. 

Eve, 550, 605. 

Evert, 556. 

Evert Brown, 555, 557. 

Frank N., 557. 

Frederick, 545, 554, 556, 609. 

Garret, 551, 553. 

Garret (Garnet), 555. 

Geertie, 545. 

George, 545, 550, 592, 594. 

Gerretie (Charity), 549. 

Gerrit, 547, 548, 550, 791, 821, 826. 

Grietie, 548. 

Ilannah, 553. 

Hannah (Annatje), 554. 

Harriet, 555. 

Harriet De Puy, 557. 

Harriet Douglas, 555. 

Harry, 557. 

Helen, 557. 

Helena, 550. 

Hester, 545. 

Isaac, 267, 548, 550, 554. 

Isaac Michael, 554. 

Isaac Vermllye, 556. 

Isabel 555, 557. 

Jacob, 345, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 
554, 555, 562, 582, 614, 643. 

Jacob G., 553, 556. 

Jacob, .Jr., 4.31, 439, 545, 550. 

Jacob W., 557. 

Jacobus, 267, 551, 552, 553, 554, 615. 

Jacomina, 393. 

James, 554. 

Jan, 93, 289, 290, 294, 297, 302, 304, 308, 309, 
315, 328, 332, 337, 338, 340, 341, 343, 344, 
345, 349, 364, 365, 370, 372, 373, 376, 379, 
380, 387, 388, 389, 393, 401, 402, 403, 405, 
406, 407, 412, 414, 415, 497, 545, 546, 547, 
548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 612, 816, 817, 821. 

Jan (John), 550. 

Jane, 551, 552, 555, 556. 

Jane (Jannetje), 553. 

Jane Almira, 555. 

Jane Maria, 556. 

Jane Odell, 556. 

Janneke, 545. 

Jannetie, 393, 545. 

Jemima, 552. 

Jesyntje, 550. 

Johanna, 556. 

Johannes, 393, 424, 545. 

Johannes, Jr., 548, 550. 

John, 367, 545, 546, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 
553, 554, 555, 605, 635, 637, 694, 792, 799, 
801, 803, 810, 817, 818, 819, 823, 826, 830. 

John Honeywell, 556. 

Jonathan Odell, 553. 

Joris, 545, 592. 

Julian, 556. 

Lang, 557. 

Letitia Catelina, 553. 

Lillie, 557. 

Lizzie, 557. 

Louis, 557. 

Madeleine, 380. 

Magdalena, 548, 549, 613, 614. 

Marcus, 393. 

Margaret, 549. 



INDEX. 



86 1 



Dyckman, Maria, 545, 548, 550, 551, 554, 556 

Maria (Jane Maria), 555. 

Maria Portland. 557. 

Martha Margaret, 555. 

Martha Maria, 553. 

Martin, 553. 

Martin Post, 555. 

Mary, 552, 556, 557, 644. 

Marytje, 550. 

Matthew, 546. 

Michael, 552, 554. 

Michel, 556. 

Mrs., 316. 

Myron Horton, 557. 

Nicholas, 545. 

Patty Maria, 555. 

Percy, 557. 

Peter B., 556. 

Peter Corne, 553, 555. 

Peter Goetschius, 556, 557. 

Petrus, 550. 

Prudence Hale, 557. 

Rachel Goetschius, 553. 

Rebecca, 546, 548, 549, 550, 554, 555. 

Rebecka (Rebecca), 550. 

Sampson, 553. 

Sampson (Samuel), 551, 553. 

Sampson B., 553. 

Sampson Benson, 553, 555, 556. 

Samson, 551. 

Sarah, 554. 

Sarah Ann, 553. 

Sarah Catalina, 557. 

Sarah P., 556. 

Smith, 557. 

Staats, 648. 

Staats Morris, o51, 553, 555. 

Susan, .556. 

Susan Matilda, 556. < 

Susannah. 644. 

Teunis-Eidesse, 545, 546. 

Teuntie, 545. 

Theunis, 393. 

Walter James. 556. 

William, 549, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 
557, 638. 

William Henry, 555, 556. 557. 

William M., 553, 556. 

William Nagel, 551, 553. 

William W., 554. 

Wyntie, 298, 545, 564. 
Dykeman, John, 827, 828, 829. 
Dykman, Eve, 60S. 



John, 435, 604, 60S, 804, 826. 
Rebecca, 435. 
Dyer, Henry, 789. 
Jannetie. 789. 
Polly, 650. 



Earl, Cynthia, 730. 

Mary, 719. 

Morris, 789. 
Earle, Hannah, 662. 
East India Company, 109. 
Eaton, Harriet, 572. 

Mary, 509. 

Zoe, 516. 
Ecker, Antie, 550. 
Eckerson, Elizabeth, 684. 

Hannah, 441. 

Hannah Maria, 619. 
Eckersen, Thomas, 451. 
Eddy, Ulysees D., 481. 
Edgar, Martha, 584. 
Edge, Daniel, 734. 
Edmonds. Ann, 791. 

John, 499. 



Edsall, 235. 

Hannah, 429. 

H. S., 576. 

Jannetien, 384. 

Joanna, 810. 

John, 429. 

Samuel, 234, 384, 386, 788, 810. 
Eds-on, W. Q., 577. 
Edwards, 755. ■ 

Anthony, 729. 

Eliza, 648. 

Finette, 436, 440. 

Prank, 765. 

James, 451. 

Margaret, 574. 

Walter, 784. 
Egberts, Geertie, 696. 
Eiden, Sarah A., 717. 
Eight, Abraham (Capt), 428. 
Eights, Abraham, 428. 

Jonas (Dr.), 428. 
Elberts, Metje, 234. 

Reyer, 156. 
Elder, George William, 729. 
Blderts, 183. 

Jacob, 193, 197, 198 200, 409, 797, 798, 800. 
Eldertsen, Jacob, 190, 198. 
Eldridge, Martha, 744. 
Elkhout, Anna, 95. 
Elkinton, John A. (Dr.), 513. 
Elliman, William, 473. 
Elliot, Robert Hare Egbert, 473. 
Elliott, Mary, 726. 

Rebecca, 645. 

Ellis, Mary, 806, 807. 
Ellison, vjeorge W., 520. 
Ellsworth, James, 522. 
Elmendorf, Engeltje, 504. 
Elmendorph, Jacob, 502. 

Jan, 502. 
Elphinstone, 416. 

George, 340, 341, 804, 806. 
el Roe, Jaco, 328, 332. 

Jacque, 309. 336, 337. 
el Roey, Jaco, 302. 
Elsevier, W. J. C. Rammelman (Baron), 

Elsmore, John B., 657. 
Elsworth, Clement, 175. 

Judith, 217. 

Samuel G., 629. 

Stoffel, 175, 217. 

Verdine (Capt.). 
Elting, Edyard, 436. 

Jane Magdaline, 522. 

William. 196, 496. 
Elton, Jannetje, 507. 
Elyesseu, Bastiaen, 274, 476, 477, 563. 

Metje, 563. 
Emans, Catherina, 581. 

Cornelius, 585. 

Jacobus, 584. 

Sarah, 644. 
Emanuel, Philip, 58. 
Emerson, Romeo, 525. 
Emery, Margaret, 584. 
Emmons, Ann, 716. 
Emmons (Emans), Rebecca, 580. 
Enderson, Johannis. 454. 
Engel, William, 376. 
Engelbert, Jochem. 302, 309. 
Engelberts, Anna Maria, 175. 

Eldert. 175. 
Enoch, Eliza, 665. 
Enright, Joseph G., 535. 
Erluin, Bishop, 34. 
Eshuysen, Gerrit, 368. 

Maria, 368. 
Esler. Edward, 466. 
Esterbrook, Phoebe Leonda, 516. 



862 



INDEX. 



Etherington, Thomas, 294. 
Etzell, Jacob E., 731. 
Evans, Eva, 776. 

George W., 750. 

J. B., 764. 
Evarts, Mary, 722. 
Evert, Catherine, 449. 
Everts, Alida, 311. 

Cornelia, 274, 447, 495. 

John, 234. 

Rebecca, 496. 
Everts (Van Ness), Cornelia, 496. 
Everett, 726. 
Bwouts, Jan, 393. 

John, 564. 
Exceen, Alexander, 708. 
Eyres, Thomas, 320. 



Fabricius, Jacobus, 340. 
Fabricus, Dominie, 374. 
Fairbanks, Lucy, 752. 
Fairchild, Amelia, 746. 
Fairley, Hugh, 783. 
Farley, Katharine, 669. 
Farmer, Jasper (Capt.), 812. 
Faulkner, James Calvert, 715. 
Fauviere, Charlotte, 813. 
Taviere, 813. 

James, 798, 812. 
IT'ell, John (Judge), 379. 
Judge, 568. 
Simon, 379. 
Felter, Jacob, 510. 
Mabel, 445. 
Sarah, 513. 
Warren, 742. 
William, 513. 
William P., 437. 
Terdon, John, 619. 

Wilhelmus, 684. 
Ferguson, Eliza, 668. 
Farrington, 650. 
John, Jr., 636. 
Ferris, Benjamin, 596. 
Jonathan, 439. 
Mary Ann, 439. 
Miss, 470. 
Few, Nicholas, 491. 
Field, Osgood, 13. 
Fifleld, Mary, 511. 
Fils, Hannah, 436. 
Finch, Benjamin, 530. 
Findlay, Anna P., 588. 
Fine, Frederick, 428. 
Finley, Robert, 788. 
Firby, Edwin Augustus, 651. 
Fisher, Aida Belle, 665. 
Hester, 168. 
Rebecca, 648. 
Fitzgerald, Thomas, 655. 
Fitzpatrick, Philip A., 474. 
Flagler, Samuel, 650. 
Flanders, William, 722. 
Flender, Susette, 482. 
Fletcher, Governor, 290, 292, 642. 
Fllerboom, Francina, 702. 
Jacob, 702. 
Jannetie, 501. 
Flint, Ada, 577. 
Fluyt, Direk Bvertson, 310. 
Follett, John, 277. 
Fonda, Sarah Ann, 444. 
Fontaine, Vincent, 270. 
Forbes, Alexander, 485. 

Philander, 457. 
Forbush, Charles P., 768. 
Toree, Nancy, 738. 



Forest, Hendrick, 150. 
Forker, George, 725. 
Forkes, Frances Josephine, 540. 
Fort, Alida, 487. 
Elizabeth, 486. 
Portner, Lucinda, 574. 
Fosdick, 686. 
Foshay, Eve, 786. 
John, 697. 
Mary, 692. 
Poskett, Mary, 790. 
Foster, Esther, 440. 
Frank, 668. 

Samuel Conant (Dr.), 472. 
Thomas, 144. 
Fountain, Charles, 447. 

Elijah, 790. 
Fowler, Benjamin, 647. 
Charles, 739. 
Jacob D., 464. 
Maryette, 659. 
Milan, 537. 
Rebecca, 646. 
Pox, Catherine M., 444. 
Elizabeth, 532. 
Elmira, 741. 
John W., 668. 
Virginia, 441. 
Wilim N., 753. 
Frances, 808. 
Jeanne, 100. 
Francis, John, 628. 
Franssen, Bout, 143. 
Fredenburgh, Sarah, 734. 
Frederick, Mary Magdalena, 737. 
Fredericks, Christina, 408. 
Fredly B., 764. 
Preelove, Abraham, 715. 
freeman, Margaret, 513. 
Freemeyer, Dorothy E., 736. 
Prelinghuysen, Dominie, 408. ' 
French West India Co., The, 103. 
Frenchman, Jean, 203. 
Frink, Charles, 655. 
Proissart, 31. 
Frost, Bertha A., 766. 
Emma, 492. 
N. A., 668. 
Samuel, 492. 
Pulkerson, Catharine, 782. 
Fuller, John C, 523. 
Fulmer, Townsend George, 575. 
Furman, Gabriel, 606, 798. 
William H., 729. 



Gabelman, Louise E., 665. 
Gaddis, Thomas P., 589. 
Gage, Sarah, 508. 
Galagar, Eliza, 629. 
Gale, Dorothy, 175. 
Galerctine, David, 762. 
Gallatin, Francis D., 474. 
Gamble, William, 787. 
Gamer, David, 442. 
Cancel, John, 205. 

Mary, 205. 
Gano, John (Rev.), 324, 791. 
Ganson, William B., 445. 
Gardenier, Jacob, 696, 702. 

Lena, 701. 

Barent, 639. 
Gardner, Ella, 481. . 

John, 535. 
Garner, Tobias L., 574. 
Garrabrandt, Elizabeth, 640. 
Garret, 520. 
Garretson, Maria, 582. 



INDEX. 



863 



Garretson, William, 656. 
Garrison, Gilbert, 565. 

Jacob I., 723. 
Gaskill, Bessie A., 764. 

Samuel, 65S. 
Gates, Elnathan, 739. 
Gault, J. S., 655. 
Gautier, Maria, 692. 

Samuel, 505. 
Gautro, Eliza, 439. 

Xavier, 439. 
Gedney, Eleazar, 636. 
Gellen, Mary, 71S. 
Gemelli, Dr., 35. 
Geneau, 324. 

Etienne, 97. 

Francis, 324. 
George, Nellie, 664. 

Robert, 501. 
Gerlach, M., 13. 
Gerrits, Geertie, 97. 

Marritie Frans, 97. 

Tryntie, 269. 
Gerritsen, 194, 333, 798. 

Barent, 613. 

Derick, 144. 

Dirck, 310. 

Eva, 298, 310. 

Floris, 333. 

Gerrit, 310. 

Jacob, 636. 

L., 269. 

Lubbert, 183, 186, 190, 191, 193, 194, 
203, 219, 234, 239, 240, 242, 247, 251, 
266, 269, 273, 279, 281, 286, 288, 298, 
308, 309, 310, 314, 428, 598, 622, 792, 
796, 803. 

Lysbeth, 310. 

W., 269. 

Wouter, 100, 246, 264, 296. 
Gerst, Kate, 640. 
Gervoe, 189, 800. 

Jean, 65, 100, 183, 186, 190, 194, 797. 

Jena, 194. 
Gesamin, Marvin H., 664. 
Getston, Jane F., 659. 
uewara, Andrew, 783. 
Gibbon, 51. 
Gibbs, 311. 

Richard, 785. 
Gibson, William, 787. 
Giebner, Mary A., 744. 
Giffing, George, 788. 
Gilford, Dora, 540. 

Sarah, 507. 
Giggs, H. D., 774. 
Gilbert, Charles, 723. 

Ida A., 539. 

John, 684. 

William, 519. 
Gilders leeve, Harriet, 758. 
Gilford, William, 144. 
Gill, Elizabeth, 464. 
Gillespie, James, 715. 

Gilmore, 755. 

Richard, 628. 

Sarah, 568. 
Ginder, Emma, 446. 
Gipsen (Gibbs), 293. 
Girton, Sarah Ann, 726. 
Gloudie Point Title, The, 602. 
Goble, Carrie, 741. 
Godwin, David, 714. 

Elizabeth, 713. 
Goetchius, Aletta, 551. 

Leah, 553. 

Rachel, 466, 553. 
Goewey, Alida, 708. 

Benjamin, 733. 
Golden, Katherine, 778. 



201, 
256, 
301, 
795, 



Golding, William, 783. 
Goodrich, Frank C, 664. 

Leroy, 620. 
Goodwin, Anna, 659. 

Annie A., 467. 

Henry, 769. 
Goore, Magdeleine, 183. 
Gordell, F'rances E., 525. 
Gordon, Charles W., 608. 

Wealthy Jane, 464. 
Gosha, Amelia, 770. 
Gould, Ale.xander S., 420. 

R (Rev.), 13. 
Gouverneur, 796, 813. 

Abraham, 378, 381, .397. 593, 601, 624, 798, 
810, 811, 812, 814, 821. 

Barent, 812. 

Elizabeth, 812, 813. 

Esther, 812. 

Isaac, 806, 812. 

Jacoba, 812. 813, 814. 

Machtelt (de Riemer), 812. 

Maria, 603, 812, 813, 814. 

Nicholas, 569, 812, 813. 
Govert, Mortien, 693. 
Gracia, 808. 
Graff, Mary L., 656. 
Graham, Carrie, 661- 

James, 413. 
Grandpre, Pierre, 248. 
Granger, Bradley F., 527. 

Roswell, 489. 
Grant, Celestine Maria, 523. 

Ebenezer, 808. 

Edwin, 667. 
Grassett, Augustus, 804. 
Graul, S. George, 766. 
Graves, Elsev, 722. 

William. 722. 
Gray, Margaret, 531. 

Robert Shaw, 665. 

William (Rev.), 597. 
Green, Elizabeth, 741. 

Harvey W., 738. 

Henry, 463. 

Jonas, 437. 

Margaret, 463. 
Greenfield, John, 721. 
Greenleaf, John (Dr.), 261. 
Greenway, Mary, 647. 
Greuuell, George Gardener, 442. 
Grennels, Rhoda, 720. 
Grey, Austin, 726. 

Mary, 571. 
Grilfen, George F., 440. 

John T.. 650. 

Sarah, 6.58. 
Grim, Peter, Jr., 546. 
Griswold, Nathaniel, 298. 
Groat, Jane R., 659. 

Sarah A., .515. 
Groesbeck, Elizabeth, 738. 

Nicholas, 708. 
Groot, Simon, 168. 

Susanna, 168. 
Grover, Betsey, 735. 
Groves, Sarah, 655. 
Guenon, Hannah, 195. 

Jean, 99, 195, 246. 

Jeremiah, 195. 

John, 195. 

Susannah. 195. 
Guerard. Edward Percy, 472. 
Guion, 270. 

Jacques, 198, 494. 

IJane E., 743. 

Louis, 424. 637. 
Guiterray, Victoria, 690. 
Gulcke, Jan, 222. 
Gulick, Fernandus, 700. 



864 



INDEX. 



Gulick, Jan, 222. 
Guliger, Henry, 734. 
Gunckel, Lewis W., 590. 
Gunderman, Sarah, 730. 
Gundrey, William B., 726. 
Guun, Patrick, 725. 
Gunnison, George Stewart, 748. 
Gunsaulus, Eva G., 758. 
Gurnee, Brewster S., 691. 
Gurney, Elizabeth, 629. 

John, 805. 
Guyon, Charity, 651. 
Gwynne, Almerson, 654. 
Gysbert, Frederick, 337. 
Gysberts, Wouter, 698. 
Gysbertsen, Predr., 287. 



H 

Haas, Jacob Gerritsz, 357. 
Hadley, Emma A., 659. 
Joseph, 548. 
Mehitabel, 643. 
Mrs., 614. 
Haff, George, 375. 

Jacob, 452. 

Laurens, 375. 
Hagel, Jan Gerritsen, 612. 
Hagenaer, Jeremias Jansen, 219. 
Hagerman, Annetta, 702. 

Francis, 712. 

Lydia, 717. 

Maria, 712. 

Nancy, 703. 

Nelly, 703. 
Haight, Abigail, 506. 

Ella, 747. 

Ezra James, 660. 
Hainault, 32, 33. 
Haines, Wesley, 555. 
Hake, Samuel J., 739. 
Haldron, Abraham, 559. 

Abram Cornelius, 560. 

Abram Cornelius (Hon.), 560. 

Adele Bthlyn, 561. 

Anatye (Anna), 559. 

Anna (Johanna), 558. 

Annatje, 559. 

Bessie C, 560. 

Catharine, 559. 

Catherine Ann, 560. 

Cathlyntie, 559. 

Catriena, 559, 560. 

Claes (Nicholas), 559. 

Cornelia, 559. 

Cornelius, 559, 560. 

Cornelius C, 560. 

Cornelius J., 560. 

Edith May, 561. 

Elizabeth, 559, 560. 

Elsie, 559. 

Emily, 561. 

Estelle, 560. 

Garrett S. M., 560. 

Henry, 558, 56L 

Hester, 559. 

James C, 560. 

James C. (Jacobus C), 560. 

James Demarest, 560, 5bi. 

Jan (John), 559. 

Jessie Louise, 561. 

Johannis, 560. 

John, 558, 559. 

John C, 560, 561. 

Lena, 560. 

Lucas (Luykus), 559. 

Maria, 559. 

Marie Roseland, 561. 

Martha, 560. 



Haldron, Mary Elizabeth, 560. 

Marytje, 560. 

Marytye (Marie), 559. 

Nicholas, 5d0. 

Percy Long, 561. 

Rachel, 560. 

Sarah, 559. 

William, 297, 401, 405, 413, 415, 558, 559, 
561, 816. . , , 

William (Willem), 558. 

William C, 560. 

Willem (William), 559, 560. 

Willim (Willianii), 559. 
Hale, Daniel, 551. 

Martha M., 746. 

Sarah, 516. 
Halenbeck, Isaac Caspars, 368. 
Hall, 584. 

Augusta D., 749. 

Charles Henry, 482, 797, 798. 

Edna Ann, 736. 

Elizabeth, 381, 584. 

Horace, 444. 

Ida F., 670. 

James S., 590. 

Jennie M., 753. 

John T., 584. 

Maayke (Mary), 580. 

Mary Ann, 649. 

Mary L.. 527. 

Ralph, 381. 

William D., 691. 

William H., 752. 
Hallenbeck, Jacob, 720. 

Lawrence A., 668. 
Hallett, William, 163. 
Hallock, James M., 749. 
Halstead, Alice, 575. 

Caroline, 631. 

Oscar, 571. 
Hamilton, Alexander, 818. 

Horace, 731. 

James H., 747. 

Julia T., 469. 

Warren, 730. 
Hamlin, Catherine Livingston, 651. 

G. A., 539. 
Hammell, John, 78. 
Hammer Eugenia, 768. 

Lena, 768. 
Hammond, Elizabeth, 741. 

Jacob Dewitt, 523. 

John Wells, 533. 

Mary Delancey, 609. 
Hanel, Juriaen, 211, 221, 264, 598. 

Juriaen (Sergeant), 206. 

Jurian, 679, 796, 799. 
Hanel and Slot Patents, The, 598. 
Hanesch, Elizabeth, 744. 
Hanmore, Wilfred B., 747. 
Hansen, Catherine, 259. 

Hans, 129. 

Mary, 128. 

Simon, 128. 
Hanson, John Wilkinson, 566. 
Harden, Henry, 518. 
Hardenberg, Cornelia, 695. 
Hardenbrook, 712. 

Abel, 808. 

Margaret, 808. 

Sarah 783 
Hardew'yn, Martin, 272, 275, 315, 319. 
Hardin, Edwin St. George, 560. 
Harding, Conrad, 363. 

Emeline, 363, 681. 

Frena, 363. 

Hans Jacobs, 362, 363, 681. 

Lambert, 363. 

Tryntie, 363. 
Haring, Abraham, 454, 616, 619. 



INDEX. 



865 



Haring Catherine, 601. 

Catherine D., 560. 

Catrina, 461. 

Cornelia, 455. 

David, 687. 

Dirck, 450. 

Dirkie, 616. 

Elbert, 450. 

Elizabeth, 559, 629, 684. 

Ellen M., 560. . 

Frederick, 461. 

James, 619. 

Lydia, 709. 

Maria, 455, 461. 

Martina, 460. 

Martyen. 449. 

Peter, 601. 

Peter D., 460. 

Pieter J., 448. 

Rachel, 709. 

Samuel, 461. 

Willempie, 455. 
Harlan, Margaret L., 571. 
Harm, Theodore S., 591. 
Harmans, Arent, 303, 338, 388, 401, 412, 817 
Harmanse, 447. 

Arent, 414, 415. 

Elbert, 448. 
Harmansen, Arent, 792. 
Harmens, Arent, 694. 
Harper, Jane, 762. 

John Hendrick, 505. 

Mayor, 443. 
Harries, Carrie, 589. 

Ella, 589. 
Harrington, Joseph, 763. 
Harriott, Nathaniel, 782. 
Harris, Fannie, 748. 

James, 445. 
Harrison, George, 789. 

Gerad, 571. 

Julia, 521. 

Mary E., 753. 

Morris, 526. 

Richard, 606, 798. 
Harsen, Cornelius, 267. 

Jacob, 478, 545. 

John, 545. 
Hart, Jonathan, 217. 

Marshall B., 526. 
Harte, Catharine, 789. 
Harter (Herder), Jacob, 501. 
Hartman, Alma C, 690. 
Hartuss, Annie S., 750. 
Hartwell, William S., 672. 
Harven, William, 617. 
Harvey. Mary E., 756. 
Hasbrouck, Peter, 205. 

Sarah, 205. 

Tobias, 510. 
Hasson, William H., 762. 
Hatch, Julia, 532. 

Sarah Elizabeth, 653. 

Tamar Ann, 730. 
Hathorn, Fergus A., 653. 
Hattem, Dirck, 375. 
Haverly, 751. 
Haviland, Benjamin, 265. 
Bridget, 692. 
Joseph, 265. 
Hawkins, Eleanor, 665. 
Hawks, Olivia, 469. 
Hayes, Jacob, 608. 

Maria, 608. 
Hayner. Sarah A., 689. 
Hays, De Witt C, 610. 

Ella, 611. 
Hazard, Eliza B., 652. 
Healey, Joseph T., 688. 
Heard, James, 298. 



Heck. John W., 446. 
lledding, Lawrence, 380. 

Thomas, 380. 
Heddy, Elizabeth, 263. 

John, 277, 283, 327. 
Hedger, Joseph, 195. 
Mopriiians, Augustine, 693. 
Heerle, Anielyntie, 681. 
lleertgers, Pietertie, 234. 
Hegeman, Hendrick, 698. 

Jan, 144. 
Ilegen, Amelia, 746. 
Heily, Ithamar, 827. 
Heiser, 794. 

Christopher, 172, 484. 
Hellacker, Effie, 692. 
Hellaker, Dinah, 408. 

William, 403, 407, 408. 
Heller, Anna, 741. 
Helliker, Jacob, 236, 592. 
Helling, Hendrick Teunisz, 328. 
Samuel, 350. 
Wybrecht, 328. 
Helmont, Jan, 309. 
Helms, Millie, 441. 

Robert, 441. 
Hem street, Maria, 736. 
Henderson, James, 427. 
James M., 726. 
W., 774. 
Hendricks, Acltie, 94, 692. 
Coenraet, 269, 302! 
Conrad, 330, 338, 796. 
Conradus, 320, 332, 349. 
Daniel, 320. 
Elsie, 100. 
Femmetie, 608. 
Frans, 476. 
Geertrieu, 384. 
Geertye, 451. 
Grietie, 147. 
Helena, 360. 

Jan, 263, 269, 283, 332, 349, 360, 476. 
Karsten, 251. 
Margaret, 148, 295. 
Marritie, 476. 
Rebecca, 94, 694. 
Sarah C, 522. 
Tryntie, 229. 
Hendricksen Conrad, 266, 315, 316. 
Conradus, 309. 
Jan, 325, 476. 
Marten, 700. 
Samuel, 229. 
Hendricx, Conradus, 344. 
Henuiou, Ide, 707. 
Leah, 6.39. 

Nathaniel Pietersen, 696. 
Henry, Joseph, 479. 
Herder. Elizabeth, 507. 
Her in g, Henry J., 688. 
Hermans, Arent, 365. 

Beatrice, 162. 
Hermans, Arent, 308, 320, 330, 337, 338, 342, 

343, 349, 360, 366, 370, 372, 373. 
Hermensen, Arent, 307, 313, 328, 332, 336. 
Herov, Lou, 557. 
Herrick, Phebe, 508. 
Herring, Cosyn, 350. 
Grietie, 350. 
Margaret, 350. 
Martha, 741. 
Vrouwtie, 350. 
Herring (Haring), Nicholas, 453. 
Herzer, George A., 773. 
Heurnius, 79. 

Hewett, James (Captain), 548. 
Hewitt, Kate, 537. 

Rex, 657. 
Hewson, Mary, 646. 



866 



INDEX. 



Heyer, Catherine, 298. 
Heyliger, John (Col.), 569. 
Hickman, Robert, 782. 
Hickoe, David Stafford, 464. 
Hicks, Barney, 555. 

Phebe, 738. 

Wliitehead (Hon.), 479. 

William C, 746. 
Higby, Lydia, 657. 
Higginbotham, Lucy, 648. 
Higgins, Joseph H., 755. 
Higley, Edwin, 752. 
Hildreth, Benjamin, 810. 

Louisa J., 534. 
Hill, Gabriel, 619. 

Grace E., 678. 

Hannah, 657. 

John Thomas, 541. 

Richard, 398. 
Hills, Asenath, 735. 
Hilton, Avilda, 489. 
Hinchman, John, 734. 
Hinckley, Harriet, 555. 
Hinderlinder, Anglie, 675. 
Hinds, Jacob, 721. 
Hine, Abel, 512. 

Patrick, 703. 
Hinkell, Amanda, 741. 
Hinton, Mary, 668. 
Hitchcock, Edwin, 444. 

Edwin H., 444. 
Hitchen, John, 726. 
Hitt, Jane, 526. 
Hoaglaud, Hannah, 588. 

John B., 587. 

Mary, 647. 

Sal lie M., 588. 
Hodges, Elizabeth, 444. 
Hoede, Anna, 381. 
Hoever, John, 722. 
Hoff, Frances, 585. 
Hoffman, 340. 

Judge, 417. 

Martinus (Col.), 428. 

Mary, 728. 

Murray (Hon.), 417. 

Sarah, 499. 
Hogan (Hagens), Martin, 450. 
Hoggins, William F., 728. 
Hogle, Sally, 516. 
Holcomb, Charles, 752. 
Hollack, Matthew, 628. 
Holland, Cyrus, 762. 

Elizabeth, 692. 

Thomas, 379. 
Holley, Caroline E., 629. 

Charles, 630. 

Harriet J., 760. 

Richard, 569. 
Holliday, Cornelius, 745, 746. 
Hollis, 329. 

Robert, 286, 289, 302, 309, 328. 
Hollister, Abigail, 516. 

Elizabeth, 527. 
Holly, 628. 

Holman, Rebecca, 467. 
Holmes, 381, 561. 

Bregie, 808. 

Cornelia, 806. 

Elizabeth, 806. 

Garret, 656. 

George, 660, 792, 806. 

Janneke, 806. 

Jannetie, 806. 

John, 769. 

Jooris( George), 448. 

Judith, 803. 

Mary Cornelia, 662. 

Nancy, 723. 

Obadiah, 272. 



Holmes, Polly, 711. 

Priscilla, 806. 

William, 376, 401, 413, 416, 806, 816. 
Hoist, Cornelia Van Tienhoven, 558. 
Homans, Alexander, 650. 
Honald, Bertha, 446. 
Honeywell, Eliza A., 553. 

Israel, 807. 

Margaret, 554^, 
Hooghtaling, Anna, 498. 

Catherine, 503. 
Hooghteeling, William, 200. 
Hoogland, Adrian, 804. 

Aeltie, 594, 804. 

Benjamin, 804. 

Charlotte Elizabeth, 473. 

Cornells Dircksen, 804. 

Derick, 804. 

Johannes, 804. 

John, 716. 

William, 804. 
Hoogtaling, Wilhelmus, 507. 
Hoogtelingh, Jeremias, 503. 
Hook, Thomas, Jr., 805. 
Hoover, Emanuel, 569. 
Hoppen, Andries, 384. 
Hopper, Andries, 385, 408, 697. 

Ann, 440. 

Catherine, 385. 

Hannah M., 522. 

Hendrica, 697. 

Henry, 385. 

Henry J., (Hon.), 385. 

Mary A., 467. 

Mary Leah, 560. 

Mrs. 385. 

William, 385. 

Yellis, 385, 707. 
Horan, Martha, 746. 
Horn, Hannah, 435. 

John, 435. 
Home, Gustavus Adolphus, 234. 
Horton, Charles H. (M. D.), 693. 

Helen O., 569, 572. 
Hose, Elizabeth, 695. 
Hough, Pamelia, 516. 
Houghtaling, Catharine, 504. 
Houghwout, Jane Vreeland, 465. 
House, Polly, 734. 

William, 626. 
Howard, Ezra, 657. 

Walter, 542. 
Howe, Andrew, 649. 

Eliza Turner, 468, 472. 
Howland, Oliva, 465. 
Hewlett, John, 733. 
Hoyt, Edgar, 537. 

Ennes (Capt.), 722. 
Hubbard, James (Capt.), 240. 
Hubele, Jane, 745. 
Hudde, 134, 802. 

Andries, 106, 129, 130, 133, 135. 

Claes, 1.30. 

Rutger, 130, 135. 
Hudson, 11. 

Anna L., 7.53. 

Grace Sands, 786. 

Henry, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116. 

Robert, 387. 

Robert Grick, 515. 
Huff, Isaac, 712. 
Hulder (Holler), Lena, 510. 
Hull, Dr. (Mrs.), 783. 
Humphrej', Benjamin, 491. 

David, 529. 
Hun, Harman Tomasz, 427. 
Hungerford, Mary, 527. 
Hunt, 317. 

Thomas, Jr., 283, 316, 385. 

Thomas, Sr., 385. 



INDEX. 



867 



Hunt, Timothy, 645. 
Hunter, Henrietta, 689. 

Robert, 804. 
Huutoon, Grace E., 668. 

Rose, 668. 
Husted, Phebe, 64.5. 
Hustis, Solomon, 645. 
Hutehlngs, George, 671. 
Hutton, Jennie, 544. 

John, 629. 
Huyberts, Maria, 380. 
Huyler, Peter, 618. 

Peter E., 467. 
Huvs, Jacob (Capt.), 95. 
Hyatt, Caleb, 345, 551, 614. 

Jacob, 551. 

Millard, 763. 

Sarah, 645. 

Thomas, 3.50. 
Hyer, William, 488. 
Hyzer, Thomas, 659. 



I 

Idens, Theunis, 592. 
Ides, Teunis, 395, 403. 
Idesse, Annetje, 478. 
Insalls, Josephine, 540. 
Ingraham, D. P. (Hon.). 795. 

Judge, 172, 609. 

Nathaniel G., 609. 

Samuel Dana, 716. 
Innis. Alexander, 388. 

Cornelius, 388. 

Thomas, 196, 388. 

William, 388. 
Ireland, William H. (Dr.), 666. 
Isaacs, Abraham, 297. 
Iseman, James, 441. 
Isselstein, Isaac, 498. 
Isselsteyn, Cornelia, 389. 

Martin, 389. 
Ives, James Frontier, 443. 

John, 535. 

Ralph O., 493. 



Jaarsvelt, Anna, 95, 679, 680. 
Jackson, Almira, 569. 

Jabez, 519. 

Jacob B., 726. 

John F., 4.36. 

John F. (Rev.), 408. 

John Frelinghuysen (Rev.), 436. 

Patrick, 436. 

William, 724. 

William (Rev.), 436. 

William H. (Dr.), 436. 
Jacobs, Frank, 543. 

Jacomina, 105, 221. 

Maria, 364. 

Marritie, 277. 

Mary, 738. 

Peter, 367. 
• Tryntie, .592. 
Jacobsen, Claes, 234. 

Frans, 363. 

Jacob Franssen, 96, 07. 

Margaret, 97. 

Robert, 236. 

Rutger, 97. 

Teunis, 97. 
Jacobson, Frans, 96. 
Jacobus, Bertha. 611. 
Jaersvelt, Anna, 221. 
James, John, 698. 799. 
Jameson, Mary H., 749. 



Jan, Kleyn, 372. 
Janes, H. H. (Rev.), 759. 
Janeway, William, 321. 
Jans, Aeltie, 217. 

Annecke, 236. 

Engeltie, 188. 

Grietie 95. 

Jannetie, 263. 

Lysbeth, 698. 

Margaret, 347. 

Susannah, 700. 

Willemtie, 261. 
Janse, Marretye, 559. 

Janseu, 147, 149, 184. 251, 268, 286, 36G, 368. 
381, 424, 797, 799. 

Abraham, 388. 

Anna Catrina, 388. 

Annatie (Laurens), 448. 

Anneke, 148. 

Anthony, 388. 

Belitie, 258. 

C, .329. 

Catalina, 351. 

Catherine, 148. 

Cornells, 219, 2-13, 258, 266, 274, 276, 277, 



278, 286, 287, 



292, 293, 297, 301, 



304, 308. 303, 313, 315, 316, 318, 320. 324. 
328. 330. .332. 333, 338, 342, 349, 352. 365, 
371, 373, 382, 330, 3.13. 401. 405, 406, 407. 
412, 414, 415, 476, 697, 795, 797, 800, 801, 

802. 803. 

Cornelis Laurens. 353. 

Cornelius, 273, 296, 366, 367, 792, 795. 

Dirck, 236, 261. 

Egbert, 511. 

Elizabeth, 410. 

Elsie. 388. 

Evert, 234. 

Frans, 476. 

Hendrick, 258, 351, 476. 

Jan, 148. 346, 388. 

Johanna 580. 

Laurens, 258, 273, 274, 296, 297, 320, 328. 
332, 333, 338, 340, 342, 343, 345, 349, .365, 
366, 370, 371, 372, .37a, .388, 401, 403, 405, 
406. 412. 593. 600, 624, 625. 795. 799, 802, 
817. 821. 

Lawrence. 366. 367. 382, 405, 414, 415, 792, 

803, 819. 

Lourens, 289, 290, 320, 329, 380, 816, 830. 

Lysbet, 148. 

Maria, 298. 

Marritie, 476. 

Matthys, 164, 341, 342. 345. 

Metje, bb.i, 821. 

Pieter, 144, 148, 247. 268. 

Tapster. 276. 

Willem, 162. 
Jansen (Kortright), Cornelis, 795. 
Jarvis, Esther, 436. 

James, 645. 

Nathaniel (Hon.), 490. 
Jaslin, Maude, 620. 
Jay, Sarah, 711. 
Jayoox, Samuel, 627. 
Jenkins, T. J., 760. 
Jenks. Lemuel S., 738. 
Jensen Willem, 201. 
Jerolamen. Nicholas, 718. 
Jerome, 701. 
Jersey, Abram B., 443. 

Abrani P., .560. 

Winifred, 766. 
Jervis, Timothy Bloomfleld, 464. 
Jessup, Edward A., 523. 
Jeurians, Jannetie, 256. 
Jewel. Rachel, 500. 
Jewell, 758. 

Aeltie, 646. 

Catherine E., 659. 



INDEX. 



Jewell, Hannah, 513. 

John N., 650. 

Maria, 646. 

Mary, 645. 
Johannes, Foppe, 431. 

Minne, 4.31.' 
John, Don, 38. 
Johnson, 813. 

Archibald B., 667. 

Charles, 428. 

Clara, 542. 

David, 489. 

Elizabeth, 609. 

Emma, 572. 

Jacob J., 492. 

Jonathan (Dr.), 720. 

Simon, 417, 564, 565, 601, 605, 798, 801, 812, 
813. 

W. R. (Dr.), 519. 

William (Sir), 549. 
Johnston, Charles G., 746. 

Gabriel F., 589. 

George, 746. 

Isaiah Y. (Rev.), 512. 

Mary, 492. 
Jones, 340, 807. 

Andrew, 748. 

Anna Alwild, 664. 

Aurelia A., 649. 

Edwin J., 660. 

Prances Nelson, 468, 472. 

John D., 518. 

John S., 648. 

Letitia, 664. 

Maria, 533. 

Mary B., 742. 

Samuel, 711. 
Joris, Burger, 181, 236, 303, 385. 
Journeay, 270. 

John, 272. 

Meynard, 271, 792. 
Journee, 105, 205, 329, 331, 495. 

Meynard, 68, 103, 259, 274, 289, 296, 320, 
324, 328, 370, 795, 796. 

Meyndert, 284, 286, 287, 301, 308, 309, 800. 
Juet, 110, 113. 
Jumel, 826. 

Stephen, 820, 827. 
Jurcks, Margaret, 697. 



K 

Kalshoven, Ed, 13. 

Kammega, Annatie Hendricks, 600. 

Kane, Pierre C, 481. 

Karsten, 236, 269. 

Hendrick, 795. 
Karstens, 622. 

Coenraet, 251. 

H. H., 193. 

Hendrick, 93, 183, 190, 195, 198, 199, 201, 
203, 222, 230, 239, 242, 251, 296, 796. 

Jan, 251. 

Wybrecht, 251. 
Kay, David, 543. 
Keator, Lavinia, 533. 
Keely, Elisha, 628. 
Keeter, Melchert Claesz, 162. 
Kehoe, 610. 

Kellenaer, Sarah, 321. 
Keller, Anna Catherine, 710. 
Kellogg, Hannah, 527. 
Kelly, John, 427. 

Lydia, 657. 

Rosa, 752. 

Samuel, 818. 
Kemper, James, 586. 
Kendall, George, 588. 

Helen, 630. 



Kennan, 727. 

Kennedy, Catherine, 569. 

John, 734. 

Margaret S., 575. 
Kenney, Eliza, 749. 
Kent, David, 695. 

John, 721. 
Kenyon, David, 819. 

James, 298, 819. 

John S., 819. 

Samuel B., 819. 

William, 819. 

Wm. B., 298. 
Kere, Abraham, 562. 

John, 562. 
Kermer, Abraham, 220, 427. 

Gristle, 220, 427. 
Ketcham, William, 576. 
Keteltas, Arent, 359. 

Arent Bvertsen, 265, 277. 

Evert Pietersen, 97, 277. 

Susanna, 359. 
Keys, Mary Wales, 737. 
Kidd, William (Capt), 381, 805. 
Kieft, 132, 144, 147, 151, 152, 153, 164, 345. 

Director, 129, 130, 133, 138, 139, 140, 141, 
142, 146, 794. 

Governor, 126, 247, 250, 292, 820. 

W., 406. 

W. (Hon. Dr.), 158. 

William, 150. 

Wm. (Governor), 384, 385. 
Kiers, Hendrick, 349, 373. 
Kierse, Peter, 643. 
Kiersen, 93, 95, 547, 600, 799, 819, 826. 

Abraham, 562. 

Gerritie, 548. 

Grietle, 263. 

Grietje, 562. 

Hendrick, 249, 263, 265, 276, 312, 313, 318, 
329, 343, 344, 346, 351, 365. 

Jan, 263, 298, 346, 408, 409, 548, 558, 561, 
562, 600, 821. 

Jannetie, 263, 548, 562. 

Jannetje, 562. 

John, 562, 567, 792, 800, 819, 821, 827, 828, 
829, 830. 

Kier, 263. 

Maria, 263. 

Michiel, 263. 

Mrs., 599. 

Peter, 263. 

Rachel, 263. 

Sarah, 263, 613. 

Tjerck, 263. 

Walter, 263. 
Kierstead, Abraham, 441. 

Roelof, 412. 
Kiersted, Aldert, 496. 

Christopher, 321. 

Simon, 788. 
Kierstede, Blandina, 359. 
Kilburn, Ina A., 747. 
Killecutt, Emily, 734. 
Kimball, Eunice, 631. 
Kimbark, Kate, 6€0. 
Kimberly, 584. 

Salina, 748. 
Kimmel, John, 803. 
King, Charity, 709. 

Jennie, 444. 

John A., 446. 

Lydia Gail, 757. 

Richard, 783. 

Rufel P., 528. 

Samuel, 791. 
Kingsbury, Laura, 575. 
Kingsland, Hester, 487, 490. 

Rachel, 783. 
Kinnear, R. M., 764. 



INDEX. 



869 



Kinney, William, 726. 
Kinsey, Maurice, 763. 
Kip, 329. 

Abraham, 351. 4k 

Catherine, 502. 

Ellen, 610. 

Hendrick, 147, 351. 

Hendricks, 782. 

Isaac, 147, 328, 338, 346, 350, 351, 642. 

Jacob, 158, 181, 182, 212, 242, 785. 

Jacob (Mrs.), 292. 

Jacob (Sieur), 285. 

Jacobus, 351. 

Johannes, 351, 501. 

Johannesie, 351. 

John, 147. 

Maria, 377, 501. 

Maria (Mrs.), 407. 

Maria (Polly), 460. 

Mary, 692. 

Mary (Mrs.), 351. 

Rachel, 508. 

Tryntie, 351, 782. 
Kipp, Amelia A., 524. 

Catherine, 646. 

Francis M. (Rev.), 351. 

James, 620. 

Johannes, 276. 

William De Graw, 620. 

Wm. I. (Rev.), 351. 
Kirk. Mary, 744. 
Kittel, Susannah, 567. 
Klearwater, Mouris, 449. 
Klinetop, Lydia, 571. 

Sarah, 570. 
Knapp, 506. 

Freeborn, 516. 

Mary Ann, 724. 

Moses L., 517. 

Reuben, 516. 

Shepherd. 820. 
Knapton, Capt., 385. 
Knickerbocker, Diedrich, 115. 

Everitt, 445. 

Harmen Janse, 448. 

Lewis D., 445. 
Kniffen, Fanny J., 655. 
Knisht, Francis Eaton, 464. 

Sarah, 690. 

William, 688. 
Knobles, John, 442. 
Knox, Louisa Ellen, 666. 

Thomas, 569. 
Knyf, Captain, 204. 
Koch, Hendrick, 94. 

Marritie, 681. 
Koekerthal, Joshua (Rev.), 478. 

Louisa Abigail, 478. 
Kockuyt, 268. 

Joost. 104, 247, 250. 
Kolver, Jacob, 204. 
Koninck, Hyman, 403. 
Koning, Abraham, 783. 
Kool, Barent, 618. 

Jacob J., 458. 

Jan, 580. 
Kool (Cole), Maria, 455. 
Kortright, 105, 205, 258, 296, 298, 321, 373, 
4oi, 434, 801, 803. 

A. Gussie, 576. 

Aaron, 500, 565, 567, 568, 569, 571, 572, 804. 

Aaron Writer, 571, 575. 

Abbie Hope, 577. 

Abraham D., 571, 575. 

Abram, 569,' 570, 573, 574. 

Adrian, 2-59. 

Aefie, 267, 564, 635. 

Aefle (Eve). 410. 

Alice, 573, 575. 

Andrew, 569, 571. 



Kortright, Ann Elizabeth, 568. 
Anna, 573. 
Anna V., 577. 
Annetie, 564, 565. 
Antie, 259. 
Archie, 578. 
Arent, 355, 500. 
Arie, 259. 
Aseneth, 575. 
Ashbel Morris, 571. 
Bastiaen, 265, 623, 786, 818, 823. 
Bastiaen Michiels, 410. 
Bastiaen Michielsen, 267. 
Benjamin, 567, 569, 570, 572, 573. 
Benton, 575. 
Blanche M., 578. 
Bowman, 575, 578. 
Carl L, .578. 
Carrie, 573. 

Catherine, 259, 570, 573. 
Cecil J., 577. 
Charles, 570, 573, 577. 
Charles A., 571. 
Charles Augustine, 572. 
Charles Franklin, 575, 578. 
Charles N., 577. 
Chester, 572. 
Chiel, 97. 
Christian, 571. 
Christopher, 573. 
Christopher Jacob, 576, 578. 
Clara, 575. 
Clyde C, 577. 
Cornelia, 569. 

Cornells Jansen, 267, 563, 564, 403. 
Cornelius, 259, 565, 566, 569, 570, 573. 
Cornelius Jansen, 792. 
Dingman, 571. 
Donald, 578. 
Edgar, 476, 578. 
Edmund, 570. 
Edwin K., 578. 
Elias, 574. 

Elisna, 567, 569, 570, 571. 573, 574. 
Blisha Dingman, 574, 576. 
Eliza, .570. 

Elizabeth, 565, 566, 567, 569, 570, 573, 575. 
Ella Louise, 575. 
Ellen, 569, 571, 573, 574. 
Emma, 578. 
Emma L., 575. 
Emma M., 575. 
Erastus, 574. 
Ethel. 577. 
Etta Carrie, 575. 
Euphemia (Eva), 569. 
Eve, 430. 565, 567. 
Fannie F., 577. 
Fletcher, 571. 
Flora G., 577. 
Florence Tear, 578. 
Frances (Francyntie), 566. 
Frances Whiley, 578. 
Frank, 572, 577. 
Frank Stewart, 574, 577. 
Frederick L., 576. 
Geertie, 2.59. 
George, 572. 
George Denton, 576. 
Gertrude M., 575. 
Grace K., 577. 
Grace Pearl, 578. 
Grietie, 431. 488, 566, 801, 804. 
Hannah, 570, 573. 
Harlen, .577. 
Harlen W., 574, 577. 
Harold, 578. 
Harriett, 573. 
Helen. 570. 
Helen Gertrude, 575. 



870 



INDEX. 



Kortright, Helena, 567. 
Hendrick, 259. 
Henry, 569, 570, 573. 
Henry Harrison, 573. 
Henry Y., 578. 
Hester, 569. 
Hester Mary, 570. 
Horace, 573. 
Huldah, 571, 574. 
Isaac, 569, 571, 574, 576. 
Isaac H., 577, 578. 
J. Wilbur, .577, 578. 
Jacob, 259, 573, 576. 
James, 568, 572, 574, 576, 578. 
Jannetie, 564. 
Jesse D., 571, 575. 
Job., 298. 

Johannes, 267, 485, 545, 563, 564, 792. 
Johannes Cornelissen, 564, 792. 
John, 259, 566, 567, 569, 570, 572, 573, 644. 

801. 
John (Captain), 569, 570, 802, 804, 814, 825. 
John B.. 570, 574. 
John Benson, 572. 
John C, 572, 576. 
John Cooper, 569, 571, 575. 
John Harlan, 577. 
John J., 578. 
John Jackson, 571, 575. 
John L., 570. 
John M., 577. 

John Milton (Hamilton), 572. 
John Searles, 576. 
John Wesley, 574, 577. 
Joseph, 571, 574. 
Joseph Daniel, 576. 578. 
Joseph Rhodes, 574, 577. 
Josephine B., 577. 
Laura, 577. 

Laurens Cornelissen, 564, 565. 
Lawrence, 259, 429, 430, 432, 483, 565, 566, 

567, 568, 569, 578, 603, 792, 803, 821. 
Lawrence M., 572. 
Lawrence W., 572. 
Lawrence William ,572, 576. 
Lidia, 573. 
Louisa, 573. 
Lourens, 355. 
Lulu Elizabeth, 575. 
Luther, 577. 
Lydia, 569, 573. 
Mabel Dodson, 571. 
Mabel Louisa, 577. 
Margaret, 569, 570, 573, 578. 
Margaret Ellen, 574. 
Margaret Genevieve, 578. 
Margarette, 573. 
Margrietze, 567. 
Maria, 564, 566. 
Maria Elizabeth, 572. 
•Martha, 576. 

Mary, 569, 570, 571, 572, 574, 575. 
Mary E., 576. 
Mary H., 571. 
Mary Helen, 572. 
Matilda E., 571. 
Matilda Ellen, 572. 
Mattie, 565, 603, 606. 
Maude B., 577. 
May, 577. 

Metje, 483, 485, 564. 
Michael, 267, 635. 
Milton, 570, 573. 
Milton Lerch, 575, 578. 
Miner, 575. 
Molly J., 577. 
Nancy, 569, 571. 
Nancy Jane, 574. 
Nannie Rawlins, 578. 
Nathan Alonzo, 574, 577. 



Kortright, Nathan D., 571, 574, 576, 577. 

Nathan D., Jr., 575. 

Nathan Dodem, 578. 

Nellie, 573. 

Nellie B., 577. 

Nicholas, 298, 432, 433, 434, 497, 545, 564, 
565, 566, 568, 603, 697, 796, 797, 804. 

Nicholas G., 570, 572. 

Norman, 573. 

Pamelia, 571. 

Paul A., 578. 

Peter, 259. 

Rachel, 267, 571. 

Rachel Caroline, 574. 

Richard, 574. 

Richard Pollock, 574. 

Robert, 570. 

Robert Milton, 578. 

Roseanna, 573. 

Roxanna, 570, 573. 

Samuel, 576. 

Samuel D., 576. 

Samuel Delamater, 569. 

Samuel Denton, 572. 

Samuel M., 575. 

Sarah, 569. 

Sarah A., 576. 

Sarah Caroline, 572. 

Sarah Eliza, 572. 

Sarah H., 577. 

Scott Elmer, 576. 

Shelby M., 577. 

Susan, 572. 

Susannah, 565, 568, 571, 603. 

Sylvester, 574. 

Teresa I., 577. 

Theodore, 574. 

Thomas, 572. 

Thomas Brown, 572. 

Thomas C, 576, 578. 

Thomas Clinton, 574. 

Thomas Dingman, 571. 

Vernon Smith, 578. 

Volney, 570. 

Walter, 578. 

Warden, 578. 

Washington, 573. 

William, 259, 573. 

William A., 575, 578. 

William Abram, Jr., 578. 

William Albert, 575, 578. 

William Eddy, 577. 

William Le Fevre, 577. 

William Pollock, 574. 

William T., 576. 

Wilson Grant, 577. 

Winfield Scott, 573. 
Kortright (Courtright), 67. 
Koster, 222. 

Kraig, Reuben C, 509. 
Krannear, Jenny, 677. 
Kray (Gray), Teunis, 99. 
Krom, Derick, 785. 

Gysbert, 448. 

Lysbeth, 608. 

Sarah, 503. 

William, 608. 
Kuyper, Grietie, 638. 

Mary, 638. 
Kuyter, 135, 137, 139, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 
151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 159, 160, 162, 164, 
167, 244, 256, 342. 

Captain, 108, 143. 

Jochem, 140. 

Jochem Pietersen, 157, 158, 167, 168, 794. 

Jochiem Pietersen, 92, 162. 

Jochiem Pietersen (Capt.), 133, 134. 

Mrs., 160. 
Kyckuyt, Hendrick Jansen, 475, 476. 

Jan, 401. 



INDEX. 



871 



Kyckuyt, Jan Hendricks, 324, 328, 476. 
Jan Hendricx, 372, 373. 
John Hendricks, 476. 



Labadle, 62. 

Laborie, James (Rev.), 335. 

Lacheret, M., 10, 13. 

Lock, Dominie, 135. 

La Cloche, 61. 

Lacquema, Louis, 204. 

I'Admiral, Madeleine, 348, 365. 

Lafons, Blanche, 812. 

Jean, 813. 

John, 812. 
Lake, John, 506. 
Lakeman, 204, 270. 

Abraham, 204. 

Peter, 204. 
I'Albret, Louise, 30. 
La Marthonie. Blshoo, 56. 
Lamb, Catherine, 703. 

Elizabeth, 703. 
Lamberson, David, 687. 
Lambert, Eliza, 520. 
Lamberts, Conrad, 579. 

Hendrick, 449. 

Thomas, 250, 258, 268. 
Lambertsen, Jacob, 144. 
Lambet, Mary, 651. 
Lameter, Isaac, 433. 

La Montagne, 48, 80, 81, 85, 131, 134, 145, 
154, 167, 802. 

Carsten, 194. 

Dr., 89, 91, 126, 148, 290. 

Grietie, 194. 

J. Jr. 193 247. 

Jan, 194, 195, 202, 203, 206, 207, 211, 215 
229, 240, 242, 258, 266, 269, 274, 275, 279. 

Jan (Mrs.), 308. 

Jan, Jr., 178, 183, 221, 239, 264. 

Jean, 85, 91, 106, 289. 

Jesse, 91. 

Johannes, 150, 157. 

Johannes (Dr.), 591, 784. 

Johannes (Sieur), 150. 

Johannes, Jr., 208. 

John, 94, 185, 188, 189, 236, 290, 642. 

John, Jr., 679. 

Jolante, 267. 

Jr., 182. 

Rachel, 91. 

William, 189, 212, 290. 
Lamreaux, Rufus, 519. 
Land, Alexander, 557. 
Lane, Hardy B., 440. 

Simon, 183, 192, 796. 
Lang, John L., 525. 
Langdon cS; Son, 647. 
Langelaan, Jannetie, 613. 

Philip, 613. 
Langestraat, Jan Jansen, 273. 
Langyear, Elizabeth, 515. 
Lanigan, 506. 

la INoy, Abraham, 271, 287. 
Lansing, Neeltie, 707. 
Lanyon, 810. 

John, 809. 
La Resilier, Jacques, 270. 
Laroe, Abraham, 328. 

Hendrick, 328. 

Jacques, 328, 349. 

Johannes, 328. 

Peter, 328. 

Samuel, 328. 
Latham, 516. 
Lathrop, Elizabeth Dwight, 652. 

Mary Cornelia, 652. 



Latourette, Mary, 727. 
Laub, Peter, 589. 
Lauberan, 61. 
Lauran, Andre, 188. 
Laurens, 799. 

Jan, 301. 

Magdalena, 350. 

Mary, 321. 
Lawrence, 340, 408, 418, 818, 824. 

Abel, 658. 

Augustine Hicks, 463. 

Daniel, 479. 

Eliza Ann, 737. 

Hannah, 635, 637. 

John, 806, 821, 822, 829. 

John Jun, 367. 

Mary, 4.57. 

Mary Bowne, 469. 

Thomas, 229. 

William (Captain), 807. 
Lawry, William, 751. 
Lawton, David, 520. 
Lazillere, Jacques, 447. 
Leach, Mary, 764. 
Leacraft, William, 458. 
Leah, Leonard E., 759. 
Leake, John, 428. 
Learv, John, 452. 

John, Jr., 806. 
Leavenz, Nellie M., 576. 
Le Baron, George, 722. 
Lechier, Elsie, 496. 

Hillebrant, 494. 
le Comte, Jean, 318, 319, 321, 641. 

Moses, 321. 
Le Comte, 103. 318. 
le Conseille, Jean, 204. 
Le Count, Glyceria, 731. 

Moses, 495. 
Ledyard, Isaac, 819. 
Lee, Charles (Dr.), 731. 

Ellen Ann, 529. 
Leeiov. Maria, 629. 
Leenderts. Albert, 168, 209. 
Leete. Joshua G., 753. 
Leeuw (or Lyon), Philip, 608. 
Le Fevre, 57. 

Bishop, 59, 62. 

Francois, 56. 
Lefferts, Abraham, 806. 

Derick, 806. 

Elizabeth, 806. 

Elizabeth Dorothea, 480. 

Jacobus, 128. 

James B., 462. 

Judge, 128. 

Leffert (Judge), 428. 

Rachel, 693. 
Le Fort, Mrs., 338. 
Le foy Abraham, 789. 
Lefre, Margaret, 521. 
Le Gardinier, Pierre, 101. 
Legget. 372. 

Gabriel. .370. 
Leggett, Christina, 497. 

John, 497. 

John, Jr., .501. 

Susannah. 783. 
Legrange. Margaret, 490. 
Le Huoker, 61. 

Leisler, 190. 217, 220, 407, 448, 613, 635, 692 
785, 805, 812. 

Captain, 787. 

Governor, 168, 3.50. 

Jacob, 104, 210, 367. 

Jacob (Capt.1. 378, 642, 810. 

Maria, 810, 812. 
T,e Lorraine. Charles, ,54. 
Te Maire, Robert, 320. 
Le Maire, Robert, 50, 96, 236, 237. 



872 



INDEX. 



321, 
375, 



49, 66, 



Lemaire, 6. 
le Maistre, 295. 

Abraham, 332. 

Glaude, 221, 266, 271, 286, 287, 
290, 295, 302, 304, 308, 319, 320, 
337, 338, 342, 349, 352, 372, 373, 
377, 493. 

Isaac, 328, 332, 372. 

Jan, 302, 328, 332, 338, 342, 349, 352, 372 
373. 

Jean, 308, 309, 312, 316, 320. 

Jean (Mrs.), 316. 
Le Maistre, 313. 

Claude, 99, 221. 

Glaude, 98, 99, 201, 202, 203, 251. 

Jean, 313. 
Le Maistre (Delamater), Glaude 

204. 
le Maitre, Glaude, 338. 
Lemp, Bduard, 13. 
Lennon, Jane, 744. 
Lent, 'Abraham, 600, 705. 

Abraham H., 703. 

Augustus T., 555. 

Benjamin, 552. 

Latty, 552. 

Maria, 451. 

Martha, 551. 

Ryck, 698. 
Leopold, Archduke, 68. 
Lerch, Elizabeth. 571. 
Le Roux, Charles, 161. 
le Roy, Hendrick, 348. 

Jan, 286. 

Jean, 98, 198, 221, 271, 272, 281, 
302, 308, 309, 314, 319, 320, 328, 

John, 348. 
Le Roy, 64, 196, 271, 293, 329, 331, 

Jan, 598. 

Jean, 183, 186, 190, 191, 195, 199, 
203. 237, 239, 259, 261, 266, 269, 
797, 798, 801. 

John, 804. 

Jonas, 200. 

Marc, 261. 

Stephen, 259. 
Leroy, Jacob, 808. 

Jean, 242. 
Leslie, Cynthia A., 667. 
Lessey, Lois, 731. 
Lester, Betsy, 508, 515. 

Charles, 520. 

Clara, 527. 
le Sueur, Abraham, 196. 

Antie, 196. 

Benjamin, 196. 

Catherine, 196. 

Francois, 196, 388. 

Hester, 196. 

Hildebrand, 196. 

Jacob, 196. 

Jacobus, 196. 

Jannetie, 196. 

Jeanne, 196, 388. 

John, 196. 

Leah, 196. 

Lucas, 196. 

Margaret, 196. 

Mary, 196. 

Nicholas, 196. 

Peter, 196. 

Rachel, 196. 

Tryntie, 196. 
Le Sueur, 100, 189. 

Francois, 50, 100, 183. 

Jeanne, 100. 
Letelier, 49. 

Jean, 214, 357. 
Leursen, Urbane, 162. 
Leverich, William (Rev.), 295. 



287, 
360, 



802. 



201, 
276, 



409. 



Levines, Louis, 553. 

Sarah, 710. 
Lewin, 381. 

John, 364, 805. 
Lewis, Abner, 655. 

Aefie, 393. 

Charles, 103. 

Blija T., 440. 

John, 348, 393, 431, 432, 496, 563, 564, 565, 
604, 624, 625, 803, 813. 

Jonas, 393, 564. 

Leonard, 432. 

Mary, 481. 

Ruth, 564. 

Tanneke, 564, 788. 
Leydecker, Albert, 616. 

Clara, 614. 

Elizabeth, 616. 

Gerrit, 614. 
Libot, Louis, 64. 
Lieverse, Elbert, 448. 
Lightbourn, Benjamin, 436. 

Maria, 436. 
Likely, Emma, 689. 
Lincoln, Caroline; 741. 

Maria V., 472. 
Lindesay, John, 826. 
Lindsey, Maria, 725. 
Lindsley, Elizabeth, 488. 
Line, Martin, 571. 
Lines, Orlando, 610. 
Link, Ella J., 530. 
Lippincott, Phebe Ann, 653. 

Richard H., 611. 
Lipton (Lupton), Julia M., 465. 
Lispenard, Aletta, 161. 

Cornelia, 808. 

Leonard, 808. 
Litchfield, Lewis, 540. 
Little, Hester, 686. 
Littou, Abram, 201, 203. 

Hans, 201, 203. 

Michiel, 201, 203. 
Livingston, 172. 

Catherine, 432. 

Henry B., 569. 

Henry G., 803. 

John, 172, 298, 439, 599. 

Peter R. 172. 

Peter R.' (Colonel), 432, 439. 

Philip, 439. 

Robert, 432, 635. 
Lloyd, Arcielia Caroline Gibbs, 520. 

Hannah, 398. 

Sarah H., 631. 

Thomas, 398. 
Lockhart, John, 726. 
Lockwood, Alva, 687. 
Lockwood & Crosby, 814. 
Loderbaugh, 665. 
Lodewycks, Madalena, 247. 
Loeb, J. Henry, 675. 
London, John, 376. 
Long, Ida May, 560. 

Miss, 489. 

William (Capt.), 783. 
Loockermans, Govert, 160. 
Loomis, Ella, 474. 

Lucy, 527. 
Looten, Derick, 176, 212, 680. 
Loper, Jacob (Capt.), 161. 

Johanna, 161. 
Lord, Daniel, 784. 
Jeremiah S., 408. 
Lorillard, 623. 
Lorton, James, 790. 
Losee, Peter, 205. 
Loss, Charles. 819, 826. 
Lett, John, 718. 
Peter, 799. 



INDEX. 



87: 



Loucke, Ella, 444. 
Louereer, 195. 
Lough, William, 577. 
Louis, Henry, 56. 
Lounsbury, Lena B., 557. 

Mary, 531. 

Willett, 53L 
Lourens, 246. 

Hans, 242, 246. 

Jan, 199. 
Louwe, 304. 

Jan, 336, 337, 338, 349, 362. 374, 401, 447. 

Peter Jan, 448. 
Lovatt, John R., 670. 
Lovejoy, Jacob, 734. 
Lovelace, 292, 314.- 

Francis, 256, 257, 258, 268, 284. 

Francis (Governor), 323, 335. 

Governor, 161, 191, 249, 252, 253, 254, 277, 
306, 322, 476. 
Loveridge, John, 295. 

Samuel, 295. 

Sarah, 295. 

Temperance, 295. 

Wallerand, 295. 

William, 295. 
Lovett, Sarah Gould. 462. 
Low, 205, 321, 373, 814, 826. 

Abraham, 196, 496, 580, 582, 584, 585, 587, 
589. 

Auraham Huff, 587. 

Abram (Abraham), 580, 582. 

Adolph, 585. 

Albert, 495, 579, 580, 581, 795, 799. ' 

Amelia Aletta, 590. 

Andrie?: Ten Eyck, 585. 

Ann, 584. 

Ann Maria, 589. 

Anna Maria, 591. 

Annatje, 579. 

Anne, 588. 

Annie Van D., 586. 

Antje (Anna), 581. 

Barent, .585. 

Belitie (Isabelle), 580. 

Bengemeu (Benjamin), 585. 

Benjamin. 580, 583, 585. 

Brechje (Bridget), 585. 

Carlton, 588. 

Cathelina (Catherine), 584. 

Cathelyntie, 581. 

Cathelyntje, 584. 

Catherine, 587, 588. 

Cathlintle, 586. 

Catlina, 585. 

Catreina (Catherina), 582. 

Catrentje, 583. 

Charity, 583. 

Charles Harries, 590. 

Clara S., 591. 

Clifton, 588. 

Cora R., 591. 

Cornells (Cornelius), 579, 580, 581, 582, 
584. 

Cornelius, 184, 498, 580, 582, 583, 584, 585, 
586, 587. 

Cornelius D., 584. 

Cornelius Terhune, 587. 

Cornelus (Cornelius), 585. 

Daniel, 585. 

David, 586, 590, 503. 

Debora, 586. 

Deneys Stryker, 585. 

Derrick J., 586. 

Dinah, 581, 638. 

Dirck, 580, 583. 

Dirck D., 583, 586. 

Diri"k (Richard D.), 586. 

Dorothy, 588. 

Elesebath (Elizabeth), 585. 



Low, Elizabeth, 499, 583, 587, 590. 

Elizabeth W., 589. 

Ella Harries, 590. 

Elsey, 587. 

Esther, 587. 

Ethel H., 591. 

Ezekiel F. R., 590. 

Frances Kemper, 589. 

Garret, 587. 

George Huff, 588, 590. 

Gerrit, 585, 587. 

Gerrit (Garret), 581. 

Gisbert, 583, 584, 586. 

Glenn, 588. 

Guisbert (Gysbert), 583. 

Gysbert, 579, 580, 581, 583, 584, 585. 

Hannah, 588. 

Hendrick, 588. 

Henrietta C, 590. 

Henry, 583. 

Henry Clay, 589, 590. 

Henry O., 590. 

Houston, 589, 590. 

Isaac, 184, 583, 584, 585, 586, 589. 

Isaac J., 591. 

Isaac S., 590, 591. 

Jacob Derrick, 584, 586, 587, 588. 

Jacob J., 586. 

Jacob S., 589, 591. 

James Edgar, 586. 

James Kemper, 587. 

Jan (John), 579, 580, 581, 583, 584, 585, 586. 

Jane A., 589. 

Janueke (Joan), 583. 

Jannetje (Jane), 583. 

Johannes, 584, 587. 

Johannis (John), 584. 

John, 550, 583, 585, 587, 589, 605, 819, 826. 

John B., 589, 590. 

John Gilbert, 587, 589, 590. 

John M., 588. 

John R., 590. 

John T., 589. 

Josiah A., 590, 591. 

Josiah Appleton, 591. 

Judick, 584. 

Judick (Judith), 58L 

Judith, 584, 585. 

Kate, 588. 

Laurens Jansen, 579. 

Lawrence, 550, 580, 581, 583, 600, 638, 795, 
799, 813, 826. 

Lawrence, Jansen, 827, 829. 

Lemoni, 588. 

Lena, 585. 

Loretta L., 589, 591. 
I Louwerens (Lawrence), 580. 
' Lucy A., 590. 

Madeline B.. 591. 

Maria, 583, 584, 586. 

Mariana Louise, 590. 

Marinus, 582. 

Martha, 587. 

Martha S., 591. 

Mary, 586, 587. 

Mary Anna, 590. 

Mary C, 589. 

Mary D., 589. 

Mary Louisa, 589. 

Mary P.. 591. 

Marya (Maria), 582. 

Marytie (Mary), 581. 

Marytje, 580. 

Marytje (Maria), 580. 

Metje (Mary), 580, 583. 

Moriuus, 626. 

Nataaniel Edson, 589. 

Nathaniel H., 590. 

Nathaniel Hilyer, 588, 590. 

Neeltie (Cornelia), 579. 



874 



INDEX. 



Low, Neeltje, 588. 
Nellie, 589. 
Nelly (Eleanor), 586. 
Nicholas, 184. 
Nicholas Ott, 588, 590. 
Persila, 580. 
Peter, 587, 589. 
Peter B., 590. 
Peter Bodine, 587, 589. 
Peter Perlee, 586, 588. 
Peter Ten Eyck, 586, 588. 

Phebe Elizabeth, 589. 

Pieter, 184, 586. 

Pieter (Peter), 583, 585. 

Pieter Cornelisz, 184. 

Rachel, 496, 581, 587. 

Rachel Ann, 588. 

Rachel Trimmer, 589. 

Ralph, 589. 

Ralph Phillips, 586, 588. 

Rebecca, 584, 585, 586. 

Rebecca J., 586. 

Rem, 582. 

Richard, 588, 590. 

Robert Allen, 587. 

Rulof, 589. 

Saartje (Sarah), 585. 

Samuel E., 590. 

Sara, 5S2, 584, 585, 587. 

Sarah, 583, 584, 588. 

Sarah Ann, 590. 

Sarah Jane, 589. 

Sarah Perlee, 588. 

Simon D., 589. 

Susan Ludlow, 590. 

Teuntje (Eunice), 584. 

Thomas, 583. 

Tuentje, 584. 

Vanny B., 590, 591. 

Wenitje (Lavinia), 580. 

Willem (William), 583. 

William, .585, 587. 

William Bomberger, 588. 

Wynca (Lavinia), 583. 

Wyntie (Lavinia), 579. 

Yanaca (Jannetje), 583. 

Yeunis (Tunis), 580, 583. 
Lowry, Mary, 789. 
Lozier, 6. 

.Jannetie, 697. 

Margaret, 615. 

Mary, 619. 

Mary H., 466. 

Peter, 616. 

William, 436. 
Lubberts, Eva, 316, 483. 
Lucas, 799. 

Maria, 188. 

Pearl 76S 

Slgismund, 179, 186, 188. 

Sigismundus, 183, 187. 

Simon, 190, 795. 
Luddington, Eliza, 752. 
Ludlow, Elizabeth. 588. 

Mary Corbett, 463, 469. 

Samuel Russell, 663. 
Lumain, Mary, 724. 
Lunger, Sarah, 712. 
Lupton, Sarah E., 727. 
Lushbaugh, Thomas P., 744. 
Lusk, William T. (Dr.), 610. 
Luten, 494. 

Walraven, 493. 
Luther, Susanna, 570. 
Lutin, Walraven, 270. 
Luvck, Egidius, 306. 
Luyster, 824. 

Cornells, 821, 822, 829. 

Peter, 128. 



Lydecker, Abraham, 432. 

Antie, 626. 

Cornelius, 697. 

Elizabeth, 430. 

Gerrit, 430. 

Maria, 628. 

Marritie, 432. 

Mary, 436. 

Ryck, 430. 
Lyman, Lucy S., 784. 

Nathan, 686. 
Lynch, Jessie Trembly, 659. 
Lyndon. Thomas (Capt.), 321. 
Lyon, 508. 

Fannie, 532. 

Samuel E., 316. 
Lyons, 648. 



M 



Mabie, 688. 

Caspar, 792. 

Casper, 393.- 

Catherine, 451. 

Jacob, 619. ' 

Peter, 460. 

Phebe (Sytje), 500. 

Pieter, 449. 

Sara, 451. 

Sarah, 618. 
Mac Gregor, Tessie, 472. 
Mac Gregory, Patrick (Mayor), 692. 
Mac Guire, Cornelia, 751. 
Mackey, 742. 

Elizabeth, 531. 

George, 540. 
Mackintosh, James, 787. 
Madison, Lucinda, 630. 
Magister, 348. 

Gerard, 318, 328, 332, 334, 342, 343, 348, 349, 
350, 365. 
Magnin, 13. 

Maharry, William, 645. 
Maire, Tilie, 63. 
MaLiaart, Meyndert, 271. 
Man, John, 428. 
Mandeville, 429. 

Catharine, 704. 

Catherine, 700. 

David, 704. 

G. Henry, 408. 

Giles Henry (Rev.), 100. 

Gillis, 297. 

Isaac, 553. 

James J. M., 461. 

Lea, 507. 

Maria C, 723. 

Matthew, 704. 
Mannes, Peter, 630. 
Manning, High Sheriff, 248. 

John (Capt.), 244, 246. 

Sheriff, 219. 
Mantanye, William J., 789. 
Mapes, Catharine Deliverance Adeline,. 
715. 

David Swezey, 688. 

William B., 688. 
Marble, Martin, 667. 
Marius, Pieter Jacobsen, 155. 
Marks, Samson, 439. 
Marlett, 204, 270. 

Abraham, 204. 

Anna, 371. 

John, 204. 

Joshua, 204. 

Paul, 204. 
Marquand, Lucretia, 513. 
Marr, James, 484. 



INDEX. 



875 



Marriner, Capt. 824. 

William (Capt.), 172. 
MarsCi^aik, Joris, 804. 
Marselis, Peter, 96. 
Marsh, Ann, 501. 

Cyrus (Rev.), 502. 

John, 679. 

S. T., Jr., 528. 
Marshall, 724. 

Edward, 368. 

Elizabeth, 787. 

Ida M., 471. 

Mary, 371. 
Marston, Ann, 808. 

John, 698, 807, 808. 

Margaret, 808. 

Mary, 80S. 

Nathaniel, 807, 808. 

Thomas, 807, 808. 
Marteling, Barent, 303. 

Isaac, .303. 
Martelingh, Abraham, 347. 
Martens, Leentie, 160, 168. 
Martin, Elizabeth, 725. 

George W., 730. 

Richard (Captain), 789. 
Martino, 270. 

Francois, 269. 

Stephen, 270. 
Martyn, Jan, 302. 
Masterson, David A., 453. 
Mather, Lewis, 440. 
Matthews, Anna, 631. 

Hester, 717. 

Jacob, 229. 

James, 367. 

Lydia Emeline, 519. 

Rodney, Dr., 528. 
Matthias, Captain, 204. 
Matthys. 248. 
Matthysen, John, 345. 

Nelis, 242. 
Matthyssen, Anna, 229. 

Barentien, 231. 

Catharine, 148. 

Catherine, 229. 

Cornelis, 340. 

David. 148. 

Hendrick, 148, 229. 

Jan, 148, 345. 

Laurens, 309. 

Magdalene, 148. 

Margaret, 148. 

Maria, 229. 

Mary, 148. 

Matthys, 148, 229. 

Nelis, 107, 183, 201, 203, 219, 222, 228, 229, 
231, 236, 240, 246, 247, 269, 792. 

Rachel, 229. 

Sarah, 148, 229. 

Thomas, 148. 
Matthysz,, Jan, 184. 
Mattocks, Frederick W., 472. 

Jane Rebecca, 647. 
Maunsell, John, 582, 826. 

John (General), 814. 818, 819. 

Mrs., 819. 
Maurice, Prince, 68, 84. 
Maverick, Peter Rushton, 790. 

Sarah, 790. 
Maxwell. Charles W., 534. 
Mayer, Jacob, 501. 
Mayes, William, 743. 
Mayo, Maria, 525. 
McBride, Eliza, 523. 
McCarty, Anna, 652. 
McChain, Mary, 764. 
McClelland, Cornelia, 513. 
McConnell, Lida, 522. 



McCormick, Daniel, 803. 

James, 753, 754. 
McCrea, 758. 
McCready, Adeline, 746. 

Nathaniel L., 729. 
McCree. Mary, 488. 
McCuhough, George, 572. 
McDonald, Jacob, 665. 
McDowell, Patrick, 743. 

Willis, 544. 
McFarland, Mary E., 540. 
McGee, Patrick, 652. 
McGhen, Margaret, 745. 

Rachel, 745. 
McGill, Charlotte, 746. 
McGowan, Daniel, 410. 
McGown, 122, 150, 418. 

Andrew, 438, 439, 799. 

Andrew (Major), 439. 

Catherine Maria, 716. 

Daniel (Capt.), 431, 438, 439. 

Margaret (Mrs.), 438. 

Mrs., 545, 551. 

S. B., 786. 

S. Benson, 551. 

Samson B., 439. 
McGuire, Archibald, 525. 

Joseph, 733. 
Mclntire, Ella, 444. 
McKenzie, Frances Naomi, 556. 
McLaughl-in, Andrew T., 572. 
McLean, John, .520. 
McLeod, John, 459. 
McMurdy, Jane, 488. 
Mead, Peggie (Margaret), 454. 
Meade, Fanny, 658. 
Meals. George, 295. 

Hannah, 295. 
Medsell, Emeline J., 754. 
Meer. Tilie, 231. 
Meet, Isaac, 692. 

Kniertie, 375. 

Maria, 3.50. 

Peter, 375. 
Megapolensis, 268. 

Dominie, 178. 

Samuel (Do.), 223. 
Meier, Harmanus (Rev.), 713. 
Meinerssen, Frederick, 707. 
Melchert. 703. 
Melle, 703. 

Melville, George H., 750. 
Melvin, Jacob, 717. 
Melyn, Cornelis, 152, 153, 154, 155. 

Isaac (Capt.), 295. 
Merceiu, Thomas R., 416. 
Merlett, Gideon, 204. 
Merrihew, Lucius, 659. 
Merrill, Sally, 516. 
Merseles, Peter, 620. 
Merselis, Aaltje, 559. 
Meserole, Catherine. 608. 
Mesier, Elizabeth, 485. 

Jannetie. 785. 

Peter, 785. 
Messier, Abraham (Rev.), 107. 
Mesurolle, Cornelius, 806. 

Jean, 105, 302, 475. 

John, Jr., 447. 
Metcalf, William, 760. 
Metereu, Lydia, 324. 

Lyria, 97. 
Metselaer, Jacobus, 107. 

Jan Adams, 107. 
Meursius, Pastor, 94. 
Mey Captain Cornelis, 117. 
Meyer, 93, 172, 318, 424. 425, 435, 546, 800. 

Aaron, .565. 

Abraham. 410. 483, 548, 565, 795, 796, 825. 



8/6 



INDEX. 



Meyer, Abi'am, 821. 

Adolph, 93, 183, 201, 203, 273, 
296, 297, 298, 301, 308, 309, 
328, 329, 332, 333, 337, 338, 
345, 349, 364, 370, 372, 373, 
399, 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 
415, 429, 430, 484, 545, 582, 
680, 694, 795, 797, 799, 800, 
804, 808, 814, 816, 817, 818. 

Annecke, 298. 

Antje (Anna), 559. 

Bridget, 582. 

David D., 609. 

Engeltie, 705. 

Hendrick, 234. 

Henry, Jr., 812. 

Henry R., 606. 

Jacob, 484, 549. 

Jan, 374. 

Jannetie, 506. 

Joli., 298. 

Johannes, 397, 430, 431, 599, 
822 

John, 487, 824. 

Lawi-ence, 703. 

Margaret, 298, 375, 485. 

Maria, 273, 429, 484, 548, 637, 
827, 828, 829, 830. 

Mary, 804, 810. 

Mrs., 416, 598, 800, 801. 

Sarah, 704. 
Meyers, Jacob, 627. 
Meyndert, 694. 
Meynderts, 212. 

Jan, 93, 100. 

Jannetie, 695. 

John, 696. 

Michael, 764. 
Michaelius, Jonas (Rev.), 118. 
Michaels, Hibernia C, 469. 

Ruth B., 664. ■ 
Michiel, 205. 
Michiels, Metje, 263. 

Reyer, 276. 
Miehielsen, Bastiaen, 265. 

Hannah, 265. 

Hendrick, 265. 

Jane, 265. 

Michiel, 265. 

Reyer, 265, 312, 313, 329, 346, 

Sarah, 265. 

Tennis, 265. 
Middagh, Aert Teunisz, 97. 

Hester, 571. 

Joris, 498. 

Judith, 579. 
Milborne, 397, 642. 

Jacob, 378, 410, 809, 810. 

Jacob, Jr., 810. 

William, 810. 
Milledoler, Dr., 438 

Maria, 438. 

Philip (Dr.), 799. 

Philip (Rev.), 438, 800. 
Miller, 748. 

Catherine, 508. 

Elizabeth B., 757. 

Flora, 543. 

Henry, 753. 

James, 525. 

James Madison, 532. 

Josephine B., 666. 

Louisa J., 774. 

Oliver, 631. 

Putnam, 491. 
Mills, Abigail, 440. 
Mine, Ellen Ann, 727. 
Miner, Sarah A., 527. 
Miuthorn, Philip, 788. 



274 


281, 


286 


315, 


316, 


320 


340, 


342, 


343 


382, 


389, 


392 


407, 


412, 


414 


597, 


598, 


599 


801, 


802, 


803 



600, 810, 821, 



705, 821, 822, 



393, 412. 



Minthorne, Hillegond, 692. 

Mangle, 806. 
Mintonye, Joseph B., 789. 
Minturn, Peggy, 461. 
Minty, Jennie B., 758. 
Minuit, 781. 

Director, 138. 

Peter, 118. 
Mitchell, Adeline, 473. 

Joseph, 530. 

Rebecca, 756. 
Moddy, Carolyn Elizabeth, 773. 
Moesman, Arent, 203, 212, 797, 801. 

Arent J., 201. 

Arent Jansen, 205, 221. 

Jacob, 212. 
Mohr, Andrew, 677. 
Moleanor, William, 418. 
Molenaer, Adrian, 608. 

Catherine, 608. 

David, 608. 

Henry, 608. 

Jane, 608. 

Joost Adraens, 607, 608. 

Marritie, 608. 

Mercy, 608. 

Sarah, 608. 

William (Dr.), 608. 

William De Witt C, 608. 
Molenaor, 814, 818, 825. 

William, 484, 604, 607, 608, 814, 827. 
Molineaux, Charity, 649. 
Moll, Geertie, 362. 

Joseph, 751. 

Lambert, 362. 

Marritie, 362. 

Reyer, 475. 
Monroe, "Colonel, 827. 

Montague, 80, 83, 85, 105, 130, 131, 134, 138, 
139, 141, 143, 151, 158, 163, 169, 175, 190, 
192, 200, 212, 220, 221, 235, 237, 257, 259, 
271, 272, 275, 276, 278, 284, 285, 290, 292, 
296, 337, 355, 598. 

Abraham, 282. 

Dr., 129, 135, 149, 164, 181, 189, 291, 292. 

Henry, 618. 

J., 222. 

Jan, 192, 238. 

John, 246. 

Maria, 320. 

Marie, 126. 

Mrs., 105, 290, 350. 

Widow, 286, 302. 

William, 292. 
Montagnie, Wilhelm, 192. 
Montanie, Abraham, 415. 
Montanus, Johannes Monerius, 79. 
Montanye, 358, 419, 603, 786, 815, 817, 820. 

Aaltje, 595. 

Abraham, 545, 564, 594, 595, 596, 786, 787, 
788, 790, 792. 

Adriana 788, 789. 

Albert, 597. 

Alexander, 597. 

Anate (Anna), 597. 

Ann, 787, 788, 790. 

Ann Maria, 787. 

Anna, 597, 788. 

Annetie, 789. 

Apollonia, 789. 

Apollonia (Prudence), 789. 

Benjamin, 789, 790, 791. 

Benjamin Maverick, 790. 

Bregie, 595. 

Catharine, 785, 787, 788, 790. 

Charles H., 790. 

Charles Kearney, 790. 

Clarence, 790. • 

Cornelia. 788. 

David, 790. 



INDEX. 



877 



Montanye, Dr., 785, 793. 
Bde (or Edward), 594. 
Edward, 597. 
Eide, 595, 597. 
Elder, 595, 791. 
Elijah, 789. 
Eliza, 791. 
Elizabeth, 594, 595, 597, 715, 788, 789, 790, 

791. 
Elizabeth Murray, 789. 
Eve, 785. 
George, 790. 
George A., 790. 
Gertrude, 790. 
Gilli.'s, 785. 
Hannah, 594, 789. 
Harman, 787. 
Harmanus, 787. * 
Henry, 789, 790. 
Hester, 787. 
Ide, 594, 595. 

Isaac, 594, 786, 787, 789, 790. 
Isaac V. (Hon.), 791. 
Jacob, 409, 594, 595, 596, 789. 
Jacobus, 595, 787, 788, 789. 
James, 595, 596. 
Jane. 789. 
Jannetie, 594. 
Jelante. 786. 
Jefse. 785, 786, 787, 789. 
Johanna, 785, 786. 
Johannes, 785, 787, 788. 
John, 594, 597, 785, 786, 787 788, 789, 790, 

792, 795, 796, 799, 800. 
John J., 788. 
John M., 484. 
John T., 789. 
Jolant, 785. 
Joseph, 597, 787, 788. 
Joseph ,^apt.), 595. 
Joseph E., 597. 

Maria, 407, 594, 596, 597, 785, 788. 789, 790. 
Maria L,., 790. 

Maria Pell, 595. 
Marritie, 787. 

Martha, 788, 789. 

Mary, 788, 789, 790. 

Mary A., 790. 

Mary J., 790. 

Matilda, 790. 

Mercy, 787. 

Mrs. 204. 

Nancy, 788, 791. 

Nicasius, 786. 

Peter, 789, 790. 

Peternella, 786, 787, 789. 

Peternella (Nelly), 789. 

Petrus, 789. 

Phebe, 788. 

Philip, 788. 

Rachel, 785, 787, 788, 789. 

Rebecca 594, 595, 597, 789, 790, 791. 

Robert, 595, 597. 

Samuel, 786. 

Sarah, 597, 787, 788. 

Sarah Ann, 790, 791. 

Sarah Christeen, 788. 

Sophia, 790. 

Stanley, 790. 

Susan, 790. 

Susannah, 787. 

Teunis, 594, 595. 

Thomas, 595. 789, 790, 791. 

Thomas (Elder), 791. 

Thomas B., 791. 

Vincent, 786, 789, 790. 

William, 596, 597, 785, 787, 788, 789, 796, 
800. 

William H., 787. 

Yacobes (Jacobus), 597. 



Montfort, Abraham, 506. 
Adrian, 716. 

Peter, 487. 
Montgomery, Mary, 647. 

Thomas, 725. 
Montras, Pierre, 370. 
Monvielle, Gabriel, 785. 
Moody, Orpha, .536. 
Moon, Mary, 738. 
Moore, 596. 

Blazius. 626, 814. 

Edward. 716. 

J. P., 466. 

James H. L., 765. 

John, 172, 574. 788. 

Margaretje, 683. 

Montgomery, 646. 

Mr., 4(57. 

Thomas, 428. 

William (Captain), 462. 
Moorehouse, 755. 

Smith, 751. 
Moorhouse, Abram, 470. 
More, Jacob, 617. 

John I.. 588. 
Morey, Jonathan, 491. 
Morgan, Fanny (Mrs.), 709. 

James, 734. 

Joseph S., 770. 
Moriaens, Agnietie, 681. 
Morley. Charlotta, 722. 
Morrell, Elisha, 727. 

Judge, 172. 
Morris, Alice, 770. 

Capt, 385. 

Colonel, 229, 382, 383, 384, 385, 390, 395, 
408, 419, 827. 

John, 139. 

Lewis, 235, 284, 551, 593. 

Lewis (Colonel). 235, 353, 354, 357, 366, 
367. 368, 369, 386, 391, 392, 799. 

Lewis G. (Hon.), 395. 

Peter, 556. 

Richard (Captain), 235, 283, 303. 

Roger, 826. 

Roger (Colonel), 562, 819. 
Morrison, 762. 

Mary I.. 740. 
Morrow. Samantha, 668. 
Morse, Cornelia, 692. 
Morton. Emily, 492. 

Margaret, 457. 
Moseman, 809. 
Mosher, 759. 

John, 751. 
Mote. Maria A., 750. 
Mott. Barton, 571. 

Henry. 755. 
Moul, Cornelia. 524. 
Mould, Edward R. 665. 
Moultnn. William W., 490. 
Mourisse, Knoet, 248. 
Mowery. 772. 
Muckey. John, 686. 
Muckudge, Minnie, 539. 
Muflev. Nora, 576. 
Mulford, F. M., 577. 
Muller, Frederick, 13. 

Hilletje. 501. 

Maria, 501. 
Mulner, Susan, 649. 
Munroe, James (Hon.), 569. 
Munson, George, 741. 

Gilbert A., 727. 
Murdhi, Frances, 745. 
Murphy, 570. 

Catherine, 656. 

Elizabeth, 747. 
Murray, Ann, 457, 463. 

John R., 827. 



878 



INDEX. 



Mussing 373. 

Muyden, 190, 196, 200, 296. 

M., 199. 

M. J., 193. 

Michiel, 195, 212, 796, 797. 

Michiel J., 19S, 202. 

Michiel Janse, 1S3. 
Muzellus, Frederick (Rev.), 683. 
Myer, 418, 500, 794, 803, 814, 818. 

Abraham, 486, 545, 547, 566, 592, 600, 602, 
603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 609, 610, 637, 795, 
796, 797, 825. 

Abraham Dyckman, 610. 

Abraham, Jr., 488, 825. 

Adolph. 564, 567, 599, 601, 602, 604, 605, 606, 

607, 608, 625, 698, 704, 792, 797, 804, 814. 
Adolph, Jr., 813. 

Alvivia, 611. 

Amanda Fitzallen, 610. 

Amelia P., 611. 

Amy, 602, 606. 

Anatje, 607. 

Anatje (Anna), 607. 

Ann (Anna), 605. 

Anna, 606, 60S. 

Anna Catrina, 600. 

Anna Maria, 610. 

Annatie, 604. , 

Anneke, 601. 

Antie. 700, 704. 

Arent, 602, 603, 606, 607. 

Bregie, 605, 607. 

Caroline, 611. 

Catherina, 449, 606, 607. 

Catherine, 607, 610. 

Charles A., 611. 

■Charles A., Jr., 611. 

Charlotte, 610. 

Cornelia, 608. 

Cornelia Frances, 610. 

E. George, 610. 

Elizabeth, 602, 608, 700, 705, 783. 

Ellis G., 611. 

Emory, 611. 

Emory Wallace, 611. 

Engeltie, 607. 

Enoch G., 611. 

Eve, 604, 609, 610. 

Eve Maria, 609. 

Florence, 611. 

Garret, 609, 610. 

Gertrude, 608. 

Gilbert, 609, 610. 

Hannah, 609. 

Harriet, 610. 

Harry, 611. 

Harvey Elliot, 610, 611. 

Helen B., 611. 

Hendrick, 600, 602, 699. 

Hendrickus, 603, 608. 

Henricus, 606. 

Henrietta, 610. 

Isaac, 581, 600, 605, 608, 795, 799. 

Jacob, 600, 601, 602, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 

609, 645, 798, 813, 826. 
Jacobus, 545. 
James S. (M. D.), 610. 
Jannetie, 699. 
Jannettie, 602. 
Johannes, 477, 485, 582, 599, 601, 602, 603, 

6O0, 606, 608, 636, 703, 705, 792, 798, 811, 

812, 813, 814, 825, 826. 
Johannes (John Ray), 603. 
John, 482, 550, 601, 602, 604, 605, 606, 607, 

608, 609, 610, 611, 782, 798, 818. 
John Dyckman, 608, 609. 
John G., 610. 

John, Jr., 500, 606. 
Jo^n R., 592, 696, 826. 
Lawrence, 607, 609, 698. 



Myer, Livingston, 610. 

Lois Nye, 611. 

Marcy, 609. 

Margaret, 605, 607. . 

Margrietje, 604. 

Maria, 485, 581, 600, 602, 603, 604, 610, 799, 
S25 

Marian J., 611. 

Mary, 608. 

Mary (Maria), 605, 607. 

Mary Matilda, 610. 

Mattie, 795. 

Mrs., 599. 

Nellie M., 611. 

Oscar, 611. 

Oscar P., 611. 

Oscar W., 611. 

Peter, 490, 608, 609, fflO, 716. 

Peter (Petrus), 605. 

Phebe, 609. 

Rachel Hammond, 610. 

Rebecca, 605. 

Rebecca S., 610. 

Samuel, 238, 609, 610, 698, 713. 

Sarah, 605, 611. 

Susannah, 486, 603, 645. 

Tryntie (Cathrina), 604. 

W. H. H., 611. 

Widower, 600. 
Myers, Engeltie, 698. 

Eva, 554. 

John C, 466. 

Joseph S., 523. 

Julia, 533. 

Margaret, 685. 

Maria, 466. 

Mary, 606. 

Mr., 524. ' . 

Nettie M., 659. 
Myndertsen, Jan, 212. 



N 

Nachtegaal, Elizabeth, 272. 

Lysbeth, 231. 
Nack, Reynier, 485. 

Nagel, 268, 276, 293, 317, 402, 417, 549, 796, 
817, 820, 825. 

Abraham, 514, 618. 

Angenitje, 618. 

Angle, 621. 

Anna, 613. 

Anna Catherina, 613. 

Annatie, 619. 

Annetye, 617. 

Annie, 621. 

Antie, 617. 

Barent, 94, 612, 615, 616, 617, 618, 623, 625, 
698, 792. 

Benjamin, 613. 

Catherine, 616, 617, 618, 619. 

Catrina, 615. 

Christina, 613. 

Constable, 346. 

Cornelia, 613, 615, 618, 620, 686. 

Cornelius, 613. 

David, 616, 618, 619, 620, 621. 

David F., 620. 

Debbie (Deborah), 621. 

Debora, 614. 

Deborah, 548, 615. 

Deetje (Deborah), 619. 

Edith, 621. 

Eliza (Elizabeth), 619. 

Elizabeth, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620. 

Frederick, 620, 621. 

Frederickus D., 618. 

Frenke, 617. 

Geertje, 619. 



INDEX. 



879 



Nagel, Geertye, 617. 

Gerrit, 612, 617. 

Grietye (Margaret), 618. 

Harry D., 621. 

Hendrick, 61a, 616, 617, 618. ' 

Henry I., 618, 619. 

Hester Louise, 620. 

Hildebrandt, 620, 621. 

Isaac, 616, 618. 

Jacob, 615, 617, 618, 619. 

Jacobus, 613, 614. 

James, 620. 

James Westerfield, 619, 620. 

Jan, 24.5, 246, 266, 267, 269, 272, 279, 
289, 292, 297, 301, 302, 308, 309, 316, 
328, 329, 332, 333, 338, 341, 343, 344, 
352, 353, 360, 364, 370, 371, 372, 373, 
380, 389, 400, 401, 403, 405, 406, 407, 
412, 414, 415, 495, 546, 548, 603, 612, 
617, 618, 795, 821. 

Jan (John), 613. 

Jan (Sergt.), 612, 613. 

Jan D., 618, 619. 

Janneke, 616. 

Jannetie, 613. 

Jeanette P., 621. 

Johanna, 614, 615, 616, 695. 

John, 388, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 
694, 695, 792, 796, 797, 800, 810, 818, 
828, 829, 830. 

John Henry, 620, 621. 

John J., 617, 619, 620, 621. 

John, Jr., .547, 548. 

Juriaen, 613. 

Leah, 619, 621. 

Lena, 616. 

Leroy Bell, 621. 

Lillie, 620. 

Magdalena, 615, 617. 

Margaret, 613. 

Margaret A., 620. 

Margaret J., 620. 

Margaret Marvlne, 621. 

Margritve, 616. 

Maria, 616, 617, 619. 

Marrittie, 615. 

Mary, 621. 

Mary A.,^620. 

Marya, 617. 

Matilda, 620. 

Matthew Bogert, 620. 

Mrs., 547. 

Niclaes, 619. 

Niclaes (Nicholas), 617. 

Pauline M., 621. 

Petrus, 616. 

Philip, 613. 

Philippus, 613. 

Rachel, 618, 619, 620. 

Rebecca, 389, 548, 615, 616, 617, 790. 

Resolved, 614, 615. 

Resolvert, 619, 620, 621. 

Samuel A., 621. 

Sara, 616, 617. 

Sarah, 615, 616. 618, 619, 625, 682, 68f 

Sarah Elizabeth, 620. 

Tanneke, '94, 221, 317, 694. 

Tanneke Barents, 612. 

Trj^ntje, 617, 618. 

William, .389, 614, 615, 616, 618, 620. 

William H., 620. 

William Henry, 62L 

Wvntie, 617, 

Wyntje, 617, 618. 
Nagle, Debora, 706. 

Deborah, 701. 
Nannincks, Beertie, 140. 
Nash, E. R., 543. 

Sarah, 480. 



618, 



Naugle, Elizabeth. 620, 687. 

Hildebrant, 619. 
William, 456. 
Naylor, Mary, 464. 
Neath, James, 667. 
Neau, Elias, 295. 
Needham, Frances, 527. 
Neering, ,Ian Willems, 321. 
Nelson, Byron S., 746. 

John C, 629. 

Sadie Marie, 472. 

Sarah, 628. 
Nessepott, Jasper, 679. 
Nessepott (Nesbitt), Jaspar, 812. 
Neuman, Joshua, 507. 
Nevill, Thomas, 759. 
Nevius, Johannes, 217. 
New Nctherland Company, The, 81. 
Newbold, Charles, 589. 
Newkirk, Henry, 665. 
Newman, Abraham. 144. 

Julia N., 720. 

Nancy A., 629. 
Newton, Judge, 811. 

Marion C, 771. 

Thomas, 811. 
Ne.xsen, Elias, 713. 
NichoUs, 693, 821. 
Nichols, Capt., 288. 

John, 440. 

Sarah A., .572. 
Nicoll, Edward, 321, 595. 

Governor, 279. 

Sarah ,595 
Nicolls,'2'71,'292, 295, 345, 634, 693. 

Capt., 287, 385. 

Col.. 384, 385. 

Governor, 119, 191, 209, 212, 224, 232, 239, 
243, 247, 250, 251, 302, 368, 381, 385, 399, 
411. 

Matthias (Capt.), 265, 266, 283, 391. 

Richard, 215, 216. 226, 227, 413, 414. 

Richard (Colonel), 211. 

Richard (Governor), 323. 
NicoUs' Patent, The, 416, 623, 821. 
Nickerson, Mary, 766. 
Nieuwenhuysen, Dominie, 282, 315, 316, 352, 

376, 377, 431. 
Niewkirk, Gerrit M., 502. 
Nightingale, Elizabeth, 319. 
Nixson, John, 745. 
Noble, Salmon, 519. 
Nodine, Andrew, 424. 

Catherine, 644. 
Noird, William, 324, 325. 
Noorman, Arie, 201, 203. 

Govert, 203. 

Jacob, 201, 203. 

Jan, 201, 203. 

Roelof, 201, 203. 
Norman, Claes Carstens, 242. 

Irene, 672. 
Norris, Elizabeth, 790. 

John, .566. 
North Antoinette R., 472. 
Northrup, James (Dr.), 511. 
Norton. Abigail, 515. 

Emma, .531. 
Nottingham, Elizabeth, 497, 509. 

Thomas. 498. 
Noue, Pierre, 105, 271, 295. 
No.xon, Joseph, 646. 
No von, .57. 
Nutter, Sarah, .568. 

Sarah (Mrs.). 803. 

Valentine, 390, 565, 568, 803. 

William, 568. 
Nutting, Mary C. 525. 
Nuttman, Ebenezer Baldwin, 715. 



INDEX. 



Oakley, Ethel, 542. 

Louisa, 651. 

Sarah, 552. 
Oaks, Elizabeth, 705. 
O'Beirne, Anna, 678. 
Oblene, 243. 
Oblenis, Abraham, 628, 629, 632. 

Abraham J., 632. 

Ada, 634. 

Albert, 626. 

Aletta, 626. 

Alice Wood, 633. 

Alpheus, 630, 632. 

Alpheus (Alfred P.), 631. 

Alzinia, 633. 

Ambrose, 630. 

Anna, 628, 630. 

Anna L., 633. 

Anna Maria, 630. 

Annie, 629, 632. 

An tie, 627. 

Barent, 626, 628. 

Bernard, 629. 

Bertie, 634. 

Bridget, 627. 

Carlisle, 633. 

Caroline, 631. 

Carrie A., 633. 

Catherine, 627, 628, 629, 632. 

Catherine A., 631. 

Catherine Ann, 630. 

Charles, 632, 633, 634. 

Charles Adelbert, 631, 633. 

Charles McK., 629, 632. 

Charles Orthezo, 633. 

Charlotte, 628, 632. 
Clara E., 632. 

Cornelia, 631. 
Dammas, 628. 
Daniel, 628, 630. 
David, 628, 630, 633. 
Deborah, 626, 627. 
Delia, 633. 

Dennis, 626, 627, 628, 630. 
Edna, 632. 
Edward, 629, 634. 
Blisha P., 629, 631. 
Eliza Maria, 631. 
Elizabeth, 627, 628, 630. 
Elizabeth Ann, 629. 
Emma Jane, 632. 
Emma L., 631. 
Brville, 634. 
Fidelia, 630. 
Francis, 630, 633. 
Frank Annettie, 633. 
Franklin H., 631, 634. 
Fred, 633. 
Frederick, 630, 633. 
Garret, 627. 
George, 632. 
George K., 633. 
Gerrit, 626. 
Gertrude, 629. 
Hannah, 633. 
Hannah B., 631. 
■ Hannah Jane, 630. 
Harriet Miera, 630. 
Helen, 627. 

Hendrick, 622, 623, 624, 626. 627, 636, 792. 
Henrietta, 629. 
Henry, 628, 629, 630, 632, 633. 
Henry C, 630, 633. 
Henry H., 631. 
Henry P., 629, 631. 
Henry V., 627, 628. 
Hester Ann, 632. 



Oblenis, Jacomina, 625, 636. 
James Edward, 633. 
Jannetie, 626. 
Japhet H., 630. 
Jesse, 628, 630. 
Johannes, 625, 626, 629. 
Johannis, 627. 
John, 615, 622, 623, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 

632. 
John, Jr., 626. 
John M., 630. 
Jonita, 626. 
Joost, , 625, 792. 
Josephine, 631. 
Joshua Nelson, 630. 
Josina, 622. 
Josyntie, 622, 625. 
Leah, 627. 
Lewis, 630, 633. 
Lewis P., 631, 633. 
Lewis v., 629, 631. 
Lottie B., 633. 
Louisa, 630. 
Lucia, 625. 
Lucinda, 630. 
Maggie C, 633. 
Mahala, 628. 

Maria, 622, 626, 627, 628, 636, 638. 
Martin Krum, 632. 
Mary, 625, 627, 628, 629, 632. 
Mary A., 631. 
Mary Ann, 629. 
Matthew B., 631, 633. 
May v., 633. 
Minnie, 632, 633, 634. 
Nancy, 627. 
Nettie, 632. 
Oliver, 628, 631. 
Oliver, Jr., 631. 
Olivia Agnes, 633. 
Or^ May, 634. 
Pamelia, 631. 

Peter, 622, 625, 626, 629, 632, 792. 
Peter H., 632. 
Peter Van, 629, 632. 
Petrus, 626, 627. 
Phila, 6.33. 

Ray Adolphus, 633,. 634. 
Robert Henry, 633. 
Rosella, 632. 
Rossettatnine, 632. 
S. Joost, 632. 
Sarah, 625, 626, 627, 637. 
Sarah A., 629. 
Sarah Ann, 630. 
Sarah E., 632. 
Smith, 629, 632. 
Stephen J., 631. 
Thomas, 631. 
Waldo K., 634. 
Willard, 631. 

William, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633. 
Wyntje, 626. 
Oblienis, 410, 822, 826. 
Hendrick, 625. 
John, 624, 625, 637. 
Peter, 800, 824. 

Oblinus,' 67, 105, 204, 205, 259, 268, 285, 297, 
315, 318, 348, '644. 

Constable, 374, 375. 

Deborah, 582. 

John, 582. 

Joost, 229, 244, 393, 413, 621, 622, 798, 800, 
801. 

Josyntie, 643. 

Mayke, 223. 

Peter, 615, 622. 
O'Brien, Robert E., 474. 
O'Callaghan, Dr., 83, 789. 



INDEX. 



O'Connor, William Henry, 6G6. 
Odell, Abraham, 549. 

Elsa A., 749. 

Hannah (Anna), 276. 

Isaac, 5ol, 64.3. 

Jacob (Gen.), 410. 

Jane, 647. 

Joanna, 551. 

Johannes, 643. 

John, 265, 276, 431. 

Jonathan, 549, 551, 567. 

Rebecca, 551. 

Sarah, 643. 

Susan, 486. 
Ogilvie, John (Rev.), SOS. 
O'Hara, Margaret, 764. 
O'Leary, Elizabeth, 520. 
Olfertsen, Sioert, 431. 
Oliver, Catherine, 488. 
Oliviers, Catrina, 273. 

John, 95. 
Olmstead, Susan, 723. 
Olney, C. C, 523. 
Onderdonck, Aeltje, 710. 
Onderdonk, Emma, 640. 

Sarah, 454. 
Onderkerk, Antje, 707. 
O'Neale, Hugh, 243. 
Oort, John, 805. 

Oosterhout, Catalyntjen (Catalina), 
O'Riley, M. J., 770. 
Orr, Mollie, 772. 
Osband, Caroline Walters, 738. 
Osborn, 771. 

Hannah, 725. 

William D., Jr., 758. 
Osborne, Mr., 3S5. 

William Rose, 442. 
Osbourn, Christopher, 743. 
Osgood, Carrie Lawrence, 473. 
Osterhout, Elias, 755. 

Thryntie, 501. 
Ostrander Ann D., 523. 

Evert, 719. 

Helen, 503. 

Malinda, 70S. 

Mary Elizabeth, 530. 

Petrus G., 504. 

Sophia J., 512. 
Ostrom, Elizabeth, 627. 

John, 627. 
Ostrum, Jannetie, 217. 
Ott, Parmelia, 586. 

Sarah, 5S6. 
Ottosen, Thomas, 201, 203. 
Oudewater, Thomas, 363. 

Thys Fransz, 363. 
Oules, Philip J., 13. 
Cutwater, Thomas (Dr.), 363. 
Oviatt, Marian Amanda, 665. 
Owens, Margaret, 770. 

Solomon, 644. 



Pabor, Alexander 123. 

Martin, 123. 

William E., 123. 
Page, Mary, 302. 
Paine, Benjamin, 788. 
Palmer, 329. 

Abner, 531. 

Alexander, 633. 

Benjamin, 263. 

Charlotte, 644. 

Hannah, 628. 

J. W., 537. 

John (Capt.), 391. 

Mary, 442. 



49S. 



Palmer, Phebe, 650. 

Thomas, 370, 689. 

William, 302, 324, 327, 328, 699. 
Panhuysen, 785. 

Johannes, S9. 

Johannes (Sieur), 785. 
Parcell, SIO. 

Catherine, 809. 

Eda, 809. 

Hannah, 809. 

Henry, 809. 

John, 2.56, 809. 

Nicholas, 809. 

Sarah. 788. 

Thomas, 378, 410, 809. 

William, 809. 
Parcells, Thomas, 790. 
Parcels, Peter, 713. 
Parisis, Eustacius (Rev.), 98. 

Jacqueline, 98, 221, 278. 
Park, Carrie M., 672. 
Parker, Phineas, 462. 

Solomon, .570. 
Parkinson, 820. 827. 

Leonard, 819, 826. 
Parks, Joseph S., 744. 

William R., 738. 
Parleman, Jannetje (Jane), 450. 
Parmentier, 105. 

Antoinette, 447. 

Damen. 447. 

Elizabeth, 447. 

Johanna. 447. 

John, 447. 

Lydia Ann, 526. 

Michael, 200, 447. 

Michiel, 447. 

Neeltie, 447. 

Peter, 413, 415, 447. 

Pierre, 103. 
Parsells, 717. 

Catharina, 626. 
Passmore, Hannah, 570. 

Pasteur, L. Rou, 813. 
Pater, Elizabeth, 261. 

Jan, 261. 
Paterson, Abraham, 432. 

Dr., 625, 799. 

Elizabeth, 432. 

John, 432. 

John (Mrs.), 432. 

Josiah (Dr.), 393, 432, 564. 

Mary, 432. 

Richard. 432. 
Patrick. Walen, 650. 
Patterson, Harold W., 474. 

Lena L., 611. 
Paulding. John, 256. 

Joost. 256. 

William( Gen.). 256. 
Paulisse, Jacob, 684. 
Paulus, Jurck, 385. 

Kate, 763. 

Minne, 385. 
Pawling, Henry, 412. 
Payne. Clifton. 748. 
Peacock, Elizabeth, 456, 462. 

William. 462. 
Peak, Catherine, 719. 
Pealman. Sarah, 532. 
Pears, Tannecke, 450, 453. 
Pearsall, 340. 

Sarah, 428. 
Pearse. Anna, 500. 
Pearson, Jan, 388. 
Peaslev, Anna (Ann), 532. 
Peck Catharine, 428. 

Eliza Ann, 465. 

George, 492. 

Mary, 648. 



882 



INDEX. 



Peeck, Hannali (Anna), 449. 

John, 785. 
Peek,- Hannah, 452. 

Jacobus, 350. 

Jan, 452. 
Peelen, William, 297. 
Peersen, Willem, 263. 
Peet, Jenneke, 804. 
Peiret. Pierre (Rev.), 335, 350. 
Pell, Deborah, 692. 

John, 594. 

Maria, 594, 692. 

Mr., 392. 

Samuel, 302, 303, 309, 594. 

Thomas, 594. 

William, 594. 
Pels, Elizabeth, 303. 

Evert, 303. 
Pelszer, 286. 

Johannes, 242, 273, 297. 
Pelton, Philip, 789. 
Peltrong (Conteyn), Elizabeth, 564. 
Pelts, Samson, 431. 

Stoffel, 428. 
Pelzer, Johannes, 251. 
Penfold, Deborah, 809. 

John Wm., 810. 

William (Capt.), 809, 810. 
Penny, Jonathan, 505. 
Peperall, Lazarus (Captain), 787. 
Perkins, R. W., 577. 
Perlee, Martha, 584. 
Perretrus, Petrus (Dom.), 335. 
Perry, 756. 

Hugh, 739. 

Martha, 721. 

Polly, 738. 
Persel, Abraham, 683. 

Lea 478. 

William, 682. 
Pessel, Catryntje, 682. 
Peters, Claes, 558. 

Margrietie, 558. 
Peterse, John, 787. 
Petersen, 695. 

John, 333. 
Peterson, Cornelius, 709. 

Israel, 225. 

James, 726. 

Matthew, 225. 

Moenis, 199, 800. 

Monis, 190, 194, 195, 198, 201, 203, 220, 
256. 

Nicholas, 681. 

Peter, 225, 700. 

William, 709. 
Petit, Jan, 346. 

Jean, 373. 

Nancy, 712. 

Nicole, 104, 293. 
Peto, Humphrey, 799. 
Petrie, Margaret, 649. 
Pettinger, Hendrick, 580. 
Pfordt, J. B., 770. 
Phelps, Malvina, 656. 
Philip, Governor, 323. 
Philippe, Rev., 34, 35, 36. 
Philips, Barney, 525. 

Catherine J., 630. 

Frederick, 679. 

Frederick (Col.), 274. 

Legrand, 446. 
Philipse, Fred (Capt.), 808. 

Philip (Hon.), 808. 
Phillips, George W., 654. 

Juliette, 572. 

Mary B., 754, 762. 

Noah, 712. 

William, 234. 
Phipps, Etta, 767. 



225, 



Phoenix, Alexander, 238, 609, 787. 

Alexander (Capt.), 155, 704, 713. 

Catharine, 704, 713. 

Daniel (Hon.), 155. 

Maria (Roome), 450, 453. 
Pia, Maria, 189. 

Pierre, 189. 
Picheltzimmer, Johannis, 498. 
Pickett, John C. A., 535. 

Lewis F., 527. 

Mary, 528. 
Picksley, Lucinda, 722. 
Pier, Catherine, 441. 

Teunis, 409. 
Pierce, Daniel, 484. 

Deborah, 658. 

Emily, 710. 

John, 496. 

Lydia, 520. 

Martha A., 701. 
Pierson, Robert P., 717. 
Pieters, Adolph, 372. 

Grietie, 128. 

Heyltie, 431. 

Jochem, 372, 380, 393, 397, 402, 477, 599, 
600, 601, 603. 

Maria, 274. 

Tryntie, 223. 
Pieterse, Andries, 559. 

Klaas (Nicholas), 604. 

Margrietye, 701. 
Pietersen, Aert, 276. 

Hillebrand, 196. 

Jacob, 220. 

Jan, 176, 199, 208, 333, 598. 

Jannetie, 196. 

Jochem, 134, 170, 598. 

Joh., 229. 
Pietersz, Jochem, 154. 
Pike, Almyra, 743. 

Ashar, 505. 
Pikes, Jan, 94. 

Peternella, 94, 786. 

Vincent, 94, 786. 
Pincheart, Rev., 34. 
Pinckney. Mary (Polly), 643. 

Susannah, 650. 
Pine, James, 717. 
Pinette, 61. 
Pinhorne, 381. 

Mr., 376. 

William, 364, 367. 
Pinnell, .589. 
Pinnet, James, 311. 
Pipon, 13, 378, 796, 813. 

Elias, 601, 605, 798, 801, 812, 813. 

Elie, 813. 

Elizabeth, 811, 813. 

Jane, 813. 

John, 813. 

Mary, 813. 

Mrs., 360. 

Philip, 601, 798, 811, 812. 
Pirsson, Robert L., 481. 
Pitcher, Mary, 462. 

Robert, 6.36. 
Pitot, Jeanette, 620. 
Place, Charles A., 470. 
Piatt, Charles, 156. 

Elizabeth (Jonas), 459. 
Pleslin, Emma E., 523. 
Plettenborg, Belitie, 212. 
Plukellus, Gautier, 31. 

Nicholas, 31. 
Pock, Virgil, 664. 
Polfenberger, Charles, 774. 
Poillon, Jacques, 270. 

Peter, 824. 
Polhemus, Abraham, 639. 

Do., 268. 



INDEX. 



883 



Polhemus, Margaret H., 590. 
Pollock, Eliza, 570. 

Mary, 571. 
Pomeroy, Eleanor A., 610. 
Pool, John, 627. 
Pootman (Putnam), Arent, 697. 

Francina, 697. 
Pontgrave, 11. 
Popinga, Aeltle, 161. 

Thomas, 161. 
Porter, Harriet R., 756. 

Horace, Jr., 474. 

Sarah R., 752. 
Portor, Charles, 722. 
Post, 196. 

Abraham, 389, 499, 614. 

Anna C, 388. 

Dennis, 614. 

Elizabeth, 389, 500. 

Gerardus, 827. 

Hendrick, 389, 614, 615. 

Jan, 388. 

Jannetie, 501. 

John, 389. 

Lena, 389, 614. 

Margaret, 551. 

Maria, 686. 

Martin, 551. 

Mary, 553. 

Peter, 69. 
Postmael, Jan, 196. 

Jan Jansen, 388, 389. 
Potier, Augustine, 54. 
Potreau, Daniel, 379. 
Potter, Derick, 234. 

John, 660. 

Margaret P., 574. 

Sylvester, 650. 
Potts, Frederick, 481. 

W. Rockhill, 481. 
Powell, Catherine, 628, 629.. 
. Elizabeth, 627. 

Frederick, 627. 

Harry J., 749. 

James H., 631. 

Thomas, 696. 

Thomas E., 627. 

Thomas H., 629. 
Powelson, Mary, 700. 
Powers, Mary C, 528. 
Powles, Leah, 616. 
Powless (or Powlisson), Lydia, 
Powliss, Paul, 461. 
Praa, Peter (Capt.), 608. 
Prae, Pierre, 319. 
Prall, Arend, 270. 
Pratt, Charles, 539. 
Praul, Addie H., 590. 
Presker, William, 782, 807. 
Presto, Philip, 230, 797, 801. 

Philippe, 183. 
Preston, Charles L., 773. 

Flora A., 667. 
Prestwick, Mary Eliza, 553. 
Prevoost, Catharine, 161. 
Prime, SOS. 

Rutus, 699. 
Prior, Edward, 645. 
Provoost, Catrina, 428. 

David, 807. 

Jonathan, 428. 
Pruyn, Lavinus, 627. 
Puffenberger, John Andrew, 666. 
Pulver, Christina, 510. 
Purdon, John, 474. 
Purdy, Amelia, 610. 

Cornelius, 637. 
Putnam. James L., 668. 
Pyke, Miriam Viola, 470. 



460. 



Q 

Quackenbos, Adrian, 564, 565. 

Annetie, 700. 

Cornelius, 497, 565. 

Peter, 700. 

Pieter, 565. 

Wouter, 565. 

Wouter (Pieterse), 448. 
Quackenbush, Adrian, 702. 

Anna, 702. 

Claessie, 702. 

Hannah, 718. 

Johannes, 450. 

Jonn, 738. 

Julia, 640. 

Mattie, 698, 702. 

Rachel Elizabeth, 688. 

Reynier, 702. 

Tunis, 616. 

William, 526. 
Quane, Catherine, 628. 
Quick, Abigail, 452, 456. 

Jacob, 725. 

Jacobus, 456. 

Maria, 4o2, 457. 
Quyer, Edward, 740. 



Radcliff, Elizabeth, 428. 

Hannah, 510. 
Rademaaker, Adrian, 132. 

Claes, 132. 

Coruelis, 132. 
Ralph. Bertha Elizabeth, 663. 
Ramsey, Barbara C, 665. 

John, 571. 

Lou, 764. 
Ramus, 57. 
Randall, Esther, 527. 

Hannah (Annatje), 685. 
Randell, Jonathan 606, 714. 

Morris, 431, 456, 468, 798, 799. 
Randolph, Hannah, 588. 
Rankin, John, 802, 803. 
Ransom, Samuel, 571. 
Rapelje, Jacob, 434. 

Joris Jansen, 804. 

Lysbeth. 804. 

Rem, 428. 
Rapelye, Richard, 706. 

Sarah, 613. 
Rapp, Catherine, 770. 
Rappelye, Abraham, 716. 
Rathbone, Ursula Ruby, 527. 
Ray, John, 234. 

Richard (Robert), 452. 

Wyntie, 234. 
Ray (Rhee), Wyntie, 600. 
Rawlings, Jennie, 575. 
Rea, Carrie V. B., 691. 
Read, Maud Berry, 757. 
Reade, Mary, 722. 
Reddenhaus, Abel, 298. 

Geertie, 298. 
Redding, Jeremiah, S09.- 
Redfleld, John Rossiter, 662. 
Redman, Patrick, 658. 
Reed, Abel S., 736. 

Leonard, 520. 
Reese, Thomas L.. 734. ' 
Reeves, Hannah M., 531. 
Reid, Benjamin, 733. 
Reineman. Barbara, 778. 
Reitter, Clara, 755. 
Rembach, Ann Maria, 368. 
Remsen, Johannes, 695. 



884 



INDEX. 



Remsen, Mary, 595. 
Remson, Jacob, 596. 

Mary, 596. 
Renard, Katalina, 205. 

Maria, 221. 

Marie, 223, 224, 358. 
Rendell, Morris, 123. 
Renier, Janet, 734. 
Renwick, Edward Sabine, 481. 

James, 480. 
Reson, Sarah, 104. 
Retallie, James D., 689. 
Reyersen, Anna, 69. 
Reyersz, Adriaen, 156. 

Elbert, 156. 
Reynolds, Ely, 644. 
Rhinelander, 808. 
Rhoades, Joseph, 569. 
Rhodes, Leonard R., 654. 
Rice, Amos (Captain), 508. 

Phoebe, 771. 
Rich, Abraham, 487. 

Abraham B., 489. 

Maria, 522. 

Martha C, 752. 
Richard Paul, 48, 294, 338, 367, 813. 

Paulus, 268, 271, 272, 288, 336, 337, 370, 
579, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799. 
Richards, 773. 

Richard (Captain), 789. 

Susanna, 162. 
Richardson, Maria, 500. 
Richmond, Sarah Elizabeth, 540. 
Rickson (or Rickim), Charles, 741. 
Rider, Izetta, 763. 

Mary, 716. 
Ridgeway, Margaret B., 690. 

Sarah, 690. 
Ridnaer, Lena, 604. 
Rieman, Joseph H., 588. 
Riggins, Lindsay J., 688. 
Riker, 340. 

Anna Catrina, 600. 

Edward, 609. 

Elizabeth, 616. 

Henry, 428. 

John H., 481. 

Matthias, 617. 
Riley, Daniel, 610. 

James, 536. 
Ritzema, Alida, 452, 457. 

Dominie, 408. 

Johannis (Rev.), 452. 
Roach, Bridget, 751. 
Roat, Jeremiah, 513. 
Robbins, Caleb, 517. 

Helen, 765. 
Robert, William, 38. 
Roberts, Ann, 739. 

Jane, 519. 
Robertson, A. A. (Rev.), 654. 

Hannah, 714. 
Robin, 804. 
Robins, Eliza, 463. 
Robinson, 81, 381. 

Catherine, 649. 

Gertrude, 764. 

John, 360, 363, 364, 365, 367, 373, 805. 

John (Rev.), 116. 

M. S., 666. 
Roblee, 754. 

Betsey D., 735. 

Laura, 735. 

Lucy J., 735. 

Luther, 735. 
Robson, Benjamin R., 469. 
Rochelle, Etienne, 324. 
Rock, Elizabeth, 742. 
Rockenstyne, 518. 



Rodenburg, Governor, 164. 

Lucas, 157, 158, 160. 
Rodgers (or Rogers), Joseph (Dr.), 716. 
Roe, Charles T., 471. 

Franklin, 717. ~ 
Roelofs, Itie, 431. 

Wyntie, 234. 
Roelofsen, 269. 

Abraham, 261. 

Constable, 259. 

Hendrickje, 261. 

Jacobus, 261. 

Johannes, 261. 

Maria, 261. 

Peter, 261, 792. 

Pieter, 249, 269, 276, 279, 280, 286, 297, 337. 

Roelof, 261. 

Susannah, 261. 
Rogers, 754. 

George Lewis, 531. 

Johannes, 681. 

Lois, 633. 

Samuel, 458. 

Sarah Maria, 757. 

William, 681, 735. 
Roll, Margaret, 696, 788. 
Rombouts, Francis (Mayor), 367. 
Romer, John, 431, 625. 

Samson, 702. 

Jeremiah, 408. 
Romp, Sergt., 183. 
Roome, Agnietie, 607. 

Sarah, 485. 
Roos, Cornelia, 428. 

Hester, 451. 

Johannes, 428. 
Roosa, 412. 

Albert Heymans, 259, 412, 579. 

Arien, 412, 579. 

Heyman, 412. 

like, 412. 

Isaac, 499. 

Jan, 412. 

Jannetie, 412. 

Mary, 259, 412, 579. 

Mary Ann, 534. 

Neeltie, 412. 

Petrus P., 504. 

Rebecca, 499. 
Roosevelt, Christina, 786. 

Jacobus, 452. 

James, 274. 

Johannes, 431. 

Nicholas Martensen, 786. 
Root, Aeltie, 545. 

Hattie A., 536. 
Rooy-meester, Heer (Hon.), 195. 
Rosa, Geertje, 580. 
Rose, Katharine, 724. 

Milton, 742. 
Rosecrans, Christina,' 259. 
Ross, Ralph, 376. 

Sylvana, 516. 

W. G., 577. 
Rossignol, Elizabeth, 99, 231, 232. 

Guillaume, 99. 
Rossmore, Margaret, 507. 
Rote, Mary Jannete, 524. 
Roubley, Marie, 104. 
Rousby, Christopher, 805. 
Rousseau, Louisa, 768. 
Row, Almira, 509. 

Hannah, 502. 
Rowe (Roe), Jane, 631. 
Rowland, Cornelia Whitney, 661. 
Ruckel, Walter, 662. 
Ruckhaber, M., 13. 
Ruggles, Homer, 656. 
Rumsey, Emmett, P., 750. 



INDEX. 



885 



Russell, A. Milo, 753. 

Charles, 457. 

Charlotte, 754. 

David, 726. 

Elizabeth, 62S. 

Mary E., 656. 
Rutgers, Anthony, 428. 

Harman, 7S2. 

Harm anus, 428. 

Helena, 606. 

Sarah, 692. 
Rutou, Benjamin B., 652. 
Ryekman, Philip, 617. 
Ryder, 340, 341. 

Elizabeth, 445. 

Robert, 332, 630. 
Ryer, 205. 

Frederick A., 535. 

Theunis, 487. 
Ryers, Elizabeth, 487. 
Ryken, Abraham, 684. 
Rvker, Gerardus, 616. 

John, 440. 
Rynchout, Jurien, 545; 592. 
Rynehart, Mary, 446. 



Sabens, Olive, 734. 
Safford, Silas 3., .526. 
Sagendorph, Albertine, 524. 
Sainsbury, W. Noel, 13, S3. 
Salisbury, Angelica, 757. 

Silvester (Capt.), 155. 
Salyer, Edward, 638. 
Sam, Jacob (Sieur), 793, 794. 
Sanimans, John, 478. 

Margaret, 477, 478. 
Sammis, Adrian, 304. 

Ida, 661. 

Maria, 221, 622. 

Marie, 103. 
Sammon, Aagie, 704. 

Angle, 700. 

Elizabeth, 700, 706. 

Jacob, 429, 704, 706. 
Sandallen, William, 711. 
Sanders, 447. 

Gertrude, 626. 
Sandford, Catherine, 785. 

Jennie Louise, 690. 

John, 785. 

"William (Capt.), 785. 
Sands Obadiah, 490. 
Sanford, Albert G., 771. 

Sarah E., 537. 

Sylvia C, 532. 
Santee, Nancy, 570. 
Sarley, Anthony, 783. 

Catalina, 783. 
Savage, Mary A., 556. 
Sayer, Judson C, 541. 
Scarlett, Charles E., 754. 
Schaets, Aletta, 680. 

Dominie, 97. 

Gideon, 95, 681. 

Gideon (Master), 96. 

Gideon (Rev.1. 680, 681. 

Mathias, Bartholomeus, 96. 

Reynier (Doctor), 427, 681. 
Schamp, David P. 
Schelluyne, Dirck, 160. 
Schenck, Anna, 156. 

Ida, 156. 

Margaret, 648. 

Martin, 156. 

Peter Clover, 586. 
Schepens, Heere (Hon), 195. 



Schepmoes, Anna, 364. 

Eva, 364. 

Jan, 364. 

Maria, 364. 

Rachel, 364. 

Sarah, 364. 
Schepnoes, Dirck, 498. 

John, 503. 
Schermerhorn, 340, 807. 

Jacob, 700. 

Maehtelt, 700. 

Peter, 487. 

Simon (Samuel), 487. 
Schiellelin, Jacob, 567, 818. 
Schinckels, Aeltie, 130. 
Schleppy, Elizabeth, 744. 
Schoenmaker,' Jan, 201, 203. 
Schoonniaker, Catrina, 496. 

Elsie, 321. 

Johanna, 732. 

John, 750. 

Luther, 534. 

Martinus, (Rev.), 408, 605. 

Richard L., 408. 
Schor, Cornelius D., 688. 
Schroeder, Emma J., 748. 
Schuerman, Johannes, 681. 
Schureman, Frederick, 236. 

Geesie, 236. 
Schut, Jans Hermans (Sergt.), 613. 

Phebe, 205, 613. 
Schuyler, Ann Myndert, 453. 

Catherine, 489. 

Lieutenant, 698. 

Margaret, 489. 

Myndert, 364, 459. 

Philip, 321. 
Schwartz, Alonzo, 768. 
Schweitzer, Morris Kemerer, 575. 
Scobey, Archibald, 688. 
Scofield, Anna, 662. 
Scot, George, 436. 
Scott, Aaron, 531. 

David, 428. 

Edward, 664. 

George, 782. 

Helen Rutgers, 603. 

John Morin (Hon.), 606. 

Romelia F., 655. 
Scudder, Jane, 725. 
Seaman, Adeline, 468. 

Billop B., 570. 

Catherine, 569. 

Charles B., 763. 

Edmund, 569. 

Maria, 786. 
Seamon, George E., 533. 

William, 715. 
Seamore, Mary, 649. 
Searle, Louisa, 570. 
Sebring, Martha V. N., 589. 
Secor, Annie, 711. 

Elizabeth, 639. 

Samuel L.. 741. 
Sedgewick, Lucy, 508. 
Sedgwick, William Ellery, 481. 
See. 270, 329. 348. 

Abraham, 786. 

Barney, 786. 

Catherine. 786. 

Catrina, 786. 

Clara, 786. 

David, 786. 

Eliza Ann, 786. 

George Comb, 786. 

Isaac, 318, 331, 786. 

Isaac. Jr., 318, 328, 331. 

Jacobus, 786. 

John, 786. 

John D., 786. 



886 



INDEX. 



See, John L. (Rev.), 786. 

Leah, 786. 

Mahala, 786. 

Maria, 331, 786. 

Marie, 347. 

Martha, 653. 

Mary, 697. 

Peter, 786. 
Wm. G. E. (Rev.), 786. 
Seeley, Clara A., 661. 

Emily A., 661. 
Seely, Bridget, 481. 

Robert, 481. 

Samuel, 569. 
Seitz, Mary A., 574. 
Selden, Dudley, 420. 
Sellar, Sevilla, 633. 
Sellars, Mitchell, 722. 
Sellick, Nancy C, 687. 
Sellig^, Thomas, 294. 
Selover, Isaac, 484, 692. 

Sarah, 483. 
Selyn, Dominie, 600. 
Selyns, 223. 

Dominie, 220, 402, 405, 407, 408, 622, 786. 

Henry, 787. 

Henry (Do.), 377. 

Henry (Rev.), 179. 
Sempee, Elizabeth, 709. 
Senical, John, 729. 
Serine, Sarah Jane, 655. 
Serviss, John G., 491. 
Sevenhoven, Anneke, 545. 

John, 545. 
Shaffer, Azuma, 756. 

George, 765. 
Shapter, Peter, 648. 
Sharp, John, 271, 287, 759. 

Peter 503. 
Sharth,' Thomas, 763. 
Shattuck, Luther, 687. 
Shaver, Peter, 737. 
Shaw, 762. 

Anna, 708. 

Emma, 525. 

Henry, 739. 

Mary, 630. 

William, 711. 
Shawgo, Catharine, 441. 
Sheak, Emory K., 757. 
Shear, Eliza, 458. 

John, 645. 
Shears, John, Jr., 648. 
Sheav, Charity, 651. 
Shelley, Millie, 533. 

William J., 774. 
Shepard, Silas J., 751. 
Sheppard, Mary Ellen, 722. 
Sheridan, James B., 493. 
Sherman, John, 728. 

Laura A., 728. 
Sherwood, Flora, 671. 

Maria Webb, 663. 

Wesley, 722. 
Shipley, Robert H., 664. 
Shira, Pelina, 744. 
Shirts, William, 733. 
Shoed, Benjamin, 452. 
Shotwell, Abraham, 341, 360, 804, 805. 

John, 805. 
Shourd, Luke (Captain), 431. 

Mrs., 439. 
Showers, Elizabeth A., 648. 
Shule, 506. 
Shuler, James Duane, 517. 

John S. (Dr.), 517. 
Shull, D. N., 533. 
Sibout, Claes, 146. 

Hendrick, 146. 
Siboutsen, Harck, 166. 



Sickels, 172,- 800, 804. 

Alletta, 298.- 

Ann, 298.' 

Anna, 297." 

Catherine, 298." 

Cornelius, 298.* 

Elizabeth, 297.* 

Gerardus, 298." 

Hendrick, 298.- 

Jacobus, 298.' 

Johannes, 123,' 274; 298,* 599, 600,' 601,- 795,' 
796 • 799. 

John, 274,' 298,' 435,- 601,- 605; 606.' 

John S., 156,* 172; 298,- 795; 

Lambert, 297.* 

Latitia, 298.* 

Leah, 297.- 

Margaret, 297,* 298." 

Maria, 297,* 298.- 

Mary, 156,' 298," 435,' 799. 

Robert, 297,' 298.- 

Thomas, 297.- 

William, 298.- 

Wyntie, 566.v 

Zachariah, 430," 603.* 

Zacharias, 297; 547; 558; 594,- 792; 796, 798, 
803, 810, 825, 827, 828, 830. 
Sickles, Constable, 637. 

John, 797. 

John S., 485, 796. 

Mary, 796. 

Thomas, 477. 

Zacharias, 477, 564, 796, 821. 

Jacob, 331. 

Peter, 331. 

Simon, 331. 
Siecken, Dirck, 273. 
Simensz, Johannes, 188. 
Simerson, Edward, 576. 
Simes, Shubel, 630. 
Simmons, Charles E. (Rev.), 753. 

James Edward, 746. 
Simons, Cynthia, 645. 

Isaac, 576. 
Simons on, Anetta, 574. 
Simpson, John, 725. 

Magdalena, 712. 

Roland, 656. 
Sims, Lancaster, 614, 682. 
Simson, John, 593. 
Sioerts, Aeltie, 431. 

Cornelius, 431. 

Heyltie, 431. 

Johannes, 431. 

Luke, 431. 

Maria, 431. 

Mary, 431. 

Olfert, 431. 

Sioert, 431. 
Sioerts (Shourd), Luke, 431. 
Sissin, Dell, 667. 

Ransom, 756. 
Skinner, Roger Sherman, 784. 
Slaessen, Sibout, 106. 
Slagboom, Jurlaen, 135. 
Slaight, Benjamin, 502. 

Rachel, 502. 
Slater, Blias, 484. 
Slawson, Alonzo, 753. 
Sleight, Annetie, 502. 

Annatje, 510. 

Christopher, 535. 

Eliza Ann, 535. 

Henry, 499. : 

Jane, 716. 

Stephen, 522. 

Teunis, 499. 
Slenmons, Jennie, 762. 
Slingerland (Arnold), Magdalen, 732. 



INDEX. 



887 



Slingerlant, Engeltle, 700. 

Neeltie, 700. 

Teunis, 700. 
Sloan, Charles, 590. 
Slocum, Hannah E., 520. 
Sloe, William, 432. 
Sloote, Abraham, 645. 
Slot, 175, 186, 188, 195, 200, 208, 221. 
Annetie, 217. 

Antie, 350. 

Benjamin, 217. 

Eve, 217. 

Hendrlck, 217. 

Heyltle, 217. 

Jacobus, 217. 

Jan, 214, 217, 298, 350. 

Jan Jansen, 201, 203, 217. 

Jan P., 193, 195, 202. 

Jan Piertensen, 362. 

Jan Pieters, 185. 

Jan Pieter.sen, 92, 94, 176, 177, 183, 186, 
190, 203, 206, 217, 679, 797, 800. 

Johannes, 217. 

John, 217. 

John Pietersen, 792. 

Jonas, 217. 

Jonathan, 217. 

Judith, 217. 

Leah, 217. 

Peter, 196, 350, 797, 800. 

Petrus, 217. 

Pieter, 217, 267. 

Pieter Jansen, 197, 201, 203, 217, 221. 

Sarah, 217. 

Sergeant, 176. 

Stoffel, 217. 

Tryntie, 196, 217. 
Slots, 93. 
Sloughter. 812. 

Col., 642. 

Governor, 321, 698. 
Sluvswachter, Annetie Maurits, 377. 

Sluyter, 354, 358. 

Peter 359 
Small, 'ceHa A., 669. 

Lavinia Jane, 523. 
Smedes, Abraham, 212. 

Benjamin, 212. 

Johannes, 99, 212. 

Rachel, 196. 
Smeeman. Harman, 384, 692. 
Smith, 212, 758. 

Abraham, 450. 

Abraham J., 689. 

Albert N., 531. 

Ann, 628. 

Anna A., 688. 

Arthur, 684. 

Bet=ey J., 758. 

Caleb, 554. 

Catharine, 790. 

Charlotte Louise, 742. 

Cornelia, 462. 468. 

Cornelius, 451. 

Delia, 576. 

Ebenezer (Rev.), 508. 

Edward, 437. 661. 

Edward A. W., 524. 

Edward M. (Hon.), 13. 

Emma J., 542. 

F., 640. 

George B.. 647. 

Hannah M., 445. 

Hendrick Barens, 220. 

Jarre=, 491. 

James F. D., 5.54. 

John, .302, 303, 376, 437. 

.John A.. 554. 

Julia Vidella, 572. 

Justis, 510. 



Smith, Laura, 538. 

Lewis H., 752. 

M. E., 5.32. 

Maria, 552. 

Mary, 577. 

Mary Ann, 461. 

Matthew, 371. 

Maud, 678. 

Patrick, 787. 

Philip, 367, 368. 

R. C, 826. 

Rachel, 788, 789. 

Sarah. 

Walter, 765. 

William, 283, 311. 

William D., 652. 
Smyth, George H. (Rev.), 408. 
Sneden, 93. 

Caraten Jansen, 195. 

Claes, 95, 195. 

Jan, 95, 183, 186, 194. 

Jan (Mrs.), 190. 

John, 797. 
Snediker, Janneke, 431. 
SnilTen, Amos, 649. 
Snyder, Arent, 203. 

Lusetta, 530. 

Piatt M., 531. 

Rachel, 510. 

Samuel. 752. 
Soben, John A. (Rev.), 759. 
Sohier. Marie, 103, 278. 
Somerby, H. G., 13. 
Somerindyke, Teunis, 545. 
Somerndyke, Gertrude, 711. 
Sopber, 762. 

Minnie M., 762. 
Sorless, Anna, 627. 

Daniel. 627. 
Southard, Maria, 708. 

Rebecca Elizabeth. 662. 
Southmayd, Alma, 784. 
Southwick, Truman, 721. 
Sowarby, John, 628. 
Sower, Bloomer, 511. 
Sowers, Thomas, 606. 
Sowle, John B., 774. 
Spader, Emalyne. 442. 
Sparks, Jonas, 465. 

Sarah 728. 
Sparrow, William (Rev.), 206. 
Spaulding, Gilbert R., 751. 
Speer, Anna, 787. 
Spencer, Jesse W.. 689. 
Sperry, William O., 763. 
Spier, Ann, 490, 492. 

Johannes, 97. 
Spindler, Minnie L., 753. 
Spinksted, 568. 
Spragge, 413. 
J.. 386, 396. 

John, 381, 410, 413, 414, 415, 807 
Secretary. 392. 
Springstead, Alice, 445. 
Springstee. Joost. 205. 
Springsteed, William W., 751. 
Springsteen, Anna Maria, 204. 
Caspar, 274, 608. 
Casparus, 703. 
Gertrude. 608. 
Isaac, 703. 
Jannetie, 205. 
Joh. Caspars. 204, 205. 
Johannes, 703. 
Joost, 703. 
Juriaen. 703. 
Maria, 608. 

Sprock, Thorna, 731. 

Sprong, John, 545. 

Spuys, Frans, 497. 



INDEX. 



St. John, David, 655. 
Julia, 714. 
Rebecca, 657. 
Stackhouse, William, 788. 
Staeck, Mans, 225. 

Monis Peterson, 183. 
Stage, Jennie, 760. 
Stagg, Abraham, 514. 

Elizabeth, 697. 
Stam, Arent, 784. 
Arent Corssen, 150. 
Derick Corssen, 784. 
Standish, 80. 
Stanton, John, 723. 
Starr, Fannie W., 491. 
Stavast, Claes Jansen, 427. 

Jannetie, 204. 
Stearns, Amory, 517. 

Hannah, 444. 
Steel, Ann, 432. 
Steenburgh, Margaret, 719. 
Steenwyck, Capt., 198, 217. 

Cornelis, 275, 306, 389. 
StefReld, Anna Bevier, 531. 
Stegg, John, 638. 
Stephens, Peter J., 689. 

Thomas, 759. 
Steve, Abraham, 626. 

Elizabeth, 638. 
Stevens, 756. 
Jenne, 381. 
Mr., 518. 
Stevenson. Hendrick, 616. 
Mrs., 584. 
Stephanus, 615. 
Stewart, Bella, 744. 
Daniel Jackson, 469. 
Jane, 480. 
John, 350. 
Keturah, 517. 
Seneca, 552. 
Zenaida L., 772. 
Stickney, Byron H., 766. 
Stiles, Daniel, 695. 

Mary, 695. 
Stille, Cornelis Jacobsen, 135, 294. 
Jacob Cornelissen, 429. 
Jan, 135. 
Stillman, 758. 
Stilwell, Anna, 674. 

Lieut., 194. 
Stitcher, Sarah, 787. 
Stockholm, Andrew, 806. 

Andries, 613. 
Stodard, Julia, 632. 
Stoddard, E. Fowler, 589. 

Emily, 530. 
Stoffelsen, Jacob, 134. 
Stol, Jacob, 385. 
Stoli, Jacob Jans, 384. 
Stone, Margaret, 657. 
Stone (Stuart), Agnes, 465. 
Stoothoff, Ida, 580. 
Storm, 237, 636. 
Abraham, 274, 485. 
Anetje (Anna), 508. 
Catharine, 484. 
Catherine (Mrs.), 230, 482. 
Charles, 670. 
David, 274. 
Derick, 274. 
Dirck, 95, 274. 
Gerrit, 274, 298. 
Goris, 274. 
Gregoris, 274, 635. 
Isaac, 274. 
Jacob, 274. 
John, 274. 
Maria, 274. 
Mrs., 485, 800. 



Storm, Peter, 274. 

Thomas, 274, 298, 601. 
Story, Emma R., 767. 

Mary Ann, 720. 
Stout, 712. 
Benjamin, 783. 
Benjamin, Jr., 479. 
Elizabeth, 427. . 
Mary, 717. 
Sarah, 717. 
Stoutenberg, Jacobus T., 487. 
Stoutenburg, Engeltie, 694. 
Henry, 458. 
Maria, 479. 
Stoutenburgh, 407. 
Engeltie, 272, 695. 
Peter, 272, 695. 
Tobias, 403. 
Strachan, William, 457. 
Strachen, Martha, 788. 
Straetsman, Teuntie, 374, 375. 
Straight, Freeman, 542. 
Henry, 755. 
John, 735. 
Stratton, William, 744. 
Strong, Clara, 758. 

Joseph Gardner, 666. 
Stryker,. Catlina, 583. 
Christopher, 585. 
Maria, 584. 
Peter, 512, 584. 
Sturgis, John, 531. 
Sturt, William, 339. 

Stuyvesant, 147, 161, 164, 166, 167, 168, 173, 
178, 183, 210, 211, 222, 234, 277, 281, 283, 
291, 292, 297, 353, 385, 392, 693, 781, 785, 
789 793. 
Captain, 562, 704. 
Director, 159, 160; 
G6nGr3,l 221 
Governor, 101, 177, 185, 188, 191, 207, 217, 

263, 285, 368, 412, 476. 
Nicholas, 276. 
Nicholas William, 161. 
Nicholas William (Captain), 388. 
Petrus, 115, 157, 158, 578, 794. 
Petrus (General), 152, 154, 155. 
Styles, Mary J., 534. 
Stymets, Stephen, 465. 
Supplee, Mary Elizabeth, 575. 
Sutphen, Abraham R., 586. 

Jane, 584. 
Sutphin, 584. 
Jessie, 576. 
Sutton, Margaret W., 741. 

O. S., 764. 
Suydam, Willempie, 458. 
Swade, Susan, 520. 
Swartwout, 770. 

Roelof, 412. 
Sweet, Amanda, 525. 
Sweeting, H. Seymour, 770. *" 

Sweetser, James, 657. 
Swick, Martha, 730. 
Swits, 140, 162, 163, 164, 167. 
Abraham, 168. 
Abraham J. (Rev.), 169. 
Andries, 168. 
Apollonia, 168. 
Claes, 138, 141, 168. 
Claes Cornelissen, 131, 132. 
Cornelis Claessen, 161, 168, 209. 
Cornelius, 168. 
Isaac, 168. 
Jacob, 168. 
Jannetie, 168. 
Maria, 168. 
Simon, 168. 
Susanna, 168, 169. 
Walter, 168. 



INDEX. 



889 



Swords, Francis, 609. 
Swynock, 397. 

Samuel, 378, 410, 809. 
Sypher, J. R., 206. 



Tabele, Anna. 787. 
Tack, Ann, 509. 
Taff, Henry, 654. 
Taggert, Maria M., 657. 
Taiue, Isaac, 104. 

Marie, 198, 221, 247, 272. 
Talama, Margrietje, 449. 
Talbot, Ezekiel Merrill, 666. 

St. George, 797, 812, 814. 
Tallman, Albert, 687. 

William A., 467. 
Talnian, Daniel, 627. 

Isaac, 459. 
Tanner, John W., 531. 
Tappan, Elsie, 494. 

Jurian, 494. 

Peter, 148. 
Tappen, Elsie, 196. 

Jurian. 196. 
Tate, Thomas, 621. 
Taylor, Caroline, 441. 

Edwin Taylor Neufville, 463. 

James, 428. 

John, 464, 710. 

Mary, 645. 

Peter D., 648. 

Robert, 762. 

Sophia, 744. 

Willett (Captain), 456. 
Tayne, Isaac, 104. 
Teachout, Adelbert, 756. 
Teed, John, 724. 
Teller, Elizabeth C, 732. 

Jacobus, 643. 

James, 645. 
Temple, Arthur H., 611. 
Ten Broeck, Helena, 700. 

John, Jr., 510. 
Tenbroeck, Jacob, 504. 
Ten Broek, Dirk (Major), 364. 

Elsie, 364. 
Tenbroek, Laurentia, 496. 

Margaret, 498, 503. 

Sarah, 498. 
Tenbrook, John, 298. 
Ten Eyck, 692. 

Coenraet, 293. 

Dorothea, 583. 

Elizabeth, 711. 

Eytie, 718. 

Hannah. 583. 

John C, 733. 

Matthys, 412. 

Sarah, 259. 
Ten Waert, Agnes, 784. 

Angenietie, 784. 

Gillis, 784. 
Tenyke, John, 629. 
Terbosch, 237. 

Catherine, 237. 

Isaac, 237. 

Jacobus, 237. 

Jan, 93, 96, 237. 

Johanna, 237. 

Johannes, 237. 

John, 642, 786. 

Maria, 237. 

Sarah, 237. 
Terhune, Albert, 393, 697. 

Catherina, 465. 

Edward S., 482. 

Johannes, 450. 



Terhune, John, 69. 

Martha, 585. 

Mary, 69. 

Stephen, 3.50. 

Susette, 482. 

Wyntie, 702, 710. 
Terpenning, Sarah, 522. 
Terracon, Pierre, 319. 
Terril, Asel, 508. 
Terrin. Antoinette, 447. 
Terwilliger, Melinda, 533. 
Testart, M. Pierre, 462. 

Marie Madelaiue, 462. 
Teunis, Sarah, 223. 
Teunissen, 134, 162, 163, 164, 230. 

Abraham, 219. 

Barent, 219. 

Derick, 295. 

Isaac, 219. 

Jacob, 219. 

Jan, 95, 201, 203, 218, 219, 222, 223, 230, 
234. 

Johannes, 219. 

Peter, 219. 

Su.sannah, 166. 

Tobias, 91, 140, 148, 162, 164. 

Wyntie, 166. 
Tewksbury, Thomas, 536. 
Thaire, Sarah, 442. 
Theunissen, Cornells, 309. 
Theunisz. Cornells, 302 ,303, 328. 
Thierbock, Helen L., 524. 
Thierry, 19, 31. 
Thomans, Alfred, 742. 
Thomas, Engeltie, 635. 

Richard, 486. 
Thomasz, Frederick, 385. 
Thomill, Thomas J., 754. 
Thompson, Benjamin M. (Deacon), 791. 

Hannah, 664. 

Horatio W., 492. 

James, 524, 791. 

Joshua W., 667. 

Samuel, .554. 

Sarah, 481. 

Sophia H., 534. 

W. B., 749. 
Thorn, Jesse, 627. 
Thurston, Marie Louisa, 469. 

Marianna Louise, 587. 

Robert Jenkins, 463. 
Tibbets, Amos, 631. 

Elizabeth, 631. 
Tibout, 405, 406, 407. 

Albertus, 393, 450. 

Andries, 393. 

Annetie, 393. 

Hendrick, .393. 

Jacobus, 393. 

Jacomina, 265, 393. 

Jan, 69, 265, 393, 403, 409, 494, 496, 816. 
817. 

Johannes, 393. 

John, 625, 793. 

Peter, 393. 

Sarah, 393. 

Theunis, 393. 
Tickel, Ellen, 741. 
Tiebout, Marcus, 348, 393, 394, 564, 624, 793, 

801, 821, 827, 828, 829, 830. 
Tiebkins, Jan, 91. 
Tiehout, Elizabeth, 485, 595. 

Jannetie, 622, 625. 

Marcus. 564, 810. 

Teunis, 595. 

Teunis, Jr., 450. 

Widow, 563. 
Tienpont, Adrian, 117. 
Tier, Lewis P., 774. 
Tilba, Antonie, 196. 



890 



INDEX. 



Tilemans, Annetie, 375. 
Tilljen, Christian H., 471. 
Tilly, Anna, 428. 
Elizabeth, 484. 
Tilton, Elizabeth, 659. 
Tincker, Jan, 270, 309. 
Tinkey, Sally, 459. 

Tippett, George, 262, 263, 283, 311, 327. 
Tipton, Jonathan, 726. 
Tison, Henry, 389, 614. 
Titsoort, Maria, 447. 

Teuntie, 783. 
Titus, Mary, 518. 
Syrach, 188. 
Tobias, 126, 131, 134. 
Tennis, 164. 
Toby, Eliza M., 464. 
Todd, Melissa C, 657. 
Toger, Arthur, 675. 
Tom, John, 806. 
Tomkins, John, 788. 
John (Captain), 788. 
S., (Dr.), 521. 
Tompkins, Emory G., 540. 

Hannah Minthorn, 653. 
Torrens, Margaret B., 640. 
Torry, Caroline, 518. 
Totten Flora, 741. 

May A., 609. 
Town, Susan Cowle, 532. 
Tourneur, 5, 50, 64, 99, 175, 188, 194, 196, 
200, 218, 219, 220, 221, 228, 230, 231, 232, 
237, 242, 245, 246, 249, 251, 269, 277, 295, 
297, 298, 315, 319, 329, 333, 348, 353, 355, 
357, 368, 369, 381, 419, 428, 609, 625, 797, 
799, 802, 804. 
Aaron, 640, 641. 
Abraham (Abram), 636. 
Adolphena, 640. 
Adriana (Ariaentie), 636. 
Aefie, 638. 
Alfred, 641. 
Anna, 636, 637. 
Annaetjie, 639. 
Arthur, 640. 
Benjamin, 637. 
Breghie, 639. 
Charles J., 640. 
Clarence E,, 641. 
Cornelius, 639, 640. 
Cornelius Bush, 640. 
D., 199, 208, 222, 279, 280. 
Daniel, 63, 176, 183, 186, 190, 191, 193, 195, 
202, 203, 204, 206, 210, 217, 221, 229, 230, 
234, 235, 236, 237. 239, 240, 241, 242, 244, 247, 
252, 257, 259, 261, 263, 265, 266, 271, 275, 
278, 279, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 
289, 290, 294, 296, 302, 308, 309, 318, 319, 
320, 328, 329, 333, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 
342, 349, 351, 353, 365, 366, 367, 370, 372, 
373, 376, 379, 380, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 
388, 389, 391, 392, 393, 395, 401, 403, 405, 
406, 407, 409, 412, 413, 414, 415, 424, 494, 
546, 603, 634, 635, 636, 637, 639, 793, 795, 
797, 800, 803, 804, 808, 815. 
Daniel (Mrs.), 401. 
Daniel (Wid.), 373. 

Daniel, Jr., 261, 293, 430, 635, 793, 816. 
David, 639. 
Delia, 641. 
Dinah, 639. 
Dorothea, 635. 
Edward, 641. 
Edward T., 640. 
Elizabeth, 639. 
Elizabeth Morton, 640. 
Elmer, 640. 
Elsie E., 641. 
Emma, 641. 
Esther, 304, 379, 380, 424, 635. 



Tourneur, Ethel, 640. 

Florence M., 641. 

Frances (Mary), 641. 

Frank, 640. 

Georgiana, 641. 

Grietye (Margaret), 639. 

Harold, 641. 

Hendrick, 638, 639. 

Irving, 640. 

Isaac, 636. 

Jaco, 379. 

Jacob, 637. 

Jacobus, 581, 625, 636, 637, 638, 639. 

Jacobus (James), 637, 638. 

Jacomina, 639. 

Jacqueline, 377, 406, 412, 413, 414, 415. 

Jacques, 265, 274, 276, 315, 380, 403, 406. 
412, 413, 477, 483, 495, 593, 622, 635, 636, 
793, 800, 801, 816, 817, 827, 828, 829, 830. 

James, 626. 

Jannetie, 638. 

Jannetje (Jane), 638. 

Jean, 641. 

Jeannette, 641. 

Jemina, 638. 

John, 638, 639, 641. 

John Henry, 640. 

John Lester, 640. 

Johannes, 799. 

Julia, 641. 

Julia Etta, 640. 

Julietta, 640. 

Lawrence, 639. 

Lillian, 641. 

Madelaiue, 546. 

Madeleine, 295, 297, 316, 379. 

Madeline, 548, 635. 

Magdalena, 637. 

Magistrate, 348. 

Margaret, 640. 

Margrietje, 640. 

Maria, 634, 635, 636, 638, 639. 

Marretje, 635. 

Martina (Martyntie, 637. 

Mary, 549, 551, 638. 

Mary (Marretye), 638. 

Mary Lillian, 640. 

Michael, 551, 625, 636, 638, 639, 640. 

Michiel, 639. 

Mrs., 316, 318, 424. 

Nettie, 640. 

Olive, 640. 

Peter J., 640, 641. 

Rachel, 639. 

Russell, 641. 

Sarah, 638, 639. 

Sophronia, 641. 

Thomas, 368, 379, 380, 403, 561, 603, 622, 
635, 636, 637, 793, 795, 801, 807, 816. 

Widow, 635. 

William, 641. 

William Henry, 640. 

Woodhull, 635, 637, 638, 639, 803, 821, 822. 
Towle, Stevenson, 481. 
Townsend, Charles W., 470. 

John, 650. 
Towt, Robert H., 715. 
Travaskus, Annie J., 669. 
Traver, Emeline, 520. 
Travers, Jemima, 645. 

Jesse, 645. 
Travis, Louise, 746. 

William, 733. 
Treroper, Elizabeth, 696. 

William, 510. 
Trim, Lulu, 537. 
Trimmer, Aaron. H., 587. 

Annie, .585. 
Tripp, Ferris, 529. 

Hannah, 517. 



y 



INDEX. 



891 



Trippe, Anna, 437. 
Trommels, Adriana, 162. 

Cornelis, 162. 
Tromp, Admiral, 68. 
Trowbridge, Harriet, 574. 
True, Anna B., 771. 
Truitt, Bertha, 675. 
Trumann, Peter, 790. 
Trumbull, J. Hammond (Hon.), 
Tubbs, William, 521. 
Tucker, Mansfield, 782. 

Martha Elizabeth, 555. 

Sarah. 782. 
Tuder, John, 377,378. 
Tullier, Jean, 350. 
Tulp, Claes (Dr.), 90. 
Turenne, Marshal, 318. 
Turk, Cornelius, Jr., 220. 

Jeronimus, Jr., 491. 
Turner, 243. 755. 

Bruce, 736. 

Caleb Sutton, 727. 

Catharine, 692. 

Daniel, 636. 

E., 660. 

John M., 666. 

Lawrence, 636. 

Margaret, 636. 

Martha. 571, 636. 

Mary, 636. 

Mary D., 752. 

Nancy T., 743. 

Rebecca, 636. 
Tuthill, Anna Augusta, 481. 

J. B. T., 535. 

Hiram, 527. 
Tutor, Jacob, 734. 
Tuttle, Catherine A., 555. 

Chester D., 444. 

H. Croswell, 340. 
Tuynier, Pieter. 823. 
Tweedle, Mary, 479. 
Tyler, Phineas, 734. 

William, 803. 
Tyson, 570. 



u 

Ubregt, Peter, 824. 
Upton, Eva A., 667. 

George, 6.51. 
U^tick, William, 791. 
Uzille, 270, 797, 800. 

Adam, 200. 

Annetie, 200. 

Catherine, 200. 

Cornelia. 200. 

David, 49, 65, 104, 1S3, 186, 200. 

Elizabeth, 200. 

Engeltie, 200. 

Gertrude. 200. 

Helena, 200. 

Janneke. 200. 

John, 200. 

Maria, 200. 

Maria Magdalen, 200. 

Peter, 104, 200. 

Sophia, 200. 



124. 



V 



Vail, Elizabeth, 649. 

George P., 474. 

Phebe, 647. 
Valentine, 643. 

Amanda, 492. 

Benjamin, 277. 

Dennis, 488. 



I Valentine, Elizabeth, 488. 

Isaac, 488. 
I Jacob, 276. 

Jan Tymensen, 204. 

Jane, 644. 

John, 278, 488. 

Matheas, 553. 

Matthias, 278. 

Sarah, 488. 

Smith, 609. 

Valentyn, 357. 
Vallandyham, William P., 535. 
Van Aernam, Henry, 720. 

Hester, 719. 
van Alst, Joris Stevens, 476. 
Van Alst, George, 454. 

Hannah, 706. 

Johannes, 809. 

Leah, 809. 
Van Alstyne, Lyman (Lysien), 689. 
Van Antwerp, Jacobus, 452. 

Simon, 486. 
van Appeldorn, Claes Teunisz, 563. 
Van Arnum, William H., 733. 
Van Arsdale, Hendrick, 717. 

Jane, 663. 

Peter (Dr.), 439. 

Peter (Mrs. Dr.), 802. 

Pietertie, 125. 

Sarah, 587. 
Van Arsdalen, Dirck, 644. 

Simon Jansen, 125. 
Van Auken, Frank E., 663. 
Van Beest, Hendrick Jansen, 259. 

Laurens, 259. 
Van Beuren, Hendrick, 783. 
Van Blarcom, Hannah, 711. 

Marv, 697. 

Rachel J., 444. 

Sarah, 505. 
Van Blarkum, John, 385. 

Maria. 385. 
Van Bommel, Jan, 210. 
van Bommel, Jerome. 407. 
Van Borsum, Catharine, 428. 

Egbert, 42S. 

Hermanus, 251. 
Van Boskrk, Laurens Andrisz, 128. 
Van Bramer, 355. 

Abraham, 488, 803. 

Hendrick. 355, 803, 804. 

Henry, 488, 803. 

Hester, 803. 

Jacob, 803. 

James. 803. 

Susan, 803. 

Thomas, 803. 
Van Breemen, 802. 
Van Bremen, Jacob, 410. 

Thomas, 799. 
van Brevoort, Anna, 477. 

Hendrick Jansen, 475. 

Jan Hendricks, 95, 349, 353, 380, 403, 405, 

406, 412, 477. 816, 817. 
John Hendricks, 694, 814, 817. 
Van Brugge, Johannes, 367. 
Van Brugh, Peter. 364. 
Van Bunschoten, Grietie, 259. 
Vanburen, Catherine, 707. 
Van Buskirk, Andries, 350. 

Benjamin, 3.50. 
Van Bussin, Margaret, 609. 
Van Cleve, 665. 

Van Cortland, William Ricketts, 567. 
Van Cortlandt, 343. 
Heer, 315. 
Jacobus, 315, 390. 
Stephen (Colonel), 417. 
Van Cott, 741. 
Van Courtlandt, Olof Stevens, 315, 316. 



892 



INDEX. 



van Curler, Arent, 384, 386. 
Van Curler, 122, 129, 131. 
Arent, 142. 

Jacobus, 119, 132, 133. 
Jonkheer, 127, 131. 
Van Dalfsen, Jan, 600. 
Van Dalseu, Anna, 695, 697. 
Annetie, 600. 
Capt. 600. 
Gerritie, 561, 600. 
Jacob, 600. 
Jan, 599. 

Jan (Capt.), 99, 561, 697. 
Jan Gerritsen (Capt.), 236, 408, 409, 599 
Jannetie, 600. 
Johannes, 638. 
Lysbet, 600. 
Peter, 600. 
Teunis, 600, 697. 
Tryntle, 599, 600. 
Van Dam, Richard, 161. 

Rip (Hon.), 809. 
Van Delinde, Annatje (Anna), 455. 
Vandenbergh, Cornelius, 695. 
Folkert, 707. 
Nicholas, 708. 
Rachel, 708. 
Tryntie, 695. 
Vanden Bogert, Helena, 447. 
Van Denburgh, Catherine, 708. 
Vandenburgh, Deborah, 701. 
Maria, 713. 
Richard, 803. 
Vandeen, Maria, 441. 
Vanderbeck, Conrad, 409, 788. 
Vanderbeeck, Catalina, 156. 

Rem, 1.56. 
Vanderbeek, Samuel, 443. 
Vanderbilt, Harry W., 771. 
Jacobus, 639. 
Jane M., 444, 446. 
Johannis, 451. 
John, 464. 
John G., 441. 
Letitia, 629. 
Mary B., 689. 
Sarah, 629. 
Van Der Bilt, Hilletje, 437. 
Vanderburgh, Hannah, 505, 512. 

John M., 505. 
Vandercliff, Dirck, 212. 
vander Clyff, Dirck, 373. 
Vander Donck, 110, 148, 256. 

Adrian (Dr.), 147. 
Vander Haan, Derick, 545. 
Vanderhoof, Catharine, 790. 
Cornells, 700. 
Cornelius, 500, 697. 
Vanderkempt, 27. 
Vanderlinde, Roelof, 350, 357. 
Vandermeulen, John F., 427. 
Vander Myen, Tileman Jacobs, 375. 
Vanderpool, Jacob, 728. 
Van der Poole, William, 446. 
Vanderspiegel, Elizabeth, 782. 

Lawrence, 782. 
Vanderstraaten, Magdalena, 100. 
Van Dervere, Thomas, 517. 
Vandervin, Hendrick J., 289, 290. 
Vander Vin, 196, 277, 281, 283, 284, 285, 287, 
293, 300, 301, 302, 308, 312, 316, 320, 323, 
328, 333, 334, 351, 352, 358, 366, 392. 
H. J., 178. 
Heer, 198, 199. 
Hendrick, 337. 
Hendrick F., 221. 

Hendrick J., 195, 199, 332,. 344, 372, 795. 
Hendrick Jansen, 93, 168, 269, 335, 393, 

692 793 
Wyntie (Mrs.), 221. 



Vander Vlucht, Sarah, 393. 

Vander Vonck, 679. 

Vandervoort, Paulus Michielse, 128. • 

Vanderwal, Celitie, 338. 

Vander Werken, Catherine, 410. 

Gerrit, Roelofs, 409. 

Roelof Gerrits, 410. 
Van Derwerken, Elizabeth, 719. 

Gitty, 719. 
Van der Werken, Margarita, 708. 
Vanderwerker, Catherine, 732. 

Eleanor, 738. 
Van Derzee, Catherine, 718. 
Vanaerzee, Cornelia, 732. 
van Deusen, Elizabeth, 429. 

Teuwes (Matthew), 429. 
Van Deusen, Arent, 707. 

Cornelius, 514. 

Hannah, 514. 

John, 501. 

Maria, 507, 514. 

Tryntie, 427. 
Vandeventer, Abigail, 726. 
Van Deventer, Gertrude, 320. 

Maria, 393. 
Vandewater, 804. 

Benjamin, 605, 804. 

Harman, 804, 813. 

Hendrick, 393, 783. 

Jannetie, 429. 

Maria, 501. 

Mary, 393, 502. 

Orpha J., 659. 

Peter, 804. 
Van Driessen, Petrus (Rev.), 364. 
Van Duersen, Isaac, 692. 
Van Duyn, Catrina, 580. 

Gerrit, 355. 
Van Dyck, 140. 

Corn (Dr.), 155. 

Engeltie, 274. 

Hendrick, 256, 321. 

Hendrick (Ensign), 140. 

Jan Thomasz, 375. 

Lambert Jansen, 128. 

Lydia, 221, 321. 

Martha, 430. 

Thomas, 274. 
Van Dyke, Alida, 458. 

Charles D., 654. 

Sarah, 464. 
Van Etten, Arie, 259. 
Van Evera, Myndert Burger, 592. 
Van Flaesbeek, Barent, 783. 

Phebe, 783. 
Van Fleet, Elizabeth, 712. 

Maria, 712. 

Nelly, 712. 
Van Gaasbeek, Wilhelmus, 498. 
Van Garden, Heyltje, 568. 

Marritie, 259. 
Van Gelder, Jacobus, 347. 
Van Giesen, Anna Maria, 220. 
Van Gulck, Jan, 242. 
Van Harlingen, 812. 

Johannes Martinus, 408. 

John M., 483. 
Van Hattem, Christina, 809. 
Van Haughwout, Leffert Pietersen, 693. 
Van Heyningen, Claes Jansen, 263. 
Van Hoesem, Knoet Mourisse, 240. 
Van Hoesen, 429. 
van Hoesen, Volckert, 427. 
Van Hooghten, Frans, 220. 

Lysbeth, 220. 
Van Hoogvelt, Lysbet, 132, 133. 
Van Hoorn, Annetie, 350. 

Cornelius, 350. 

Johannes, 709. 

Joris Jansen, 205, 293. 



INDEX. 



893 



Van Hoorn, Styntie, 205. 

Van Horn, John, 217, 431, 699, 799, 826. 

Rachel, 449. 

Sarah Cole, 454. 
Van Home, Anna Maria, 161. 

Harriet, 587. 
Van Hosen, Mary, 805. 
Van Houten, Almena, 667. 

Cornells, 144. 

Elizabeth, 437. 

Nicholas B. (M. D.), 620. 

Petrus, 615. 

Roelof, 615. 

Rynier, 350. 

Tennis, 615. 
Van Howeuberg, Jane Catherine, 663. 
Van Huyse, Catalina, 545, 592. 

Dinah, 592. 

Eide, 478. 564, 592. 

Elizabeth, 564. 

Maria, 592. 

Rebecca, 591, 594. 

Sarah, 592. 

Tennis Idens, 545. 

Theunis Eidesse, 592. 

Theunis Idens, 394, 591. 
van Imbroch, Elizabeth, 452. 

Gysbert (Dr.), 452. 

Rachel (Montanye), 452. 
Van Imbroch, 200. 

Barbara, 785. 

Catherine, 785. 

Elizabeth, 785. 

Gysbert, 785. 

Gysbert (Dr.), 785. 

Johannes, 785. 

John, 785. 

Lysbet, 200. 

Mary, 785. 

Rachel, 785. 

William, 785. 
Van Imburgh, Elizabeth, 69. 
Van Inborgh, Johannes, 292. 
Van Isselsteyn, Jan Willems, 409. 

Jannetie, 409. 

Machtelt, 212. 

Mary, 409. 
Van Iveren, Judith, 806. 

Martin, 806. 
Van Keulen, 133, 142, 148, 149, 150, 168. 

Coenraet, 131, 132, 139, 798. 

Conrad, 798. 
,.- Matthys, 132. 

Matthys Jansen, 147, 149. 
Van Keuren, James, 510. 

Joshuah, 511. 

Lena. 511. 

Matheus, 498. 
Van Kleek, Barent, 447. 

Sarah, 447. 
Van Kortright, Hendrick Jansen, 259. 
Van Kortryk, Bastiaen, 96. 

Jan, 96. 

Michiel, 96. 
Van Laer, Adrian, 696. 

Aeltie, 696. 

Catherine, 428. 

Gerrit, 428. 
Van Loon. Nicholas, 520. 
Van Luven, Louisa, 658. 
Van Mater, Eliza, 749. 
Van Middlesarth, William, 591. 
Van Naamen, Samuel, 787. 
Van Namen, Anna, 303. 

Deliantie, 303. 

Engelbert. 303. 

Evert, 303. 

Jochem Engelbert, 303. 

Johannes, 303. 



Van Natta, Stephen G. W., 518. 
Van Neck, Secretary, 90. 
Van Ness, Evert, .545. 

Gertrude, 703. 

Jannetie, 701. 

Margaret, 692. 

Simon, 497. 
Van Nest, Ann, 490, 492. 

Johannes, 581. 

Maria, 782. 

Neeltje, 580. 

Peter, 2iS7. 
Van Noort, Goosen Jansen, 96. 
Van Norden, Adam, 217. 

Andries. 350. 

T. W., 796. 
Van Nostrand, John, 650. 

Maria, 651, 803. 

Rosanna, 651. 
van Oblenis, John, 827, 828. 

Hendrick, 822, 823. 

Pieter, 817. 
Van Oblenis, John, 637. 

Joost, 635. 

Maria, 635. 
van Oblienis, Peter, 427, 428. 

Pieter, 412. 
Van Oblienis, John, 563, 603, 795, 810, 

Joost, 698. 

Peter, 267, 345, 579, 593, 594, 622, 623, 
695, 698, 699, 705, 808, 810, 811, 814, 
821, 822, 825. 

Pieter, 403, 406, 408, 409. 
van Oblinus, Joose, 342. 

Joost, 264, 266, 271, 286, 287, 288, 289, 
308, 309, 313, 320, 323, 328, 337, 338, 
349, 352, 360, 362, 365, 377, 379. 380, 
412, 414, 415, 424, 447. 

Peter, 360, 414, 415. 

Pieter, 342, 401. 
Van Oblinus, Hendrick, 393. 

Jan, 621. 

John, 393, 394, 643. 

Joost, 103, 198, 201, 221, 229, 230, 234, 
240, 263, 269, 281. 282, 29d. 301, 304, 
333, 348, 372, 373, 403, 406, 407, 495, 
598, 600, 623, 643, 697, 795, 796, 797, 
817, 821. 

Joost. Jr., 221. 

Josyntie, 643. 

Peter, 64, 103, 230. 399, 495, 796, 818, 

Pieter, 278, 322, 816. 

Sarah, 409. 
Van Orden, Andris, 626. 

Antje, 684. 

Caroline, 728. 

David, 627. 

Elizabeth, 627. 

John, 639. 
Van Ornum, Philip, 723. 
Van Pelt, Hendrick, 375. 

Jannetie. 592. 

Thys, 592. 
Van Putten, Aert Teunisz, 166. 

Annetie, 147. 

Jan Aertsen, 147. 
van Raasvelt. Johan (Heer), 358. 
Van Raasvelt, Anna, 600.. 
Van Ravenstein, Catharine, 782. 

Gerrit, 782. 
Van Rechteren, Tryntie, 93. 
Van Rensselaer, Kilian, 91. 

Patroon, 700. 
Van Rommen, Teuntie, 393. 
Van Rossum, 164. 

van Ruyven, Cornells, 280, 319, 598. 
Vnn Ruvven, 175, 178. 

Cornells (Mrs.), 206. 

Cornelius, 178. 

Heer, 201. 



830. 



624, 
817, 



307, 
344, 
401, 



239, 
315, 
593, 
816, 



821. 



894 



INDEX. 



Van Schaack, Adriaen Cornelisz, 388. 
Van Schaick, 429. 
Amanda, 749. 
Arie, 785. 
Belettie, 448, 449. 
Claessie, 448. 
Goosen Gerritse, 156. 
Ide, 698. 
Margaret, 785. 
Van Scheyren, 682. 
Jannetie, 682. 
Pieter, 682. 
Van Schoonhoven, Margaret, 184. 
Van Sclioonrewoerd, Jan Louwe, 274, 

303. 
van Schroonrewoert, Jan Louw, 342. 
Jan Louwe, 320, 337, 362. 
Jan Louwerens, 308. 
Van Schunenburgh, Jan, 166. 

Susannah, 166. 
Van Sise, Hannali, 707. 

William, 788. 
Van Skaick, Anthony, 370. 
Van Slyck, Cornells, 145. 

John, 729. 
Van Slyke, Hannah, 731. 
Van Sooderwoer, Jan, 275. 
Van Steenburgh, Margaret, 496. 
Van Svckel, Eva Viola, 662. 
Van Syse, Judith, 452, 458. 
Van Tassel, Lena, 705. 

Maria, 695. 
Van Tassell, Abraham, 709. 
Van Telckhuys, Lambert, 198. 

Magdalena, 198. 
Van Ternhem, John, 428. 
Van Tienhoven, 131, 132, 138, 140, 141, 
149, 158. 
Cornells, 613. 
Harman, 428. 
Lucas (Dr.), 428, 558. 
Van Tilburg, 95. 
Abraham, 220. 
Barent, 220. 
Catherine, 220. 
Prans, 220. 
Geesie, 220. 
Isaac, 220. 
Jacob, 220. 
Jacob (Capt.), 427. 
Jan, 220. 

Jan Teunisz, 240, 242, 249. 
Joh., 205. 
Johannes, 220. 
John, 22.0. 

Margaret (Consilyea), 448. 
Metje, 220. 
Peter, 219, 220. 
Petrus, 220. 
Tennis, 220. 
Van Tillburg, Catherine, 449, 450. 
Vantine, Albert H., 446. 
van Tright, Dirck Gerrits, 384. 
Van Tright, 385. 
Gerrit, 351. 

Van Tuyl, Andries, 453. 
Van Twiller, 127, 128, 129, 135, 235. 
Director, 126. 
Wouter, 119. 
Vanvalen, Bernardus, 618. 

Daniel, 617. 
Van Valen, Abraham, 620. 

Maria, 456. 
Van Valkenburgh, Anna, 297. 
Elizabeth, 530. 
John M., 501. 
Lambert, 297. 
Van Varick, John, 790. 
Van Vechten, Jannetie, 295. 



Van Vechten, Michael, 295. 

Van Veghten, Peter, 720. 

Van Vlack, Lizzie, 659. 

Van Vleck, Isaac (Capt.), 161, 642. 

Van Vleckeren, Jannetie, 581. 

Marinus Roelofs, 581, 592. 

Mary, 410. 

Van Vleckerens, Jannetie, 580. 
Van Vleeck, Aeltie, 155. 

Anna, 155. 

Deborah, 155. 

Isaac, 276. 

Peter, 155. 
293, Tielman, 155. 

Van Vleet, Abraham, 581. 
Van Vliet, Catherine, 503. 
Van Voorhees, Jacobus, 697. 

Jannetie, 697. 

Rachel, 697. 
Van Voorhis, Eliza, 650. 
VanVoorst, Hester, 787. 

Jan Gerrits en, 692. 
Van Vranken, Margarita, 708. 

Maria, 437. 
Van Vredenburgh, John, 551. 

Maria, 259. 

William, 259. 
Van Waggoner, Catherine, 503. 
Van Wagoner, James, 460. 
Van Wart. Ann Maria, 653. 

Elizabeth, 653. 

Emily, 731. 

Isaac, 101. 
Van Weert, Marten, 101. 
Van Westerhout, Adrianus Jansen, 597. 
244 Van Whicklen, Lewis, 654. 

' Van Wickel, Jacob Walings, 125, 217. 

Marritie, 221, 350. 

Tryntie Walings, 294. 
Van Wie, Hendrick, 701. 

Jane, 720. 
Van Winckel, Hendrick, 692. 
Van Winkle, 125. 
Van Winkle, Antie, 783. 
Van Woglum, Peter (Capt.), 409. 
Van Wormer, Mary Ann, 757. 
Van Wort, Catherine, 733. 
Van Wyck, Johannes, 564. 

Latetia, 156. 

Pierre C, 806. 
Van Wyke (Wyck), Helena, 453. 
Van Zandt, Bernardus, 700. 

John, 566. 

Margaret, 444. 

Neeltie, 700. 
Varick, Abraham, 69. 

John J., 732. 
Vaughan, Clean A., 749. 
Veeder, John H., 530. 
Veitch, Andrew D., 790. 
Velie, Baiters S., 651. 
Vensel, 764. 

Verbrugge, Johannes Pietersen, 274. 
Verbryck, William, 584. 
Verdon, Thomas, 164, 785. 
Verduin, Cornelia, 449. 
Verduyn, Cornelius, 783. 

Elizabeth, 783. ' 
Verlet, Nicholas, 782. 

Susannah, 782. 
Vermeille, 48, 105, 204, 221. 
Abram, 201, 202. 
Isaac, 104, 105, 201, 202, 203, 221, 266, 288 

289, 297, 302, 320, 641. 
Jean, 104, 203. 
Marie, 105, 200, 221. 
Rachel, 104. 

Rebecca, 104. , 

IVermelje, 343. 



INDEX. 



895 



Vermelje, Johan, 377. 

Johannes, 266, 289, 308, 328, 338, 341, 343, 
349, 360, 365, 369, 371, 380, 393, 394, 401, 
403, 406, 412, 414, 415, 642. 817. 

Maria, 342, 349, 351, 373, 401, 406. 

Resalvert, 280. 
Vermeule, 393. 

Adr., 593. 

Adrain, 393. 

Adrian 793. 
Vermilje! Johannes, 271, 279, 287, 372, 373. 
Vennille, Isaac, 293. 
Vermillia, Josantia, 625. 
Vermilye, 220, 237, 251, 360, 500, 625. 

A. G. (Rev.), 104. 

Abel, 648. 

Abraham, 642, 643, 644, 645, 648, 649, 651, 
652, 655, 668, 675. 

Abraham Augustus, 655, 664. 

Abraham F., 651, 661. 

Abram, 649, 658, 660, 668. 

Abram A., 673. 

Abram Floyd, 670. 

Adaline V., 666. 

Addison, 660. 

Adeline, 657, 665. 

Aeltie, 267, 499, 567, 643, 644, 827, 828, 829, 
830. 

Aeltje. 678. 

Aeltje (Ally), 645. 

Agnes Adaline, 666. 

Aletta, 645, 646, 650. 

Alfred, 670. 

Alice, 668. 

Allen Bonnett, 67,8. 

Allen George Newman, 672, 678. 

Allie, 675. 

Alphonso R., 669. 

Alvin Graff, 665. 

Amelia, 654. 

Amos Jones, 656. 

Amy, 648. 

Andrew Jackson, 654. 

Angelica, 667. 

Angeline, 657. 

Ann, 648, 655. 

Ann Eliza, 666. 

Ann Maria, 665. 

Anna, 645, 649, 654, 657, 661, 662, 674. 

Anna E., 664, 677. 

Anna Josephine, 672. 

Anna M., 655. 

Anna Romeyn, 660. 

Annie B., 671. 

Annie Ward, 662. 

Antie (Anna), 644. 

Aribell Jane, 655. 

Arthur F., 671. 

Arthur Lewis, 665. 

Arthur Louis, 677. 

Arthur Park, 678. 

Arvilla, 658. 

Asenath Burr, 666. 

Ashbel G., 677. 

Ashbel G. (Rev.), 661, 671. 

Aurelia Abby, 665. 

Aurelia Emily, 656. 

Aurelia Emma. 656. 

Avery. 658, 667, 676. 

Banheba. 6.56. 

Barent, 664, 673. 

Barnabas, 65S. 

Beniamin, 644, 645, 646, 649, 650, 651. 

Benjamin F., 663, 671. 672. 

Benjamin Franklin, 654, 663. 

Bessie, 671. 

Betsey, 650. 

Betsey (Elizabeth), 648. 

Betsy. 646. 

Blanche. 676. 



Vermilye, Blanche R., 669. 
Brooks, 651, 660. 
Burr, 666. 
Callie, 660. 
Carrie B., 664. 

Catherine, 646, 650, 651, 655, 659, 660. 
Catherine Ann, 649. 
Catherine Matilda, 654. 
Charity, 652. 

Charles, 655, 659, 666, 668. 674. 
Charles A. Townsend, 662. 
Charles Augustus Morford, 661. 
Charles B., 659, 669. 
Charles Edward, 670. 
Charles H., 663, 675. 
Charles Harbert, 667. 
Charles W., 668. 
Charlotte Amelia, 6.56. 
Charlotte Nelson, 654. 
Chester, 658. 677. 
Clara B., 663. 
Clarence Edward, 677. 
Clarence Oakley, 661, 671. 
Claude, 670. 
Claude Kingdon, 665. 
Clinton I., 668, 677. 
Constable, 288. 
Cora, 676. 
Cora May, 674. 
Cornelia L., 671. 
Cornelia R., 669. 
Cornelia Tompkins, 663. 
Cromwell, 659. 
Crucer McRae, 669. 
Crumeline Verplank, 651. 
Cynthia, 644, 645, 658. 
Cynthia (or Asenath), 651. 
Daisy May, 670. 
Dale. 676. 
Daniel, 648. 655. 
Daniel Babbitt, 662, 671, 672. 
Daniel Irving, 675. 
David, 644, 646, 650, 655, 658, 676. 
David M.. 667. 
Delight Sweetser, 666. 
Delphine, 667. 
Dorothea, 651. 
Dupuyster (Rev.). 660, 670. 
Earle, 676. 
Ebenezer, 6.53. 
Eddie E.. 663. 
Edgar, 67L 
Edgar A., 657, 667. 
Edith, 670. 
Edith L., 663. 
Edna, 665. 
Edward, 645, 649, 654, 656, 657, 666, 667. 

675. 
Edward A., 673. 
Edward Alexander. 665, 674. 
Edward, Jr., 619, 6.56. 
Edward Lyman, 656, 665. 
Edward M., 669. 
Edward Oviatt, 674. 
Edwin L., 674, 678. 
Edwin S., 671. 
Effle May, 677. 
Eliff, 657. 

Elijah Wentworth, 667, 675. 
Eliza, 649. 6.51. 
Eliza Pell, 670. 

Elizabeth, 646. 649. 650. 653, 661, 671, 672. 
Elizabeth (Betsey), 648. 
Elizabeth Pauline, 670. 
Elizabeth Rachel, 655. 
Ella, 667. 
Ella M.. 668. 
Ella Virginia, 675. 
Elmer J.. 669. 
Elva, 673. 



896 



INDEX. 



Vermilye, Elvira, 667. 
Emily, 646, 665, 667, 668. 
Emily Augusta, 661. 
Emma, 659, 676. 
Emma Jane, 668. 
Emma Southard, 672. 
Emmeline, 657. 
Ernest, 677, 678. 
Brskine Rockwood, 653. 
Ethel, 674. 

Eugene, 664, 668, 669, 673, 677. 
Eugene, Jr., 677. 
Eulalla E., 668. 
Eunice C, 665. 
Euretta, 652. 
Eva G., 677. 
Fanny, 676. 
Fanny Jane, 656. 
Fay, 673. 

Florence, 671, 673. 
Florence M., 670. 
Forest A., 664. 
Forrest, 673. 
Frances, 648. 
Frances D., 676. 
Francis Goodwin, 669, 677. 
Francis H., 663, 673. 
Frank, 665, 669, 671, 673. 
Frank Bayles, 678. 
Frank S., 664, 673. 
Franklin S., 659, 669. 
Fred, 665, 674. 
Frederick, 644, 646. 
Frederick Montgomery, 671. 
George, 648, 649, 658, 667, 669, 673, 675, 

676. 
George Albert, 665. 
George F., 669. 
George Gilbert, 677. 
George H., 655, 661, 664, 671. 
George Orton, 675. 
George P., 659, 669. 
George P., Jr., 669. 
George S., 664, 673. 
George W., 659, 663, 667, 669, 675. 
George Washington, 672. 
Gerardus, 644, 646, 647, 651, 659, 660, 670. 
Gerardus (Garrit), 651. 
Gerritie (Charity), 647. 
Gertrude, 664, 671, 674. 
Gideon Townsend, 650, 659. 
Gilbert, 648, 650, 655, 656, 659, 669, 677. 
Gilbert H., 658. 
Gladys, 676. 
Gladys Belle, 670. 
Glen, 676. 
Goldie G., 669. 
Grace E., 674. 
Grace P., 669. 
Grey, 673. 
Gussie, 663. 
Guy Ellsworth, 674. 
Hannah, 643, 644, 650, 657, 658. 
Hannah, Maria, 654. 
Hannah Tompkins, 663. 
Harold, 676. 
Harold E., 673. 
Harriet, 668. 
Harriet M., 667. 
Harriet Martin, 675. 
Harry Lincoln, 675. 
Hattie L., 669. 
Hazel, 670, 672. 
Helen, 658, 661, 667, 671. 
Helen Ferguson, 677. 
Helen Louisa, 665. 
Henriette, 665. 
Henry Bonnett, 678. 
Henry Fisher, 662, 672. 
Henry G., 664, 673. 



Vermilye, Henry Marcellus, 565, 665. 
Henry Rowland, 671, 678. 
Herbert, 665, 671, 673. 
Herbert Marshall, 678. 
Herbert Noble, 672. 
Herbert Scudder, 667, 675. 
Herschel, 678. 
Hester (Mehitable), 644. 
Hetty, 646. 
Hetty Ann, 666. 
Hiram, 676. 

Hobart Potter, 662, 672. 
Hobart Potter (Jr.), 672. 
Horatio S., 670. 
Howard, 664, 671, 673. 
Howard Hill, 678. 
Ida A., 669. 
Ina, 673. 

Ina Elizabeth, 677. 
Ino, 660. 
Ino Louise, 670. 
Ira A., 664. 
Irene H., 674. 

Irving. 660, 661, 670, 671, 676. 
Isa, 667, 676. 
Isaac, 204, 229, 237, 240, 242, 259, 265, 622, 

625, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 650, 651, 652, 

653, 659, 660, 670, 786, 793, 799. 
Isaac Dyckman, 646, 650, 663. 
Isaac Dyckman (Rev.), 653, 662. 
Isaac G., 646, 650. 
Isaac, Jr., 670. 
Isaac Sebring, 650, 655, 663. 
Isaac v., 659, 670. 
Isaac Ward, 662. 
Isabella, 668. 
Jackson, 654. 
Jacob, 643, 644, 646, 651. 
Jacob Dyckman, 652, 661. 
Jacob Meyer, 647, 653. 
Jacobus, 647. 
Jacomina, 645. 

James, 647, 648, 649; 652, 654, 659. 
James Hustis, 656. 
James I., 668. 
James M., 663. 
James Martin, 654. 
Jane, 645, 646, 647, 650, 651, 652, 654, 655, 

660, 663, 664. 
Jane Elinor, 655. 
Jane Eliza, 654. 
Jane M., 667. 
Jane Rebecca, 652. 
Jean, 678. 
Jemima, 656. 
Jennie T., 671. 
Jenny, 648. 
Jerome, 650. 659. 
Jerome O., 669. 
Jesse, 649, 657, 666, 676. 
Jesse C, 668, 676. 
Jessie, 660, 664. 
Jessie M., 674. 
Jessie Maria, 666. 
Joanna, 647, 657, 665, 666. 
Johanna Maria, 652. 
Joh., 267. 
Johannes, 205, 217, 236, 237, 242, 285, 388, 

558, 641, 642, 645, 793, 816, 823. 
Johannes (Capt.), 483, 600, 694. 
Johannes (John), 644. 
John, 267, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 649, 650, 

651, 653, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 664, 

665, 669, 674. 
John Akley, 654. 
John Cole, 656, 665. 
John D., 650. 
John De Wint, 662. 
John G., 646, 6.51, 659. 
John Gifford, 665, 674. 



INDEX. 



897 



Vermilye, John Hoagland, 653, 662, 672. 

John K., 668, 676. 

John Kipp, 651, 660. 

John P., 658. 

John R.. 669, 677. 

John Robert, 653. 

Jonn W., 667, 675. 

Jonathan, 649. 

Joseph, 644, 646, 650, 658, 668, 672, 676. 

Joseph C, 664, 673. 

Joseph Calder, 655, 664. 

Joseph Clyde, 6(5. 

Joseph Fenelon, 662. 

Joseph, Jr., 676. 

Josephine, 668. 

Joshua, 644, 645. 

Judson, 667. 

Julia, 652. 

Julia A., 652. 

Julia Ann, 658. 

Julia Augusta, 654. 

Kate, 660. 

Kate Estella, 670. 

Katharine Holmes, 662. 

Katharine Rowland, 677. 

Kathleen, 675. 

Larry, 660. 

Leland, 676. 

Leo, 676. 

Leona, 678. 

Le Roy, 668, 677. 

Le Roy S., 677. 

Lester, 670. 

Letitia, 650. 

Levi 657. 

Lewis Chauncey, 66::. 

Lewis M., 664. 
Lilla Marie, 675. 

Lillian, 673. 

Livingston, 648. 

Lizzie, 669. 

Lois Cordelia, 675. 

Lois S., 670. 

Lonson, 667. 

Louisa, 661. 

Louise, 671. 

Louise C, 662. 

Louise E., 659. 

Louise Rowland, 678. 

Luca, 673. 

Lucinda, 666. 

Lucius, 659. 

Lucy David, 660. 

Luella, 669. 

Lyman R., 665. 

Mabel, 663, 673, 675, 676. 

Macia Alleine, 675. 

Maggie B., 675. 

Margaret, 645. 

Margaret Elizabeth, 672. 

Margaret Louise, 652. 

Maria, 346, 351, 642, 643, 647, 650, 651, 658, 

659, 660, 702, 710, 786. 
Maria E., 667. 
Maria (Mrs.), 285. 
Maria Rebecca, 654. 
Maria Schenck, 655. 
Marietta, 666. 
Marion Anne, 655. 
Marion Hoagland, 662, 672. 
Maritie. 643, 644. 
Mark Edward, 675. 
Martha Evelyn, 675. 
Martha Isadore, 675. 
Martha J., 670. 
Martha Woodward, 656. 
Martin Van Beuren, 654. 
Mary, 644, 645, 646, 648, 649, 651, 654, 655. 

656, 657, 658, 660, 661, 664, 667, 668, 672. 
Mary Ann, 652. 



Vermilye, Mary Anna, 662. 

Mary Anthony, 661. 

Mary C, 665. 

Mary Caroline, 662. 

Mary Case, 670. 

Mary Catherine, 666. 

Mary Edith, 675. 

Mary Elizabeth, 654, 660. 

Mary Frances, 666. 

Mary Helen, 668. 

Mary Hoagland, 663. 

Mary Ida, 664. 

Mary Jane, 659. 

Mary Josephine, 662. 

Mary K., 6.59. 

Mary Kate, 677. 

Mary (Polly), 645, 648. 

Mary V., 664. 

Maude, 675. 

Maude M.. 673. 

Maurice, 673. 

Meade, 676. 

Mehitabel, 644. 646, 649, 656, 658. 

Melissa, 657, 667. 

Mercy, 658. 

Michael, 647, 652. 

Mildred, 670, 676. 

Millard, 671. 

Millard G., 669. 

Millicent, 648. 

Milton Edward, 675. 

Minerva, 676. 

Minnie, 660. 

Mortimore, 669. 

Nancy, 644. 650. 

Nathaniel D., 663. 

Nathaniel Drake, 647, 654. 

Nathaniel Drake, Jr., 654. 

Nettie M., 664. 

Noah D., 657, 666. 

Norman Loutrell, 678. 

Norman Sherwood, 678. 

Olivia S., 657. 

Ora, 674. 

Orilla v., 675. 

Orville, 657, 666, 668, 676. 

Orvis, 676. 

Oscar, 660, 670, 673. 

Oscar Valentine, 670. 

Patience, 644. 650. 658, 668. 

Paul, 659, 670, 676. 

Percy Sherwood, 678. 

Persis Malvina, 674. 

Peter, 643, 645, 648, 654, 655. 

Peter Bonnett, 563, 663, 672. 678. 

Peter I.. 651, 659. 

Petty (Martha), 648. 

Phebe, 656, 657, 658. 

Phebe Burr, 666. 

Phebe Catherine, 660. 

Phebe Elizabeth, 668. 

Philip, 645, 647, 648, 654, 655. 

Phoebe, 649. 

Phoebe Elizabeth, 669. 

Piatt Bassett, 644. 

Polly. 648. 

R. Willard, 667, 675. 

Rachel, 237, 642, 643, 644, 656, 675, 786. 

Rachel Elizabeth, 655. 

Ralph, 673. 

Ralph Schenck, 655, 664. 

Rebecca, 483, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 

653. 
Rebecca Jane, 651. 
Rena, 677. 
Reuben, 668, 676. 
Richard, 651, 654. 
Richard Jewell. 655. 
Robert. 647. 673. 674, 677. 
Robert C. Halsey, 662, 672. 



898 



INDEX. 



Vermilye, Robert David Burr, 674. 
Robert Davis Burr, 665. 
Robert George, 652. 
Robert Montgomery, 661. 
Robert Wright, 656, 665, 674. 
Robertanna, 653. 
Rosanna Martha, 670. 
Roy, 671, 677. 
Roy Elbert, 677. 
Roy M., 669. 
Rufus Franklin, 670. 
Russel S., 663. 
Russell L., 673. 
Ruth May, 677. 
Sally (Sarah), 648. 
Samuel, 649, 657, 672. 
Samuel E., 668, 676. 
Sarah, 600, 643, 644, 645, 648, 649, 651, 655, 

657, 711. 
Sarah A., 650, 663. 
Sarah Ann, 654. 
Sarah Emma, 660. 
Sarah Hatch, 663. 
Sarah Hester, 656. 
Sarah L., 659. 
Sarah Lavinia, 654. 
Sarah Maria, 655. 
Sarah Newman, 672. 
Sarahette F., 668. 
Sennai, 646. 
Seth, 676. 
Sherwood, 677. 
Silas, 676. 
Slye, 673. 

Solomon, 648, 649, 657, 658, 666, 667. 
Solomon Earle, 675. 
Solomon, Jr., 667. 
Solomon Walter, 674. 
Susan, 645, 647, 651, 652, 658. 
Susan Adelaide, 674. 
Susan Elizabeth, 659. 
Susannah Maria, 647. 
Sybil, 678. 
Sylvester, 659, 669. 
Sylvester P., 669. 
Theodore, 663. 

Theodore Chardavoyne, 653, 663, 672. 
Thomas, 645. 
Thomas B., 647, 653. 
Thomas Bean, 662. 
Thomas E., 661. 

Thomas Edward, 653, 662, 671, 677. 
Thomas Edward (Rev.), 652, 661. 
Thomas M., 663. 
Turney, 658. 

Valentine Mott (Dr.), 651, 660. 
Vera, 676. 
Verdine, 670. 
Vernon Lester, 670. 
Victor v., 674. 
Wallace P., 678. 
Walter, 660. 
Walter Ortis, 670. 
Walton, 648. 

Washington Romeyn, 652, 661. 
Wesley Floyd, 677. 
Willard Martin, 675. 
William, 645, 647, 648, 649, 652, 653, 654, 

656, 657, 658, 663, 666, 672, 674. 
William Burr, 666. 674. 
William D., 657, 666. 
William E., 661, 663, 671, 673. 
William Edward, 661, 671. 
William Francis, 665, 674. 
William Gerard, 661, 671. 
William Gerard. Jr., 677. 
William Gray (Dr.), 662, 672. 
William Henry, 653, 654, 662, 665, 674. 
William I., 670. 
William Montgomery, 652, 661. 



Vermilye, William Moorehead, 671. 

William Pierce, 654. 

William Ray, 675. 

William Russell, 671. 

William W., 647, 652. 

Willie, 673. 

Wright, 666, 674, 675, 678. 
Vermilye & Co., 652. 
Vermilyea, 483. 

Callie, 660. 

Irving, 660. 

Jacob, 552. 

John, 549. 

Rebecca, 548. 
Vermilyie, Joseph, 627. 
Vermuele, Adrian, ^^.i, 408. 

Cornelius C, 408. 
Verniele, Isaaco, 105. 
Vernoy, Celeste, 494. 

Cornelius, 494. 
Verplanck, Abraham, 101. 

Abram Isaacs, 696. 

Gulian, 367. 

Gulian C, 613. 

Hillegond, 696. 

ousanna, 101. 
Verrazzano, 11. 
Verren, Dr., 335. 
Verschuur, Lysbeth, 212. 
Verveelen, 93, 212, 221, 222, 240, 243, 245, 
248, 249, 267, 297, 298, 303, 311, 325, 326, 
332, 333, 345, 370, 425, 800. 

Abraham, 682, 683, 684, 685, 688. 

Abraham Myers, 687, 689. 

Abram, 683. 

Alida, 681, 682, 683. 

Alvin, 691. 

Andrew, 684. 

Andrew, Jr., 690. 

Andrias, 686. 

Andries, 688. 

Ann Maria, 688. 

Anna, 95, 212, 221, 598, 680. 

Anna E., 690. 

Anna M., 347. 

Anna Maria, 681. 

Annaatje, 685. 

Annatie, 685. 

Annie, 687. 

Archie, 690. 

Arie, 685. 

Arthur, 690. 

Barnardus, 686, 687. 

Barney, 686. 

Benjamin, 684. 

Bernardus, 497, 600, 681, 682, 684. 

Bessie Adelaide, 691. 

Carrie, 690. 

Carrie J., 688. 

Catelyntie, 687. 

Catharina, 95. 

Catharine, 684. 

Catherine, 689. 

Cathlynte, 685. 

Catrina, 678, 685.. 

Charles Banta, 690, 691. 

Clarence, 691. 

Claude, 691. 

Cloudie (Claude), 682. 

Cornelia, 682. 

Cornelius, 683, 684, 686, 687, 688, 690, 691. 

Daniel, 95, 241, 242, 377, 598, 680, 681, 682. 
683, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690. 

Daniel A., 683, 685. 

Deacon, 377. 

Debora, 683. 

Dirkie, 684. 

Edward Sandford, 691. 

Edwin L., 690, 691. 

Eleanor, 685. 



INDEX. 



899 



Verveelen, Eliza J., 68S. 

Elizabeth, 683, 684, 685, 686. 687 

Ella L., 688. 

Emma E., 689. 

Eugene, 690. 

Eugenia A., 691. 

Euphemia, 689. 

Fannie, 687. 

Fanny R., 691. 

Fraucyntie, 683. 

Frederick M., 689. 

Fredericus, 682. 

Garrett A., 689. 

Geertye, 683. 

George, 690. 

George W., 690. 

Gerrit, 685. 

Gideon, 600, 681, 682, 683, 685. 

Grace, 690. 

Hannah, 683, 688. 

Hannah Jane, 688. 

Hans, 95, 273, 678. 

Helen, 691. 

Hendrick, 276, 681, 685, 686, 687. 

Henrietta, 690. 

Henry, 618, 684. 

Hester, 681, 682, 688. 

Howard W., 690. 

Isaac, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687, 689. 

J., 287. 

Jacob, 685, 687, 688. 

Jacobus, 682, 683, 684, 686. 

James, 684, 686, 687. 

James Harvey, 689, 690. 

Japies M., 689. 

James M. (Judge), 688. 

Jan, 683. 

Jan (John), 682, 683, 684, 685. 

Jane, 688. 

Jane Elizabeth, 689, 690. 

Jane Gilbert, 687. 

Jannetie, 684. 

Jannetje, 684, 685. 
Jannetje (Jane), 686. 
Jannetye, 684. 
Jenny (^ane), 687. 
Jeremiah, 683. 
Joannes, 373. 
Johan, 171, 296. 
Johanes, 221. 
Johanna, 681, 682. 

Johannes, 95, 204, 206, 208, 210, 211, 217, 
228, 233, 234, 237, 239, 240, 241, 253, 254, 
255, 256, 264, 266, 271, 272, 273, 275, 277, 
283, 286, 287, 288, 289, 306, 333, 338, 341, 
342, 346, 363, 376, 397, 401, 413, 415, 416, 
597, 598, 678, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 786, 
793, 795, 797, 799, 800, 807. 
Johannis, 686, 687. 
John, 244, 413, 683, 685, 687, 689. 
John Gilbert, 687. 
John I., 686, 688. 
John J., 688. 
John K., 690, 691. 
Joseph Randall, 688, 690, 691. 
Josephine, 691. 
Leah, 687. 

Lizabeth (Elizabeth), 685. 
Lybetie (Elizabeth), 682. 
Margaret, 686, 689. 
Margaret Ann, 689. 
Margaret (Polly), 685. 
Maria, 95, 273, 597, 599, 680, 683, 685, 686, 

687, 799. 
Marritie, 681. 
Marritye, 686. 
Martha, 686. 
Mary, 685, 689. 
Mary Jane, 689. 
Matilda, 690, 691. 



Verveelen, Maud W., 691. 

Morris Bartow, 690, 691. 

Morris Bartow, Jr., 691. 

Moses, 681, 682, 683, 685. 

Mr., 207. 

Nancy, 689. 

Nathaniel, 690, 691. 

Peter, 690. 

Phebe, 686. 

Phoebe Jane, 689. 

Rachel, 685. 

Rachel Hannah, 687. 

Ralph, 688. 

Raymond S., 689. 

Richard, 689, 690. 

Richard, Jr., 690. 

Samuel, 687. 

Sara, 684, 686. 

Sarah, 685, 686, 688. 

Sarah A., 688. 

Sarah Elizabeth, 688. 

Sieur, 218. 

Teitye, 686. 

Tietje, 683. 

Tittye, 683. 

Titye, 684. 

Victor, 691. 

Victoria, 691. 

William, 689, 690, 691. 

William Christie, 687. 

William Henry, 690. 

William Randall, 690. 
Verwey, John, 697. 

Martina Hendricks, 69. 
Viele, Cornelis, 545. 

Jannetie, 545. 

Stephen, 738. 

Stephen H., 736. 
Vieley, William, 734. 
Viervant, Cornelia, 388. 

Cornelis, 196, 275. 

Cornelis A., 249. 

Cornelis Arents, 388. 
Vincent, Anna, 379. 

Charles, 643. 

John, 379. 

Leonard, 265. 
Levi, 424. 
Warren R., 538. 
Vine, Robert, 737. 
Vinge, Gulian, 613. 
John, 613. 
Rachel, 613. 
Vinhaegen, Eva, 700. 

John. 700. 
Virginia Company, The, 81, 83. 
Vlereborne, 584. 
Vlierboom, Fytie (Sophia), 448. 

Matthvs, 448. 
Volk. Rachel, 683. 
Voelkertsen, Dirck, 613. 
Vonck. Gertrude, 789. 

Pieter, 449. 
Vonder Bosch, Oscar Waldemar, 654. 
Vender Donck, 163. 
von Feder, Herr, 13. 
Voorhees, Jacob, 616. 
Jane R., 589. 
Maria, 587. 
Mary, 774. 
Voorhis. Elizabeth, 732. 

Mr., 417. 
Vosburgh, Alida, 506. 

Charlotte, 7.'i0. 
Vought, Pell C, 553. 
Vredenal, 169. 

Vredenburgh, Benjamin, 436, 438. 
Isaac, 789. 
Johannes, 786. 
John, 704. 



900 



INDEX. 



Vredenburgh, Matthias, 436. 

Van Doren, 700. 

Van Dorn, 700. 
Vredendal, 786. 
Vroman, Mary, 737. 
Vroom, Gysbert B., 512. 
Vrooman, Adam, 128. 

Engeltie, 200. 



w 



Waddeli, Hugh, 735. 
Wade, Eliza, 538. 
Wagstaff, 408, 418. 
Wait, Florence, 677. 
Wakefield, Anna, 410. 

Johanna (Anna), 803. 

Maria, 697. 

Thomas, 410. 
Wakeman, Burr, 784. 

Waldron, 93, 172, 215, 218, 219, 221, 228, 231, 
249, 259, 268, 276, 315, 317, 318, 324, 352, 
353, 425, 434, 797, 807, 824. 

Aaron, 730, 736, 748, 752, 755, 770. 

Abby Emeline, 738. 

Abiather, 708, 720. 

Abigail (Mary A.), 762. 

Abraham, 709, 710, 711, 718, 721, 723, 724, 
729, 732, 733, 734, 742, 747, 753, 754, 756, 
762, 772. 

Abraham B., 747. 

Abraham Buckhout, 738. 

Abraham C, 738, 758. 

Abraham Godwin, 727. 

Abram, 719, 733. 

Abram D., 753. 

Ada, 748, 773. 

Ada L., 770. 

Ada Malinda, 764. 

Addie, 772. 

Adelbert S., 756. 

Adolph, 704, 705, 713, 714, 727. 

Adolphus, 728. 

Adrian, 711. 

Adrian (Edward), 703. 

Aeffle, 707, 718. 

Aefle, 676, 704. 

Aeltie, 642, b94. 

Aeltje, 721. 

Aggie, 704, 705. 

Agnes, 769. 

Agnes G., 757, 773. 

Agnes M., 763. 

Agnietie, 703. 

Aileen Elizabeth, 778. 

Albartus, 709, 720. 

Albert, 711, 759, 769, 775. 

Albert (Rev.), 756, 772. 

Albert Edwin, 772, 778. 

Albert F., 771. 

Albert M., 739. 

Albert V., 775. 

Aleta Maria, 729. 

Aletta, 716, 730. 

Alexander, 744, 762. 

Alexander (Judge), 724. 

Alexander M., 746. 

Alexander Minty, 774. 

Alexander P., 746. 

Alexander Phoenix, 713, 727. 
, Alice G., 759. 

Alice Kilburn, 766. 

Alice M., 771, 776.' 

Alice Mary, 772. 

Alida, 735, 736, 737, 742, 756. 

Allda A., 754. 

Alidan, 735. 

Alletie Swarthout, 716. 

Almeada, 760. 



Waldron, Almerin John, 763. 

Almira, 721. 

Amanda, 728, 738, 759. 

Amelia, 717, 734. 

Amy, 721. 

Amy M., 739. 

Andreas, 709. 

Andres James, 761. 

Andrew, 760. 

Andrew (Andress), 741. 

Andrew Jackson, 740, 759. 

Andrew S., 773. 

Angelina, 763. 

Ann, 739. 

Ann Avonia Eliza, 747. 

Ann Catherine, 715. 

Ann Elizabeth, 763, 773. 

Ann Jane, 758. 

Anna, 692, 703, 707, 710, 714, 
723, 725, 730, 741, 743, 745, 
759, 768, 776. 

Anna Blfrida, 728. 

Anna F., 775. 

Anna H., 726. 

Anna L., 769. 

Anna Maria, 736, 755. 

Anna Mariah Anne), 730. 

Anna Rebecca, 716. 

Annatie (Hannah), 719. 

Annatie Ten Eyck, 733. 

Annatje, 497. 

Anne, 706. 

Anneke, 499. 

Annetie, 692, 697, 787. 

Annetje, 715. 

Annetta, 778. 

Annie, 745, 765. 

Annie Lockwood, 766. 

Annie Louise, 761. 

Antie, 604. 

Antie (Anna), 711. 

Antje (Anna), 714, 718, 721. 

Arthur, 761, 765, 766, 777. 

Arthur K., 773, 778. 

Arthur Raymond, 777. 

Arthur W., 759. 

Asa, 752. 

Asa H., 750, 768. 

Asenath, 739. 

Augustine W., 752, 770. 

Augustus Henry, 747. 

Aurelia, 756. 

Barent, 93, 273, 303, 309, 316, 
342, 366, 369, 372, 380, 389, 
405, 406, 407, 412, 414, 415, 
594, 600, 602, 623, 695, 696, 
721, 733, 793, 808, 811, 814, 
823, 824, 826, 827, 828, 829, 

Barent (Mrs.), 212. 

Barent T., 751, 769. 

Belitie, 497, 696. 

Belle (Eliza B.), 763. 

Benjamin, 500, 582, 615, 692, 
705, 706, 707, 711, 714, 716, 
731, 736, 746, 749, 755, 756, 
808. 

Benjamin A., 715, 728. 

Benjamin H., 756. 

Bersheba, 740. 

Bertha, 761. 

Bertha Angeline, 760. 

Bertha Louise, 767. 

Bertram A., 747. 

Bessie, 775. 

Betsey, 708, 721, 730, 739. 

Blanche L., 775. 

Blanche M., 777. 

Bonnie A., 775. 

Brandon, 749. 

Brant Schuyler, 746. 



715, 716, 717, 
747, 749, 750, 



320, 329, 332, 

394, 401, 403, 

430, 482, 592, 

697, 701, 709, 

816, 817, 821, 
830. 



693, 699, 700, 
717, 718, 719, 
760, 766, 772, 



INDEX. 



901 



Waldron, Burt, 772. 

Calvin 723, 741, 760, 761. 

Calvin, Jr., 761. 

Calvin M., 754, 771. 

Carl, 775. 

Carolin Amanda, 729. 

Caroline, 731, i35, 738, 746. 760. 

Caroline Dorothea, 767. 

Caroline E., 767. 

Caroline L., 766. 

Carrie, 774. 

Carrie A., 773. 

Carrie May, 773. 

Carroll Edgar, 766. 

Carroll Edmond, 777. 

Carroll Scott, 747, 766, 767. 

Catalina, 707, 500. 

Catharina, 704. 

Catharine, 453, 692, 713, 742. 

Catherina, 709. 

Catherine, 697, 701, 702, 703, 711, 712, 713, 
714, 717, 726, 727, 728, 731, 733, 734, 736, 
740, 746, 750, 753, 756, 758, 778. 

Catherine (Cata), 733. 

Catherine (Catlyna), 703. 

Catherine A., 774. 

Catherine Banker, 737. 

Catherine Hannah, 724. 

Catherine Louisa, 749. 

Catherine P., 727. 

Catherine R., 761. 

Catriena, 726. 

Caty, 721. 

Celia A., 769. 

Celia Alberta, 772. 

Charit^' 720. 

Charity G., 745. 

Charles, 731, 732, 741, 742, 754, 75S, 760, 
761, 775, 776. 

Charles A., 747, 748, 767. 

Charles Alfred, 756. 

Charles B., 744, 764. 

Charles D., 757. 

Charles B., 751, 759, 772. 

Charles Elmer, 766. 

Charles F., 773. 

Charles Francis, 757. 

Charles G., 741. 

Charles H., 749, 768. 

Charles L., 769. 

Charles Lott, 731, 749. 

Charles M., 762. 

Charles Newman, 774. 

Charles Newman (Rev.), 737, 739, 757. 

Charles P., 775. 

Charles Pitman, 742, 761. 

Charles Richard, 749. 

Charles S., 773. 

Charles W., 771. 

Charles Waterman, 757. 

Charlotte, 726, 742, 772. 

Charlotte Ann, 758. 

Charlotte F., 749. 

Chester E., 769. 

Christina, 720, 763. 

Christopher, 692. 

Clara, 748, 760, 761, 771, 775. 

Clara May, 767. 

Clare, 772. 

Clarence, 761. 

Clarence H., 766. 

Clarence R., 768, 772, 777. 

Clarissa Bell, 769. 

Clark, 745. 

Clark J., 741. 

Claud Ernest, 760. 

Clayton, 759. 

Clement, 778. 

Clyde Chester, 777. 

Constantine D., 762. 



Waldron, Cora E., 748. 
Cora L., 776. 
Cora M., 774. 
Cora May, 759. 
Coraline, 753. 
Corbet Scudder, 743. 
Cornelia, 304, 622, 692, 693, 695, 698, 701. 

702, 704, 705, 707, ii6, 718. 727, 751, 783. 
Cornelia (Catherine), 706. 
Cornelia J., 754. 
Cornelia S., 741. 
Cornells, 718. 
Cornelius, 701, 708, 719, 732, 735. 736, 737. 

743, 747, 754, 755, 757, 758. 759. 
Cornelius A., 750. 
Cornelius Abraham, 750, 768. 
Cornelius E., 737. 
Cornelius G., 719, 733, 751. 
Cornelius J., 757, 773. 
Cornelius L., 693. 
Cornelius W., 720, 738. 
Daniel, 692, 693, 725, 735, 739. 743, 752. 754. 

758. 
David, 696, 704, 705, 709, 714, 721, 725. 728. 

736, 739, 743, 746, 756, 802. 
David C, 745, 775. 
David Henry, 777. 
David J., 760, 775. 
David K., 775. 
David M., 744, 764. 
David Sterling, 767, 777. 
Dean, 771. 
Debora, 762. 

Deborah, 692, 701, 709, 711, 724. 
Delia, 7.54. 
Delia, 768. 

Derick (Richard), 712, 725. 
Dona B., 775. 
Dorcas, 762. 
Dorla, 776. 
Dorothy I., 767. 
Douglas Durand, 777. 
Earle Edward, 777. 
Ebenezer B., 734, 752. 
Eddie Oliver, 764. 
Edgar Milton, 763. 776. 
Edgar N., 747. 
Edith, 760, 768, 776. 
Edith (Eyckie), 751. 
Edith Frances, 777. 
Edith M., 728. 
Edna D.. 767. 
Edna Gertrude, 777. 
Edna J., 755. 
Ednx Pamelia, 772. 
Edward. 711, 723, 729, 731, 741, 742, 745. 

746, 752. 755. 759, 760, 765, 770. 
Edward A., 748, 765, 767. 
Edward Augustus, 738, 758. 
Edward Bloomfield, 731, 749. 
Edward H., 71.5, 741. 
Edward L., 774. 
Edward Langdon, 766. 
Edward Lincoln, 751. 
Edwin, 756, 772. 
Edwin D., 775. 
Effie Mary, 762. 
Bffye, 714. 
Bfje, 713. 
Eleanor, 734. 
Eleanor Ann, 751. 
Elias, 742. 
Elias Hawley, 735. 
Elisha, 726. 

Eliza, 714. 723. 732, 734, 752, 765. 
Eliza Jane. 759, 773. 
Elizabeth, 699, 700, 703. 706. 707. 711, 712. 

713, 714, 715, 717, 718, 722. 724. 725, 726. 

727. 728. 731, 732, 733. 734. 737. 738, 744. 

745. 746. 747. 752, 756, 757. 759. 765, 769. 



902 



INDEX. 



Waldron, Elizabeth, 770, 771, 773. 
Elizabeth ( Sarah E.), 741. 
Elizabeth A., 769. 
Elizabeth Ann, 750, 751. 
Elizabeth Eglentine, 729. 
Elizabeth Maria, 718. 
Ella, 742, 760, 772, 773. 
Ella M., 763. 
Ellen, 727, 745, 761. 
Ellen M., 769. 
Elmer, 760. 
Elshe, 736. 
Elsie, 713, 732. 
Elsie Ann, 751. 
Elzie Elmer, 764. 
Ely. 710. 
Fanny, 735. 
Fanny C, 750. 
Fanny M., 770. 
Femmetye, 702, 721. 
Feytye (Sophia), 720. 
Florence, 760, 761, 765. 
Florence Mortimer, 766. 
Florilla, 720. 
Florissa, 762. 
Frances, 743. 
Frances A., 736. 
Frances H., 753. 
Frances M., 770. 
Francis, 699, 703, 712, 713, 717, 726, 752, 

765, 771, 773. 
Francis M., 739. 
Francis P., 740. 
Francis Story, 739. 
Frank, 763, 771, 777. 
Frank C, 773. 
Frank E., 762, 774, 775, 778. 
Frank Rogers, 773. 
Frank W., 776. 
Franklin T., 753. 
Frederick, 759, 770. 
Frederick H., 753, 771. 
Frederick H., Jr., 771. 
Frederick Rice (Dr.), 774. 
Frederick V., 764. 
Frederick Van Iderstine, 768, 777. 
Fredine, 748. 
Friend Alford, 764. 
Gabrielle, 763. 
Gail King, 774. 
Garret, 708, 719, 735, 753. 
Garret C, 733, 751. 
Garret P., 733, 751. 
Garrett, 734. 
Garrett C, 757, 772. 
Garvin B., 776. 
Geertje, 708. 
GggsIg 711 
George, 702, 710, 722, 728, 730, 741, 745, 

758, 769, 770, 771, 775, 778. 
George (Dr.), 756, 772. 
George Albert, 771, 772. 
George C, 776. 
George E., 768. 
George G., 774. 
George Gilbert, 753, 771. 
George H., 770, 774. 
George Leon, 771. 
George M., 757, 769. 
George Marion, 750, 769. 
George R., 735, 753. 
George Remer, 771. 
George S., 773. 
George Sylvester, 752, 770. 
George W., 740, 744, 749, 753, 763, 765, 776. 
George W., Jr., 765. 
George Washington, 732, 750. 
Georgiana, 759. 
Georgie S., 738. 



Waldron, Georgie Story, 739. 
Geresolveert, 355, 357, 358, 359. 
Gerrit, 701, 708, 719, 737, 782. 
Gertrude, 703, 714, 718, 720, 722, 728, 746. 

753. 
Getty B. (Gertrude), 734. 
Gilbert Travis, 766. 
Gisebert, 719, 734. 
Gladys Katherine, 778. 
Grace, 772. 
Grace A., 767. 
Grace B., 767, 770, 771. 
Grove Bend, 716. 
Guy, 759, 769. 
Guy E., 776. 
Halsey, 751, 769. 
Halsey J., 769. 
Hannah, 708, 712, 716, 722, 723, 724 726, 

732, 733. 
Hannah (Annatie), 720. 
Hannah Jane, 762. 
Hannah M. P., 746. 
Hannah Marie Phenix, 727. 
Harmen M., 727. 
Harmon, 735, 755. 
Harmon Knickerbocker, 738, 758. 
Harold, 771. 
Harriet, 755, 756. 
Harriet A., 755. 
Harriet Augusta, 747. 
Harriet E., 736, 753. 
Harriet L., 774. 
Harriet Lansing, 750. 
Harriet W., 742. 
Harrison, 723, 724, 742. 
Harrison Johnson, 751. 
Harry P., 771. 
Harvey, 754, 768, 772. 
Hattie Dale, 764. 
Hazel, 776. 
Helen, 766, 775, 777. 
Helen A., 755. 
Helen M., 754. 
Helen Margaret, 778. 
Helen W., 773. 
Helena, 709, 751. 
Hendrick, 695, 701, 708, 719. 
Hendrick (Capt.), 70S. 
Hendrick E., 729. 
Henrietta, 769. 
Henrietta (Hendrichye), 720. 
Henrietta Beatie, 750. 
Henrikus, 710. 
Henry, 720, 723, 734, 736, 737, 742, 751, 752, 

755, 757, 776. 
Henry (Hudson), 736, 756. 
Henry A., 763, 776. 
Henry Adams (Dr.), 757. 
Henry C, 737, 749. 
Henry D., 729. 
Henry E., 737, 748, 750, 769. 
Henry G., 719, 734, 753. 
Henry J., 757, 773. 
Henry Oscar, 753, 771. 
Henry Percival, 766. 
Henry Stanton, 773, 778. 
Hepzibah, 693. 
Herbert M., 765. 
Herman, 748. 
Hester, 702, 718, 757. 
Hicks B., 758, 774, 778. 
Hleronimus, 712. 
Hieronimus (Jerome), 703. 
liildah, 730. 
Hinton S., 766. 
Hiram, 722, 730, 740. 
Hiram Sprague, 759. 
Hosanna, 722, 740. 
Howard, 755. 



INDEX. 



903 



Waldron, Howard, Baldy, 757, 774. 
Howard V. D., 765. 
Icabod, 739. 
Ida, 745, 760, 765, 773. 
Ida B., 753. 
Ida E., 761. 
Ida L,., 76S. 
Ida M., 756, 770. 
Ina Almlra, 767. 
Ira, 745. 
Isaac, 696, 702, 709, 710, 718, 723, 730, 73G 

741, 743, 755, 760, 762. 
Isaac D., 746. 
Isaac Ferris, 750, 768. 
Isaac Henry, 755. 
Isabel, 744. 
Isabella, 766. 
Isaphena, 763. 
Jackson, 742, 761. 

Jacob, 702, 703, 710, 711, 723, 754, 756. 
Jacob J., 724, 742. 
Jacob John, 747. 
Jacob N., 741. 
Jacob v., 751, 769. 
Jacob Van Aernam, 737. 
Jacobus, 692, 702, 704, 706, 707, 709, 710, 

718. 
Jacobus (James), 709, 721, 733. 
Jacobus Swarthout, 716. 
James, 717, 718, 720, 721, 722, 724, 728, 730, 

731, 732, 737, .739, 740, 742, 744, 745, 748, 

749, 752, 754, 767. 
James (Jacobus), 707, 718. 
James A., 746, 752, 762, 765, 770, 776. 
James H., 739, 740, 761. 
James Harrison, 761. 
James Harrison (Harry), 741. 
James Henry, 750. 
James Jacob, 746. 
James L., 751, 769. 
James Lawrence, 749, 768. 
James Lawrence, Jr., 768, 777. 
James R., 727, 746, 776. 
James S., 762 775. 
Jane, 692, 714, 725, 726, 729, 733, 734, 739, 

743, 744, 745, 754. 
Jane Ann, 734. 
Jane B., 759. 
Jane M., 749. 
Jane Maria, 734. 
Jane V., 753. 
Jannetee, 709. 
Jannetie, 692, 696. 
Jannetje, 709, 713. 
Jannettie, 718. 
Jannettie(Jane), 720. 
Jeannettle, 719. 
Jemima, 744. 
Jemina, 738. 
Jennie E., 771, 776. 
Jenny (Jane), 720. 
Jeremiah, 712. 725, 730, 750, 768. 
Jerome, 712, 725, 726, 745, 765. 
Jerome ( Jeremiah), 717. 
Jesse, 734. 
Jesse C. 753, 771. 
Jessie, 772. 
Jessie G., 765. 
Jessie Rosaline, 763. 
Joel Harvey, 778. 
Joel Harvey (Dr.), 772. 
Johanna, 701. 
Johannes, 406, 449, 497, 500, 547, 550, 562, 

594. 600, 601, 602, 623, 692, 693, 694, 693, 

696, 697, 698. 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 708, 

709, 710, 713, 714, 721, 722, 793, 797, 810, 

816, 817, 821, 822. 826, 829. 
Johannes B., 497. 



Waldron, Johannes, Jr., 431. 
John, 485, 692, 693, 702, 704, 705, 707. 710. 
711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 717. 720, 721. 722, 

723, 724, 725, 726, 731. 736, 737, 739, 740. 
741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 748, 7.52, 755, 756, 
758, 760, 762, 765, 772. 776, 824. 827, 828, 
829, 830. 

John (Captain), 609, 695. 

John (Johannes), 703. 708. 713. 

John A., 755, 758, 767. 

John A. Lincoln, 763. 

John B., 732, 736, 7.53, 756. 

John Brinkerhotf, 716, 729, 747. 

John Brown, 777. 

John C, 732, 747, 750, 764, 767. 776. 

John Clark. 753. 

John D., 728, 735, 747, 754, 766, 777. 

John Evertson, 736. 

John J., 769. 

John, Jr., 695. 

John L., 744, 763. 

John M., 741, 760, 778. 

John O., 740. 

John Obadiah, 703. 712. 726. 

John P., 321, 702, 706, 716, 739, 760. 800. 

John P., Jr., 716, 729. 

John R., 770. 

John S., 706, 773. 

John Thomas, 746. 

John V. A., 773, 774. 

John Van Aernam, 437, 757. 

John Vredenburgh, 715. 

John W., 773. 

John Wesley. 761. 

Jonas K., 748. 

Joseph, 94, 692, 708, 710, 711, 714, 721, 722, 

724, 725, 739, 741, 755, 759, 761, 787. 
Joseph G., 765. 

Joseph Hunt, 738, 759. 

Joseph Wildey, 743, 762. 

Josephine (Mary J.), 741. 

Josiah D., 754. 

Josie, 748. 

Judah, 754. 

Judith, 692, 733. 

Julia, 723, 738, 745, 747. 

Julia Frances, 762. 

Julia R., 768. 

Julian, 731. 

Kate, 776. 

Kate C. 775. 

Katy, 736. 

Kitty May, 774. 

Lambert S., 767. 

La Mont Raymond, 778. 

La Monte Raymond, 770. 

Lamont K., 767, 777. 

La Perceil Joan, 777. 

Laura, 742, 746, 760. 

Laura H.. 764. 

Lavern F.. 777. 

Lavinia, 731. 

Lawrence. 778. 

Leah, 727, 751. 

Leffert, 693. 

Le Grand C, 758, 774. 

Lemuel, 743, 759, 762. 

Lena, 737. 

Leonard A., 759. 

Leonard F., 740, 759. 

Leota Elfonza, 764. 

Letta. 716. 

Levonica. 732. 

Lewis. 775. 

Lewis E., 745, 748. 

Lewis M., 748, 767. 

Lewis P., 775. 

Lewis v.. 769. 

Libbie, 776. 

Lillian Elizabeth, 777. 



904 



INDEX. 



Waldron, Lillian L., 771. 

Lillian P., 774. 

Lilly A., 771. 

Linus, 720. 

Loduska, 762. 

Lois, 758, 759, 775. 

Lois L. 749. 

Lottie (Charlotte), 742. 

Louis K., 763. 

Louis Thibon, 729. 

Louis Victor, 766. 

Louisa, 724, 774, 777, 778. 

Louise, 440. 

Louizine, 729. 

Lucile Alberta, 778. 

Lucinda, 740, 743. 

Lucy E., 752. 

Lucy M., 760. 

Luke, 739. 

Lulu, 760. 

Luther A., 754, 77L 

Lydia, 703, 731. 

Lydia L., 750. 

Maas (Moses), 720. 

Mabel, 778. 

Mabel B., 749. 

Mabel S., 769. 

Machtelt, 718. 

Madison, 742. 

Maggie, 760, 776. 

Maggie B., 765. 

Maggie Warner, 766. 

Marjorie, 776. 

Malinda, 720. 

Malon L., 740. 

Mamie A., 760. 

Marcella, 770. 

Marcella P., 753. 

Maretje (Maria), 709. 

Margaret, 601, 697, 698, 705, 706, 707, 
713, 715, 718, 723, 724, 725, 727, 731, 
734, 735, 737, 738, 739, 740, 744, 743, 
753, 755, 767, 773, 775. 

Margaret Ann, 729, 735. 

Margaret E. L., 743. 

Margaret Elizabeth, 767. 
Margaret Elliott, 778. 
Margaret J., 736. 
Margaret Jane, 738. 
Margaret Knapp, 741. 
Margrietie, 702. 
Margrietje, 709, 710. 
Margrietye, 721. 
Marguerite, 761. 

Maria, 692, 701, 704, 709, 710, 712, 713, 
715, 720, 722, 724, 728, 729, 730, 732, 
Maria (Mary), 713. 
Maria B., 764. 
Maria E., 745. 
Maria Gertrude, 734. 
Maria L.. 762. 
Mariah, 735. 
Mariah (Polly), 734. 
Marian, 767. 
Marian L., 770. 
Marietta, 738. 
Marinda, 739. 
Marinda Ann, 726. 
Maritie, 732. 
Marritje. 710. 
Martha, 703, 711, 724, 740, 742, 755, 

771. 
Martha A., 746, 749, 767. 
Martha Emma, 763. 
Martha F., 767. 
Martha J., 759. 
Martha Jane, 750. 
Martin, 707, 741, 748, 760, 767. 



712, 
733, 
751, 



714, 
733. 



759, 



Waldron, Martin (Rev.), 734, 752. 

Mary, 609, 692, 717, 721 723, 725, 726, 731, 
739, 740, 742, 743, 745, 748, 754, 755, 757, 
758, 774. 

Mary (Maria), 704, 706, 713. 

Mary (Polly), 712. 

Mary A., 755. 

Mary Ann, 734, 750. 

Mary B., 746. 

Mary Catherine, 741. 

Mary E., 731, 737, 752, 755, 756, 769, 773. 

Mary Eliza, 729. 

Mary Ellen, 740, 745. 

Mary Emily, 762. 

Mary Emma, 761. 

Mary Etta, 754. 

Mary Frances, 748, 757. 

Mary J., 769. 

Mary Jane, 749, 750, 755, 758. 

Mary Louisa, 766. 

Mary Sedallia, 722. 

Mary V., 746. 

Marytie, 711. 

Matilda, 724, 730, 742. 

Matilda A., 729. 

Matilda L., 747. 

Matthew, 723, 741, 742, 760, 761. 

Mattie, 776. 

Mattie M., 765. 

Maud Elsey, 760. 

Maud L., 749. 

Maude E., 768. 

May, 759. 

May B., 767. 

Melvin H., 777. 

Mereca (Maria), 716. 

Michael, 724. 

Minerva C, 770. 

Minnie, 742. 

Minnie Louise, 766. 

Minnie M., 764. 

Minnie May, 'i61. 

Moriah, 727. 

Mortimer, 755. 
Moses, 720. 
Mrs. 317. 
Myrtle, 760. 

Nancy, 712, 723, 743, 744, 745. 
Nancy (Anna), 720. 
Nancy J., 740. 
Nancy Jane, 755. 
Nathan, 740. 
Neeltie, 707. 
Neeltje, 703. 
Nellie A., 769. 
Nellie M., 773. 
Nelly, 713. 

Nelly Bicker (Elinor), 715. 
Nicholas, 702, 710, 722. 
Noble B., 769. 
Nora, 760. 
Norris W., 768, 777. 
Olive Lavinia, 771. 
Olive Louise, 761. 
Oliver, 711, 722, 758. 
Oliver, Jr., 722, 740. 
Ophelia, 722. 
Orlando K., 764. 
Orrin, 753. 
Orrin W., 754, 771. 
Parry A., 771. 
Pearl Martha, 777. 
Peggy, 721. 
Percy C, 768. 

Peter, 431, 485, 567, 579, 607, 695, 696, 697, 
699, 700, 701, 702, 705, 70S, 709, 711, 714, 
715, 716, 719, 721, 728, 730, 732, 733, 734, 
736, 737, 748, 750, 752, 756, 796, 800, 804, 
813, 822. 
Peter J., 748. 



INDEX. 



905 



Waldron, Peter P., 770, 778. 

Peter V., 745. 

Peter Winne, 736, 756. 

Petrus, 230, 439, 482, 602, 709. 

Phebe, 723. 

Philander, 760. 

Phileta A., 745. 

Philetus, 752. 

Philetus A., 745. 

Philetus F., 755, 772. 

Philip, 710, 718, 722. 

Phoebe, 727. 

Phylis Read, 774. 

Pieter, 707, 708, 718. 

Pieter C, 719, 736. 

Polly, 743, 762. 

Rachael, 692. 

Rachel, 709, 711, 724, 772. 

Rachel Ann, 729. 

Rachel Catherina, 731. 

Rachel M.. 727. 

Rachel Maria, 730. 

Ralph, 771. 

Ralph Irving, 772. 

Ralph O., 776. 

Ray, 772. 

Raymond, 772. 

Rebecca, 268, 546, 612, 613. 694, 
70:i, 709, 710, 722, 726, 730. 

Resalvert, 279, 290, 337, 349, 412, 

Resolved, 94, 95, 211, 216, 221, 
242, 244, 252, 256, 263, 264, 265, 
269, 271, 272, 282, 284, 285, 286, 
289, 297, 301, 303, 306, 307, 308, 
320, 323, 328, 332, 334, 337, 338, 
366, 371, 372, 373, 377, 379, 380, 
389, 393, 394, 401, 403, 406, 407, 
415, 431, 546, 548, 599, 602, 622, 
693, 694, 695, 697, 698, 699, 701, 
711, 793, 795, 796, 797, 798, 800, 

Resolvert, 713, 724. 

Resolvert (Capt.), 727. 

Resolvert B., 711, 723. 

Reuben O., 764. 

Rhoda Ann, 755. 

Richard, 692, 717, 726, 730, 744, 
764, 767, 768, 776. 

Richard (Ryckert), 719. 

Richard Van Vranken, 737. 

Richard Varick, 739, 759. 

Robert, 708, 723, 755, 758. 

Robert H., 731. 

Ronald, 776. 

Rosamond, 775. 

Rose E., 768. 

Roxey Ann, 755. 

Roy S. F., 749. 

Rutger. 692. 

Ruth, 316, 695, 740, 761, 768. 

Ruth F. S., 775. 

Salletta, 749. 

Sally Ann, 754. 

Sally Maria, 751. 

Samantha J., 763. 

Samuel, 64, 406, 408, 430, 484. 
561, 592, 594, 602, 607, 623, 692, 
697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 
707, 708, 712, 713, 714, 716, 717, 
725, 727, 729, 730, 739, 743, 744, 
763, 793, 798, 799, 801, 804, 808, 
814, 816, 817, 821, 822, 826, 827, 
830. 

Samuel Benson, 711, 723. 

Samuel C, 753. 

Samuel J., 745, 762. 

Samuel James, 728, 746. 

Samuel L., 746, 765. 

Samuel O., 763. 

Samuel Oliver, 725, 744. 

Samuel R., 766. 



695, 701, 



239, 


240 


266, 


267 


287, 


288 


312, 


313 


342, 


360 


387, 


388 


413, 


414 


642, 


691 


702, 


703 



748, 749, 



495, 


500, 


694, 


695, 


704, 


706, 


718, 


720, 


745, 


760, 


810, 


811, 


828, 


829, 



Waldron, Samuel R. (Rev.), 747. 
Samuel Resolved, 714, 728. 
Samuel S., 727, 744. 745, 764. 
Samuel Van Ness, 712, 725. 
Sara, 728, 733. 
Sarah, 692, 715, 721, 722, 724, 725, 726, 728, 

729, 730, 731, 736, 742, 745, 747, 752, 770. 
Sarah (Sally), 723. 
Sarah A., 726, 732, 744, 752, 755. 
Sarah Agnes, 746. 
Sarah Alidah, 754. 
Sarah Cornelia, 762. 
Sarah E., 742, 743. 
Sarah Eliza, 767. 
Sarah Esther, 765. 
Sarah H., 748. 
Sarah Hunting, 715. 
Sarah J., 739, 740, 750. 
Sarah Jane, 732. 
Sarah M., 741. 
Sarah Samantha, 740. 
Sarah Van Norden, 747. 
Sauannah, 762. 
Sidney T., 750, 768. 
Silas, 720. 
Silas Butler, 746. 
Silas S., 759. 
Simeon D.,743, 762. 
Smith, 752. 
Solomon, 719, 722. 
Sophia, 742, 754, 776. 
Stella E., 765. 

Stephen, 701, 708, 722, 737, 740, 757. 
Stephen Brinkerhoff, 716, 729. 
Stephen D., 725. 
Stephen Pearl Keyes, 757, 773. 
Stuart P., 772. 
Sue, 774. 
Susan, 716, 722, 723, 734, 737, 744, 752, 755, 

761. 
Susan L., 760. 
Susan O., 764. 

Susanna, 707, 709, 710, 718, 763. 
Susannah, 607, 716, 725. 
Salvanius, 759. 
Sylvester. 708. 
Sylvia, 760. 

Tanneke, 430, 696, 700, 704, 712. 
Tgssig 777. 

Theodore, 742, 747, 758, 775. 
Theodore C, 764. 
Theodore Van Norden, 747. 
Thomas. 710, 715, 717, 722, 727, 731, 740, 

741, 745, 760, 761. 
Thomas (Dr.), 722. 
Thomas Howland, 746, 765. 
Tilley, 761. 
Tillie, 757. 
Tobias, 724, 743. 
Tobias T. E., 732, 750. 
Traverse, 752. 
Truman, 748. 
Truman B., 769. 

Trvntje (Catharine), 707, 708, 718. 
Tunis, 703, 720, 728, 739, 758. 
Tunis A., 714, 728. 
Ulysses S. G., 764. 
Uriah, 740. 

Valentine Pickney, 764. 
Vernon, 764, 776. 
Victor B., 766. 
Victor Bicker, 715, 729. 
Victor Salinas Hopkins, 747, 766. 
W. Archbold, 774. 
Walter, 772. 776. 
Walter J., 768. 
Walter L., 754. 
Walter S., 731, 746, 765. 
Warren H., 749, 768. 
Warren W., 777. 



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Waldron, Washington, 724, 741. 

Wayland, 752. 

Wesley D., 767. 

Widow, 797. 

Wilbur, 766, 777. 

Wilfred, 767. 

Wilhelmus, 714. 

Willard A., 759. 

Willard Earl, 739, 759. 

Willem (William), 708, 716, 718, 720, 729, 
732 

William, 272, 333, 363, 403, 435, 605, 614, 
694, 695, 699, (00, 701, 703, 704, 705, 706, 
707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 
716, 717, 720, 721, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 
730, 734, 737, 738, 740, 742, 743, 744, 745, 
748, 752, 753, 756, 757, 758, 760, 770, 771, 
774, 775, 778, 80S. 

William A., 754, 767, 773. 

William Alexander, 743. 

William Augustus, 757, 774. 

William B., 747, 768, 769, 777. 

William B. F., 745. 

William Clenton, 777. 

William Curtin, 764. 

William Curtis, 761. 

William F., 746. 

William Francis, 770. 

William G., 719, 735, 754. 

William Gunsaul, 774. 

William H., 735, 740, 741, 755, 765, 773. 

William Henry, 748, 757. 

William I., 753. 

William J., 715, 748, 767, 790. 

William John, 747, 766. 

William M., 756. 

William O., 762, 775. 

William P., 729. 

William Richard, 730, 748. 

William S., 744, 764, 776. 

William V., 745. 

William W., 720, 738. 

Williette, 758. 

Wilmarth, 731. 

Wina B., 764. 

Winant 737. 

Winfleld C, 763. 

Winnie B., 769. 

Wynand, 719. 

Wynant, 734. • 

Wynant G., 734, 753. 

Wynant Vandenburgh, 735, 754. 

Wyntie, 696. 

Zachariah, 774. 

Zachariah Keyes, 757. 

Zachary, 774. 

Zaremba W. (Dr.), 758, 774. 

Zebidee, 730, 749. 
Walker, Elizabeth L,udlo-w, 465. 

Elizabeth W., 689. 

Fred William, 464. 

John, 428. 

Lewis, 540. 

Samuel G., 689. 

Sarah, 175. 

William T. Davis, 689. 
Wallace, Elizabeth, 662. 
Walsh, St. Blouton C, 443. 
Walter, Hans, 303. 
Walters, Catherine E., 667. 

Maria, 204. 

Robert, 593. 
Walton, Jacob, 162. 
Wandell, Thomas, 385. 
Wannemaker, Dirck, 451. 
Wantenaer, Albert Corn, 128. 
Ward, 539. 

Elizabeth, 534. 

Henry, 628. 

James, 651. 



Ward, John, 295. 

Josephine, 653. 

Robert C. A., 610. 
Ware, Josephine, 662. 
War foot. Job, 498. 
Warne, Clarkson, 745. 
Warner, Elizabeth, 568. 

George, 490. 

Maria, 656. 

Matthias, 468. 

May Conger, 690. 
Warren, James, 525. 

W., 763. 
Washburn, Margaret, 735. 
Washington, 789, 790. 
Wassenaer, 118. 
Wassy, Mamie, 445. 
Water, Caroline Anna, 446. 
Waterman, Jeremiah, 737. 
Waters, Sarah, 481. 
Watkins, Charles, 819. 

John, 550, 582, 818, 819, 826. 

Samuel (Dr.), 814, 819, 826. 
Watson, Catherine, 380. 

John, 380. 

Mary, 536. 

Sarah, 380, 733. 
Wattles, Adelia, 514. 
Way, James, 205.. 

Sarah, 205. 
Wear, 827. 

George, 827. 
Weatherby, 736. 

Nancy, 516. 
Weaver, Deborah Weaver, 737. 
Webber, Elizabeth, 513. 
Weber, Hans, 259. 
Webley, Walter, 3.57, 385. 
Webster, James, 720. 
Weckman, Philip, 269. 
Weed, Effie, 484. 
Weeden, Lyman F., 444. 
Weeks, Jacob, 514. 

Richard, 650. 

William, 728. 
Weekstein, John (Rev.), 321. 
Weezer, Elizabeth, 712. 
Weiantt, George, 711. 
Weideman, Anna T., 668. 
Weir, Thomas A., 660, 
Weis, Francis S., 773. 
Weiss, N. (Rev.), 13. 
Weldon, Catherine, 487. 

Mary, 787. 
Weller, Amos R., 517. 
Wells, Philip, 395. 
Wemple, Abraham, 168. 
Wentworth, Joseph, 657. 

Mary, 657. 
Wermer, Susanna, 719. 
Werric, 31. 

Wescoat, Martha, 722. 
Wessells, Charles H., 471. 
Wessels, 222. 

Anna, 436. 

Derick, 642. 

Dirck, 237. 

Francis, 452. 

Hartman (Dr.), 436. 

Metje, 288. 

Warner, 155, 288. 

Wessel, 458. 
West, Alice, 735. 

Ann, 735. 

John, 382. 

Louisa, 745. 

Richard, 733. 
West India Company, 82, 83, 86, 89, 92, 93, 
100, 105, 117, 119, 123, 129, 132, 133, 150, 
155, 162, 189, 203, 209, 235, 291, 545, 598. 



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Westbrook, Dominie, 122. 
Westcott, Samuel, 739. 
Westerhout, Adrianus, 390 
"Westervelt, Albert, 449 
Effle, 454, 460, 466. 
Henry, 686. 
Hester. 618. 
Hetty (Hester), 460. 
Jannetie, 616. 
John, 350. 
Lavinia, 466, 471. 
Peter, 350. 
Peter B., 619. 
Sarah, 682. 
Simeon, 467. 
Tinie, 461. 

Tinie (Catharine), 455. 
Weart, 455. 
William H., 467. 
Westervelt (Banta), Sarah (Mrs.) 
Westfall, Nicholas, 785. 
Westgate, Robert, 714. 
Westin, Martina, 221. 
Wetzel, 760. 

Weymer, Hannah A. (Mrs.), 572 
Wharm, Georgiana, 445. 
Wheeler, Alice S., 470. 
Angelica, 529. 
Meuitable, 784. 
Wherts, George, 644. 
Whetten (Wheaton), Sarah, 479 
Whetton, Susan Matilda, 553. 
Whipple, Martha, 657. 
Whitbeck, James, 730. 

John F., 701. 
White, 757. 
Anthony L., 806. 
Catharine, 787. 
Duncan M., 473. 
E., 444. 
James H., 744. 
John, 398. 
Lavina, 667. 
Mary, 660. 
Whitehead, Sarah, oil. 

Surviah ,782. 
Whitenach, Joseph, 727. 
Whiting, Edwin M., 763. 
Whitney, Abigail, 649. 
Alice, 668. 

Benjamin (Colonel), 443. 
Colonel Benjamin, 443. 
Elhannan W., 462. 
Whittaker, Jan, 503. 

Jennettje, 503. 
Wickes, Daniel, 650. 
Wickfleld, Johanna, 799. 
Wucox, Celinda, 520. 

Sarah E., 660. 
Wilds Frances, 584. 
Wiley, Mary Jane, 657. 
Wilken, Sarah Bull, 472. 
Wilkie, Joseph, 738. 
Wilkins, Gouverneur M., 568. 
Margaret, 640. 
Willeey, James, 646. 
Willekens, Jacob (Admiral), 84, 85. 
Willem. 126, 131, 134. 

Mr., 203. 
Willems, Aeltie, 155. 

Reynier, 337, 372. 
WilJemsen, Reynier, 166, 288. 
Rutger, 692. 
Wouter, 681. 
Willett, Frances, 807. 
Justice, 382. 
Martha, 807. 

Richard, 378, 807, 811, 821. 
Thomas, 382. 
Willey, Anthony Cyrus, 666. 



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Williams, 353, 773. 
Archey, 702. 
Charity, 486. 
Charles, 468. 
Clara, 570. 
Elam, 459. 
Eliphalet, 238, 609. 
Elizabeth, 428, 453. 
Frederick, 692. 
Georgie, 664. 
Hattie, 766. 
Lewis, 500. 
Lydia, 204. 
Maria, 715. 
Mary, 557. 
Phynetta, 489. 
Samuel, 697. 
Sarah, 714. 
Thomas, 715. 
William, 702. 
Williamson, William H., 535. 
Willsey, Grands T., 627. 
Wilmorth, Rachel, 718. 
Wilsey, Abigail, 788. 
Wilson, George, 744. 
Hannah Maria, 687. 
Jane, 738. 
John, 506. 

Mally (Margaret), 487. 
Samuel, 367. 
Wiltsee, Hendrick, 375. 
Winans, Isadora, 531. 
Winckel, Marritie Van, 197. 
Winegar, Catherine, 497. 

Philip, 508. 
Winne, Annie, 751. 
Caty, 719. 
Elizabeth, 720. 
Maria, 734. 
Sarah, 544. 
Winslow, 80. 
Winter, William, 
Winthrop, 340. 

Francis Bayard, 
Wisner, William, 
Wiswell, Sarah, 758. 
Witbeck, Maria, 742. 
Wodhull, Ann, 379. 
Wolferts, Brieta, 293. 
Wolley, 381, 806. 
Charles, 805. 
Charles (Rev.), 363, 364. 
Robert, 364, 805. 
Wolters, Kier, 93, 95, 249, 256, 263, 265, 277 
561, 696, 793. . . . , 

Wood, Alice, 631. 
David, 237. 803. 
j--.za, 669. 
James, 575. 
Mary Elizabeth, 440. 
Pheby, 706. 
Sarah, 716. 

William G. (M. D.), 803. 
Woodford, Clara, 663. 

Clarence, 770. 
Woodhull, Ann, 635. 
Woodruff. Isaac, 734. 

Samuel, 784. 
Woods, George W.. 720. 
Woodward, Anna, 692. 
Eliza Ann, 517. 
Mrs., 596. 
Robert K., 660. 
Wool, Ellis, 486. 
Woolman, Louis, 726. 
Wordsworth, Ella, 620. 
Worsey, Thomas James, 640. 
Worth. Alexander, 657. 
Worthington, Ellis, 528. 
Wortman, Kneertie, 782. 



559. 



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Wright, Charles, 570. 

Isaac, 731. 

John, 789. 

Lewis, 651. 
Writer, Casper, 567. 

Sarah, 569, 571. 
Wurmel, Isaac, 105. 
Wyckoff, Dennis, 587. 

George, 727. 

Pieter Claessen, 125. 
Wyman, Simon, 627. 
Wj'nkoop, Christina, 496. 

Cornelius, 785. 

Johannes, 698. 
Wyp, Claes, 806. 

Elizabeth, 806. 



Y 

Yansen, Cornelies, 290. 
Yates, Abraham 788. 

Ann, 788. 

Charity, 787, 788. 

Jesse, 788. 

John, 788. 

John G., 701. 

Joseph, 788. 

Mary, 788. 

Peter, 720. 

Sarah, 788. 
Yeumans, Bertha, 664. 



Yeury, Stephen, 459. 
Youmans, Mary, 723. 
Young, Cathrina, 597. 

Elizabeth, 783. 

George (Capt), 720. 

Harriet, 468. 

Jacob, 340, 365, 373, 376, 381, 805, 806, 807. 

James S., 723. 

John, 714. 

John J., 723. 

Rachel, 587. 

Samuel, 502. 
Ysselsteyn (Esselsteyn), Gertrude, 495. 

Martin, Cornelisz, 495. 



Zabriskie, Christina, 705. 

Jacob C, 480. 

Jane, 686. 

Lea Aletta, 660. 
Zeeuw, Cornells Jansen, 205. 
Zenger, Peter, 595. 
Zyperus, Cornelius, 206. 

Dominie, 178, 179, 190, 191, 192, 206, 211, 
296, 439, 796, 799, 803. 

Hillegond, 206. 

Michel, 183, 186, 190. 

Michiel, 177. 

Mrs., 206. 



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